This is a very, very cool take on the theme, I think Energetic Gaming was the favourite of my path - driving forward retro vibes - but there was a big variety. Energetic reminded me a little of the Banjo Kazooie soundtrack.
Oh I've just clicked what you mean! There's a sub bass note hitting opposite the kick, and while the kick stays in place - the sub note moves to the other side of the beat - giving that reversed kick vibe.
Your break chopping sounds great! Agree with folks in how the sections can feel a little separate at times - almost like shifting through individual stages on a single level. In a game with visual transitions I think it wouldn't feel jarring at all.
I really dig the 2:20 synth, the section as a whole, and your style slaps!
Fantastic wandering alone in a dark city music. Love the mix of reverse/forward elements throughout, makes the palindromic nature shine through without being super obviously palindromic. Great stuff!
As much as I'd love to take credit for a cool reversed kick, the kick's the same sound first and second half! One of the reasons I went for the B category and not the C one :) Glad you dig it though!
I love this. I can see it fitting perfectly as a soundtrack to anything that's meant to make you feel eerie, but you're not meant to know why you feel that way.
Particularly enjoyed the use of the pitched delays (I think?) the big tape slowdown vibes, and reading below about the panning is very cool - pan dynamics is something I can struggle making feel effective or natural so you've inspired me to dig deeper.
This is some of the vibes of music I want to make. I look forward to watching the videos on some of your process - I use codec for it's ability to turn things into complete digital mush, excited to see it used in more subtle ways (and maybe I'll learn to reign myself in with it)
Gosh, I can't quite think of the retro ost it reminds me of but I think the ducktales comparison is pretty spot on too.
The turnaround is nice too, that little part where the mirrored pieces meet gives a neat little bit of syncopation that I'd've loved to have heard more of.
Really dig the percussive elements bouncing around and creating that sense of movement - really drew me into the wonderful synth elements. I definitely get the sci-fi physics vibe from it!
The chipbass line sounds fantastic - I would've loved to have heard how the chords sounded with a chip arp and kept that vibe going, it felt a touch out of place perhaps from that transition?
+1 for loving that bass near the center of the track too, really neat sound with a good inverse feeling vibe. Nice!
That quiet intro immediately drew me in, would've loved to have heard more of that neat little reverse sound, felt like it got a bit lost in the going hard - but I dug the track as a whole!
I think your track is my favourite so far, the care in scultping the sounds to sound as good in reverse really gave the whole thing the.. feeling of being reversed even when it's not? and I love that.
A lot of the synth design reminds me of the more industrial later Gary Numan tracks.
