Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~

CosmoVibe · 08-13-2008, 11:32 AM

Reflections of Summer

After about a month of hard work, putting many hours into this, I have finished my first epic.

This is a song that is supposed to represent my interpretation of a summer day, starting from dawn and ending around midnight. The full-circle ending represents how the cycle repeats itself. Clocking at just under 6 minutes, I incorporated a wide variety of the sounds that deal with the events throughout the season.

Without further ado, enjoy!

-CosmoVibe

P.S. This is for KgZ's music contest. If I get enough support for this I'm going to convert it to an mp3. O.O

EDIT: Since this is a midi file, you can see the notes as they are being played if you download Vanbasco's Karaoke Player from http://www.vanbasco.com/
I highly recommend it. And it's a very small program, so it won't take up any space at all.

**Coolboyrulez0** · 08-13-2008, 11:35 AM

This is great. It sounds like a piece straight out of an RPG. You should go ahead and remaster it as mp3 and then step it for FFR. I would love to play it. 10/10 And yes this is what summer sounds like

Very impressed,
CBR

**MyDoctrine_00** · 08-13-2008, 11:38 AM

Parts of this remind of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Not that it's exactly the same, just the style and rhythm make is similar to me.

I did enjoy it though, very nice.
Good job ^.^

omgitznpv · 08-13-2008, 11:41 AM

A+++ mr. BufAnG LiAnG

**MasterOfTheTaco** · 08-13-2008, 11:47 AM

Awesome!!!!!!!!! 10/10

**gnr61** · 08-13-2008, 11:53 AM

really good song :>
ps ~~CoSmOvIbE~~

**infinity.** · 08-13-2008, 12:09 PM

what program (s) did you use?
sounds almost midi-esque, but very cool.

real piano would've made it amazing for me D:

**Calcium Deposit** · 08-13-2008, 03:20 PM

Damn, Verizon should have hired you to make their ringtones.

OnixRose · 08-13-2008, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Infinity.

what program (s) did you use?
sounds almost midi-esque, but very cool.

real piano would've made it amazing for me D:

seconded, the flute and sax(?) synth could be better but it's nice fits the summer theme well imo 9/10

Cloud0005 · 08-13-2008, 05:14 PM

amazing work i havent heard anything this good for a while!

CosmoVibe · 08-13-2008, 09:03 PM

Thanks for the comments guys.

Yes, this is a midi file, so the sounds are obviously midi-ish. I can't use other programs such as Reason very efficiently yet, so I can't create mp3's just yet. But I'm working on the convert for this one. Hopefully, and I emphasize hopefully, I can get the mp3 in time for KgZ's contest.

Also, since this is a midi file, you can see the notes as they are being played if you download Vanbasco's Karaoke Player from http://www.vanbasco.com/
I highly recommend it. And it's a very small program, so it won't take up any space at all.

**hi19hi19** · 08-13-2008, 09:07 PM

MIDI sax and horns sound so ****ing bad they hurt my soul

The bird tweet is super pro.
The beat is really good.

Needs to be mastered! and not with like, MIDI -> mp3 hey I'm done.

Like, get a program that makes live sounding brass and saxes. Do it right.

**dore** · 08-14-2008, 02:25 AM

At a camp I went to, this was demonstrated for us. It uses recordings of principle players of the London Philharmonic (I think, it was some London orchestra). It's a bit pricey but if you want better sound that would be an option.

Zythus · 08-14-2008, 07:38 AM

Master. It. Now.

poleaxe · 08-14-2008, 07:41 AM

10/10 This is awesome. It placed me in my imagination where I was in a park surrounded by everyone playing in the sun having fun and enjoying themselves with birds chirping and ants marching, then I was brought to the beach where people were swimming gleefully in the crystal clear water, after that I was brought to the end of a summer day during a beautiful sunset where everyone separated with smiles on their faces and went home to enjoy a nights sleep so they could start the next day.

DJ Mamu · 08-15-2008, 06:27 PM

Well, I was going to to try and submit something to that contest.

This is somewhere around the epicly amazing zone. If you said that this was in some big time RPG I wouldn't have been surprised. Like if this was the ending theme or something, assuming the game ended happily obviously. lol.

Telliath · 08-15-2008, 09:47 PM

Well. I regret ever submitting now. >.> Amazing piece. I'm super impressed. Good job.

Knoobish · 08-20-2008, 05:06 PM

Is it just me or does the part around 4:30 sound like planet karma lol

Otherwise, it's really good, very nice work.

**Shaydow** · 08-26-2008, 08:13 PM

I like it, but if you want it to be stepped, you should cut the song length down by a fair amount ( personal prefrence, I dislike when a ffr song is over 3 minuutes, even though I may LOVE the song ).

All in all though, a pleasent listening.

**dood gone krazee** · 08-26-2008, 09:18 PM

Wow.

Wow wow wow.

WOW.

I love this. <3 Going into my iPod.

But I do hate how some of the sounds don't sound real. I would LOVE to hear this when it sounds real, like Planet KARMA sounds, almost like real instruments. It sounds too... electronic.

Try looking into program dore had mentioned, maybe find a torrent if there is one available. I really would love to hear this mastered and such. Maybe my Dad could do some things to make it sound better. (He's a master with Pro Tools, had the vice CEO dude come to check out the recording studio in our basement)

I would definitely step this... the WHOLE THING, if it were mastered.

08-13-2008, 11:32 AM	#1
CosmoVibe FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 22	Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ Reflections of Summer After about a month of hard work, putting many hours into this, I have finished my first epic. This is a song that is supposed to represent my interpretation of a summer day, starting from dawn and ending around midnight. The full-circle ending represents how the cycle repeats itself. Clocking at just under 6 minutes, I incorporated a wide variety of the sounds that deal with the events throughout the season. Without further ado, enjoy! -CosmoVibe P.S. This is for KgZ's music contest. If I get enough support for this I'm going to convert it to an mp3. O.O EDIT: Since this is a midi file, you can see the notes as they are being played if you download Vanbasco's Karaoke Player from http://www.vanbasco.com/ I highly recommend it. And it's a very small program, so it won't take up any space at all. Last edited by CosmoVibe; 08-13-2008 at 09:39 PM..

08-13-2008, 11:35 AM	#2
Coolboyrulez0 VICES Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany Age: 30 Posts: 10,031	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ This is great. It sounds like a piece straight out of an RPG. You should go ahead and remaster it as mp3 and then step it for FFR. I would love to play it. 10/10 And yes this is what summer sounds like Very impressed, CBR

08-13-2008, 11:38 AM	#3
MyDoctrine_00 WaDaFah Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 33 Posts: 370	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ Parts of this remind of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Not that it's exactly the same, just the style and rhythm make is similar to me. I did enjoy it though, very nice. Good job ^.^ __________________ yo, I wouldn't do it. THIS IS YOUR WARNING LEAVE WHILE YOU CAN SRSLY, GTFO LAST CHANCE MAN You kinda deserve it, now THE GAME You lose.

08-13-2008, 11:47 AM	#5
MasterOfTheTaco deer god Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 377	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ Awesome!!!!!!!!! 10/10

08-13-2008, 11:53 AM	#6
gnr61 FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: TOKYO STYLE SPEEDCORE, ohio Age: 33 Posts: 7,251	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ really good song :> ps ~~CoSmOvIbE~~ __________________ squirrel--it's whats for dinner.

08-13-2008, 12:09 PM	#7
infinity. sideways 8 Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 31 Posts: 1,706	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ what program (s) did you use? sounds almost midi-esque, but very cool. real piano would've made it amazing for me D: __________________ signatures are for nerds nerds

08-13-2008, 03:20 PM	#8
Calcium Deposit I am the liquor Join Date: May 2007 Location: Where ever evil lurks Age: 34 Posts: 706	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ Damn, Verizon should have hired you to make their ringtones.

08-13-2008, 09:03 PM	#11
CosmoVibe FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 22	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ Thanks for the comments guys. Yes, this is a midi file, so the sounds are obviously midi-ish. I can't use other programs such as Reason very efficiently yet, so I can't create mp3's just yet. But I'm working on the convert for this one. Hopefully, and I emphasize hopefully, I can get the mp3 in time for KgZ's contest. Also, since this is a midi file, you can see the notes as they are being played if you download Vanbasco's Karaoke Player from http://www.vanbasco.com/ I highly recommend it. And it's a very small program, so it won't take up any space at all.

08-13-2008, 09:07 PM	#12
hi19hi19 lol happy Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DESTINY Age: 33 Posts: 12,193	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ MIDI sax and horns sound so ****ing bad they hurt my soul The bird tweet is super pro. The beat is really good. Needs to be mastered! and not with like, MIDI -> mp3 hey I'm done. Like, get a program that makes live sounding brass and saxes. Do it right. __________________

08-14-2008, 02:25 AM	#13
dore caveman pornstar Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ridin on a unicorn Age: 33 Posts: 6,317	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ At a camp I went to, this was demonstrated for us. It uses recordings of principle players of the London Philharmonic (I think, it was some London orchestra). It's a bit pricey but if you want better sound that would be an option. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREnpHco9mw

08-14-2008, 07:38 AM	#14
Zythus FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 346	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ Master. It. Now.

08-14-2008, 07:41 AM	#15
poleaxe FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: florida Posts: 341	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ 10/10 This is awesome. It placed me in my imagination where I was in a park surrounded by everyone playing in the sun having fun and enjoying themselves with birds chirping and ants marching, then I was brought to the beach where people were swimming gleefully in the crystal clear water, after that I was brought to the end of a summer day during a beautiful sunset where everyone separated with smiles on their faces and went home to enjoy a nights sleep so they could start the next day.

08-15-2008, 06:27 PM	#16
DJ Mamu FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 101	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ Well, I was going to to try and submit something to that contest. This is somewhere around the epicly amazing zone. If you said that this was in some big time RPG I wouldn't have been surprised. Like if this was the ending theme or something, assuming the game ended happily obviously. lol. __________________ Last edited by DJ Mamu; 08-15-2008 at 06:32 PM..

08-15-2008, 09:47 PM	#17
Telliath What Color's My Bum? Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 352	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ Well. I regret ever submitting now. >.> Amazing piece. I'm super impressed. Good job. __________________ Spread One Hand Index

08-26-2008, 08:13 PM	#19
Shaydow FFR Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New York Age: 45 Posts: 162	Re: Epic: ~ Reflections of Summer ~ I like it, but if you want it to be stepped, you should cut the song length down by a fair amount ( personal prefrence, I dislike when a ffr song is over 3 minuutes, even though I may LOVE the song ). All in all though, a pleasent listening. __________________ " Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. " ~ W.S

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