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Nick Schuitemaker104 days ago

HOLY SHIT! This was fucking awesome!

I was so curious to see your entry since, indeed, you've not made a horror song yet. And no, 'Boneyard Bash' and 'The Hallowed Showdown' don't really count - they are more joyfully spooky than haunting. And damn, you really analyzed the shit out of horror songs, didn't you? The eerie sounds in the beginning, including strings, sudden cutoffs, breathing, etc. work amazing. I am so gonna learn from this song!

And hell yes, you incorporated odd time signatures like me! Don't think I wouldn't notice, I am the king of time signatures among my peers ;). Let's see if I spotted them all on the second listen:

0:41: 4/4
1:22: 5/4
1:28: 11/4
1:44: 4/4 again
1:55: 5/4 again
2:02 4/4 again

Odd time signatures fit boss fights like a glove, and I love it when people dare to use them... and use them well! It adds a little unsettling feeling to the whole fight.

(I noticed in hindsight that I can see your time signatures in your DAW. I see I missed some. I didn't change my list above afterwards though.)

This is why I love your songs so much: they are the single most inspirational pieces of music I can think of. You always nail a theme, without exception, and execute it so flawlessly. The result is a high-quality song, perfect for learning from! Whenever I need to make a horror theme, know that I will definitely use this as inspiration!

PS: I see you color-coded your DAW! Looks way clearer. I hope it helps to keep an overview as well. But damn, 142 tracks...?? How do you keep track of that xD. I always keep my number of tracks at 10 or lower or I'll lose focus haha!

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Blue Lava103 days ago(+1)

Thank you so much for listening and for this great comment! I agree, those other tracks are Halloween tracks, but this is different - my goal was for more of a visceral experience while listening. Odd time signatures are something that I don’t explore all that often and this seemed like a good time to do it! Great job identifying most of them! 

Given that you also used different time signatures in your track, I’m curious if you run into the same issue as me? In Logic, if I set a different time signature but then want to add more space at the beginning of the song, for example, I can’t just select all the tracks and move them - instead you have to do that and then manually change the time signature hoping that it is able to line up well with the track marker. I’m assuming that there must be an easier way to move time signatures around, but honestly it’s been a deterrent for me exploring more creative time signatures in my projects.

Regarding my track count, thankfully no I didn’t have 142 tracks! For some reason when I load an electronic drum kit, it loads each separate instrument within the track stack and adds 15-20 extra tracks per instance. So still a fair amount of tracks but not that bad. The color coding is fun, but so far I’ve been forgetting about it until after the fact and then I change it to make it look pretty. There are probably several different things about Logic that I don’t know about or don’t do that would help streamline my workflow. If you ever find out any more cool tricks, please share!

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Nick Schuitemaker102 days ago

Hey :)

I also struggle so now and then with adding new time signatures in Logic. I am currently working on diving into it some more and figuring out some tips and tricks - if I have some, I'll let you know through Discord!

Ah, you're right. I also get a lot of tracks when I use an electronic drum kit. I never noticed that until a few days ago. And I understand that color coding isn't in your system yet. That's why I let Logic automatically set the colors of all tracks to be different. It helps me not only distinguish between tracks, but I can also select multiple tracks and open them in the piano roll editor, and the notes of the different tracks will be colored by the track color! (At least, if you have set the colors to show "region colors" instead of the default "velocity colors"!)

Of course, I am new to Logic, and that means that I am very eager to look into every aspect of it. I write everything down too. So I might send you some useful tips soon, when I have something concrete to share :)

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