Re: Scintill's Minipack Released!
Below are my impressions. I have to compliment you on the sync throughout, some of these don’t seem easy to sync at all but you nailed em! I also enjoy your use of hands, it always feels tasteful and compliments the music. Overabundance of hands is something I’ve disliked in more recent files, so it’s great to see you use them so well
The first file in the pack was my least favorite, so it starts on kind of a sour note >.>
Anime Song Medley - Wow those rolls are fast, feels they are too fast to me to be appropriate for the music. It disappoints me whenever you just fall back on 16th jumpstream, there are moments where you use it where it’s definitely not happening in the music. It honestly felt like any parts that were hard to step you would just go to the jumpstream to make things easier for yourself. LOVE the use of the minijacks in the beginning, but once they come back after the slow interlude I don’t hear anything in the music that is appropriate for a jack. I totally see what you’re going for with the occasional bursts before jumps near the beginning there, but sometimes it feels like there are a few too many notes to really be tasteful. The ending feels chaotic and I don’t feel like I’m tapping to much semblance of the music at all…
Doraemon no Uta - Nice one. Whenever there are three repeated arrows in the beginning it doesn’t quite feel right. I hear what you’re stepping the in the bass, but I’m pretty sure it’s only two, not three. Tasteful use of hands throughout. Some of those bursts within the hands are absurd! I personally would sacrifice layering for playability, but it’s up to you of course. Great sync!
Dying to Survive - Great job. I love how the layering gradually got more and more intricate as the song went on. I especially dug the solo, you stepped just the right amount of stuff around the solo to keep it interesting while still highlighting the solo.
Fatal Attraction - Was really enjoying this file until the hot mess of 24ths. Certainly what’s going on in the music is in 24ths, but it’s not just a stream of 24ths, it’s actually quite a bit more rhythmically interesting and I feel like this file would be even better than it already is if the rhythms here were correct. This confused me about the Anime Song Medley too, it feels like you’re not going for a dump style of stepping and then you have these sections where you throw caution to the wind and just go ham. Would have been nice if you incorporated more of the lead melody in the guitar and piano prior to the 24ths, either with freezes or jumps, but the rhythms there were on point for sure!
Game Genie - Excellent! This is just a personal thing, but I feel like there were a few sections whereas opposed to only layering jumps in the drums (which works fantastically here and was absolutely well done), there were opportunities to layer jumps in the synths and other aspects of the melody. Loved how in the long jumpstream you took a few opportunities to stop and highlight something else in the music.
Monster Parade - Wow this song is fucking cool. By far my favorite file yet! Little artistic statements here and there that I appreciated, such as the brief stream of green notes where that clearly isn’t happening in the music yet you still made it work somehow! Great use of repetition in the chorus, and great repetitive use of the left note in the pared down version of the chorus. Loved the raucous ending!
Namaham - Wonderful use of jacks, feels just perfect. Similar to the Anime Music Medley there are a few moments where the bursts seem just a bit too extreme to me when they’re only lightly happening in the music. This file really does it for me because of just how much variety there is packed into a small package, good job!
Otona no Nebaneba Sweets - Fucking awesome. I feel like I recognize the melody this is based off, what is it from?
Solo for Voice 67 - You dog you, it takes some real cajones to step John Cage. I’m not sure if I’ll ever play this file again but you did a good job with the music at hand. I stepped a piece of his for Stepping Stones 3, check it out when it releases on Friday!
Stellar Notes - Total blast to play! Excellent use of freezes to convey the guitar. This is afile I can see myself revisting many times.
Stress Free Style - This feels like it’s being hard for the sake of being hard. Maybe it’s just me, but those pairs of jump 12ths are just really unfun for me and take away from the awesome music that’s happening. Loved the way you stepped the ending!
Taiyou Iwaku Moeyo Chaos - Definitely my favorite of the files by this artist. The way you handled the bursts in this and Stellar Notes is exactly what I had in mind when I said I felt like some of the earlier ones had too many notes, these ones feel perfect!
Tumbling Dice - Fun file! Innovative patterning on those drum rolls, love it.
Wishful Thinking - This file feels the most artistic, in that a lot of the way you stepped the guitar is very interpretive, and I like it! Similarly to Game Genie, there were a few moments where it felt like you could have layered jumps in more than just the drums, but maybe it’s just your style, it works either way The little breakdown section where you focused on the drums was excellent and definitely welcomed, but as new ideas were introduced in the music in this section it would have been nice to see them incorporated in some way without the file getting too hard here.
I had a lot of fun with this, good stuff man!
Below are my impressions. I have to compliment you on the sync throughout, some of these don’t seem easy to sync at all but you nailed em! I also enjoy your use of hands, it always feels tasteful and compliments the music. Overabundance of hands is something I’ve disliked in more recent files, so it’s great to see you use them so well
The first file in the pack was my least favorite, so it starts on kind of a sour note >.>
Anime Song Medley - Wow those rolls are fast, feels they are too fast to me to be appropriate for the music. It disappoints me whenever you just fall back on 16th jumpstream, there are moments where you use it where it’s definitely not happening in the music. It honestly felt like any parts that were hard to step you would just go to the jumpstream to make things easier for yourself. LOVE the use of the minijacks in the beginning, but once they come back after the slow interlude I don’t hear anything in the music that is appropriate for a jack. I totally see what you’re going for with the occasional bursts before jumps near the beginning there, but sometimes it feels like there are a few too many notes to really be tasteful. The ending feels chaotic and I don’t feel like I’m tapping to much semblance of the music at all…
Doraemon no Uta - Nice one. Whenever there are three repeated arrows in the beginning it doesn’t quite feel right. I hear what you’re stepping the in the bass, but I’m pretty sure it’s only two, not three. Tasteful use of hands throughout. Some of those bursts within the hands are absurd! I personally would sacrifice layering for playability, but it’s up to you of course. Great sync!
Dying to Survive - Great job. I love how the layering gradually got more and more intricate as the song went on. I especially dug the solo, you stepped just the right amount of stuff around the solo to keep it interesting while still highlighting the solo.
Fatal Attraction - Was really enjoying this file until the hot mess of 24ths. Certainly what’s going on in the music is in 24ths, but it’s not just a stream of 24ths, it’s actually quite a bit more rhythmically interesting and I feel like this file would be even better than it already is if the rhythms here were correct. This confused me about the Anime Song Medley too, it feels like you’re not going for a dump style of stepping and then you have these sections where you throw caution to the wind and just go ham. Would have been nice if you incorporated more of the lead melody in the guitar and piano prior to the 24ths, either with freezes or jumps, but the rhythms there were on point for sure!
Game Genie - Excellent! This is just a personal thing, but I feel like there were a few sections whereas opposed to only layering jumps in the drums (which works fantastically here and was absolutely well done), there were opportunities to layer jumps in the synths and other aspects of the melody. Loved how in the long jumpstream you took a few opportunities to stop and highlight something else in the music.
Monster Parade - Wow this song is fucking cool. By far my favorite file yet! Little artistic statements here and there that I appreciated, such as the brief stream of green notes where that clearly isn’t happening in the music yet you still made it work somehow! Great use of repetition in the chorus, and great repetitive use of the left note in the pared down version of the chorus. Loved the raucous ending!
Namaham - Wonderful use of jacks, feels just perfect. Similar to the Anime Music Medley there are a few moments where the bursts seem just a bit too extreme to me when they’re only lightly happening in the music. This file really does it for me because of just how much variety there is packed into a small package, good job!
Otona no Nebaneba Sweets - Fucking awesome. I feel like I recognize the melody this is based off, what is it from?
Solo for Voice 67 - You dog you, it takes some real cajones to step John Cage. I’m not sure if I’ll ever play this file again but you did a good job with the music at hand. I stepped a piece of his for Stepping Stones 3, check it out when it releases on Friday!
Stellar Notes - Total blast to play! Excellent use of freezes to convey the guitar. This is afile I can see myself revisting many times.
Stress Free Style - This feels like it’s being hard for the sake of being hard. Maybe it’s just me, but those pairs of jump 12ths are just really unfun for me and take away from the awesome music that’s happening. Loved the way you stepped the ending!
Taiyou Iwaku Moeyo Chaos - Definitely my favorite of the files by this artist. The way you handled the bursts in this and Stellar Notes is exactly what I had in mind when I said I felt like some of the earlier ones had too many notes, these ones feel perfect!
Tumbling Dice - Fun file! Innovative patterning on those drum rolls, love it.
Wishful Thinking - This file feels the most artistic, in that a lot of the way you stepped the guitar is very interpretive, and I like it! Similarly to Game Genie, there were a few moments where it felt like you could have layered jumps in more than just the drums, but maybe it’s just your style, it works either way
The little breakdown section where you focused on the drums was excellent and definitely welcomed, but as new ideas were introduced in the music in this section it would have been nice to see them incorporated in some way without the file getting too hard here.I had a lot of fun with this, good stuff man!
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