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Affordable Space Adventures / Re: Teaser
« on: May 17, 2014, 18:47:11 »
Looks great! C)p

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Development Showcase / [song] Fleeting Forest Lights
« on: April 20, 2014, 17:43:32 »
Inspired by this piece of artwork by "Zennore": http://zennore.deviantart.com/art/If-you-seek-349132671
I wrote this song: https://soundcloud.com/krichotomy/fleeting-forest-lights

My interpretation of Zennore's artwork was a nighttime forest with flying glowing jellyfish, and here (using mostly synthesized instruments and modified percussion samples) I tried to create a relevant soundscape. I imagined the jellyfish to often stop glowing, and thus vanish from sight, hence the title "Fleeting Forest Lights". But I imagined the jellyfish to grow to trust the human, leading to the entire forest illuminating with their glowing, hence the climaxing.

What is the genre? I guess it begins almost "ambient". But it becomes very melodic.

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Development Showcase / Re: [song]The Ferry That Went Across
« on: March 05, 2014, 00:48:51 »
Ferry good! Ferry good indeed!

The title does (positively) affect how I interpret the piece.

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Putting some of your music on Soundcloud might help a little bit with publicity: http://loveandlightmusic.com/how-to-get-more-soundcloud-followers

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Development Showcase / Re: [Album] Proturian EP
« on: February 20, 2014, 23:09:52 »
Nice work. For some reason, the strongly repeating notes like in "The Septidecimal Lullaby" interfere with my thoughts and with my relaxing, but everything else is great.

"Gazing upon a Twilit Starfield" is indeed great! And, heh, I imagine it being a background in Minecraft, at night. On peaceful mode.

Actually, I am reminded of the music in a game called "Proteus": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZJpS_YYkhY

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You're very good at this. Everything has a very clean, clear, full sound. I don't like the constant strained whisper-y voice, and I have trouble understanding the lyrics, but I know that's part of your style here. Nothing wrong with that.

"3 AM" is calming my troubled mind right now. :)

"Oh night, oh night" is super!

I've heard this style before, but I can't name any bands.

This is a very good album.

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Development Showcase / Re: [Album] DeepWarmth - Nature
« on: January 24, 2014, 21:59:16 »
Ambient music is not for everybody, in much the same sense that Death Metal or Dubstep isn't.
Yes, certainly true.

Okay, I've tried working, studying, and relaxing with this music in the background. So here are comments in that regard:
Liquids - It's perfectly fine as a background until the drum starts. The drum to me feels like somebody thumping on my brain - it really annoys me and distracts me from what I am doing. Later on the drum quiets down (or the rest of the music becomes louder), which helps to remove the negative effect.
Snow - Ahhhh. Sooo soothing. I think I see now how this music should be appreciated. :) The percussion is a little distracting, but not bad.
Dusk - This tracks sets a neat atmosphere. I like the percussion in this one. It works well for background music and relaxing music.
Fields - The drum beats are soft, but something about them makes my ears feel weird (listening with earbuds). It's kinda annoying, like somebody is tapping on my ear drums. (Maybe the music volume drops with each drumbeat, like from compression?) The drumbeat also makes me feel nervous for some reason. :S
Stars - Very relaxing, though the drums again feel like they are tapping on my ear drums.

All in all, personally for me, they are all great for relaxing except for the percussion parts of some of them. I think it is good to have percussion join the track at some point, but for some reason the particular percussive effect bothers me. It is a very strong, active feeling percussion, that interrupts the slow, chill atmosphere. That's how I feel. Somebody tell me that I'm crazy. :P

My favorite is "Snow".

I tried listening to the music while reading portions from "The Chronicles of Narnia", but the music seemed to lock my mind in an atmosphere not compatible with the story. Grin.

Edit: I should mention that I'm not finding fault in the arrangement, only in the mixing.

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Your music is the type that my perception of changes all the time. These opinions that I write may no longer be applicable tomorrow. Or in 5 minutes.  :)
The overall feeling I get from this album is... depression

I don't really like "Motion". It just sorta hangs around doing nothing and I find the percussion annoying.  :(

"Expression of Frustration" is annoyingly repetitive. It is what I call "actively repetitive", a repetition that really stands out and grates on the listener.  XD

"Moving On" is light and pleasant.

"In Between" is pretty good.

"Floating Through" is so slow and depressing. It makes me feel... depressed. It's okay. Not bad. Not great.

"Dreaming Onwards" has that depressing mood also, but it does it very well. I rather like it. I think the most dominant part of "Floating Through" stays the same throughout the whole piece, but in "Dreaming Onwards" there is a lot of variance in the dominant part of the music.

"Submerged" is good.

"Alien Contact" just feels like a repeat of previous tracks.

"The New World" is neat. Still depressing, but alive. The guitar sounds great, and I think the percussion worked out very well.

"Just Relax"... I don't really like ambient tracks, but ignoring that... I think the ambient pattern should be varied some... but maybe my opinion on ambient music doesn't count. :D

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Development Showcase / Re: [Album] DeepWarmth - Nature
« on: January 05, 2014, 19:30:20 »
It's too slow. Nothing ever happens. Even for ambient music it feels really slow. Some people like that sort of music. It makes fine background music, but it's not the sort of thing I like to actively listen to. If it even had just a little bit of melodic nature - just some wandering notes - I would probably like it a lot more.

You should download the Torchlight II Soundtrack (it's free!), I think you would like it: http://www.torchlight2game.com/news/2012/09/18/the-torchlight-ii-soundtrack/ It's even a little slow/ambient for my tastes, but there is a lot more going on in the music which makes it more interesting/flavorful.

I hope this information is useful and not discouraging!  C)

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Development Showcase / Re: Kritter's Digital Music
« on: January 05, 2014, 19:22:25 »
Glad you like them!

Talk about a year-plus bump, wow.

Before this topic, I made a topic about some music 2009.  C) Matter of fact, you commented on it: http://nifflas.lpchip.nl/index.php?topic=1862.0

Music is my main ambition, but college (now graduate school, Mechanical Engineering) leaves me drained of motivation to make things and post things. :sad:

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Development Showcase / Re: Kritter's Digital Music
« on: January 01, 2014, 20:46:41 »
Lost Winter - Wintry orchestral-ish music!


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That's alright. I have... other methodsXD

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Development Showcase / Re: A little song using samples by Nifflas.
« on: November 29, 2013, 06:11:29 »
Nice! Keep making music and practicing "mastering" and soon you'll be blowing us away with super awesome music.

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Wow dude. That's beautiful.

EDIT: Would you please be so kind as to enable downloading of the track? Infinite thanks!

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Development Showcase / Re: Kritter's Digital Music
« on: November 29, 2013, 04:06:49 »
Update: I've uploaded some more music now. Go to my Newgrounds page to see all of them. Go to my Soundcloud page to just see the best ones.

Ikachan Theme Remix - Thanksgiving Edition - You know, the theme from that cute freeware game by Studio Pixel. Made with Rytmik on my Nintendo 3DS.


Moon - Melancholy music made with Linux MultiMedia Studio.


The Princess is Not Dead Yet - A remix of "Pavane for a Dead Princess". This is reserved for use in a certain Knytt Stories level so please do not use it in your own KS levels yet. Made with Linux MultiMedia Studio.

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