oh, I was thinking more like chamber group scale stuff, if we were actually making stuff.
Which does allow overlap, as upright base is classic jazz instrument digitally. along with piano.
trumpet and drums isn't that much of an overlap but might be swappable.
But I am willing to be open too what you want. by 'cheap' do you mean smaller, less complex tracks which would be easier to make more of rather than like maybe having a single song or very small number which are orchestral in scale.
Although, maybe if I found some existing classic brass-heavy works that fit the vibe. (I think I might have bookmarked some.) Then those might be easier to coonvert as the instrumentation would be similar? hard to tell.
Not that I don't really like big brass bands, but I do think I would prefer smaller stuff.
I will send some graphics shortly. Won't be properly starting till tommorow likely. (Maybe a short video of the UI and/or minimal gameplay too?)
As I am busy with some family stuff today. (I actually originally was planning to start today, as I figured having two full days at the beginning would make it easier to get started. But, this way does give me more time for polish, so long as I am careful with the core stuff.
I haven't worked with wwise and it doesn't seem to work on linux. which disappoints me as learning was something I wanted to do. Fmod does, but I am not ffamiliar with it either.probably wouldn't make sense for something this small unless it is a focus? could be wrong. It does look like it would be a really cool tool, being able to effectivel define rules to make the music morph has a lot of potential though.
Probably best to avoid lyrics then it not usual then. not an essential thing. just a cool idea I had.