Thanks dude! Yeah, I wanted the drum line to be as busy and odd as possible, and I tried to line up as many disparate sounds in there as possible, throwing in vibra slaps, laser sounds, bleeps and other things in between ordinary bass, snare, toms and cymbals. The whistle every four measures is a nice little marker I thought. The chimes are actually combined with cymbal sweeps alternating up and down, and have a flanger applied to them also.

Thanks for the review. Not sure what more could be done with the drums though; there's about 16 parts in there and they're pretty insane!

Thanks for the review dude! Yeah, I definitely take your point on a live drummer being preferable. I wish it were easier to find a live drummer on demand to record for me, but time and money constraints generally win out in the end. This project had a deadline, and I needed to be able to compose it freely; being that most of the drummers I know were in another state for much of the composition, the drum machine was necessary.

For this song in particular though, I actually wanted to have a chaotic mix of drums, percussion, and odd sound effects that a live drummer couldn't do. For this kind of song, I wanted to have maximum creative flexibility and be able to throw in all the weirdness I was looking for.

Thanks for the review!

My brother Rich (NG username "lavoscloud") is still programming the game, but all three of the new songs I've submitted or will be submitting by tonight (Clockwork, Qua, and Verge Escapement) will be in the game or available as music choices. The game is going to be a labyrinth/puzzle game, which basically takes place inside of an insane clock. However, there are of course deadly turrets everywhere in the clock. :)

The game should be completed within a few weeks at most. However, a video of how the basic workings of the labyrinth will operate (using Legos!) is available at my brother's video game blog, Table Salt Games, in the following entry: http://tablesaltgames.blogspot.com/20 08/09/lego-labyrinth.html. Check it out. When the game itself is completed, he will probably link to it from that blog site as well as posting it in various places.

Thanks again for the review!