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A jam submission

Whimsy Number 7 (Bartókian Whimsy)View project page

submission for Composer Synthestration Jam #1 hosted by Joe Chris August 2025
Submitted by exedexes1 (@exedexes1) — 3 hours, 47 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Original#63.2223.222
Arrangement#102.6672.667
Overall#102.9442.944

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Original or Arrangement?

Original

An original piece of music

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

I am impressed with so many of your tracks, specifically how they are able to move through so many ideas. Sometimes with many ideas and changes, my ear is unable to predict where we are going next which makes it challenging to latch onto a main and memorable idea. Despite that, I continue to be impressed with this piece and your ability to through-compose so much with such intricate musical progressions, turns, and phrases. Good work and thank you for sharing!

Submitted(+1)

That cheered me up. Thank you for that. At times, I felt like I was in a Disney studio in the ’90s.

Developer

Glad you had a pleasant time listening!

Gave you an itch follow, if you like the thing(s) on my page(s), consider doing the same.

Cheers!

--D

main website:

https://exedexes1.com/

Submitted(+1)

God job!! 3:05, best part!

Developer(+1)

Glad you liked it!

Gave you an itch follow, if you like the other thing(s) on my page(s), consider doing the same.

Cheers!

--D


main website:

https://exedexes1.com/

Submitted(+1)

It's classical, and yet the timbre of the synths gives me serious Yes and early Genesis vibes. It definitely fit the bill in terms of orchestration!

Developer

Picking the synths so they weren't too murky was a trick in itself.

Glad you had a go of it.

Gave you an itch follow, if you like the thing(s) on my pages, consider doing the same.

Cheers!

--D

main website:

https://exedexes1.com/

Submitted(+1)

I find the selection of sounds pretty cool and the whole piece feels organic with it's detailed tempo variations. I would have like to hear some more synchronous harmonies. Some of the notes seem to be a bit off in timing. 

But overall a great piece and the orchestral nature was maintained well. It still felt classical. 

Developer

It's always a struggle doing a 2-stage where I intend to use DAW instruments beyond the FA-08's instruments because the tempo just isn't quite lined with the export MP3 and the re-use of the MIDI under the DAW.

So the early portion is done by moving segments then I got wiser and started using tenths-of-a-BPM in a manner where the last 2/3 of it is almost undetectably a different tempo at all.

Glad you gave my thing a listen.

Gave you an itch follow, if you like the other thing(s) on my page(s), consider doing the same.

Cheers!

--D
main website:

https://exedexes1.com/