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[Music+Art] Making Melody Needs Love! Battle's Palette (OC Theme) (2/22/12)
DX7.EP:
Clever experimentation! I just bought a cheap Yamaha FB-01 over here, so I'll also be experimenting with FM, except with hardware.
I would still like to hear PCM drums - that can be done with a few (2-6) drum samples and a bitcrusher / downsampler VST.
I think some different operator parameters and algorithm patterns can be used between the counter-melody, harmony, and melody at times. At other times it seems as if there's too much of one operator, and not as much of the others.
One trick many used to get around polyphony limits (especially on the C64) was to very quickly arpeggiate notes in chords. For instance compare the initial chord in the Desert Dream Amiga demo to its C64 demake.
Irate Researchers:
I'm not sure if it'd help for musical inspiration, (then again, I am a bit of an oddball...) But I like to listen to the work of others.
Of course, the closest to touhou-style would probably be from Flashygoodness... who often works on indie games. If that method strikes you as ideal, I'd happily link the music gallery.
Sadly, mine would have also been for OCs. Granted, considering I've read the profiles of all of the ones you did themes for (and converse with the creators,) mine would be a tad... different.
Anunsew:
--- Quote from: Irate Researchers on January 28, 2012, 06:45:42 AM ---Sadly, mine would have also been for OCs. Granted, considering I've read the profiles of all of the ones you did themes for (and converse with the creators,) mine would be a tad... different.
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Can you elaborate what you mean? :3
Irate Researchers:
Well, one is a warlock who uses Eldritch magic, which is corrupting him. He's been locked away in an invisible floating spire for past crimes, (specifically, killing his girlfriend by accident, and nearly summoning an Old God onto Earth in a bout of madness,) and has only been able to watch everyone else outside his airborne prison. He's a little bit envious of everyone outside, and spends most of his time doing elaborate rituals to attempt escape. Aftereffects of failed rituals cause nightmares in youkai.
(his incident he causes follows)
These nightmares cause some familiar incident-solvers to hunt for the source of the nightmares, running across the spirit guardian of the magic seals, the warlock's only underling, and a clockwork sentry before reaching him. He battles the assailants a bit before asking how they reached him, and, upon discovering they pummeled the forces keeping him in, he gleefully breaks out of the tower. Upon finding that his prison was yet inside a sealed LAND, he uses his power, in rage, to take control of all the youkai he can, descending into madness, and becoming a puppet of forces that should remain forgotten. He sets the forest of magic on fire while in their thrall, and is about to burn a path of destruction until the heroines beat him into sensibility. Beaten and dejected, he stifles the fires, and returns to his now-unsealed tower, determined to make amends for his mistakes, should the need arise.
The other is an energetic dragonfly youkai, who is obsessed with the outside world, but isn't all that bright. She's gathered a collection of lost military hardware, mostly lost through the Bermuda Triangle, and has built a small fleet of miniature helicopters. She considers herself the head of the warlock's youkai forces (she's the only one of his forces...) And believes him to be her best friend, much to his dismay. She discovered his tower when one of the rituals went awry, allowing her, then a humble dragonfly, to become a youkai. Her overall theme is helicopters and aviation, and she would love to establish a militant force, but lacks the intelligence to organize and lead one.
Irate Researchers:
I am currently working on obtaining artwork of the warlock in question.