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Post by Psionic » Mon Nov 07, 2016 12:40 am

I spent about a week trying to barf something up that sounded good.
I think I did it.

f.ftm
  This is actually a remake of something else...
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Post by Teuthida » Mon Nov 07, 2016 4:54 am

While this is nice for a first try, this has several issues with it that take away from the main feel. The melody's a mess, the hi-hats are bland, and the mixing is all off. There are also several other issues as well, but it's getting late where I am, so I can't delve into it.
Some good advice would be to take a break from the forums for a while and focus on studying other songs and seeing what they do. I'd avoid posting any further songs until your work reaches a much higher quality. This may take some time(it was a year and a half for me) but I'm sure it will work out well for you.
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Post by Psionic » Mon Nov 14, 2016 4:05 am

Thanks for the critique, but how do I attain such a quality?
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Post by Teuthida » Mon Nov 14, 2016 4:57 am

By making lots and lots of pieces. See what sounds good and what doesn't. Look at good Famitracker songs and look at the techniques they use. Look at non-Famitracker songs and see the techniques they use and see if they translate well to Famitracker. Study keys, chords and other musical elements. The key is to always ask yourself, "How can I do this better?" and then do it better. If you do that long enough, you'll almost certainly see improvements over time. You're already better than me when I first started using Famitracker, so you clearly have some potential. I'm looking forward to seeing you later on!
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Post by The Caller » Mon Nov 14, 2016 10:53 am

Very good for a first try! I like the melody, even though it sounds a little bit all over the place. It sounds a little bit empty as well.
Though, it is good! It would fit a frantic boss battle pretty well, if it had some work. So practice, and keep it up!
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Post by Psionic » Mon Nov 14, 2016 10:06 pm

I'm trying to get an opinion from everyone. Mind going into detail so I can further my work better?
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Post by TriforceMayhem » Thu Nov 17, 2016 11:03 pm

This just shows how much of a scrub I am, my songs meet around this quality, and this is your first song, keep on mind I started last year.
my music is ok.
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Post by Psionic » Thu Nov 17, 2016 11:59 pm

> TriforceMayhem wrote:This just shows how much of a scrub I am, my songs meet around this quality, and this is your first song, keep on mind I started last year.

You'll get better. Sometimes overnight. Take a look at my other thread.
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Post by LokiStriker » Fri Nov 18, 2016 2:52 pm

In all honesty, being quite the while around here in the Famitracker Forums, I've seen lots of first tracks,
and this one is decent, and to say that for a first track is something to take on account, I feel.
Putting that in context, I feel you got some of the little basics already:
You know about progressions, you just need to work on it more.
You know arpeggios tho I would recommend having it more spaced out,
so its easy to appreciate to us FTrackers and ofc, easier to deal with,
you achieve that by making the song faster.
You know how do drum decently, and this is something I even still have a hard time with,
but maybe that is because its just me, I cant give you that much feedback on it.
Your melody is a little repetitive, that makes it a forgettable
or just to be on the background. You should aim for your song to stand by itself,
that's how you usually would enjoy a song even not in the context of a game.
You need to work on volume levels, aka Mixing. The lead should always,
or most of the times at least, be louder than the backing track.
So the best recommendation its similar to the one Teuthida made,
Take your time to study how to track, see others work,
there is some remarkable work out there from people of the community.
And clearly you are on a good path if this was your first attempt.
Keep tracking!
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