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suicidaln00b · 02-6-2019, 12:25 PM

i ought to actually write a followup review

firstly you cut off the audio slightly at the very start which pretty much fucked the entire sync of the file; it's way off now and i'm actually surprised that you didn't notice this looooooool

had to set my music offset to 0.288 to fix it. if you read this review without using that offset then the beats listed in my review wont correspond with yours

-2.00 should be a jump
-15.50 should be a note here for the hi hat thingy
-20.00 note on column 4 should be on 3, the synth changes pitch there
-27.00, 35.00, 43.00: should be a hand (snare)
-42.50, 46.50: should be a jump (kick drum)
-44.00 not sure why you stopped layering in the anchor here since the synth is still playing there
-48.00 still straight 4th notes and it's boring as fuck. as i've said there are a bunch of sounds you could be stepping here, namely the percussion. overall there are spots where you *do* layer in the percussion sometimes, but it's very inconsistent
-57.00, 61.00, 89.00, 93.00: there shouldn't be grace notes in these spots imo, just make these regular jumps
-79.75 should be a 16th note here
-92.00 should be a jump
-112.50 to 113.50: these three notes are the same pitch so they should be on the same column. should pay attention to pitch relevance throughout the entire banjo section really
-also again the banjo section would feel less empty if you layered in the percussion
-127.81 should be a 64th note here
-136.38, 138.38: 32nds arent correct here, use 16ths instead
-147.75 missing 16th
-149.63 shouldnt be a 32nd here
-151.63 if you're stepping this as a grace note then be consistent. at 135.50 and 167.50 are similar sounds but you didn't step 32nds there
-159.63 shouldn't be a 32nd, but it should be a 64th at 159.81 instead

ok honestly too lazy to finish this for now, but heres some general advice:
- if you're unsure about a rhythm then slow down the song, can help with clarifying the rhythm a lot
-in arrowvortex i would also suggest going to view -> waveform then using a high-pass filter which can help sometimes in clarifying certain rhythms
-still really inconsistent layering everywhere, like stepping some kick drum but then completely ignoring that exact same kick drum a couple of measures later. should always check for layering errors, which shouldn't even be that difficult since this song is really simple
-also i noticed you cut the song as i instructed, but you literally just severed the fuck out of the song so it just ends abruptly. when you're cutting stuff in audacity the goal is to shorten the song while maintaining a smooth transition. im pretty sure you can achieve that with this song but i havent tried it myself personally

ok bye

edit: oh yeah one more thing studying the layering structures of other files while playing them is very useful in learning how 2 structure your own files
also read this shit if ur bored very insightful guide http://www.cosmovibe.com/ncguide/

02-6-2019, 12:25 PM	#15
suicidaln00b FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 161	Re: first stepfile i ought to actually write a followup review firstly you cut off the audio slightly at the very start which pretty much fucked the entire sync of the file; it's way off now and i'm actually surprised that you didn't notice this looooooool had to set my music offset to 0.288 to fix it. if you read this review without using that offset then the beats listed in my review wont correspond with yours -2.00 should be a jump -15.50 should be a note here for the hi hat thingy -20.00 note on column 4 should be on 3, the synth changes pitch there -27.00, 35.00, 43.00: should be a hand (snare) -42.50, 46.50: should be a jump (kick drum) -44.00 not sure why you stopped layering in the anchor here since the synth is still playing there -48.00 still straight 4th notes and it's boring as fuck. as i've said there are a bunch of sounds you could be stepping here, namely the percussion. overall there are spots where you do layer in the percussion sometimes, but it's very inconsistent -57.00, 61.00, 89.00, 93.00: there shouldn't be grace notes in these spots imo, just make these regular jumps -79.75 should be a 16th note here -92.00 should be a jump -112.50 to 113.50: these three notes are the same pitch so they should be on the same column. should pay attention to pitch relevance throughout the entire banjo section really -also again the banjo section would feel less empty if you layered in the percussion -127.81 should be a 64th note here -136.38, 138.38: 32nds arent correct here, use 16ths instead -147.75 missing 16th -149.63 shouldnt be a 32nd here -151.63 if you're stepping this as a grace note then be consistent. at 135.50 and 167.50 are similar sounds but you didn't step 32nds there -159.63 shouldn't be a 32nd, but it should be a 64th at 159.81 instead ok honestly too lazy to finish this for now, but heres some general advice: - if you're unsure about a rhythm then slow down the song, can help with clarifying the rhythm a lot -in arrowvortex i would also suggest going to view -> waveform then using a high-pass filter which can help sometimes in clarifying certain rhythms -still really inconsistent layering everywhere, like stepping some kick drum but then completely ignoring that exact same kick drum a couple of measures later. should always check for layering errors, which shouldn't even be that difficult since this song is really simple -also i noticed you cut the song as i instructed, but you literally just severed the fuck out of the song so it just ends abruptly. when you're cutting stuff in audacity the goal is to shorten the song while maintaining a smooth transition. im pretty sure you can achieve that with this song but i havent tried it myself personally ok bye edit: oh yeah one more thing studying the layering structures of other files while playing them is very useful in learning how 2 structure your own files also read this shit if ur bored very insightful guide http://www.cosmovibe.com/ncguide/ Last edited by suicidaln00b; 02-6-2019 at 01:09 PM..