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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #3 | 4.133 | 4.133 |
| Impression | #4 | 4.222 | 4.222 |
| Composition | #4 | 4.222 | 4.222 |
| Sound quality | #5 | 4.111 | 4.111 |
| Creativity | #9 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Credibility | #12 | 4.111 | 4.111 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Track description | Creative process
Everything I explain on this visual board in Miro for easier readability (no account needed!)
https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVKvNgVNI=/
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This track went from great to "oh shit this slaps" when the guitar enters. I feel like you really captured the "just having a fun time" island-ish vibe really well. Amazing work!! This tune will be stuck in my brain.
Thanks a ton really appreciate it!! That’s definitely the vibe I was going for and tried to make sure the melody was catchy enough. Glad you liked it!!
Oooh sunny beach area with a twist - a little bit of retro-synth good ol' squarewavy lead to spice things up, nice !
Overall a nice a smooth composition which would fit the area and the gameplay quite well. I'd probably replace the lead with a woodwind or steel drum, smtg tropical for example, to stay in the mood of the game. But the chord progression, the double bass and the tambourine are really creating the AC colour here (with snappy hit on the upbeat and syncopated beats).
On the mixing side of things, I feel like your lead is taking quite a lot of space and really covers the rest of the mix, especially when the rest of the mix is very balanced and well mixed, the part with guitar/tambour/snaps/steel drum is super nice. I'd EQ the guitar a bit to get rid of some strong frequencies in the mid-highs, but maybe that's compression that is causing this (not sure if you have compressed it or not - if not then it's a simple EQ fix).
Nice submission, it fits the spot and the time smoothly, and I had fun breaking down your song and listening to it a few times. Since you said before you were new to music and all, I'm impressed and super excited to see your future endeavours and progress !
thank you for the feedback. For the synth I used the closest one to the one present in the original 12pm track in the ost so I’m pretty happy with that. The guitar is a big issue though and I couldn’t quite get the brightness out, and volume actually muted it too much. I definitely need to work that next time.
I really appreciate you taking the time to give me solid feedback though thank you so much!!
And thank you for the super kind words 🙏
It's a very good theme, I really like how you managed to capture the style of the Animal Crossing OST, although I get the feeling that you didn't want to stop there and that you ended up composing a track even more complex than the ones in the original game. Genuinely I like it very much. Congratulations, you did an excellent job!
Thank you! I actually feel some of the ost songs were way more complex and full then mine ahaha
I took the most influence from the official 12pm ost song, give it a spin if you can you will enjoy it a ton :)
Thank you for the feedback really appreciate it!
Hey man, cool track! I really enjoyed the composition and your choice of sounds - apart from maybe the strummed acoustic guitar tone (its a little harsh maybe? quite subjective tho and I guess comes from a guitar player who is into more mellow stuff). I found it kinda funny to read in your miro notes that you are just starting to learn mixing - same here, I submitted to the OST Comp Jam #7 (let's hope for the results soon, your track there was great!), and I also noticed some mixing issues (especially volume) for my submission and tried working a little on that.
Until we meet again in the next jam perhaps? :D
Edit: What is that bass sound? I think it is pretty cool. Something like Trilian Ac 1 it says in your notes.
It's in the miro, you got the list of the VST used by the composers of the game. It's Trillian!
Thanks for the nice words. I actually tamed A CRAPTON the brightness of the guitar, but I couldn't find something a bit more full and round, so had to go with it. It's also highly dependant of listening conditions. In a mobile of some crappy headphones I have around, it's super bright, in my nice Beyerdynamics DT 1990 PRO it sounds perfectly fine. Still got tons to learn on mixing ahahaha .
And yes until we meet again <3