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DJ Almix
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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 06:12
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It's a W.I.P

Title (Also a W.I.P): Talking To A God

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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 15:38 Edited at: 19th Oct 2010 15:38
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It's okay so far, I would like the the bit that sounds like a triangle to be more different to the main tune. Are you going to put a melody on top of this?

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Quote: "It's okay so far, I would like the the bit that sounds like a triangle to be more different to the main tune. Are you going to put a melody on top of this?"


That pan flute? Possibly...a melody, if I can figure one out.

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It's not bad, but it's not terribly original either. It has a nice feel, I'd like to see what it develops into.

Although for a 'song' I'd expect lyrics.
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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 18:46
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Quote: "Although for a 'song' I'd expect lyrics. "


Not all songs have lyrics...

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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 18:50 Edited at: 19th Oct 2010 19:01
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Listen to the composition of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHYhRz-ZFss

This has lots of harmonies where instruments go off in different directions. In your song everything is very linear.

Do you know we now have a music and sound effects board?

PS I didn't mean the panpipes but they sound the same too, do you see what I mean, every instrument plays the same notes at the moment. If you cook up some alternatives while keeping in key it will give a "fuller" sound to the music.


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Quote: "Not all songs have lyrics..."


A song is for singing (clue is in the name), so if there are no vocals whatsoever it's called something else like a tune, etc.
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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 19:23
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A composition.

OK, if I have one tip it's Chords Chords Chords Harmonies Harmonies Harmonies. Every instrument seems to be playing the same riff right now and it's kinda dull, if the violin at the start played a different harmony line to the piano that would be pretty cool.

Also, kind of a pet peeve, but I find the "Four bars, add an instrument, another four, add an instrument, another four, add an instrument" structure kind of dull. Try to vary the peice up with harmonies and rhythms, and then add in instruments when you want a dramatic bit.

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Yeah I need to fix the flow of it, but I usually don't do classical stuff, my main focus is more electronic (attached)

and the audio board is for sound effects isint it?

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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 20:34
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Slightly fixed version of the "composition"

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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 20:38
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I thought there was a melody in there...

Sounds nice! um thought when it comes to the fourth part I think a bit of bass would give a bit more understanding to the song.

Hey DJ Almix do you have any other songs you can show... i'm going to be making a song and I like how the beginning was on your song and I might set that into a song some were, may be you have more ideas I can use?

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No the first one was better!... add all that good stuff at the start of the fourth part or even the third...

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I'm lovin' it now

Some of the 'Dingy' (Don't know how to describe it, the triangle thing I guess) notes sound a bit off, but it flows nicer now. I agree with slayer, bit of bass might be nice.

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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 20:52 Edited at: 19th Oct 2010 20:53
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Quote: "Hey DJ Almix do you have any other songs you can show... i'm going to be making a song and I like how the beginning was on your song and I might set that into a song some were, may be you have more ideas I can use?
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You can view all of my songs here: www.youtube.com/thechosendemon

I don't do much classical though, but I'm going to start doing more now. I like this songs intro.

Quote: "Some of the 'Dingy' (Don't know how to describe it, the triangle thing I guess)"


Are you talking about the bell? Tell me the time when it starts.

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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 21:11 Edited at: 19th Oct 2010 21:15
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Change Log
- Got rid of "Dingy" bells
- Replaced Bells with Acoustic guitar
- Added Voila and Brass Bass
- Various other things

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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 22:06
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this is pretty cool! i could totally see this in a movie/game^^ and i could also just sit and listen to it^^ i really really like what you got there! keep it up! i cannot give mmuch tips as iam not much into music, but those bass stuff really makes it sound cool! keep-it-up!


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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 22:37
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Not bad, DJ Almix. But, I would definately add some distorted guitarrifs to it. hahaaa!
No, but I think that you need to make the first string riff longer. Or make it reappear more than once in the song. It is catchy, so you need to make use of that. It feels like it needs more structure. Anyways, I did something on my own with that first riff of yours. It's more house/trance sort of stuff. Hope you don't mind? Here it is:

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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 23:02 Edited at: 19th Oct 2010 23:26
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Quote: "No, but I think that you need to make the first string riff longer. Or make it reappear more than once in the song. It is catchy, so you need to make use of that. It feels like it needs more structure. Anyways, I did something on my own with that first riff of yours. It's more house/trance sort of stuff. Hope you don't mind? Here it is:"


You mean the first melody that plays?

Edit: Another updated version tell me what should be changed

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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 23:25
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Yep, that's the one...

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Posted: 19th Oct 2010 23:42
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Quote: "Yep, that's the one..."


Here's the midi for it

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Posted: 20th Oct 2010 01:18 Edited at: 20th Oct 2010 01:19
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It's sounding good, the melody (piano) could use a bit of a reworking, it seems a bit stiff, like it keeps pausing for the beats when IMO I think it would sound better if it flowed more over the beats, and some of the notes in the melody sound a bit off.
It's starting to sound really cool though sounding a lot like Final Fantasy too lol.

What is this for by the way? If it's a game, what kind of game?


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Quote: "It's starting to sound really cool though sounding a lot like Final Fantasy too lol.

What is this for by the way? If it's a game, what kind of game?
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Random spur of inspiration from this song, made me want to make some nice music

If I put this as a free license would anyone use it?

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Quote: "If I put this as a free license would anyone use it?"


Maybe^^ I might do, sometime late this year, maybe, since we have a "game project then" but it is really small so, we will see^^ if i remember


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Posted: 20th Oct 2010 21:39
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Another updated version

I need suggestions!

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Bass is a bit overpowering at some points, i really started to like it at around 1 minute, although maybe you could make the bass have tone? if that makes any sense, it just takes away from the song when the bass plays the same note and the other tones are changing, although instead of making it pitch up, make it go down.


And with the overpowering, most bass systems will take care of that effect, so dont make it to where the bass is waayy above the song.

hope this helped in some way.

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Posted: 20th Oct 2010 23:23 Edited at: 20th Oct 2010 23:24
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Love the melody, but the gain is quite high and the track seems distorted at louder points.

EDIT: Also, maybe alternating some effects between left and right speakers could be cool. Like a background buildup that starts on the left speaker and pans towards the right.


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Posted: 20th Oct 2010 23:30 Edited at: 20th Oct 2010 23:33
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Quote: "Love the melody, but the gain is quite high and the track seems distorted at louder points.
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Probably because the track was only exported at 128 kbs


Quote: "EDIT: Also, maybe alternating some effects between left and right speakers could be cool. Like a background buildup that starts on the left speaker and pans towards the right.
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Good idea

Also,

I don't have any formal music training what-so-ever, so explain to me what certain specialized terms are if you post them

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I must agree with my friend btw (i thought this song was so good, i just had to send it to my friend^^) he says, the feeling of this song is a bit, say it is an adventure game, somewhere between the middle and the end. You are entering a town and there is this new fresh and just happy feeling.

^^ i hope you will finish this song and possibly make more in the future?


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Quote: "I must agree with my friend btw (i thought this song was so good, i just had to send it to my friend^^) he says, the feeling of this song is a bit, say it is an adventure game, somewhere between the middle and the end. You are entering a town and there is this new fresh and just happy feeling.

^^ i hope you will finish this song and possibly make more in the future?"


I am going to consider creating a whole album of "epic" style music. Will give me a break from electronic

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Posted: 21st Oct 2010 21:03 Edited at: 21st Oct 2010 21:05
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It starts to sound a lot better, but there are a few things that I would adjust.
Firstly, the intro needs to be lower in volume, and also another, softer instrument. Maybe add some vibrato to it, a bit of reverb, just to make it more dreamy. Maybe even set it an octave lower or higher (depending on the instrument you use). Just make sure it doesn't overpower the other melodies that are more important.
Secondly, don't cut the first part (at 0.20) when the second melody is playing. Let it continue and blend into the part where the cymbal plays (at 0.27).
Also, it seems like the 'choirs' between 1.59 and 2.03 are a bit out of tone with the other instruments.
And, maybe let the ending be more fluidly, and not so abrupt.
Other than that, it's really starting to sound great.
Oh yah, one more thing, don't be afraid to add stereo in your music. By that I mean, give your instruments a place in your songs (left, right, centered...).



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Posted: 21st Oct 2010 21:38 Edited at: 21st Oct 2010 21:38
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Fixed some things

(try to ignore the flute that plays in the middle part, I realize it's off and I fixed it)

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honestly, wow! the intro is SO MUCH BETTER NOW! great improvement!


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I rarely comment on things like this but .... *drum roll*
Very nice !
My only complaint is that there are parts that are heavily compressed so the listener does not get the full impact of it.

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bump, how is it going? >>>DO NOT GIVE UP ON THIS<<< I will, I >>WILL<< make sure you will meet your maker if you have!

keep it up! I thought this deserved a bump, even if ur busy with school/work, It is a shame this had fallen into the second page!


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Sounds great! Thanks for bumping quik lol
I agree that the sound is a bit distorted in places but like you said this is probably because of the small file size. One thing I'd add is that one or two notes are off in the loud piano melody that comes in after a while. Listen to it carefully and you'll hear that they are slightly flat. This kind of thing can be really annoying and you'll just have to play around until you find a note that fits better. Do you know what key the melody is in? A quick way to find a note that fits is to just use one that's in the key or in the key it changes to.


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i wish it was longer sounds really nice, reminds me of something from a morrowind mod, wizards island i thing had a someg that sounded sorta kinda similar but i still dont know where the original came from. anyway nice work

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if you have the extra cash you could buy some recording software that would be great for this kind of stuff then you could have super high quality but the cost would be hard drive space (files that are high sampling rate and bitrate are extremely large)

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I might do a second one in the future, but here is what I am working on for now

Title: Untitled

Also CLICK ME!

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HE IS ALIIIIVE!! WIIIE!

finally news from you!


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Quote: "HE IS ALIIIIVE!! WIIIE!

finally news from you!"


I didn't know people were waiting lol

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*Sorry for double post*

The above song is no longer valid

Newer version attached

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Well done, DJ Almix! Eye of a God has turned out to be a great song. The ending is a bit too abrupt, and there could be some little improvements, but other than that, great work! I like it!
Now, the song called 'Untitled' (hahaha ), man, I like it even more!! This is a great beginning! Don't mess it up, okay??
Nice work!

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I sure were^^ however may i ask, is the mp3 in this thread of "Eye of a God" the newest? if not i would love the newest for my spotify playlist xD


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Posted: 7th Nov 2010 19:12 Edited at: 7th Nov 2010 22:25
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Here is the full, HQ, 320KBS + Album art download for "Eye of a God":

http://www.mediafire.com/?77extyca162o6y3

And Quik check out the song attached and tell me what you think

ALSO,
here is the download for a version without the bass:

http://www.mediafire.com/?8ct4u1yn2qr8a2a

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I like the new one aswell, not as much as Eye of a God, but definitly a good song, cant wait for updates=)


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Here is a version with a guitar and some drums in it, this will be the rock version, and there will also be a classical version

Also, the title:

"Still Dreaming"

I need more suggestions

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What are you using to make these? Some really nice tones.


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Quote: "What are you using to make these? Some really nice tones."


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Another update

Change log

-Bassline added
-New melody! (its good )
-Longer rise to the climax (guitar)
-More drum variety
-Lowered some volumes
-Title is now "Still Dreaming of Tomorrow"
-Less cello at some parts
-Yes it's compressed, at 128 KBS to prevent stealing (You won't attach the project of a 3d model you want suggestions on)

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I love ur music :3 it is awesome, I am not much of a musician so i cant crit much (like i said before) But i can say that i love this one as much as ur other one!


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