No-Game
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San Diego, CA

Hi guys! I'm No-Game and I'm pretty new overall to the whole music scene in general. I like to think I've drawn influences from Anamanaguchi and progressive music. I've been using LSDJ for almost 6 months now and finally feel confident to release a track.

On to the song, I've been working on Dain's Ray for about 2 months now. I like the main melody, the build up before the "solo," and all the zaniness later in the song but I feel a little iffy on some of the transitions, the cut time at the end, and the timbre of the instruments. I'm also not completely sure how to define exactly what the track falls under musically. 

The link to the track is right here: https://soundcloud.com/nogamechiptune/dains-ray

All criticism and feedback is welcome and thanks for listening!

Last edited by No-Game (Aug 3, 2013 9:24 pm)

Jansaw
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Canada

Hey man!

This is super good for your first lsdj track:) It's also crazy that nobody here really answers these things...

I don't consider myself to be a pro lsdj user, as I haven't used it in a while. My advice would be to start experimenting with panning and creating advanced instruments using more tables. Attempt to make your instruments and their arrangement more complicated! Try not to make it sound TOO busy and jumbled, but what I did was try to create better programming behind my instruments and their arrangements (their panning, application against others instruments).

This video Danimal Cannon did really helped me out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAgM3KNhSLc

All in all, try and make things interesting for the listener musically, not just digitally. I started this thread a while ago, to much detest and attraction, which might be able to help:

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/9299/ … teresting/

All the best!
Matt

No-Game
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San Diego, CA

Hey Matt! I've dabbled in a little panning but I never got it to sound right on this project. I guess I just need more practice with it haha. Thanks for the advice and resources - it really helps out big_smile