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Working on sum music using ModPlug
#31
(Yeah, I'm posting again. Funny, that.)
Hey, I saw Modplug in the topic title so I had to check it out. I'm an avid modplug musician. :wink:
I downloaded your battle music IT file.
(I'm going to give you my honest opinion; might be kinda harsh but I'm just telling you what I think and how you can improve.)
To be honest, I find it fairly boring and overly simple.
Not very suited for battle music... For one thing, you only have two instruments performing melody at most; the slowed-down orchestra hit (which is actually rather overused), and the strings (car passing).
Your drum beat, while not particularly bad per se, is very simplistic, though it could work. The bubble sound is very annoying, however... I would have the orchestra hit at its normal pitch, and make the melody more... Complex and less repeating. The string lines could probably benefit from a real string sample instead of a car passing sample.
Usually, I have a self-made formula I follow for different types of music-- Though often I make variations on it.
Here's the formula I use for my battle music: (all patterns contain 64 rows except intro pattern. the song is usually ROUGHLY speed 5, tempo 125.)

1.Small intro pattern. Usually around ten rows. Contains and intro effect, maybe a bass drop or a very short drum fill.

2.First main pattern. I usually have an electric guitar with light distortion playing some basic melodies, with a bass guitar that is playing a simple, dumbed down version of this, often simple and repeating. (Sometimes I layer the bass guitar, one channel for its standard octave and one for the same notes, but an octave lower. I ususally do this if I'm using a weak bass sample) Over this I try to have a sort of catchy string melody, usually single notes instead of chords. And of course, there's the drumbeat. I tend to use a modification of a rock beat, maybe with some precussive timpani (kettle) drums and SOMETIMES tamborines. This pattern repeats twice.

3.Second main pattern. Same as the last, but this time with either an electric guitar lead line, or a higher string lead line. It plays a faster, steady upbeat melody. Harmonizes with the first string melody. This pattern repeats twice.

4.First "secondary" pattern. There are some changes here... Sometimes I have the electric guitar (rythm) and bass guitar change up slightly, while the first string lead becomes much simpler, maybe 3 or 4 notes to a pattern. If I have a lead guitar instead of a second string, I have it solo, in which case it's good not to repeat the pattern. Change the solo on the next pattern. If I'm using a second string, however, I have it perform a more spaced-out melody line. If using a second string, this pattern repeats twice. If using a lead guitar, this pattern plays once but the next pattern is a variant with a different solo.

5.Second "secondary" pattern. If using a lead guitar, it drops into a very simple melody line, maybe 3-4 notes per pattern. If using a second string, it performs a medium-pace lead line, maybe using the Exx and Fxx effects to bend to the next note. This pattern musically repeats twice, but technically the second one loops back to the first main pattern using B01 at the end of the pattern. Make sure to use note cut to stop the extra channels at the first main pattern.

Hope this helps, heh. Smile
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#32
thanks for the extensive feedback...thats the kinda stuff i was waiting for!

as soon as im out of the hospital, i'll work somemore on it

Oz~
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