Secret Santa. Also my last mod of 2016, of course.
[General]
Whilst I know you don't like mapping cup difficulties, maybe get a GD of one? I just think it'd be appreciated for a more accepting spread here. A rain would also maybe be possible, there's definitely potential for streams in the kiai for a rain.
BPM feels doubled during 192bpm part, 96bpm sounds a lot better.
[Salad]
Before I go into the mod, I'd just like to say that this difficulty has far too many dashes for a salad. Keep in mind, a salad is meant to be an introduction to dashes, so it shouldn't have lots of them. A lot of my mod will focus on reducing the number of dashes and strong movements.
00:01:511 (4) - Distance to this seems far too far for a normal non-dash, and a dash certainly doesn't sound right here considering how early on it is.
00:02:449 (1) - Same issue to this, but this one could actually fit well with a dash for emphasis on the change in section, so try higher distancing.
00:04:324 (1) - Bit too weak of a sound to have a dash to in a salad, and far too difficult without dashing, reduce this distance a bit.
00:05:574 (3) - Assuming it's meant to be a dash to this but it's currently possible without dashing, increase distancing a bit.
00:08:074 (1) - If it's meant to be a dash to this, increase it to x:32 to make it more readable as a dash.
00:11:824 (1) - Again, a bit difficult for a non-dash, but this doesn't sound like it should have a dash in a salad, reduce it slightly.
00:13:074 (3) - Increase it a bit to add a dash to it, as it seems was intended.
00:15:574 (1) - This one isn't that strong, definitely doesn't deserve a dash to it on this kind of difficulty, reduce distancing.
00:19:324 (1) - Reduce distance, too strong for a non-dash right now, but note isn't strong enough for a dash in this type of difficulty.
00:20:574 (3) - Could increase a bit to add a dash to it as intended.
00:23:074 (1) - Difficult to do without dashing, reduce it slightly.
00:23:542 (2,3,4) - Distance from 2 to 3 and 3 to 4 are both very strong,far too strong for non dash movements, let alone in conjunction with each other. Decrease distance to the first and increase the distance to the second for consistency.
00:26:824 (1) - Distance to this is pretty strong for a non-dash, reduce it slightly.
00:28:074 (3) - Increase distance to add a dash as intended.
00:30:574 (1) - Could have a dash to this considering the background rhythm getting higher pitch here, but would still not recommend it here and to just have a normal movement.
00:34:324 (1) - Difficult for a non-dash, reduce it slightly.
00:35:574 (3) - Increase to add a dash as intended here.
00:38:074 (1) - Decrease this distance, a bit too difficult for a non-dash here.
00:39:324 (3) - Increase distance to it to add a dash as you intended here.
00:41:824 (1) - Decrease it, too difficult for a non-dash.
00:43:074 (3) - Increase distance to add a dash as intended (this is getting pretty repetitive isn't it).
00:45:574 (1) - Again, this shouldn't really be a dash, and it's far too difficult for a non-dash, reduce it.
00:47:449 (1) - Hmm, distance on this one could be higher for a dash, but at the same time I wouldn't recommend a dash to the next note, to avoid having too many, so move it a bit to the left and curve it more to the right.
00:50:886 (2) - Again, try getting rid of the dash to this, to avoid too many dashes in a salad.
00:53:386 (2) - Again, maybe get rid of the dash to lower number of dashes.
00:55:886 (2) - ^.
After this you may want to follow the same pattern, but the dashes in the 2nd half of the kiai make more sense because of the increase in pitch in the background instrument.
01:00:886 (2) - You don't actually have this one as a dash, so you could either reduce it to make it more uncomfortable or increase it to make it a dash, your choice.
01:02:449 (1) - Would definitely increase distance here for a dash, this note definitely calls for it.
[Platter]
Interesting gimmicks with the sliders and spinners, it's unique in a nice way in my opinion.
Having a HDash to each chime seems a bit much to me, but with the way you did the drums in this difficulty, instead of doing strong movements you did sliders, which means you can't really add HDashes to those. In fact, a lot of these HDashes are unrankable, as 1/6 HDashes at 64bpm is the equivalent of 1/3 HDashes at 128bpm, but this is due to a strange rule, and so I feel these should be fine.
00:08:386 (2) - Dash to it would be nice, maybe x:300.
00:09:949 (1) - Maybe start with a curve to make the movement after the HDash more comfortable flowing.
00:14:011 (2) - I'd try like x:268 to make these backforth antiflows a bit less stressful for a platter player.
00:50:574 (2) - Lower HDash strength would be nice, x:184 works great.
00:52:449 (1) - HDash to this would make a lot more sense than the HDash to 2, as this is a stronger note.
00:54:949 (3,1) - Again here, 3 is a stronger note than 1, so the HDash to 3 would make more sense.
01:02:449 (1,2) - More cases where 1 is stronger than 2, so this HDash pattern seems strange.
01:03:386 (3,4) - ^
01:05:261 (2) - Note isn't that strong, doesn't really deserve a HDash in my eyes.
01:05:886 (3,4) - HDash to 3 would make more sense.
Alright, done.