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Composed with Aria Maestosa, Mixed with Audacity

Uses Ultimate Earthbound Soundfont, SGM 2.01, and Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth

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Ooo…love me some 3/4. The E-piano and synth melodies are really nice instrument choices, although the rhythmic content is a bit square. The clock ticking and bass help balance out the texture well. At first the beat at :38 caught me off guard, but in retrospect it was a good way of transitioning to a new meter. The melody at 1:02 is cute, although the extended drum fill at 1:21 is a bit jarring. It just disrupts the flow of the piece a lot, just when it felt like it had a strong sense of direction for the first time. In general, my main concern with the piece is probably the lack of narrative appeal it has. There’s a lot of variation in the riffs later on, but with so many jarring transitions in between, they just don’t feel like they’re part of a cohesive whole. More gradual transitions that foreshadow the harmonic and instrumental changes in advance would help smooth out the arrangement of the piece a little more. I also found the section at 2:28 a bit dissonant and clunky - it might help to space the notes of the low-end chords a bit further apart in pitch. The part at 3:07 sounds absolutely lovely, but also feels out-of-place amidst some of the other riffs in the piece. Overall, there are a lot of good individual ideas here, with some great instrument selection and solid mixing. But the structure sounds a bit choppy and thrown-together - fix that, and this easily gets an additional point or two from me. Baller title, by the way. Keep at it, Ellietonin! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.5/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
.75/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.5/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.75/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.75/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
7/10

I second @SicraMusic, Audacity is miles harder than any other DAW I've ever worked with (easier now, but having to compose entirely in another DAW is the hard part)

If you think Ableton is wild, Mixcraft might be up your alley. It's uber simple in terms of UI by comparison. I'm giving a 5 for mixing in Audacity on NG just for sheer effort this must have taken. Also, for using soundfonts and making them sound good.

You made this with audacity?? Someone buy ableton for this tortured soul

Ellietonin responds:

urgh ableton is harrrrd tho

very good!!!! me likey

So many good things going on in this one, and it just gets better and better the longer I listen. Love those tasty transitions between main parts. Buttery smooth!

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Votes
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Score
4.68 / 5.00

Uploaded
Aug 6, 2024
3:54 PM EDT
File Info
Song
6 MB
4 min 22 sec

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Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.