AmigActive 6/AACD06.ISO/AACD/Sound/Mods/m6v02-NEwS-o-TRonIK.txt

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 MC6 Round 1 Results - News-o-tronik


                              "News-o-tronik"
                               (m6v-nwsk.zip)

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               This song competed in the veteran division of
               Music Contest 6, where it ranked in block 1.

         Judge: Lee,Elliott

         A beautifully-orchestrated song with grand-scale brass
         and a sweeping strings section. The style of the song
         very appropriately fits its title and has several
         interesting themes inside of it; the somber flute
         section was especially well done. The melodies flow
         seamlessly with smooth transitions between sections. The
         whole orchestration is also interesting with
         countermelodies and light percussion filling out the
         background. About the only thing that would have made
         this song more memorable is a strong, vibrant lead
         scratching out some really catchy melody. Rarely are
         orchestral-type pieces done with style. Good show.

         Judge: Frown,Anthony

         Sounds like newsflash tv-show intro of the future -
         brilliant idea and bril- liant sound. Impressive. Very
         impressive. Awesome chords/pan/volume work. Mood breaks
         are wonderful. Enchanting chord-prog. Proper drumline.
         Bass/ar- rangement are well-done. Good samples. Overally
         - a masterpiece. Fresh ideas and brilliant technique.
         Veteran on the height.

         Judge: Hinrichs,Tammo

         This tune definitely lives from it's cool sounds and
         great athmosphere. Real musical originality is missing
         now and then, but especially the slow minor part in the
         middle shows a good feeling for harmonic and melodic
         aspects. A nice song.

         Judge: Stewart,David

         I like this song. It reminds me a little of Vangelis'
         "1492" soundtrack but with an interesting mix of a
         news-intro-like theme (hence the name I guess). Good
         quality sound. The slower middle section could have been
         built up to a larger climax. This theme has more feeling
         than the other and therefore has the ability to take the
         listener further, deeper into the song. Another theme
         similar to the one starting at pattern 06 but slightly
         varied in chord progression would have been nice. I know
         you change key later on but there could have been better
         ways to vary the song. Whole song could have been
         longer, especially that middle section. Great song.

         Judge: Hutchinson,Will

         wow. except for perhaps a few weak transitions, this is
         an *excellent* song. the sample quality is excellent,
         and the technique is there as well. parts of this track
         sound literally cd-quality. (the twinkly stuff up high
         really lends itself to that "professional" sound)
         really, this track sounds like something straight off a
         vangelis album: great work.

         Judge: Wu,Sherman

         Powerful orchestral piece. Crescendo was a bit too
         long.. spanning 5 patterns. Yet, a bit too simple, as a
         large portion of the song was simple just changing key.
         Reminds me of the simplicity of m5v-emel - simple, yet
         the tune is captivating. Generally nice development
         throughout the song with great special effects. As a
         slow song, your chords became very overpowering (a good
         thing). They made the song sound impressive and full of
         impact. IMHO, this song is a prime example of veteran
         tracking. I even have no complaints about the end.
         Bringing it back to the beginning so soon was not a
         problem as the conclusion melte right into the
         beginning. Despite the circle, the song still sounded
         like it had extreme purpose and meaning. The flute solo
         was also impressive. You left nothing unperfected and
         for that, I thank you. My favorite track.

         Judge: Svanholm,Jakob

         okay here we go. i love this tune. no need to criticize
         it, since i find it rather flawless. the arrangements
         sounds like something vangelis could have come up with,
         and the idea of a weather forecast theme is just so
         cool. great work buddy.

         Judge: Buecheler,Christopher

         Cool intro. Strings samples are nice, and well layered.
         Orchestra hit has some wierd phase/flange on it that I
         don't really care for. Rest of percussion is nice.
         Pizzacato background samples have kind of a high-end.
         Almost too treble-y. Percussion overall is nicely
         handled. Transition to slower, more mellow part is a bit
         on the rough side? Maybe dragging out a sample or two
         through the transition might help. Transition back
         though is handled very nicely (Order 30). There's a lot
         of chord variety in this song, yet it still seems
         somewhat repetative. Overall, very well tracked.
         Definitely belongs in the Vet section.


   MC6 Round 2 Results - News-o-tronik


   "News-o-tronik"
   (m6v-nwsk.zip)

   by

   Victor Awesome
   (Awesome)
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   This song competed in the veteran division of Music Contest 6,
   where it ranked #2.

   Judge: Lu, Philip

   Welcome to the Utopia News Network! The Milky way's fully automated
   News service! We are glad to bring you news that the Terran colony in
   the Ve93-3 system is doing well. Along with that, the FR-galatic stock
   market has gone up 143.23 points, while the UED stock market dropped
   212.12 to close at 39,432,322. Oh wait ! Just in! The Zeeboo race has
   been entirely wiped out by the Sp000rk aliens. How sad, we will
   gravely miss them for the eons to come. They were such a cute species.
   But on the brighter side, galatic solar winds will be at a record
   high, allowing travel to greatly speed up. This has been a UNN
   broadcast. Thank you for Listening. ======== That is the story that
   the song told to me. Very very *very* original. Flawless as far as I
   could hear. The samples are ok. Sounds like the news broadcast of the
   future! Great job.

   Judge: Wu, Sherman

   I'll stand by my previous comments ;) It's a great masterpiece that
   takes the listener with it on an adventure (just like ctgoblin). But,
   this time, it's with a full classic symphony orchestra. I haven't
   heard an orchestra sounding this good in the scene or even outside of
   the scene. So, this means, IMHO, you're outdoing masters like Mozart
   and Bach (maybe because I have a modern ear). If only this song wasn't
   just mostly key changes - *sigh*. Why do simple things sound so good?
   :) I'd give you a higher score, but I'm not ready to be a monk ;)

   Judge: Pinkas, JanPinky

   Sounds like movie theme with full of covering strings. Maybe 30
   channels are too much for few samples used. The strings are not in bad
   quality.

   Judge: Pickard, Jonathan

   Samples: As a set they're almost tinny. Heavily chorused samples don't
   go out of range too well (see sample 12). Sample 9 has a
   clipped-sounding attack. You really wanted some 16-bit samples for
   things with lots of high end, like strings. Effects: Well-considered
   instrument envelopes. Not too much effects column work necessary for
   this type of song. Composition: Very good imagery, okay transitions
   (if a few too many gratuitous key changes). This is among the best
   symphonic works I've heard in the past year or two, despite the few
   points that needed to hurry up (right around order 27 seemed overly
   ponderous, for example). Subtlety: One originality point subtracted
   for use of STuDLyCaPS. :-) Also pay closer attention to attacks
   getting squashed on samples played too high (instrument 2). Echo could
   have been more consistent throughout the song. Balance: Panning is
   just a bit left of center but otherwise competent. Strong points: Good
   harmonies, fitting title. Weak points: A bit thin. Could improve:
   Transitions. Maybe one or two fewer.

   Judge: Rudge, Bryan

   some of the chord changes in this song were spectacular mainly because
   the instrumentation (the way the voices were layered and choice of
   voices) was superb.. unfortunately, what it achieved in confined
   earcandy it lacked in structure.. up until about 1:04 everything is
   fine.. but just going up a step with the progression at that point
   disappointed me.. i wanted more of the song to develop and it
   certainly didnt with the ascending riff at 1:19->~1:30.. this is where
   some of those beautiful chord changes are but there's minimal
   correlation to the previous opening of the song... the transition back
   to the 'opening' progressions is very nice but there's still little as
   far as musical form development or correlation.. samples were great..
   technique was top-notch...all in all, a really beautiful piece but
   missing an image or a form to carry...

   Judge: Rodriguez, Daniel

   This is my favourite track of the contest, but it still have some
   minor flaws. Maybe it would have been better with a catchy melody, but
   that stacatto strings are memorable enough. The changes from slow to
   fast parts fails a little. But the excellent 'Vangelis' orchestral
   sound and the great technique showed here make this song a great one.

   Judge: Nowik, George

   Well, it almost sounds like the beginning of a national broadcast
   television network's latest Miniseries introduction, complete with who
   made the thing, the intro credits, and a medley of all the things that
   are to come. This miniseries, of course, would have to take place in
   the late 80's or the early 90's based on the style of music. Quite a
   fascinating feel that comes out of it, but this song certainly hit a
   few "happy" nerves with me, especially with the chimes/bells. So the
   medley continues. I'm serious, I can see the credits for this show
   unfolding before my eyes. (: The camera is flowing over a large body
   of water with a sun setting. In other words, we have quite the
   original song happening here with a great feel to boot. Can't say a
   lot of this has been done in the tracker scene. The parts of the song
   are linked very nicely together and the whole song just goes through
   and rocks the party without bothering to stop and think about it. Oh
   how I love the chord changes throughout the vast majority of this
   song. Musically I just adore this song. The only thing that gets me is
   the percussion instruments, particular the lowest drum that you are
   using. It's a little too busy, and one of my pet peeves is the use of
   a bass drum with changing pitch. It just doesn't settle well for me
   for some reason. Other than that, beautiful. While some of the samples
   sound a bit on the muddy side, they are offset nicely by some of the
   bells and chimes. That muddiness sometimes can take away from a song
   in certain ways. I don't think most people would notice it, but it's
   definitely there. Clear out some of that muddiness and it'll be a
   masterpiece.

   Judge: Tumidajewicz, Przemek

   Your song uses space the best way I've heard in a module. Very
   professional sound. The song would be great for the news-at-six, but
   here it lacks a solo, a melody that would lead the listener through
   the song. Even incredible chord progression can't fix that.

   Judge: Noel, Elliott

   Annoying leads, but interesting material. pieces fit together nicely.
   could use some more diverse panning though.

   Judge: Hesse, Liam

   This is one of the entries that really stands out. This is top 5, I'm
   convinced. =) The name indicates the intention of the author - "I'm
   gonna track a tune which you might hear on a news channel". And it
   fits. It IS a news-programme-opening-sequence tune. It is *absolutely*
   what the author set out to accomplish. You have every right to be
   proud of this. The feel of reverb in it is awesome. I wish I could
   attain that level of mixing talent. =) This really deserves to do
   well. Perhaps, dare I say it, top three. =)

   Judge: Norilo, Vesa

   This song has very good sound. But, altough this could work very well
   as a news banner, its form is inadequate for a stand-alone song. I
   like almost all your ideas pretty much, and the mixing is near
   perfect. However, it still is an overlong fanfare, no matter how
   perfectly executed.

   Judge: Ladanyi, Michael

   The title is quite fitting. An excellent symphonic piece that never
   gets boring.

   Judge: Rice, Jeremy

   Appropriate title. Nice tracking. *Great* texture. Wonderful samples.
   Well-composed. The whole song flows very well, never stagnates, and
   firmly keeps the listener's interest. All of these things warrant a
   high score. However, I have given you all zeroes, because you used
   mixed caps in "NEwS-o-TRonIK". So there! Alright, so I'm kidding. :D
   In all seriousness, I only gave you one zero. And it that's only
   because it was the second digit in a score that was a multiple of ten.
   :) (A -high- multiple of ten.) I gave you excellent scores across the
   board, since I only found ONE thing to gripe about in this song: the
   ending. Way too abrupt; very disappointing. But this is a great song,
   and you should be very proud to have written it. WoRD uP, yO! (Or
   something like that.) :D Good luck.

   Judge: Prouteau, Thierry

   I like very much the introduction of your song (the rest too :)). I
   reminds me some kind of Vangelis thing. But i have a few remarks that
   prevent your song from being nearly perfect. Your transition between
   patterns 22-23 is a bit abrupt. You should have soften it. I think
   there is not enough variation on your song. You have a good melody
   unfortunately, it stays in the same chords. Last, the sample volume a
   too high. While listening to the music, my ears couldn't distinguish
   every sample (except the strings on channels 10 to 12).