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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #8 | 3.875 | 3.875 |
| Quality | #14 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Overall | #18 | 3.542 | 3.542 |
| Coherence to the Theme | #20 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Difficulty Level
Advanced
For those who are confident in their music making ability
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So much cool stuff going on here! I love all those crazy decorations all over the mix!
Did you do anything wacky to those drums? They sound awesome! It sounds like there's some kind of weird reverb with predelay on there, but then again it almost sounds like backwards reverb? Not sure. I love it though!
thanks!! the initial drum hits are someone in the background of a recording I took inside a music store. I have some weird convolution reverb going on with that, and a lot of automations messing with the decay and size. With the actual rhythm drums I have a few things happening - some specific drum hits (the snare is the only one I can remember) have their own delay or reverb plug-ins operating, which I automated at certain parts to change up the timing. There’s also the final bit where the drums bunch up and get shoved out of the mix, and that’s playing with the delay (which is pretty tame otherwise) to create an infinite delay loop.
Coming up with a lot of my songs for me strangely starts with messing with reverb, and seeing how weird it can sound :)
I like what you've put together here - the bass and drums both sound good and go really well together.
My only critique that I have is that I would've liked to have heard a little more in the higher register aside from some of the synth sounds you've got going. The bassline outlines some pretty interesting-sounding harmony, and I think that could've been explored a little bit more. Even if it was just some subtle arpeggios on a piano above the bass/drums for a section, IMO.
Thanks for sharing this, and keep up the good work :)
thank you! Yeah I agree, if I work on this file again I’ll definitely improve the balance of highs & lows. I tend to “build up” from the rhythm section towards the higher melodics, which means my quick lil’ songs like this tend to sound heavy on the lows lol