Arcane Toaster
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Elle, and the Sound of her Wings
 
  25th/348   Σ29.104   Feb 18th 2024 1:21pm
 
 
Don't fly too close to the sun.

Thank you Kleeder for helping the track finally see the light of day!
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184920
Level 31 Chipist
kleeder
 
 
 
post #184920 :: 2024.02.18 1:57pm
  
  Arcane Toaster liēkd this
i love the final product, turned out so great!
 
 
184925
Level 30 Chipist
Tobikomi
 
 
 
post #184925 :: 2024.02.18 3:48pm
Damn. That was amazing! :O
 
 
185216
Level 16 Mixist
Michael Frank
 
 
post #185216 :: 2024.02.21 6:41am
that middle section opening up to that strings part is great, love this!
 
 
185234
Level 22 Mixist
SnugglyBun
 
 
 
post #185234 :: 2024.02.21 9:22am :: edit 2024.02.21 9:22am
this is a very amazing songie, lots of emotions on it.
 
 
185303
Level 31 Chipist
damifortune
 
 
 
post #185303 :: 2024.02.21 2:58pm :: edit 2024.02.21 3:01pm
  
  Arcane Toaster liēkd this
i'm glad to see how this turned out! absolutely killer main themes, the core of this tune is really stunning. i personally thought the B section at 1:40something felt a bit awkwardly distant from the rest of the tune, although it too sounded great; maybe a little more transitional material getting there would've helped it gel. but it gets back on track when the solo string sample comes in, and the triumphant restatement really brings it home. altogether an awesome piece.

one more thought - maybe a little more playing around with the main theme melody or its chord progression would be cool, it's nice to always feel what's coming but i could see a little more development there, sending it in new directions, spinning it out with re-uses of little chunks of the melodic phrase, etc
 
 
185345
Level 21 Chipist
Arcane Toaster
 
 
 
post #185345 :: 2024.02.21 8:21pm
  
  damifortune liēkd this
thanks for the feedback! i was feeling really unsure about the middle section, i have a tendency to hit a wall somewhere around the bridge in verse+chorus stuff like this. i would want to get more comfortable with taking one or two motifs and trying to develop those as much as possible, instead of going back to old habits and just trying to stitch together a bunch of (generally) unrelated parts
 
 
185953
Level 15 Chipist
glebogryzarka
 
 
post #185953 :: 2024.02.28 10:33pm
  
  Arcane Toaster liēkd this
it reminds me of Jeroen Tel's late 80s / early 90s style.
that is a compliment as high as the altitude of Elle in flight (whoever she is) ;)
 
 
186162
Level 3 Criticist
NecAri
 
 
post #186162 :: 2024.03.03 12:31am
Really beautiful melody work! I love the instrument emulation with the horn-like sounds. Awesome track and catchy.
 
 
186185
Level 21 Chipist
haberchuck
 
 
 
post #186185 :: 2024.03.03 7:27am
  
  Arcane Toaster liēkd this
Oh man this was a delightful piece! When I do wavetables, I usually end up with SNBSHSHSHSHJJ*ZZ!!*JSKKDKFNDKKXMDMDMMD or some other barely palatable sound, so to hear you manage all this out of the PCE is incredible!

I thought the second section made an impact as a listener and didn't feel super out of sync. I imagine you could do more to ease into it, but I didn't find it jarring myself. At any rate nice work!
 
 
186314
Level 22 Chipist
Titan of Plasma
 
 
 
post #186314 :: 2024.03.05 10:00am
  
  Yuzu and Arcane Toaster liēkd this
Oh, look, an 80s anime opening which turns into a 90s anime opening. Beautiful. I don't know a lot about PCE but those strings sound like black magic to me for the soundchip capabilities.

As for me, I'm very averse to monotony in music (unless it's part of the style or composition), so I found your song very delightful. I don't feel it's all over the place (I'm worse when composing XD). Beautiful.
 
 
186517
Level 13 Chipist
glwtch
 
 
post #186517 :: 2024.03.08 10:53pm
this is awesome
 
 
186905
Level 16 Chipist
robotmeadows
 
 
post #186905 :: 2024.03.15 7:29pm
  
  Arcane Toaster liēkd this
snare sound <333333
 
 
187056
Level 18 Chipist
Max Chaplin
 
 
 
post #187056 :: 2024.03.17 1:56pm
  
  Arcane Toaster liēkd this
This is a certified Prog banger, Mellotron strings and all.
 
 

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