won't go any longer than this because it's debatable whether the quality of the render defeats the point of there even being a render

edit after linking high quality render: maybe this counteracts the problem of the render being bad, but i still won't make longer entries than this

this is a song

I can't stop listening to this... I spent far too long listening to this (more than once) instead of completing stuff I started.

Oh I started it at 4:30 AM, the ambience is peak!

I only listened to the .mp3 render, I'm not sure but I think the compression actually adds a nice touch. Though, it's true it's not actually on the .it module so I understand the issue about whether this is still a render or not, I wonder how this problem was handled on past entries on the site

a render is great for those who are lazy - and its good if it represents the submitted file as best as possible - but in the end you should always vote and judge the submitted file rather than the render. if a render fails to represent the entry as accurate as possible, voters should download the entry to get the correct playback

unless said source file crashes openmpt for you

For me, I use Schism Tracker, not OpenMPT. On that note...

Well this is a different kind of long song than what I usually create, to put things simply... and you also somehow put the entire kit and kaboodle in a single pattern. I got curious because I remember doing the same thing with my own longer songs: making two versions of the render, one for the site and one in a higher quality.

gawd damn