Really clean take on the theme, the mix is well done, the composition is on point. I don't have any criticism to give, it's just a good idea well executed.
Really great take, very creative yet coherent. As peoples already said, a small issue on the high end especially, some frequencies are too louds : I take the guess it's from the heavy distortion on the piano and from the flangers on the pad, there is some room for improvement here. But nothing that take away from the overall really great piece you made !
Wow, this one really as some JRPG vibe to it, I love it ! Really evocative. I found nothing to criticize. Mixing is good, panning too, instrument choice is coherent and qualitative.
It's cool listening to pieces that bring something to the table ! There is clearly an idea to dig up here, with a more electronic end. Loved it.
The piece may lack a little "presence", with some more marked melodic figures, or a more organic ambiant background ? But don't take it badly, you did a really good job.
Nostalgic from a decade ago, when we all thought Herobrine may have been real. I'm a little biased because of that, but I can still say that you objectivly did a really cool music.
I digged really deep to try to make a constructive criticism, and the only thing I found is that the main xylophone attack is a little "eaten" by some of the backgrounds instruments when they all strike a chords.
I started minecraft really early, by the end of 2010. Your piece is a testament to this era ! I'm kinda moved.
On the music production side- I can really see your style on a small indie game, you have a innocent but skillfull guitar playstyle that just directly propulse the auditor into a world of wonders. Outer Wilds kind of shat, really.
If I had to give you a downside, it would probably be the work on the low ends, the deep sinwave can be a little too much by instant.
Love the composition here, with some work on some sounds (especially the main melodies, the sounds are too blunt) it could be a fantastic minecraft track. Love the panned percussions at the end !
Really nice, fantastic sound design and really good mixing. There is not a lot to say, you nailed it and it would 100% fit in minecraft, I don't have anything more to say ahah
All the musics are sooooo cools, I don't really know how to start ! I'll try to make justice to your insane work (14 pieces ?!) with a detailled feedback :
Two Weeks : Music for Menu are so hard to compose, but you did it pretty well. Love the harmonies, never felt "easy", gave a kind of a "japanese" vibe to the ensemble. If I had one thing to say, the dynamics on the main piano may be a little too angry for the vibe and for a menu. I'd like to hear what the piece sound like with a piano playing, you know... pianissimo.
Even The Piano is Lonely : First of all, that's such a creative idea ! The piano, alone, the player too. I can picture it so clearly ! Again, love the chords and second voicing, alway pertinent and rich. On the negative side of things, I feel like a more "uniform" piano may reinforce the title and the main idea of the track : the melody piano and the chords piano are quite distinct, so don't lie to me : the piano is NOT LONELY !!!
Falling Dunes : It gave me a terraria vibe, I love this kind of ambiance. The drums are too loud by moments, I guess to keep the deep impact sound intact.
Splash Me If You Can : Really adventurous theme, love it ! The sounds are 100% "minecrafty", really good choice. The main handpan (I think it's an handpan ?) may be a little too distorted by instant.
Lovers At Last : Again, fantastic harmonies, I think it's your strenght. On this one I'm a little confused, I like it a lot, it's really well made, but I feel like it would be very strange to have it play on a basalt delta in game. So I'd say, great music, but maybe a little off-topic ?
Play With Your Food : God damn you are good with titles. Same as the lonely piano : you tell a story with a title. The rythm with droplets and a cavernous handpan is just fantastic, I have chills. The evolution keep the music fresh and I just can't get enough of it. A favorite of mine.
Frozen Morning : This one kind of write itself, cold piano and frozen strings : that's not a bad thing tho, you made it really well. I'm 100% overanalyzing but I really feel like your strong abilities to do melodies and fantastic harmonies really shine with simple yet thoughtfull orchestration.
This May Be Silly : and we are here for it. Who doesn't love a silly forest theme ? Not Zelda players, that's a fact. The sounds are a little harsh by moments, the brass especially may need a little more work to really fit the rest. But I'm really fussy.
Straight Swampin' : Same as lovers at last, I really loved the music, I'm a synth-80's-moody boy, but I'm not quite sure if I would like it in context. Except for the bass (I love it so much) who really feel "muddy", the rest is strangely aerial for a Swamp.
Clouds : Really, really strong song. Less is more, the sounds are few but well made and well timed, nothing to say except well done. Nailed the vibe, the composition, the ambiance.
My Feet Can't Touche The Ground : blablabla, really good with title, telling a story with few words, you get it. More on the "panda / bamboo" side of the jungle, really cool ! Some of the articulations on the flute are really really good, I'm more reserved about the choirs in the background, but that's really about taste.
Baroquian Sins : Did I told you that you are good with titles ? I can't remember. Again strong piano piece, cool melody, really good harmonies. The issues I hear are the same than "Even The Piano Is Lonely" and "Two Weeks" : the piano articulation may be a little too angry and harsh all the time, play more with nuance and you'll have a masterpiece.
Place More : Solid piece, I love the piano articulations on this one ! More nuanced. I have so little bad things to say about this song, the only thing that came to my mind was "the tempo may be a little fast". It shows how much I have nothing to reproach.
Soul Sand Basin : It gave me Xenoblade Chronicles vibe, that's a compliment. Well, the strenght and weaknesses are the same than on all your piano pieces : really cool melodies, amazing harmonies, a little too fortissimo and lack some nuances. Other than that, what a cool piece of art.
Well, that was quite the journey ! I'm bad at goodbyes, so I'll make a small conclusion : you made 14 pieces, the worst being really good. That's quite an accomplishment, I tip my hat to you. GG
Hey ! First of all fantastic work. Some sounds are really midi-ish, but to be fair it fit quite well minecraft ambiance.
I do have some reserve on the use of the panning, it's really cool that you made the piece dynamics and alive, but it lost me sometimes : felt like the jump from left to right is sometimes to harsh and came from nowhere.
The melody and harmonies are spot on, really cool. They could be reinforced by a more "evocative" composition, maybe with a "flowing" arpegio in the back, or with ambiant sounds reverbering in the musics ?
I loved it ! Really cool take on the end, pretty spot on in my opinion. The sound design really is on point and evocative. I don't really have any constructive criticism to give, I feel like you really knew what you wanted to do, and did it pretty well.
Less is more ! Very well done. As it was already pointed by UwUCatAgent, don't hesitate to play with low ends : they are quite discreet in C418 work, but they count a lot in the distinct feeling of his work.
Cool piece of work ! Maybe a little too much distortion on a lot of elements for the "forest" vibe, I don't feel the "wood" most of the time. You may also want to listen to your submission on headphones : it work well on speakers, but you can hear the mix being unbalanced by moments with headphones.
To start with some small critics : some frequencies may be a little too boosted and I feel like some noise are too "mechanic" and kind of break the immersion, but otherwise quite the take on the deep dark, really fitting and obnoxious !
Lovely, really ambiant. Loved the vibe from start to finish. I don't really have a detailed feedback for I don't really do this kind of music, but I can say that I loved the soundesign and layering !
Heureusement que je suis tombé dessus, un jour avant la fin !
Amazing work on the soundesign, the layering and the panning. I really was underwater for 12 minutes, in a pleasant journey. Loved it, really not much to say, no critics or anything, just, great job !
I said it before and I'll keep saying it until someone made me shut up : chiptune is a really hard kind of music to make. And yet, you did it very well ! You said you are pretty new to using daw, yet you already have a characteristic way of composing, a personnal way of doing chiptune, that's impressive as fock !
Really cool, really unique. Love the mix of the two really different sounds, orchestral and synthetic. I find it to work really well, especially in "I'm The Cat Burglar!". Time to go home is a total vibe, really efficient and with some pretty jazzy harmonies I really loved.
Loved the fusion of expermimental , very panned-based electronic music and more "traditional" orchestral ! I find some ambiant elements to be quite overwhelming in the mix, but still a really deserving submission that I liked to listen to !
Ok I absolutly drove in your submission as soon as the first synth dropped, so I'm gonna try to write a good feedback : fantastic OST, loved the composition, creativity and practicality (in the sens where it really could be in a video game) of your tracks. Your low ends would really benefit from a better mix tho, but that's really the cherry on top. Overall, fantastic work, really loved it !
It felt so eerie going through your submission. Really cool ! Nailed the sounds and the panning, I really felt like I was in a vast piece the whole OST. Loved it !
Really creative take, with a lot of good idea ! I think some need more refining, such as the glitch to the voice that make it go crazy stereo, or the synth that go a little to loud from time to time. Overall, really cool and unique take on the theme, GG
Loved the cuteness and simplicity of thoses tracks ! If I had one thing to reproach, it would be that you don't use dynamics enough, especially for the piano. But overall, really soothing OST !
