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1 - Making Waves

Interesting ideas for sure, and a creative progression. The drums felt a bit loud and overpowering at times though, which is a shame as I do like the melody you have but it was a bit hard to hear even with my headphones. Overall pretty good.

2 - Boss Battle With Beer

This reminds me a bit of the goofy songs you hear in splatoon level themes. I love that vocal sounding synth that carries throughout and how it changes between melody and supporting roles throughout. Similar thing where drums and supporting aspects (like the bird sounds and swells) feel a little bit loud, but its much less noticeable here. I of the two melody synths you used here I like the second one more, the reverb it has helps it fit a bit better with everything else.

3 - We are out of Time

This one is pretty cute, I think your balancing of all the elements is handled well here! I think you should probably use a filter to remove some of the high end in your instruments though, there were some spots that sounded very piercing (I do have hearing problems that accentuate this, but still something to keep note of.

4 - When The Party is Over

I think in terms how how you executed your storytelling this is your strongest track, I really feel the darker vibes you said you were going for here and you keep it interesting to listen to throughout by subtly changing up elements. I would have been interested to see what a swell throughout this piece would have sounded like to lead up to that boss theme you described, but this was still effective.

Nice to hear your work, thanks for your submission!

01 - Intro

This is really pretty! I love the texture you have created here contrasting the bird call sounds with more ambient support. The scattered piano above compliments it very well. I do think it gets a bit too dense in some spots, I think you could make some of the bird sounds a bit quieter, and the bass swell in the first 40 or so seconds takes over a little bit too much, but is a great addition in theory and would be more effective for me if it didn't stand out as much as it did.

02 - In Flow

I think how the bird sounds are handled here is much more effective, and I want to really highlight the way you have handled the mixing in this piece. It makes the piano really shine, and it feels like the rest of the instruments are well balanced to frame the piano as your main focus. If I had to say anything about this, I feel you created a lot of really cool rhythmic drive in the start of the piece and I wish that intrigue created by the syncopation continued through the rest of the piece a bit more. It ended up feeling a bit like you hit a peak right at the start that slowly faded throughout the rest of the piece. Still incredibly strong writing however

03 - A Rainy Stroll

In part I think this is because of how strong the last song was, I felt like this piece was a bit less interesting compared to the others so far. Its still good, but I think the reason this was my first impression is because of how things are structured and your instrument choice here. For the first bit of the song the drums really stand out, and with that loop repeating over a similarily repetitive synth line I felt like I was sitting in the same place for quite a while. You did develop more later, but I think a bit more thought in the timing of when you develop upon your ideas can help make more repetitive sections more exciting even in a slower paced song like this. Lastly I like the synth solo you have at the end musically, but the instrument choice does feel a little bit off for it. It felt a little bit too harsh for how the rest of the track hits my ears. You might even be able to keep that same synth as the instrument, but perhaps adding some more reverb or cutoff to help it blend in with everything else while still standing out would make it feel slightly less jarring. I do still like this, so I hope it didn't seem too critical, I just think some of your choices felt a bit less strong compared to the first two and wanted to explain why. Good work!

04 - Diashow

This piece really nails the ideas about repetition I was talking about above, you add just enough variation to keep these ideas fresh and engaging, and it made this a really pleasant end off to your soundtrack. I did lose a bit of the higher piano notes, but thats my only real criticism here.

Overall good work, hope this comment's length isn't too intimidating!

I'm really impressed with the calming atmosphere you have created here! I love this style of more ambient and repetition based music, and your concepts really remind me of an artist I've heard called the field who focuses a lot of their music on looping specific looping patterns. I think the initial concepts and loops you've chosen to base your songs on, and I think a way you could develop on that even more is by being more purposeful on how you choose to develop your ideas. I feel like sometimes the way you add in more layers can sometimes become a bit too dense (notably in the later two songs), and it can be a bit hard to parse out individual elements. If you want to create a more dense texture, I feel like dropping out some elements will help make sure that it can be dense without being overwhelming (eg, some of the rhythmic piano parts you have). 

Another thing I think would help out a bit is smoothening the transitions you have between elements, especially in the first two songs but I also noticed it in convergence around 1:10. In songs like this I find incorporating new elements is most effective when there is some sort of push leading you to prepare for less subtle changes, even if you are planning to drop in volume from a louder section, you could even build up in volume so that the sudden drop has more weight. While this can definately be difficult to nail if you are structuring the song as a piece that would build throughout a level, I think Lena Raine does a fantastic job at illustrating ways to do this in Farewell. Overall, I did enjoy my listen through and I hope this feedback is somewhat helpful, as I really love this kind of music! Good work, and I would love to hear more of what you do in the future.

You can create one, submit a pre made one, or use your entry. Whatever works best for you! Id probably like it by around halfway thru December at the very latest, as thats when Ill be getting onto my uni break and can get everything set up more

The results aren't being shown for some reason right now, but I have announced them on the discord and you placed third! If you would like this song or another song you have to be included in the pack as a music disc please respond to this or email me at pixcelemusic@gmail.com and we can sort everything out!

Im just leaving a note here saying i didnt realize how much was in this so i wont be able to listen in time to give it a rating, but ill give you some feedback after anyways !! Really impressive that you managed to write so much here

Wow, i love the textures here! Reminds me of things like the more active sections in Dreiton which is one of my personal favourites, I think the only thing i would have wanted to see is a bit more build up into that texture instead of starting a bit louder, but this is still really cool. Good stuff!

This was really nice, the melody was so relaxing and some of those more dissonant chords you added to spice things up really helped, you incorporated them well. Nice stuff! Its been awesome hearing you improve :>

Some very interesting dark vives you have going on, I do like the use of the Dies Irae in this and I think it fits quite well. Very cool song!

I liked this! I have been listening to a lot of aphex twin lately so i definitely saw some of the inspiration. I think this is very well produced and just a very clean track in general, no real complaints, I think you accomplished everything you set out to pretty well here, an overall nice overall shape of the song that made it fun to listen to the whole way through and awesome instrument choices.

Wow, I totally get that OG minecraft feel, especially from that big buildup about a minute in! You created a really engaging song here, I think in part because of how well you developed on and created new material, and paired it will some brilliant dynamic contrast to help it. You did really good with this, just watch some of the volume peaks because it got almost too loud in that one big climax.

Excellent job still, you should be proud.

This was lovely! I think you have a lot of very strong writing ideas in terms of your melodies and harmonies here, they were all very interesting to me and I loved listening to them. I will echo what some other people have said here, doing some work on helping balance the overall sound and create some contrast in the overall volume level could really add to this. Great work tho!

Very simple, but effective! Captures the essence of the biome very well, and your writing was really pretty in this. Great harmonic choices especially, im working on writing a string quartet piece right now and you had a lot of ideas that were really cool to me having recently worked with a smaller string ensemble!

Your harmonies are so rich, I love how it just swells and creates these moments of fleeting intensity that creates intrigue in a pretty slow song. Each new chord just slams me with a wave of nostalgia, and I really like how those backing pads just wane in intensity every now and then and create a really incredible feeling of movement, and honestly I'd love to see you mess around even more with how you could drive a song forwards, because your ideas are so pretty!

That was really special, I think you handled this piece so well and I could absolutely see it being part of that OG soundtrack, I think my only comment is that the guitar could be turned down a little bit, but seriously this was stunning to listen to. Excellent work!

This was really pretty, nice and open and leaves lots of room to breath with some more active areas that are very nice to listen to. I agree with UwUcatagent in that some more on the lower end might help fill out your sound even more, a bass or some low textures could be really cool here. But good job!

As someone who used to be contained to 2 octave keyboard hell I think you have done a very good job making something that's just super relaxing here! I like the way you mess around with meter especially, and think your harmonic ideas throughout this were pretty cool. I think if you were to revisit this, even just adding some reverb and/or some delay to just stretch out that sound a little bit could really help flesh out what you have here, and you dont even have to add much. Nice job Rafa :>

Absolutely love the vibes of this, it makes me feel super tense in a good way, I think it leans well into the more creepy and horror esque feelings of the Deep Dark and the way you interpreted it is super super cool to me. Initially i thought it was too quiet, but I think it fits really well as this quieter ambient hum that just gets louder and more confusing sometimes, good shit! I think sometimes the high/mids got a bit loud compared to everything else, but honestly is still really enjoyed this.

This is really cute and I love it so much!! I love how you build off of that one repeated loop feels super natural and engaging to listen to :> I think something that could help develop your skills a bit more is experimenting more with fluctuating dynamics throughout the piece to help create more aspects of change, but this was really lovely overall.

https://itch.io/jam/390288/add-game/3049778/10594808?token=VPsvyBFwSMJFF5ycRFwHw... use this link!

No requirement to be loopable! You absolutely can if you want to but it will fit fine in game without it.

This was really interesting, as has been said it wasn't the way i expected this theme to be interpreted but still a welcome listen nonetheless, i liked your ideas and it was quite enjoyable, i think you really captured those synthwave vibes here

Super cool approach to this, i really like the different points of reference you have in your music and especially in this i got a lot of early chant, and I think you used it really effectively to create this feeling of awe and wonder. Nice job!

I mean great as always man, you always do such a cool job with all these. The attention to detail really sets this apart, the slight tremolo on those bells in the first track, everything is just so clean and well done.

The quality of this was all really good, I think you did an excellent job with this. Enjoyed everything a lot!

Overall really good! I liked listening to this a lot, i like how you experimented with the sounds and timbres of these instruments to create something really special.

I was incredibly torn on how to feel ab this on an initial listen, but after listening again I think i see the vision, absolutely agree with the comment that said they were getting some IDM vibes, I think you capture this more ambient electronic style pretty well. I think my one word of advice would be to watch out for some of those lower not necessarily tonal tones, because sometimes they really take over the mix and make everything sound a bit muddy, especially when the general track is so quiet. So either lowering the volume on some of those lower notes or boosting the rest of the track (probably that tbh) will help all the parts stand out better! Well done.

Very relaxing, the addition of natural sounds makes it really interesting to listen to!I love the scattered an unorganized feeling here but I find my main complaint being that sometimes the piano jumps out a little with these shorter notes. It does sound really pretty tho!

I know you got a comment saying it didnt really fit the theme but honestly i dont see it, i think the theme of an underground level can be taken all sorts of different directions and i can totally see this in the context of a more like modern electronic upbeat version of the soundtrack, the wavyness of the synth really gives this sense of openness that i find really fun, while also leaving room for the "dark" side of being underground with the bass. Nice work!

my guess is its just barely over 3 minutes long, seems like things are kind of strict here for things like that

always <3

This was very good, I think you did a really good job!! All i would have liked is maybe some slight change in the timbre of that ascending part that loops over and over to give it some slight differentiation throughout the piece, but this was reallly really good, nailed the more calm but slightly creepy vibes!!! Excellent work as always :>

no problem! Anytime :>

I think for something more directly inspired by the original work you did a good job! I just wish that the intro was a bit shorter, as because of the lack of percussion and other instruments around it it was a bit hard to find the pulse and overall feel of the song in those first 30 seconds. Once it got going though i really enjoyed this, and liked the...  creative melody at the end :)

I like the different ideas you have, and i think they all do fit together well compositionally, but the stark contrast in instrumentation, volume, and effects almost takes me out of it a bit. I think if you worked on turning the volume on the loud synth down a bit, and boosting everything else it will make for a more enjoyable listening experience, while still conveying that "broken distorted voice" feeling you said you were going for. Pretty cool!

This is super good, I like how you build the intensity throughout the loop with both different ideas and also very different instrumentation and rhythm to create an even sharper contrast between your different sections! All i want is a few more drums and I think this would be perfect. Excellent work!

This is really cool!!! Reminds me a lot of terraria actually, and i can totally imagine the style that this could fit in. My only real complaint is that I wish that the melody was a bit louder especially when the marimba instrument is the main focus. I actually dont mind the repetitiveness of this, because you develop it pretty well and make it interesting to listen every time with the different instruments and aggressive backing to it. Good stuff!!!

Of this jam and ost jam this is the first one ive heard that i can actually agree when saying its jazz inspired, was really fun and i liked all your ideas, but i think the wobble effect is a bit to strong, and those synth shots feel a little bit sudden, i see what you were doing with the more sforzando style shot but i think a softer entry with a louder end will help keep it more stylistic with the type of music ur writing here. Good work!