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Runaway on a Train

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Recently got a new laptop! This is the first track I've both started and finished writing on it, and upgraded specs really helped it. For one I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to use both the EP and guitar at the same time without crashing twice a minute on the old one...


The name comes from that I thought of the main sax melody while sitting on the train. It was a pretty uneventful trip but for some reason I ended up going for a catchy yet anxious tune in the end result here. Not sure whether the track inspired the name or the other way around toward the end.


(As always I have NO idea which of newgrounds' genres to use here.)


INSTRUMENTS USED:
- Tenor Sax (Timbres of Heaven V3.4)
- American Acoustic (guitar, solo + strum samples, SampleTank3)
- Halo Pad (THInstruments)
- E Grand 1 (SampleTank3)
- MM JZ.F 0_33 (THInstruments)
- HughPadham Eco drums (SampleTank3)


Thrown together in OpenMPT, as usual.

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Great track honestly, the mixing is a bit off in my opinion however.

During the "chorus" bits, the drums just aren't there, and have way too much reverb on them. They feel like they should be much stronger in the mix, more treble or bass. However, I feel that during the bridge parts they should stay where they are, they feel perfect quiet, and in the background during those sections. The outro also doesn't fade all that well, you can still hear the song fairly loudly at the end, which makes it feel like the outro ends abruptly.

The song also feels a bit midi with some of the instruments, for example, the crash. It sounds a little like a default crash from a DAW. It clashes a lot with the other instruments.

The main instruments like the guitar strumming and the Tenor Sax fit perfectly, not too much or too little reverb. However, I also feel they are a little too loud in the mix in comparison to the drums, and they don't give the drums the time to shine. The intro also has near superb mixing, but once it goes into the snares, it feels super weak in comparison to the intros feel.

There is also a super quiet bass I hear during the song, mostly at the start. I feel it should either be louder or just not be there at all as it contributes practically nothing to the song.

Composition wise the song is great, the pauses for the rest of the instruments at points are great. I'm not all that good at critiquing composition as I'm fairly bad at it myself, but overall it's great.

The overall feel of the song gives me great Sonic Unleashed vibes, I feel as if this would go well in a fast-paced world trotting game like Sonic Unleashed.

Overall, the song is good composition wise but the mixing suffers quite a bit, improve on the mixing, and you got yourself a superb song!

SeaMaid responds:

Thanks for the in-depth response! A bit busy right now so I'll just respond to certain parts of it in bullet points:

- I will definitely try to do something about the mixing. Did not notice how quiet the bass was when working on the track!

- I recognise that some of the instruments sound a bit too MIDI-y, and that I ought to rethink which instrument combinations to use. That said, the crash cymbal you mention is actually from the same sample collection as the rest of the drums used here (and the drums weren't freeware. Perhaps I should combine a few drum sets/cymbals and try to add subtle effects for a more natural sound in upcoming songs, but I won't make that many changes to this track on that front. Unless I full-on remix it at some point, heh

- I haven't listened much to Sonic Unleashed's OST in particular, but I'll take that comparison as a compliment! Thanks :V

Credits & Info

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Downloads
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Votes
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Score
3.64 / 5.00

Uploaded
Oct 5, 2019
3:43 PM EDT
Genre
Video Game
File Info
Song
9.1 MB
3 min 59 sec
Software
  • OpenMPT

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