It's been a long time since I've posted anything, so I decided to go with the thing I produce most easily – music.
It's good to see that after a couple months of not composing, I'm still unable to produce music to fit a particular purpose. However, it's been some solid experimenting with new patches and new instruments.These two tracks were attempts at a "generic boss" theme. I've been attempting to take inspiration from the Lufia 2 and Rune Factory: Frontier boss themes, but it never seems to work out well.And, for those who didn't play Tempust, here is perhaps one of my better compositions so far, in that it sounds good, is rather moody, and hit the nail on the head in terms of fitting a purpose.https://soundcloud.com/kralys/winters-soul-danceI really really really really really need new string patches. Every VST I've used has sucked balls so far. They either lack dynamics, attack, or usefulness in both fast and slow sections. And as you may know, violins are Kilin's favorite instrument both for leading and supporting roles.I'm not going to show off Terminys because Taizen's been doing enough of that for me. I also have no idea what I'll be doing for Acid's comp next month, but I'm aiming for something small, manageable, and expandable, so it can replace Summer's End as my first public game.Note: the only reason I'm shelving Summer's End for now is because, as usual, Kilin aims too high with every project ever.Now excuse me while I go write about dead people.And if you hit the +1 button without commenting, I will end you.
This music reminds me of space westerns and it is fucking cool as fuck. Seriously. It makes me want to make a Firefly/Serenity-esque game. Damn you, Kilin - I don't have time for this!
Nice music you have there!
I prefer the second piece. They both sound somewhat Celtic to me (which is actually pretty damn cool).Keep it up!very good Chinese restaurant music Kilin 10/10
I hit the +1 button without commenting….
Wait. No!I used to have a really good string .sf2, but that hard drive is unstable and not in use right now. If I can find/obtain them, I'll get them to you as soon as I can.Currently, I'm using the strings that came with Kontakt with my Maschine, but those aren't spectacular either (they come in late nearly always, and are a bit too inconsistent). Strings just aren't nice.I like the tribal feel of the drums at the begining of the first track.I really like the guitars in the second track, as well as the droplet sounds near the end.The drums are really nice in the both of them. In my opinion, the best part, actually. (What plugin/samples are you using?)I hear what sounds like a lot of compression/limiting in both tracks. It's not a bad thing, as I've heard that sound work really well in some awesome soundtracks (Iji comes to mind for reference, IIRC), just something I noticed.Overall, they're pretty nice tracks and I'd love to hear further work on them.Afterthought (didn't see the link):Winter's Soul Dance is really really nice. The compression is really problematic here, though, in my opinion. That piano deserves to shine a bit more, but the bass is really kicking it out of the mix.Thanks bros. Steven, I'll have to look into that when I have a little more money, because it's a reasonable price, and I remember thinking it sounded pretty good.
The first one sounds very nice, not much to say on that one. The drums in the second one feel as if they kick in a bit soon, they don't really match the guitar's atmosphere. After the strings start though, it sounds much better. After a while, it starts feeling a bit empty. I love the glissandi on the strings though.