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City Nights's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #5 | 3.608 | 3.857 |
| Creativity | #7 | 3.875 | 4.143 |
| Vibe | #7 | 3.875 | 4.143 |
| Mixing | #9 | 3.341 | 3.571 |
| Overall | #9 | 3.474 | 3.714 |
| Challenge | #13 | 2.673 | 2.857 |
Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Title
CIty Nights
Description
I first made my track normally, then exported it to wav files and timestretched pitched it added reverb and other stuff to make it "vaporwavey".
Didn't really have any ideas of what to make, but after reading notavibingcat's messages on the nitro-gen discord about how much he hated "slowed + reverb" music, i got the motivation do something in that vein.
Plugins used
Daw: Cubase artist 11 (made it in 11 but upgraded to pro 13 after finishing my track)
Addictive Keys Grand for Piano
Modo Bass 2 for Slap Bass
Dexed for FM Lead
NI Ignition Keys for Chord Stab Pad sound
Ample Sound SC for Chord Stab doubling
Groove Agent for drums using a kit made from
chopped up lo-fi vinyl drum loop
Chowtapemodel and VHS Degredation suite for Reaktor to add the lofi quality to the master.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs8XYGLN0co
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Comments
This is the craziest mastering I've ever seen :D
I'd be curious to hear the basic version, without the time stretch and pitch.
By the way, the mix is excellent, but the reverb in the mastering is a bit too much for my taste.
I love the chords you've used. They're surprising and confusing, but we never feel like we're going anywhere. It feels like you're taking us for a ride, but you know what you're doing. It's very cool to listen to.
There's a Persona 5 vibe and I really love what you composed here.
Thank you so much!
I went a bit overboard with the reverb on the master bus, wanted to do it like in the vaporwavey stuff but probably should've EQ'd the reverb so it doesn't muddy up so much.
Here's the sort of "original mix" before i started to do stretching and pitching with other effects on the master. The synth lead is a bit too loud in the chorus on this. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q3tjy8zopyptqieju3jwz/City-Nights-original-mix.wa...
This was very loosely inspired by japanese fusion bands like T-Square and Casiopea, so probably some of the same influence in the music in Persona series (haven't played any persona games yet, but going to start after i play through all the yakuza games).
Spite composing is very funny.
Thanks!
Was a fun little experiment at least :D
Adding this to my songs to study/relax to playlist lol
Many thanks!