Aurora

Could also add drumstep (it has the tag on fa listings and soundcloud)

fixed! (and added drumstep as well)

gg wait i deleted std diffs so couldnt check but these tags arent in the taiko diffs

drumstep mpg instrumental

edit: just read #4773497 so you might have fked up elsewhere, just check your tags and paste it everywhere just to be sure

I think I was just afraid of overuse or difficulty or something that I ended up underusing. idk

i think for most purposes you can use wherever, some stuff that most people have considerations over are finishers at the start of 1/2 in futsuus and 1/4 finishers in higher diffs, but the bpm of this is fairly average and it's not like you didn't use them elsewhere so it's fine

okay, that's good to know. thank you. i'm going through and applying these finishers now

00:22:133 - kantan d -> K; futsuu k -> K
00:33:105 - kantan, futsuu, muzukashii, oni k -> K
00:44:076 - kantan, futsuu, muzukashii d -> D; oni, inner oni k -> D
00:45:448 - kantan, futsuu, muzukashii k -> K
02:00:876 - futsuu k -> K (kantan already finisher)
02:22:819 - kantan & futsuu k -> K
02:33:791 - kantan, futsuu, muzukashii k -> K
02:43:391 - kantan kkk -> KKK; futsuu kdk -> KDK
#4752962/12770143 - (addressing issue here)

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01:38:933 - actually what about this part on k/f? could just apply on 01:38:933, 01:41:676, 01:44:419 etc every 8/1

applied

looks good

applied to Oni and Inner Oni

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apply on lower diffs. sound is too strong to omit as finishers

Okay, I've basically copied the finishers to the lower diffs.

For Kantan, should I extend the finishers all the way through the buildup since the rhythm is already 1/1? or would that be silly?
02:17:333 (60,61,62,64,66) -> K

that's fine, you could even do all finishers there

Okay, I've just done 02:17:333 (60,61,62,64,66) -> K for the cymbals.

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looks good

I'm using the finishers for the high pitch synths (which why is 00:55:048 not a finisher and 00:56:419 is). The finishers in the Inner Oni difficulty are where I intended them to be.

The finishers in the Oni difficulty were basically the Inner Oni finishers but omitted if it's in a 1/2 pattern. I don't know if I thought they'd be too difficult or if I was just trying to make them easier than the ones in the Inner Oni difficulty, but that's why they were the way they were. Personally, I don't find them to be difficult, and the way I'd used them here was just nonsense, so I've just made the finishers the same now.

It was a similar thing with the finishers in the Muzukashii difficulty; I basically had just kept the finishers right before a break (finisher was at 00:48:191, not 00:45:448). I don't want to add any finishers in the middle of 1/2 patterns, so I've just decided to remove all of these finishers (and also the single finisher in the last kiai at 02:26:933).

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relooking at the finisher usage in the top 2 diffs i still dont think i can agree with "finishers for the high pitch synths" - especially when the kiai is full of ACTUAL crashes. while it might make sense in your opinion from a mapping perspective, putting emphasis on those synths feels quite jarring to a player as the stuff that should have been represented with a finisher wasn't especially in favor of a comparatively unimportant sound like that.

00:56:419 - this one especially - the music is INTENTIONALLY skipping this spot in the crashes/drums, yet it is the spot you chose to emphasise which really doesn't make sense imo

oops the timestamp in the above reply was supposed to be00:53:676

how is this?

• all diffs using finishers at 00:48:191 and 00:50:933
• all diffs except kantan using finishers at 00:55:048 and 01:00:533 (because it seems pretty repetitive in kantan)

also, is the finisher usage fine in the last kiai across all difficulties? i feel like i could almost copy the finishers to all of the lower difficulties, although i'm a little worried about the difficulty (mainly futsuu). kinda thinking of #4819765

00:44:076 - this can be finisher also, and for higher diffs sv it in the same manner you did as 00:45:448. it's basically an identical sound

for kantan, i think you could still add the finishers - you could probably vary the patterning a bit so it feels less repetitive because i do see it's two same chains repeated

for futsuu, i think it's more than fine, the finishers seem to be all on end of chains (with at least a 1/1 break after) and not at the start/middle of 1/2s. (which is fine, but there isn't anyway)

other than that, for most purposes what you mentioned seems fine i think, remember to re-sv especially since the higher diffs sv concept seemed to be mostly based on the finishers, i'll have to check this again another time after you do

oops. Yeah, 00:44:076 and 00:45:448 are finishers too.

• I've applied the SV change to 00:44:076 for Oni and Inner Oni.
• I've added the finishers to Kantan but otherwise left the patterns the same. The kdk is kinda perfect, and I don't think the repetition is that bad after looking at it again.
• I've gone ahead and added the finishers in the last kiai to the lower diffs as well.

Regarding the SVs, my intent was to highlight the high-pitch synths like I (improperly) did with the finishers, which is why they seemed to be based on the finishers before. With the finishers redone, I feel that these SVs still work for the effect I was going for.

seems fine, #4852560 on the repetition point

maybeeee

I added the first note at 00:14:933 and all other identical places.

I'm hesitant to add the note at 00:18:019 and other places because these sections would end up very similar to the one in the Oni difficulty; Muzu and Oni would be identical apart from the coloring of the triplet at the end. (I'm not sure if this is a bad thing or not.)

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i dont think this matters in this fairly calm and less dense section, mods about difficulties being similar usually pertain to higher diffs usually apply to denser/harder parts to ensure a proper progression in difficulty but in this kind of section its really just whatever

not gonna reopen but feel free to apply if you wannt to

00:09:276 - 00:09:362 - added drum-hitwhistle
added the existing normal-hitnormal kick samples to the toms at 00:11:162 etc.
added a soft-hitwhistle to 00:21:448 (1) (not the entire stream, idk what u meant so but if its better to add to the entire stream i can)
added a drum-hitwhistle to every repeat of 00:32:762 (1) etc.
put drum-hitwhistle on all of 00:54:362 (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) etc.
added soft-hitfinish (default sample) everywhere (not 02:22:819 - end tho since i dont hear any crashes)
boosted soft-hitnormal2 by 1db and added 1db overdrive, idk if its loud enough still

Sounds fine now

I boosted most of the quieter sections by about 20% and some of the louder sections by 10%-20%. (01:32:762 is decreasing because of the temporary increase before, but I've gradually increased the volume in this section so it's 30% louder now.)

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yes

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ok

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thank you for still deciding to mod it!

this is an intentional 1/8 slider, mapset verifier generates a lot of false positives on this just to be safe but its not a problem here

Used my brain for 1 hour and you are saying [quote]mapset verifier[/quote] :')

oops idk why i didnt put that in
added!

Kantan: 2 -> 2.5
Futsuu: 3 -> 3.5
Muzukashii: 4 -> 4.5

colour me with ur shining aura grab my hands so i can be alright colour me just like an aurora take my darkness away for tonight

Some of the 40% parts volumes also felt too quiet, could raise them to 45-50%

02:11:848 - Done.

I've increased the early 40% volumes to 45% and the later volumes to 50%.

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[Kantan & Futsuu]:
I've switched to using 1.0x in the first and last kiai sections, and 0.9x elsewhere.

[Muzukashii]:
I basically applied all of these suggestions and applied them to the rest of the difficulty too. I removed many of the SV differences between sections, so some slowdowns/speedups are removed too.

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oops forgot about that, thanks!

(reminder to give kudosu after reviving this set)

Since I learnt some things recently for mapping I'll also check for some STD diffs (I'm planing to learn Taiko soon tho because I'm getting the IINE Taiko controller so why not)

sureeee (amaryllis made the bg album art and hyperlock made the logo but i'll remove them anyway since most maps dont put bg artists in tags)

bg artists are not relevant at all

audio: looks fine
background: looks fine
timing: looks fine
hitsounds files: looks fine

will continue later (edit: almost almost done)

oh wait thats how it works? thanks i'll do it in just a bit

added tags!

I fully agree with Cris- about this

the lack of feedback in some sections like

• 00:00:181
• 00:11:152
• 01:16:981

and as cris- already said, parts such as

• 00:42:009 (1,2,3,4,5,6,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) -
• 01:37:552 (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) -
• 02:17:323 (1,1,2,3,1,1,2,3,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4) -

all these parts would benefit from a more complex hitsounding that gives more feedback when playing it

edited some of the samples in audacity to make them louder/clearer

put some more hitsounds in some parts 00:00:191 00:20:248 01:37:562 02:17:333 (timestamps are accurate to after the +10 offset shift) lmk if theres more i should add (i dont see any problem with 00:11:162 since all significant instruments are represented imo)

It sounds better than as before but the whistle4 is reaaally loud now. I'd suggest to remove the current sample --> copy the whistle2 --> rename it as soft-hitwhistle4

As for other sections, there are lots of improvements that you can do:

• 00:10:133 (1,1,1,1,1) - 01:26:076 (1,2,3) - 01:26:933 (1,2,1,1,1,1) - these piano keys have nothing in apart from the hitnormal which is barely audible, and by adding whistles you'll get a better result
• whole streams like 00:21:448 (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) - 00:42:705 (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) - 01:04:648 (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) - 01:49:219 (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) - 02:00:191 (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) - where whistles would work nicely
• kicksliders like 02:11:505 (1) - 02:22:476 (1,1,1) - where more whistle feedback should be better
• objects that are following drums but have nothing in supporting said sounds, like 02:14:676 - 02:14:762 - 02:14:848 - and so on, where normal-hitnormals would fit nicely (you con lower the volume and then increase it progressively if it sounds too loud)
• sections that are full of snares despite the song not supporting them, such as 02:20:076 (1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4) - where it's just normal hitnormals apart from 1/1 beats where claps fit ok, the rest sounds just jarring

made soft-hitwhistle4 the same as soft-hitwhistle2

changed what u mentioned in the post above

i named it drum-whistle.wav :skull:
changed name to drum-hitwhistle.wav

so true

moved

added tags (thanks for the tags), not exactly sure what the spectro means but the mp3 was from the fa listing?

thanks for carrying my trash hitsounding

changed insane to 4.5, i like normals at 3 though