a handful of these links might be dead. prolly not going to fix them if they are, also i don't recommend going through most of this thread anyway - the compliment fishing and self-deprecation make it hard to read at times, plus my work from before 2017 is pretty ehhh
I planned on releasing these at C3 but they all suck (except for like, 2) so I figured I'd dump this mess of atrocious "compositions" here now.
I "composed" these "songs" for a puzzle hack I'm making sort of on and off but I'm better off just leaving the music vanilla because I just can't compose. This should explain why I decided to make a destroyed version of "Dark Days of Dissonance" from Keytastrophe in the name of remixing it.
You sure are pessimistic in this thread... but to be honest I can't blame you.
Originally posted by MercuryPenny
updated, tcdw gave me an adsr that sounded closer to a koto
This is probably my favorite song that you've shown off so far. Myserious-sounding, which I like. You obviously have good ideas for songs, you just need to keep making them and improve on your skills. Good luck.
You sure are pessimistic in this thread... but to be honest I can't blame you.
mostly because i rarely like what i make
Originally posted by MercuryPenny
This is probably my favorite song that you've shown off so far. Myserious-sounding, which I like. You obviously have good ideas for songs, you just need to keep making them and improve on your skills. Good luck.
thanks, but i'm not so sure how much longer i'll be able to tolerate how horrible i am at this
Even if you're not happy with your work, you have to at least give yourself SOME credit. If a company advertises it's own products negatively, they're not gonna get too much out of the consumer. That said, I'm NOT happy with ANY of my work whatsoever. I'm intimidated as fuck with everyone else's work, especially when I port things that amazing porters already did, such as Slash Man's Stickerbush Symphony port or Lui37's NSMB Castle theme port. Hell I look at the ratings both my YI Soundtracks have gotten in the music section and my SS port and it really tears me down (you have no idea how hard that hits me). I'll never think my ports are ever better or great, nor will I ever be happy with my end result, but you know what? That's okay, I am proud of the effort I at least give. I guess what keeps pushing me to go jx that. I'll always improve and so will you. As Shia said, you should be to the point everyone else would give up but you'll keep going. So don't stop, only thing holding you back is yourself, even if it sucks, jx keep doing it!
you actually produce hyperaccurate and high quality stuff though, i make a bunch of subpar compositions that get an average of 1.8 or so when they're submitted, you get like 4.0
i understand that you're trying to encourage me but people actually like your stuff, and it's the opposite for me so we're on completely different playing fields here
under normal circumstances i would agree with everything you say but clearly i've only produced two things that doesn't leave everyone turning up their nose and rating 1.0 so
you actually produce hyperaccurate and high quality stuff though
That's debatable, especially among other more experienced porters than me.
Originally posted by MercuryPenny
i make a bunch of subpar compositions that get an average of 1.8 or so when they're submitted, you get like 4.0
I started no different than you, hell we all did, and at least you can compose, I couldn't compose to save my life.
Originally posted by MercuryPenny
i understand that you're trying to encourage me but people actually like your stuff, and it's the opposite for me so we're on completely different playing fields here
We may be on different playing fields but you'll get better as you do more. Don't let lack of feedback stop you or you'll never know what you could do. Again, I started off no different than you, my first ever ports were from NintSPC. I didn't do my first actual port until I finished the YI Soundtrack (Riptor's 3 themes from Killer Instinct).
Originally posted by MercuryPenny
under normal circumstances i would agree with everything you say but clearly i've only produced two things that doesn't leave everyone turning up their nose and rating 1.0 so
You can only get better if you keep going. I know I use this song as an example ALL the time but it literally was my toughest song but Stickerbush Symphony was hell and pain but I never gave up. I spent hours writing all the values down from that SPC Player, writing every panning's value, note for note. Same with the Jurassic Park ports. I spend hours writing the panning and volume values I can see from the SPC700 player and it's jx trial and error from there, but the end result is worth it. If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally and if something blocks one route, find another. Never give up.
It's also true that you're still a newbie, and you can't expect your stuff to sound great already. When I started porting, my ports were so low quality that I didn't even bother submitting them. Porting requires patience and practice: in my case, it took me around 3-4 years to do decent stuff, and yet some flaws happen.
Moreover, you chose the hardest path, which is composing while learning to port. Personally, I'd suggest you to port already done musics rather than composing all the time. You could get clearer ideas by looking how a music should sound like.
Back on topic, your stuff isn't actually so bad. My favourite is the abstract theme: composition-wise, it's pretty amazing. I'd choose a better ADSR for the @2, maybe try something like $FE $F0. Also try making the strings more powerful, maybe increase volume a bit or use constant ADSR (like $FA $E0).
While my compositions may not be up to my own standards they're still better than these
Originally posted by Wakana
Back on topic, your stuff isn't actually so bad. My favourite is the abstract theme: composition-wise, it's pretty amazing. I'd choose a better ADSR for the @2, maybe try something like $FE $F0. Also try making the strings more powerful, maybe increase volume a bit or use constant ADSR (like $FA $E0).
Strings? If you're talking about the @13s those are supposed to be choir oohs, thanks for the compliment though
Well, it's certainly a start. (though, TXT-wise, I wonder why you didn't loop or label loop anything in #4 and #5)
The orchestra hits end too early, and in the original song, there's a square wave, which you can easily make one using the ADSR in my thread. In fact, I feel this port partly suffers from not using any ADSR. That's not to say it's a bad port, though, but of course, it needs work.
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