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Σ25.585
Aug 9th 2023 6:27am
*Narrative*
Our local amusement park has a roller coaster called The Racer, featuring red and blue trains that "race" one another on similar but distinct tracks. You and your friends are to divvy up based on which one you think will finish first. To this day, I haven't the slightest of a clue if the winner is determined by mechanical randomness (total passenger load probably plays a heavy role?) or the whims of the unenthused seasonal hire pressing the start buttons.
Regardless, I imagined a kart game course that shared the fundamental elements of two paths: one is safer, but winding and circuitous, while the other is much more direct, but takes you along a perilous route adjoined to the face of a cliff. Naturally, there is some specific path that you can take using a mix of both after you've found it on GameFAQs or your older cousin shows you how to do it.
*Production*
DAW: Renoise
Samples: mixed drums (some Rolands and other collected files over the years); lots of instrumentation from the Mario Kart DS remix battle; guitar lead is a sample made using my PodXT; voice sample found on Sample Focus — no idea of its original source.
I used mainly native effects, e.g. reverb and filters, esp. for the intro bit. Ozone 5 (yes 5 lol) was used to just clean up the mix instead of performing the tedious labor myself, which doubtless would've made the mix much worse lol.
