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Darth_Majora30 days ago (1 edit)

Thank you SO much for the track by track analysis. I really appreciate you taking the time to write all this out. I want to reply to your comments one by one so here it goes!

- The "ringtone" part at the end of Journey to the Forgotten Realm was intended as a transition into A World Made of Glass. Any suggestions to improve it and make it feel more in place would be appreciated. (Or do you think it would be best left out entirely?)

-Any tips to make the glass bells in A World Made of Glass less sharp? (relatively new to the mixing side of the equation, so any feedback / tips in regards to mixing would be awesome) As for the repetitiveness of this song I had a feeling it was but also I personally love it and had a hard time finding things to change haha.

-I am glad you enjoyed Memories of Ancient Gods Long Forgotten! I had a lot of fun writing this one.

-Thank you for the input on Queen Annabella! I do plan to revisit these songs one day so when I do I will keep the idea of adding a new melodic section in mind. Not sure what her role is in the story per say, but I did want her to be an eerie/mysterious character so glad it sounds like that came across.

-Thank you! Rains of Erasure is one of my favs so I am glad you liked it.

-I did notice some glitches/muddiness in Battle for a Decaying Land but was unsure how to go about fixing it. This was definitely my least fav track of the bunchin regards to the quality.. I appreciate your input for improving it! As for reintroducing Rains of Erasure's theme that was 100% intentional! (EDIT: After re-reading I realize your intentional comment was about the glitchy parts. That was not intentional.. Same issue with Tower of Heaven's. Not sure what caused it. 

-For Tower of the Heaven's I am not sure what is causing that either... might be one of my plugins I used. Hopefully when I revisit these songs I will be able to figure out a solution.

-TBH I do not know what ostinatos is, but I am glad that I am apparently good at it. I am a big fan of how Serenity of a Goddess turned out. 

-Farewell, A World of Glass is my personal fav on the EP! Mainly the melody from it / A World Made of Glass. Thank you again for all of your feedback!!! I really, really appreciate it. 

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Rythmius29 days ago

1 (Transition): Depends on what you want. Personally, in A World Made of Glass' project file, I would have two bars before the actual song plays of that same bell pattern, which will get left out unused in the final track as it is meant for the transition. I would export these two bars separate, and then add it into the end of Journey to the Forgotten Realm. After which, I would apply a low-pass filter automation (starting low) to made it naturally fade into the next song. I could go on and on about seamlessness in music soundtrack composition, but I can probably teach that later as it is quite complex. Feel free to do whatever you like with the effect stuff, it's your music!

2 (Glass Bell Sharpness): In order to make the glass bells less sharp, you can apply a Transient Shaper and turn the attack a little down. If you don't have one, Kilohearts has an amazing free suite of effect plugins and it includes a Transient Shaper along with so many more useful effects.

3 (Glitchiness): In both of those two songs, the glitching could be caused by some weird export settings. I'm not entirely sure as this has never happened to me, but I have a couple hunches. Do you know if it was stuttering in your DAW or after export? If it was stuttering in your DAW, then it might be a problematic plugin (which I highly doubt considering I only hear a LABS choir patch in Tower of the Heavens). If it wasn't, then it could be mismatched project to export sample rates, or your audio buffer is too low.

4 (Ostinatos): An ostinato is a phrase of music that gets repeated persistently across a piece of music.

Anyways, that's all for now. Thanks Darth_Majora!

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Darth_Majora29 days ago

1. Thank you for the ideas on how to improve that part!

2. I will look into Kilohearts! I am unfamiliar with Transient Shaper (assuming it is an effect plugin type of some sort?) so thank you for informing me of them! Looking forward to researching it some more.

3. Yeah it was just a LABS choir patch and then some Soundtoy plugins I have on it. So might have been one of those. I'm sure I will figure out what causes it eventually, thanks again for your input on what might be causing it! I really do appreciate you taking the time to reply.

4. Good to know!!! I hope you have an awesome rest of your day Rythmius!!

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