Well, they are not that bad.
Some are way too repetitive, but some are pretty good.
I like 'Ice on The Shore' the most.
DaVince This fool just HAD to have a custom rating
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15th May, 2006 at 13:43:09 -
They still loop to much.
About On The Shore: if you're gonna loop stuff, you'll at least need a varying melody with it, or variations in the loop itself. Also, that melody is very off-tone and dissonant.
About The Full Silence: the piano intro sound is pretty good, but gets cut off too fast (try letting the piano finish fully). The drums part is too long, without much interesting happening at all.
The piano coming with the drums makes the whole thing sound, um, weird, and there's no other accompanying again (other than the drums).
Try using chords, but not dissonant ones. I suggest you start with C Major (or minor if you like the 'sad' sound more).
I was only half-expecting them to get a good response, since what I know about music from learning piano in "piano class" is different from learning it through piano lessons. Though I will try sticking with C Major and Minor for now. I use ModPlug Tracker, by the way. And I'll list where I got the samples from:
The Full Silence:
Piano - "Dracula's Castle" by New Order
Toms - sounds website
Echo - I edited some sound... I forget which
Quasi-Square Wave - edited a square click sound from a sound pack
Ice on the Shore:
Synth Bass - "Ballad of a Paralyzed Citizen" by The Faint
Bowed Bass - "Ballad of a Paralyzed Citizen" by The Faint
Piano - "Close to Modern" by French Kicks
Drumset - sound pack
By the way, the idea of "The Full Silence" was to sound like a mix between "Atmosphere" by Joy Division and "In a Lonely Place" by New Order(/Joy Division). Sort of. I'm done now.
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Oh! My god.
DaVince This fool just HAD to have a custom rating
Registered 04/09/2004
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16th May, 2006 at 09:29:36 -
If you add me on MSN, I could send you a few good quality sample packs, and maybe give you some more pointers (especially when I can see the original module files). I'm helpful like that.
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