Hi. Here for M4M from your queue. Hope this helps!
[General]
Might want to make AudioLeadIn: 1000 (File → open .osu in notepad)
00:55:850 – I don't think this should be kiai. Nor this 02:26:074 -
[Forever]
00:16:973 (2,3) – Try moving (2) to 385, 315 so you can stack (3) on 00:16:383 (6) -
00:21:018 (3,1,2) – I think this can be improved aesthetically by curving (1) and (2) more. This sets you up to blanket (1) and (2) which imo looks more structured than the triangle you're trying to go for:
http://puu.sh/msicO/babab4a1b7.jpg00:23:378 (1,2,3,4,1) – So these aren't straight lines, but they're really close to being straight. This kinda looks a tiny bit odd, so try giving them a little bit more of an angle between them and be a little less subtle about it since that looks more like your intention than making them actually straight.
http://puu.sh/msiDH/d38b840b20.jpg00:30:962 (5,6,7,8,9,1) – The angle of these triples don't really go well together. Try blanketing 00:30:288 (2) – instead of stacking on it to give you some more room for a smoother flow:
http://puu.sh/msiqs/98f356fe46.jpg00:36:861 (1,2,3) – These sliders could be more symmetric with themselves and with each other and I think it would look nicer. So I'd like to see the red node be in the direct center of each of these, and for (1,2), start with something like this and then rotate it to where you want it:
http://puu.sh/msj1c/1cbe9429e1.jpg01:05:513 (3,3) – This overlap does not look good. Here is how I would change it. Start by rotating all of 01:05:176 (1,2,3,1,2) – by 15 degrees counterclockwise. And move (1) to around 84, 110. Then move 01:06:187 (3) – to 16, 189 and give it a curve. This keeps a somewhat repetitive flow to go with the guitar:
http://puu.sh/msjjE/751c665574.jpg01:12:760 (1,1) – This spacing is a little too low visually. Try moving the latter slider to 356, 263
01:15:288 (1,2,3,4,1,2,1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4) – Let's analyze the spacing here (this is gonna get pretty subjective, but do hear me out). As a disclaimer, I think the intensity/spacing here is a little too big, and so these suggestions are going to end up with a smaller spacing, but if you want to keep the same level of high spacing, you can scale up the suggestions to the size you want, I just want to get the ideas about changing spacing within the pattern across. Also, these were rushed patterns (
edit: sorry bout the miscommunication, I'm referring to my suggested patterns as being rushed. Yours are structurally good), so they're not the best flow/spacing/visual wise. Okay so, you need to include moments of low spacing in these kinds of patterns. This helps the player stay engaged because it highlights the important notes, and it makes it feel like you're not just spamming jumps. So you can keep the jump at 01:15:288 (1) – (in fact, you might be able to increase it slightly), but you want to lower the intensity/spacing afterwords. So make the spacing steadily decline at (2,3,4,1) with something like:
http://puu.sh/msklk/52f0c231dc.jpg. Similarly, the slider at 01:16:299 (2) – is kind of weak, so I think the spacing into it should be lowered so that the jump into 01:16:636 (1) – feels more powerful. Again, for the same idea afterwords, decrease the spacing to something like:
http://puu.sh/msklk/52f0c231dc.jpg. Now you have the piano making some strong downbeats at 01:17:310 (1) – (well, you'd have to pretend it's at 01:17:142 (4) – due to the triple), and so these are the stronger beats. But on these downbeats, you have an increasing pitch going on. This sets you up to build tension and then release it at 01:18:659 (1) - . So the spacing across each measure should get bigger. So try starting it off with a small pattern like:
http://puu.sh/mskvb/84eb03e279.jpg , then a bigger pattern like:
http://puu.sh/mslzY/90892056c2.jpg, and then bigger again like:
http://puu.sh/mskZQ/f312c456cc.jpg. Note that again, the downbeats have big jump into them, but then the rest of the pattern declines again to give rest and sort of “reset” the intensity so you can have a meaningful jump again. These ideas are bundled into a bigger idea called pacing. There's a cool video if you want to look into pacing more that talks about pacing in some other mediums:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LScL4CWe5E. I'd be happy to talk to you about this more in a PM if you have any questions are want me to take a look at how you approached this.
01:27:760 (6,7,1) – The ¼ part here looks a little cramped, try smoothing it out:
http://puu.sh/mslpK/e3bc7c39dc.jpg01:42:928 (1) – This anti-flow feels too intense for such a calm section of the song. Ctrl + G fits better but also has problems, but you get the idea.
02:02:816 (1) – If you had more room, I would suggest increasing the spacing into this to emphasize the guitar. I would make room for it by angling 02:00:456 (1) - more to make the combo move more to the left.
02:21:018 (1,2) – I like what you did with the kicksliders at 00:50:344 (1,2,3) – a lot, so I would suggest you do the same kind of thing, but that's just me.
02:37:872 (5,3) – this overlaps just a tiny bit, and I'd prefer it not overlapping like this
02:49:670 (1) – Same thing as above
02:59:333 – Conider a 2/3 slider here?
[Insane]
00:16:636 (1,2,3,4) – It would be nice if this were symmetrical. Rotate all of this by 13 degrees counterclockwise and you'll see that (1,4) could be a mirror. If you were to do this, you'd end up with something like this:
http://puu.sh/msr00/83b0349d54.jpg . I recommend you change the slider a little bit though since this is a curved a little too tightly.
00:18:659 (4,5,6) – The angle that this forms is not the same as the angle formed by 00:18:996 (5,6,1) - (although it's very close). One way to make this the case is to stack (5) on the end of (4) and (6) and the head of (1). Then use a calculator to find how much you should scale (5,6) down. Then just make the DS the same between (4), (5,6), and (1) and the angles will be nice.
00:20:344 (6,7,1,2) – You got a nice triangle structure going on, but can you include 00:20:007 (5) – in it too? (i.e. 00:20:007 (5,6,2) – should form a equilateral triangle which you can do by rotating 00:20:344 (6,7,1,2) – ). This will form a nice hexagon structure.
00:29:782 (5,1,2,3) – This is a nice square structure, but (3,5) is a little close visually. Can you rotate 00:29:108 (2,3,4,5) – counterclockwise a bit to give them some room?
00:59:782 (1,4,5) – I prefer these sliders having more curve in them
01:08:715 (7,8) – The distance between the heads here is 2.85x, while the distance is ~2.6x at 01:08:378 (4,7) – and 01:08:883 (8,9) - . Can you make them all the same?
01:17:310 (1,2,3,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4) – Same kind of pacing ideas from Forever
01:27:760 (6,1,2,3) – Go for the square structure by rotating (2,3)?
02:01:299 (6,7,1) – I think the change in flow on the ¼ rhythm here doesn't play well and would prefer just a normal stack or a slightly increased, consistent spacing here.
02:26:074 (1) – If I was scoring this for a competition, I think I would give you points off for being too similar to 00:55:737 (1) - . It's fine as a pattern, but do consider taking the same idea you have with the spacing and expressing it in a different way. As a really rough example:
http://puu.sh/msqCF/6c1996f1c1.jpg02:32:141 (3,4,5,6) – Rotate the star structure in order to blanket 02:31:805 (2,5) - ?
02:32:816 (1,4) – Same kind of suggestion as 00:16:636 (1,2,3,4) –, it'd be nice if the (1,4) sliders were symmetrical in some way. Also the angles could be made more equal like at 00:18:659 (4,5,6) –
02:33:490 (4,5) – The way (4) flows into (5) doesn't feel nice to me because slider leniency and whatnot. Try going for a smoother flow with only a subtle flow change:
http://puu.sh/mssgk/dc0ec30dc8.jpg02:35:007 (6) – Rotate so this is more in line with 02:34:670 (4) - ?
02:42:591 (2,5) – This blanket would look nicer if (2) were more curved
02:50:344 (1) - pacing
02:57:423 (2,3,4,5) – The DS here is a little too low for my taste. Try 1.10x or 1.20x
Good luck!