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### Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga Battle Theme (VRC6)

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Post by kiwichestnut » Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:36 pm

This is my first song I've actually completed in Famitracker so I'm new to this! I'd like any criticism I could get to improve my composition. Thanks!!

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Post by Quirby64 » Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:49 pm

This sounds pretty good!
However, the bass line's kinda wrong but I wouldn't know how to fix it. The tempo's a bit fast aswell.
I made an edit with some of these this at well as an edit it pattern 03 to try ad fix some things. Hope it helps

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Post by wispybowl » Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:58 pm

Hey there. This is pretty darn good for a first song. Way better than my first song lol. However it does have it's faults. The tempo is too fast. Better instruments and volume balancing in general would help a lot. Slightly more complex drums would help too. But yeah, great all around for a first song. The way i got better was just looking at other peoples stuff and literally copying them to figure out what they did and why it sounded so good. You should do that. So here's everything i've ever made. Study it and learn from it.
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Post by Sky Yoshi » Wed Jan 13, 2016 6:37 am

The speed is a bit that.
so I recomanned to change the speed to 3 and tempo to 145.
also, the note doesn't match the original.
if you changed that, it will be perfect coes, I like your idea.
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Post by ollaxe » Wed Jan 13, 2016 6:47 pm

You're using my steel drum instrument I see. (or as I will from now on call them, "steal drums" )
This is pretty nice, although I do hear a lot of notes that aren't the same as the original, and the instrumentation is also pretty different.
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Post by SmartKid » Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:46 am

> ollaxe wrote:You're using my steel drum instrument I see. (or as I will from now on call them, "steal drums" )
> This is pretty nice, although I do hear a lot of notes that aren't the same as the original, and the instrumentation is also pretty different.

That's actually my fault, sorry
I posted my edited version of your steel drums in the instrument sharing thread. (I can tell it's my edited version because it uses those delicious "0 12 12 0 0" arps I love using.)
But yeah, sorry about that again.
Anyways, on to the cover:
- As others have already said, the tempo is too fast. I suggest using Fxx commands in the DPCM column to make the speed slightly slower, like so:

  RationalTempo.PNG (8.65 KiB) Viewed 3214 times

- At the end of nearly every drum frame, it seems like you forgot to set the volume back to 15 for the last 2 drum notes. Is this intentional?
- Change how the "Snare 2" instrument sounds so that it enhances the sound of the DPCM snare, and lower its volume. Right now, the noise drum is dissonant and overpowering.
- Your "Bassline" instrument sounds flat. I suggest giving it a bit of "bite" at the beginning by changing the volume sequence to "10 7", and adding an arpeggio sequence of "12 0". (Although this may just be personal preference, as the bass in the original also sounded kind of flat as well.)
- Right now, there are quite a few wrong notes. Listen to the original track (slow it down if you need to) and listen carefully to what the correct notes are.
- In the original song, there are harp notes in the background of the song. You aren't always using every channel, so you should have these background notes play in the unused channels.
- At the end of the song, you have a B00 command to loop to the beginning. It should be a B04 command so that the song loops to frame 04.
Despite my nitpicks, I still that this cover is pretty good, and it's especially amazing for somebody's first cover. Most people's first covers are terrible, but you are actually using decent instruments. The instruments you used don't exactly match the original, but I like your instrument choice. This cover could be absolutely amazing with a bit of polish.
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Post by ollaxe » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:22 pm

> SmartKid wrote:

> > ollaxe wrote:You're using my steel drum instrument I see. (or as I will from now on call them, "steal drums" )

> That's actually my fault, sorry
> I posted my edited version of your steel drums in the instrument sharing thread. (I can tell it's my edited version because it uses those delicious "0 12 12 0 0" arps I love using.)
> But yeah, sorry about that again.

Oooh, so that's why! It's fine, don't worry about it!
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Post by Ares64 » Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:42 pm

nice cover and welcome to the forums!
if it helps, i have a cover of this song on the forums too if you'd like to check it out - it might help you with anything youre struggling with
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=545&p=8562#p3734
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