Re: Official Tournament 13 Batch Notes
E-lectixilent (Elekton) [8/10]
Artist: Se-U-Ra -- Perms: OK
- 2.615/2.693: jumps for kicks like 1.760/1.838? if those two jumps are because of combined layering with percussion, then only 2.693 needs to be a jump
- 3.159: seems like this should be a jump as well
- 5.646/etc: notes mentioned for first four measures apply since the next four are (mostly) a copy/paste/mirror
- 19.869/24.843/29.584/29.817: missing note for electric piano (I do realize that some of these might be omissions as a result of the hard hitting bass that kinda floods the soundscape, but not all of them are)
- 37.045: missing jump (it looks like there’s more, but this is the only jump that would be placed that lands on a bass kick while not having three consecutive jumps in a row here)
- 39.688: remove jump
- 53.055: missing note
- 1:02.382: this section seems to focus on combined layering for jumps involving the kick and the melody; this should be a jump in this case
- 1:10.309/etc: this section has the same notes as the previous one on account of being a substantial copy paste from the first instance
- 1:47.460/1:48.781/1:49.947/etc: missing jump(s)? this is another section that seems to have combined layering between percussion and the melody, but only some of the instances seem to have proper combination
- chart is a bit redundant in terms of patterning; there are a lot of repeating motifs but they’re not within a section, they’re moreso song-wide, which can get a little stale at times -- the whole alternating D/L stuff for the left-handed piano notes is cool to listen to and identify as a separation, but it could be moved around a bit for more pattern variation
- solid structure overall, just needs a few more jumps added and it’s good to go
Ex Nihilo (VisD) [7.5/10]
Artist: Fractal Dreamers -- Perms: OK (alias)
- 15.882/19.193/etc: missing note(s) for amen break sample
- 22.089: ghost note
- 22.400: the break sample hasn’t changed at all, so the minijacks here feel out of place given that there’s no representation of them earlier on
- 40.607: next few notes could have better PR here
- 1:08.227: should be a jump with your layering
- 1:20.951: missing note for percussion
- 1:21.365: given the next few notes and how hard hitting they are, this jump likely should go away
- 1:36.055: yikes, these are pretty hard compared to other stuff earlier; not a bad thing, just might be something to keep in mind for difficulty balance
- 1:48.779: ghost note
- 1:49.089: this is a pretty nasty pattern
- 1:54.986/1:58.503: missing jump
- 1:59.020: this is pretty rude and I believe the only instance of an actual 32nd trill in the entire song, spread it out - please
- chart’s decent, structure is coherent and follows the song well
Happy Arnold=) (hi19hi19) [8.5/10]
Artist: Reizoko Cj -- Perms: OK
- 2.352: first three jumps are fine, but this one definitely just feels like an echo
- 8.044: pretty hard hit, should be a jump most likely
- 15.218: would be nice if this got moved to L to reduce that right-hand strain
- 35.593: minor thing but noticeable on a waveform, move up a 96th
- 37.333: having the burst change to split with no gap like this is pretty rough given that this is a short 506 BPM burst
- 1:02.708/1:09.348/etc: some missing hi-hats here
- file is quite polished
- this chart is pretty conscious of pattern placement and strain overall; it takes some pretty intense structures but transitioning is fairly easy through all of them if you have the speed and control
- great submission.
Patron Tequila (mi40) [6/10]
Artist: mi40 (!) -- Perms: OK (producer)
- repeated taps in the intro do feel a bit off, up until right before the “so fucked up” lyric
- 27.328: move to [R] to get the repeating vocal sample
- 37.041: missing note for vocal sample
- 39.623: moving this to [L] gives you a bit more relevance on the layering of vocals that alternates
- 42.574: move this note off of [D] and place either on [L] or [R] to make room for the more noticeably repeating sample at 42.820
- 47.861/48.844/57.697: doesn’t quite sound like there’s a vocal sample here?
- 49.213: minijack on [U] should actually be separated and most likely have the note at 49.336 moved to [D]
- 51.180 to end: the structure starts to deteriorate a bit, unfortunately:
------ 51.918/etc (incorrect) vs. 1:07.656 (better): this 8th note has the same characteristics as the first four jumps you have (in that there’s the synth + chopped vocals) yet seems to stand out as a single? it’s not that big of a problem because it’s consistently applied as a single, but I’m not certain why.
------ 52.410/52.779, 1:08.516 (incorrect) vs. 36.672/37.041 (better): why utilize minijacks for vocal samples that are different words, where one of which is a bit less clear? The earlier utilization was a much cleaner choice.
------ 56.098 (incorrect) vs. 32.492 (better): the [U]’s starting at 32.492 properly capture the repetition of the sample in the proper rhythm, whereas neither L/R at 56.098 utilize repetition to properly capture all the notes
- structure in this isn’t too bad, but there are some issues with layering and representation of musical elements
- song’s unfortunately a bit too short for OT purposes and I don’t feel like it does enough in the way of testing skill sets to be useful even at the short length
Track title (klimtkiller) [7/10]
Artist: Reizoko Cj -- Perms: OK
- fill out your metadata properly, your artist field is blank
- 32.202 to 46.201: jump usage in this section is definitely too heavy; section would look a lot better visually if the jumps were only on beats 1 and 3 for a good majority of it -- if you have intent on following the little 8-bit melody in the background, you should definitely have more jumps on 8ths beforehand -- you can tell that your layering structure is counterintuitive when you have a brighter melody and your layering decreases as a result (41.090)
- 42.868 to 46.201: even without my note about this section, your structure is inconsistent against itself by not having jumps every 4th in this last part
- 53.424: barely audible, but really abrasive; jump should come off of this burst or it should be reduced
- 1:19.422: move this off of [UR] since it’s a different percussive element
- 1:21.533: this is a normal (for the song) kick, so this particular blip shouldn’t be a colored effect
- 1:32.977/1:33.422: these are mean, holy shit -- on top of being inside of an unrelenting 270 BPM 16th jumpstream, please keep in mind that these bursts are 202.5 BPM 32nd minitrills at this speed
- 1:59.088: should be 16th jumps, not 32nd burst
- 1:59.977: picking here because the measure lines are impossible to scroll through; the first two notes of this are approximately 33ms apart, which means the closer part near the end of this is even faster than that - this trill needs to be reduced
- 2:15.533: no
- 2:16.866: this 32nd burst is brutal coming after those previous blips
- 2:21.977: keep in mind how fast this is; having these two bursts right back to back is exceptionally difficult, given that the second one also doesn’t really have a clean entry
- 2:58.586: missing note
- ok, so this ending color bullshit looks REALLY fucking cool - not gonna lie. However, you need to control the difficulty -- even though it’s only jumptrills for the most part, the speed of which you have to execute is absurd at times: the craziness has note distances ranging from 22ms to 25ms (it averages around 45 NPS at peaks) between each note - the part at 4:10.653 comes out to an extended wall of approximately 168.75 BPM 64ths, which is just too much to demand
- 4:30.341: what is this red wall of nothing
- this file has solid structure and is brutally hard - but fair, until the end, which is bordering on unplayable
- control the difficulty a bit better; remember, at 270 BPM, you don’t have the ability to be as freeform as you would like without the patterning getting stupid
E-lectixilent (Elekton) [8/10]
Artist: Se-U-Ra -- Perms: OK
- 2.615/2.693: jumps for kicks like 1.760/1.838? if those two jumps are because of combined layering with percussion, then only 2.693 needs to be a jump
- 3.159: seems like this should be a jump as well
- 5.646/etc: notes mentioned for first four measures apply since the next four are (mostly) a copy/paste/mirror
- 19.869/24.843/29.584/29.817: missing note for electric piano (I do realize that some of these might be omissions as a result of the hard hitting bass that kinda floods the soundscape, but not all of them are)
- 37.045: missing jump (it looks like there’s more, but this is the only jump that would be placed that lands on a bass kick while not having three consecutive jumps in a row here)
- 39.688: remove jump
- 53.055: missing note
- 1:02.382: this section seems to focus on combined layering for jumps involving the kick and the melody; this should be a jump in this case
- 1:10.309/etc: this section has the same notes as the previous one on account of being a substantial copy paste from the first instance
- 1:47.460/1:48.781/1:49.947/etc: missing jump(s)? this is another section that seems to have combined layering between percussion and the melody, but only some of the instances seem to have proper combination
- chart is a bit redundant in terms of patterning; there are a lot of repeating motifs but they’re not within a section, they’re moreso song-wide, which can get a little stale at times -- the whole alternating D/L stuff for the left-handed piano notes is cool to listen to and identify as a separation, but it could be moved around a bit for more pattern variation
- solid structure overall, just needs a few more jumps added and it’s good to go
Ex Nihilo (VisD) [7.5/10]
Artist: Fractal Dreamers -- Perms: OK (alias)
- 15.882/19.193/etc: missing note(s) for amen break sample
- 22.089: ghost note
- 22.400: the break sample hasn’t changed at all, so the minijacks here feel out of place given that there’s no representation of them earlier on
- 40.607: next few notes could have better PR here
- 1:08.227: should be a jump with your layering
- 1:20.951: missing note for percussion
- 1:21.365: given the next few notes and how hard hitting they are, this jump likely should go away
- 1:36.055: yikes, these are pretty hard compared to other stuff earlier; not a bad thing, just might be something to keep in mind for difficulty balance
- 1:48.779: ghost note
- 1:49.089: this is a pretty nasty pattern
- 1:54.986/1:58.503: missing jump
- 1:59.020: this is pretty rude and I believe the only instance of an actual 32nd trill in the entire song, spread it out - please
- chart’s decent, structure is coherent and follows the song well
Happy Arnold=) (hi19hi19) [8.5/10]
Artist: Reizoko Cj -- Perms: OK
- 2.352: first three jumps are fine, but this one definitely just feels like an echo
- 8.044: pretty hard hit, should be a jump most likely
- 15.218: would be nice if this got moved to L to reduce that right-hand strain
- 35.593: minor thing but noticeable on a waveform, move up a 96th
- 37.333: having the burst change to split with no gap like this is pretty rough given that this is a short 506 BPM burst
- 1:02.708/1:09.348/etc: some missing hi-hats here
- file is quite polished
- this chart is pretty conscious of pattern placement and strain overall; it takes some pretty intense structures but transitioning is fairly easy through all of them if you have the speed and control
- great submission.
Patron Tequila (mi40) [6/10]
Artist: mi40 (!) -- Perms: OK (producer)
- repeated taps in the intro do feel a bit off, up until right before the “so fucked up” lyric
- 27.328: move to [R] to get the repeating vocal sample
- 37.041: missing note for vocal sample
- 39.623: moving this to [L] gives you a bit more relevance on the layering of vocals that alternates
- 42.574: move this note off of [D] and place either on [L] or [R] to make room for the more noticeably repeating sample at 42.820
- 47.861/48.844/57.697: doesn’t quite sound like there’s a vocal sample here?
- 49.213: minijack on [U] should actually be separated and most likely have the note at 49.336 moved to [D]
- 51.180 to end: the structure starts to deteriorate a bit, unfortunately:
------ 51.918/etc (incorrect) vs. 1:07.656 (better): this 8th note has the same characteristics as the first four jumps you have (in that there’s the synth + chopped vocals) yet seems to stand out as a single? it’s not that big of a problem because it’s consistently applied as a single, but I’m not certain why.
------ 52.410/52.779, 1:08.516 (incorrect) vs. 36.672/37.041 (better): why utilize minijacks for vocal samples that are different words, where one of which is a bit less clear? The earlier utilization was a much cleaner choice.
------ 56.098 (incorrect) vs. 32.492 (better): the [U]’s starting at 32.492 properly capture the repetition of the sample in the proper rhythm, whereas neither L/R at 56.098 utilize repetition to properly capture all the notes
- structure in this isn’t too bad, but there are some issues with layering and representation of musical elements
- song’s unfortunately a bit too short for OT purposes and I don’t feel like it does enough in the way of testing skill sets to be useful even at the short length
Track title (klimtkiller) [7/10]
Artist: Reizoko Cj -- Perms: OK
- fill out your metadata properly, your artist field is blank
- 32.202 to 46.201: jump usage in this section is definitely too heavy; section would look a lot better visually if the jumps were only on beats 1 and 3 for a good majority of it -- if you have intent on following the little 8-bit melody in the background, you should definitely have more jumps on 8ths beforehand -- you can tell that your layering structure is counterintuitive when you have a brighter melody and your layering decreases as a result (41.090)
- 42.868 to 46.201: even without my note about this section, your structure is inconsistent against itself by not having jumps every 4th in this last part
- 53.424: barely audible, but really abrasive; jump should come off of this burst or it should be reduced
- 1:19.422: move this off of [UR] since it’s a different percussive element
- 1:21.533: this is a normal (for the song) kick, so this particular blip shouldn’t be a colored effect
- 1:32.977/1:33.422: these are mean, holy shit -- on top of being inside of an unrelenting 270 BPM 16th jumpstream, please keep in mind that these bursts are 202.5 BPM 32nd minitrills at this speed
- 1:59.088: should be 16th jumps, not 32nd burst
- 1:59.977: picking here because the measure lines are impossible to scroll through; the first two notes of this are approximately 33ms apart, which means the closer part near the end of this is even faster than that - this trill needs to be reduced
- 2:15.533: no
- 2:16.866: this 32nd burst is brutal coming after those previous blips
- 2:21.977: keep in mind how fast this is; having these two bursts right back to back is exceptionally difficult, given that the second one also doesn’t really have a clean entry
- 2:58.586: missing note
- ok, so this ending color bullshit looks REALLY fucking cool - not gonna lie. However, you need to control the difficulty -- even though it’s only jumptrills for the most part, the speed of which you have to execute is absurd at times: the craziness has note distances ranging from 22ms to 25ms (it averages around 45 NPS at peaks) between each note - the part at 4:10.653 comes out to an extended wall of approximately 168.75 BPM 64ths, which is just too much to demand
- 4:30.341: what is this red wall of nothing
- this file has solid structure and is brutally hard - but fair, until the end, which is bordering on unplayable
- control the difficulty a bit better; remember, at 270 BPM, you don’t have the ability to be as freeform as you would like without the patterning getting stupid
also changed up some of the js so it fit in
- Tosh 2014
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