10th Official FFR Tournament - Round 1 Songs
 

Hey guys, I'm gonna make one because yeah, take that!

This round we got.

Division 1: Rainbow Road
Musician: nanobii
Stepartist: TC_Halogen
Difficulty: 15
Genre: Happy Hardcore
Song Length: 2:49

Division 2: Polargeist
Musician: Step
Stepartist: TC_Halogen
Difficulty: 22
Genre: Drum'n Bass
Song Length: 1:52

Division 3: Session (Ghost in the Machine Remix)
Musician: Linkin Park
Stepartist: VisD
Difficulty: 43
Genre: Downtempo
Song Length: 1:46

Division 4: Fill Me Up With Snacky Happiness
Musician: ProtoDome
Stepartist: gameboy42690
Difficulty: 56
Genre: Smooth Jazz
Song Length: 2:17

Division 5: Truth (xKore Remix)
Musician: Tristam
Stepartist: Razor & Xiz
Difficulty: 61
Genre: Drumstep
Song Length: 2:22

Division 6: Lexus Cyanixs
Musician: sakuzyo
Stepartist: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 74
Genre: Artcore Breaks
Song Length: 2:22

Division 7: Pandemonium
Musician: xi
Stepartist: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 79
Genre: Dissonant Etude
Song Length: 2:20

Discuss the round songs here and give your thoughts for all of them. Don't be shy!

Just, y'know, make sure you don't bash!

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Personally, I love Fill Me Up With Snacky Happiness. Nice jazzy swing file.

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I enjoyed Truth.
Way easier than it was first rated, but it's a good file.

The pink arrows to the whooshy wub sound in the start are a little weird to hit and there's occasional white arrows in the slow parts that I'm not sure what they go to, but overall its hard to complain about the file.

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Fill me up was great, but the song that surprised me the most, as counter-intuitive as it may seem, was Rainbow Road. I have yet to see another easy file as engaging as this one. Terrific song choice, to say the least. Right up there with Trisection, for my tastes.

Solid releases, I enjoyed all of them. :)

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pandemonium feels weird. maybe because i stepped the song, but it feels like there's alot of stuff going on that i've never heard in the song

got bmah'ed by the D6 file, gg misses

sightread D5 file, wasn't bad

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pandemonium - today marks the day where we can no longer put our trust in cornman files, because this was so bmahy it literally caused me to double take. that middle section is a huge pain in the ass to hit correctly, but feels really good once you're able to do so. having different patterns in the ending than in the beginning of the chart helps to curb mindblocks, so that was cool. only gripe I had was with the 32nds, they were pretty lel-tier. i'd give it an 8/10

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Honestly this is exactly how I feel about the file myself. I'm really happy with the middle section and I'm glad you noticed the different patterns in the two choruses. Obviously I went overboard with the 32nds.
I give your review a 10/10.

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does anyone else thing rainbow road is a bit hard for a d1 opener?

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Oh well then let's see they all -

Fuck.

That said:

Division 1: Rainbow Road [nanobii] by TC_Halogen

I hate this file for one reason, and while I understand why, I hate you for it nonetheless: where are the fucking rainbow notes you jackass. :(

Jokes aside, pretty good D1 file from what I can see.

Division 2: Polargeist by TC_Halogen

Didn't finish this one. But it was kinda bleh? Probably just me.

Division 3: Session (Ghost in the Machine Remix) by VisD

Very good file. I enjoyed this one a lot. I am curious as to why you opted not to use hands anywhere, but the file is really great as it is. Just kinda curious.

Division 5: Truth (xKore Remix) by Xiz and Razor

Xiz asked me to play this live in call but I'll post it here anyways.

It was kinda a letdown. It was a broken JS song with a really negligible middle section. tldr: it was pretty boring to me. Which is weird considering who charted it. Not saying it's a bad file, but it's just not... Engaging I think is the way I'll phrase it.

The rest: N/A

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there's a piano roll at the end of the hand section of pandemonium, and it pisses me off that the 32nd split roll starts halfway through the actual piano roll

D4 - gameboy you have been becoming my favorite stepartist i think recently. only solidifies my opinion (A+ song choice)

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It goes to the buzz.

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D3s and D4s files are pretty awesome, D5s not really all that memorable but not bad, D1 song pretty sweet and easy file okay, D2s middle section had some bad pr which kinda annoyed me but file was decent, D6 has some pretty obnoxious bursts and should be rated higher than Guile of the Rime King, D7s no.

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Weakest file imo was the Session remix. The song was pretty lackluster, which affects the file itself.
I legitimately had to quit out of Lex Cyanixs because of all the dbGlitch abuse (srsly people, lrn2glitch manually).
Truth was kinda cool, although I had an issue with the kicks during the 12ths being placed on a 12th when it's actually on an 8th. Would have given the file a bit more playability, and imo, would have been less awkward.
Rainbow Road and Polargeist were pretty standard low difficulty files, nothing too crazy there. Felt like Rainbow Road was just a tad bit too long.
Already posted my thoughts on Pandemonium, it's tricky, frustrating, and pretty satisfying when you nail it.
My favorite file would also have to be Fill Me Up With Snacky Happiness lol, cute song and a neat file to go with it.

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I guess I might drop this as well:


gameboy[bunch o numbers], you're an amazing stepper and I want you to step a lot more. :)

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D3, song was boring, file suffered as a result
D2 was ok for a easier difficulty song, D1 fit alooot better with the song, and the song lends itself better for an easier file

but D1 feels like pretty high up for where D1 is usually round 1

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I think corn is gonna manage to prevent AAA or die on the first round gj corn

Also gameboy killed it

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I really enjoy Halogen's Rainbow Road :).

(It's just a little long).

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I editededededed the OP.

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I'm not going to say anything else but it's not surprising in the slightest that middie's favorite file is the session remix

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Gotta say, Fill Me Up was the song I enjoyed the most :) I'm a sucker for some good jazzy tunes.

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These are opinions from one sightread playthrough, and I reserve the right to change these opinions at any time.

Rainbow Road: Loved the song. Feels like a great, happy way to start out D1, even if the file had a few tough patterns for round one.

Polargeist: Pretty easy file but fairly relaxing to just listen to. Not as drum 'n bass as I was expecting.

Session: The file was alright, the song was kinda boring. I had moderate success on the file, so I can't complain too much.

Fill Me Up: I'm a sucker for smooth jazz and this hit the spot. Great file that I had success on and as enjoyable if not more than Yellow Leaves for me.

Truth: Now is when it's out of my do alright zone. The file was dubstepped, and captured that pretty well. The song was fine, nothing too crazy.

Lexus: I don't remember this one, but it was hard. I think there was a string of notes where I felt I was doing well, so that tends to indicate a well-made file in my opinion. The music I guess wasn't too memorable since I can't recall even a small section. :/

Pandemonium: It's a Xi song. Nice piano once it picks up, so enjoyable to listen to. The file was tough and had some rough bursts, so I did quite poorly. I don't think it's a bad way to start off D7.

-o24

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requesting session genre change to "Gross Beat"

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I have terrible offset issues with Polargeist for some reason. Played the D1 and D3 picks and they seem just fine on the same offset. Anyone got any tips for fixing this?



On the subject of songs though,
D1: It's a good, fun chart, but rather lengthy imo.
D2: I played Geometry Dash, so I really dig the music from that game. I'm having major issues on the chart, but other than that it's ok.
D3: Really like this one.

That's all I've played :P

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Totes agree with the chart being long. Gonna take a long time to improve it.

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Yeah. Last official started with a 13 and this one is a 15. So definitely a jump up, but not too bad. Currently trying to whittle down my 18 goods. In the middle of the pack for now, so I should be fine.

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Lexus Cyanixs is probably my favorite

mainly cause i have a boner for artcore files

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D1: Rainbow Road - Feels like a harder file than usual for round 1 for D1. Was stepped really nicely though for an easy chart.

D5: Truth (xKore Remix) - I've been wondering when FFR was going to get another xKore song in haha. Thought it was fun to play since the patterns were smooth.

D6: Lexus Cyanixs - Definetly the hardest round 1 D6 song I've seen imo (Previous Round 1 songs I remember are The Rapids, Spoils, Pussy Pump, and Guile of the Rime King). I personally enjoyed the song and the file. I don't really understand what's going on in the chart though as my fingers just do the work for me mostly but the patterns aren't awkward to me at all and feel great hitting. Definetly my favorite this round.

D7: Pandemonium - This reminds me of Halcyon stepped by bmah where I enjoy playing most of the file and then there's those one or two sections that are just aids awkward and ruin the file for me :/

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nice one dude

Jokes aside, I see where you're coming from. I do think one needs to be of a certain inclination to enjoy a song like Sesh, glad to see that some people did. It's certainly not the most exciting song, so it's unfortunate if you didn't enjoy it, but rest assured whatever I have left in the tournament is much more dynamic than long, slow burn streamz.

p.s. Middie: There are no hands because I didn't feel as if any sound was particularly distinctive or domineering. What are currently the 192nd jumps are probably the best candidates for this, but since they're just time-stretched and distorted samples of the main beat, they weren't really enough for me.

As for the rest of the files maybe I just have really odd tastes but I didn't like D4's song (the file itself was pretty impeccable though). D6 was my favourite file of the round, really nice stuff. D7's was pretty cool too even though I can't play it competently; Halogen's files were on point as well (nice catch on the repeating C during the keyboard melody bits; I've listened to the song many times before but I never caught that...)

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Session was pretty much nostalgia to me because I used to love that song back in middle school. Oh man, the Linkin Park days :'D Now they're shit D:

Anyways, Truth was a lot of fun. Not really sure if the pink arrows were necessary, but it gave an interesting touch to the file. Im actually surprised that I AAAd it because of that O.o

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I'm aiming to get around 15 goods, @.@... Watch out ;)

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fish

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D1 - Rainbow Road: Alright, not too much to say about this one. I reckon some of those 16ths will give D1 players quite a bit of trouble...
D2 - Polargeist: Thought the file was a nice easy take on the song.
D3 - Session: I actually fully enjoyed this. Probably my favorite of the week. Straightforward but fun to play.
D4 - Fill Me Up With Snacky Happiness: A+ song. Nice file, too. Props to gameboy.
D5 - Truth (xKore Remix):

I figured at around 390 combo that Xiz had something to do with this file. 5 points for me!!
D6 - Lexus Cyanixs: Started off really awesome. Rest of the file was pretty solid, too, but a couple of sections felt really weird and detracted from my enjoyment a bit.
D7 - Pandemonium: It was alright. Like some people said, it's highly reminiscent of Halcyon, and I'm bad at Halcyon =w=

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LMFAO kjw

KUROE REMAIRU

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I'm actually kinda bummed I missed the signups now that I got 7 clean on the D3 song on my 2nd try ;w;

Though I'm pretty sure I would not have the time to play enough atm.

D1: Suprisingly hard for the opening round.
D2: Nice and relaxed file, found it almost easier than the D1 file ;w;
D3: Plays very nicely and the song is pure nostalgia for me =w=
D4: Really fun file and a fun song too.

Anything above is 3hard5me.

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Oh snap. D4 song: Chill tempo + swing beat = this song was made for me to AAA :D Easiest 56 I've ever played.

Here's my first attempt, cold and on a pc at work, lol. At least I can make it past round 1. :D

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Had a chance to play Snacky Happiness.


Song fuckin' rules, always thought Rosalina's Observatory theme would be easy and fun for a jazz cover.
The vague allusions to someone being "filled with snacky happiness" were amusing to say the least.
Maybe Mario finally getting a piece of that "cake" he's always been promised.

File is very fun too. I like it a lot.

So this is how it feels to be bmah

Sitting atop a throne of arrows, watching the lowly peasants struggle

huh I see why he does it

srs tho I already regret the [12]432[14] burst in the hard section, the rest of the measure would be very easy if it weren't for being transitioned into so weirdly by that burst.

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No complaints, solid first round!

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Snacky Happiness gettin' lots of love <3

I think you deserve some credit here as well, your judge notes for this file really helped me out when I went back to make fixes. :)

Still playing the rest of the tournament songs, I'll have comments on those too (so far they're all really good IMO).

EDIT: Finished playing everything.

Rainbow Road: NOT RAINBOWY ENOUGH 0/10

Okay in all seriousness though. At first I was pretty torn about Halogen stepping the full song instead of cutting it, but after playing it I really don't mind not being cut at all. It's really just that good of a song and that great of a file for its intended difficulty level. This is the kind of thing I'd like to see more people try to step in FFR; easy files for energetic and upbeat songs, not just easy files for slow piano songs. (Not that there's much wrong with the latter, but it gets really old after a while.) Favorite file this round.

Polargeist: I swear this song title sounds like a Pokemon name.

Pretty chill file (no pun intended). Not overcomplicating the steps here was a good choice. A harder file for this just wouldn't feel right. I could definitely see myself playing this a lot if I was around D1/D2 (although I'd be playing Rainbow Road a lot more).

Session (Ghost in the Machine Remix): Interesting remix of Session, I guess.

This one was just okay. The steps were good considering what you had to work with but I think song choice really hurt here. Not one of my favorites, sorry.

Truth (xKore Remix): RAZOR AND XIZ JOIN FORCES. FINALLY. Can't wait to see what drumstep simfile goodness they created together.

Aaaaaand I'm slightly disappointed. Slightly. It's really good but I had unreasonably high expectations (Razor and Xiz are great at stepping dubstep & similar genres). Definitely would play again though. Pretty much tied with Lexus Cyanixs for second favorite this week.

Lexus Cyanixs: Wow. Bursty little file you've got going on here, cornman. Fun file as usual from you. There's some trolly parts here and there but I think that actually adds to the fun factor in this case.

Pandemonium: Hi19 has finally fused together with bmah to create the ultimate in cornyness and bmahness.

All around it's a pretty good file, just those bmah bursts... which is funny seeing as bmah had no part in this file at all. Makes me think bmah and hi19 have been spending way too much time together lately.

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D6 song feels harder than D7 lel

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D1 song: hard for D1 opener, the few 16ths are gonna trip 'em up. Song and steps are ok, but rather unremarkable.

D2 song: slightly boring song, but well-stepped. Besides one possibly hard syncopic moment in the left hand, it's all really straightforward and I honestly think the difficulty gap between the D1 and D2 song is so small that the cutoff in D2 will be near the AAA

D3 song: lol, difficulty jump from 22 to 43, ok then. One hard spot with 16ths in a tough pattern. Low D3 is gonna have to grind this hard. Song and steps are ok, nothing really remarkable.

D4 song: best song ever and the steps go really well to the song. Good difficulty for D4.

D5 song: somehow, those 24ths on 4 with the 64th on 1 near the beginning felt a bit off to me and I messed up there several times. Other than that, straightforward file and easy for D5.

D6: I like the song, but some of the bursts are quite obnoxious. Still, well-stepped.

D7: too easy for D7. I expect only AAA's, unless people ragequit after a few tries, since there are one or two bmah-moments that can really get your hands flailing and your blood boiling. Song is fun.

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Rainbow Road: Really good song and the steps are fine. Seems a bit hard for D1 first round but what do I know.

Polargeist: That song is great and the steps fit it pretty nicely, good job on that one Halogen. Also nice to see such an upbeat song on that difficulty range.

Session (Ghost in the Machine Remix): The song itself is somewhat ok and so are the steps, but it's pretty boring to play.

Fill Me Up With Snacky Happiness: wow 10/10 song selection and really nice steps gameboy, my favourite for this round. This is really fun to play.
Seems grossly misrated at 56 though.

Truth (xKore Remix): Song selection is kind of a deal breaker for me so didn't enjoy it much. Steps are fine although a bit repetitive.

Lexus Cyanixs: Solid cornman file, nice song and the steps flow pretty well as usual. Not a big fan of how some of the burst were stepped though.

Pandemonium: A corny bmah was born. Fun to play up to the rage-inducing bmahs. I hope Capoeira Sundance is in this tourney too.

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TBC

Rainbow Road: No rainbow colors boo.
Lexus: Getting closer to 100% bmah
Pandemonium: Too easy, not bmah enough

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am i the only one who hates d4's song

d5's song is ok i guess

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How am i not in while i signed up.

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because you only have 67 songs played, you need 250

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250 full games played, at least 75 unique songs

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LMFAO

dw we'll try harder next time <3

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That is unfair...

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The rule is in place to prevent sudden alternate accounts and new players coming out of nowhere, and to properly place players into their divisions. What's not fair about that?

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You did not meet the prerequisites listed on the first post of the page:

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You have our word gameboy

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My thoughts on this week's songs.


Rainbow Road [nanobii]:
Beautiful song. As many others have quickly noticed, I also agree that this chart is far longer and harder than D1's introductory song of previous tournaments. The file itself is pretty good, although some very difficult to hear 16ths (in between audible 16ths), as well as some minor inconsistencies (e.g. the layering of the snare drum starts a bit early on the last part of the song) bug the hell outta me. The song is a good choice to introduce new players IMO.

Polargeist:
Definitely a bit more challenging than D1's song, despite people claiming it to be easier, which is sort of a stretch. I think it's one of those songs that's easier to execute for the skilled player, but harder for novices. Nice song from Geometry Dash, which I had no clue would be a Newgrounds song either.

Session (Ghost in the Machine Remix):
Honestly? This song would be a lot more fun if you could actually play the scratches. Implement this with an IIDX controller, and it'll make this fairly nondescript song more fun to play.

Fill Me Up With Snacky Happiness:
To me, the song illustrates a cute little alligator just eating up cute little snacks and food in some sort of mobile game app. The file plays great - not too boring (which swing songs often suffer from) and a song genre that people can relax to and have fun. I particularly like when the sax plays a pattern where you have a few 34321 rolls.

Truth (xKore Remix):
The truth is that this file is messy. I do recall making several suggestions when judging this file, and I'm sad that nothing was done to it. The overall scheme and intent of the chart was fun, but the execution could be cleaned up. The truth hurts sometimes.

Lexus Cyanixs:
Way harder than most intro D6 songs from the past, but I feel that can be affected easily by one's ability to hit bursts. Hi19hi19 told me this was a small sort of "payback" for all of the awkward files I've made in the past, but I've managed to overcome it. Took a bit of studying to understand the two main difficult sections, but eventually I got it. Still takes work to execute this file properly though.

Pandemonium:
I'll be honest...there are quite a number of patterns that I don't like in this file. The 24th patterns just preceding the climaxes of the first and second choruses are extremely awkward, though I seem to be the first one here mentioning it. Of course, the weirdest part is the 32nd junkwall that everyone IS talking about. The piano playing in this song strongly suggests to make for a flowy file, but the chart was anything but (could possibly be attributed to an emphasis on buzzes as opposed to piano). Still fun to score on from the perspective of replayability.

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hi19, even when it's your own file, you still manage to get wrecked by bmah.

Is this the beginning of an era where one gets hi19'd (akin to Middie's endless libel or choof's daily post-count quota)?

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It isn't.

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Okay then Mister I-love-parallel-structure-because-it's-conventional-and-sufficiently-boring.

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Actually, it was just the epistrophe of "praising the bowel gods" that was better accommodated with parallel structure in my opinion. Conventionality be damned.

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LMAO

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Until I do something THAT consistently, it isn't.
I'll try harder in the future.
I disagree with this. I found the jumps in the piano runs to most closely match with a split feeling in the patterns, such as 1324 in the streams. There's no simple chromatic passages or cleanly flowing arpeggios; the skipping nature of the arpeggios in the piece didn't lend themselves well to connected 1234 patterns in my mind.
Also yes I put a lot of emphasis on the percussion, especially the buzzes, because to me that part of the song sticks out much more than the piano ever does. Even the louder piano chords feel big (where I used hands) because they coincide with heavy percussion.
bmah literally just called my file a bmah
Like what you wrote is the fundamental essence of bmahness.

I'm so done.


I want to be mad, but A. you were very nice about it and B. I think your opinion is correct. So no mad here, if anything I'm mad at myself because I feel I should have known this is how it would wind up being received. I'll just apologize again for the awkwardness but be proud of the fact it's a good scoring file and feels like a worthy accomplishment when you do finally get it. Thanks for the reviews.

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If it's any consolation -- I actually like the disjointed feel of the patterning in the more dissonant melodic areas; I'm not sure if it was intentional but the file's rigidity spikes in the mid-section when the triples hit, and it's not because of the triples themselves.

Remember how you talked to me and said that you would want to see a detailed approach of how I take files on when starting from scratch? The feeling is certainly mutual, especially with a file like this. I don't think my file for a song like this would have been anywhere near what yours is, and it's a good thing that you got this version in first.

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didnt play the d1 file
didnt play the d2 file
d3 file was nice and fun to play
d4 file was weird. not a fan of the patterns for the swing
d5 played weird in the second half and the intro didnt feel right at all
d6 was fun until the mid/end then it just played like eh
didnt play d7

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For me, Session was the best file in this round. Good job VisD!

Pandemonium is easy to chirp at for being on the awkward side but I think that alone adds something to its value. I didn't find any patterning in the bursts to be rhythmically satisfying from a playing perspective and agree that a more roll-type pattern would have better suited those sounds. The 16th piano runs and hands going to the chords were great along with the 12th + 8th galloping rhythms towards the end.

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Really? It's a dissonant etude. If anything, the dissonant piano suggests disjointedness and difficulty in patterning.

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It honestly won't be much longer till you will be already doing this. heh

There really is nothing to be mad about - remember, you need to enjoy the file yourself first and foremost. Reception is always going to consist of a mix of opinions, so make sure you're satisfied first before you end up being a servant to everyone else.

Trolling time's over Nathan.

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I'm confused as to how that can be interpreted as trolling. Dissonant melody -> notes all over the place -> can be reflected in the chart.

My bad, but what I'm saying still applies.

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harmonic dissonance != melodic dissonance

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I... kinda said the same thing, and I wasn't trolling at all.

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taking away from pitch relevancy in order to accent dissonance with dissonant patterns, don't really see anything wrong with it

different strokes for different folks

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Just forget it, it's just how he words his posts in a more confrontational manner. A dissonant song doesn't necessarily mean it needs to translate to disjointed steps. Dissonance is simply a way of describing the harmonic nature of the song, not so much the texture. That's my reasoning there. If the music still sounds flowy, then so be it. Again, that's just my interpretation.

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that might explain why something feels just off w/ the file.
also, what was it rated originally?

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63 at first, I think.