Greetings from #modreqs
taking you up on that M4M here.
M4M Map:
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/635284(There's 10 42 second maps, so just pick and choose as many as you feel is justified from this mod)
GeneralI - Hitsounds:Good, clear use of hitsound control.
II - Design:Your map doesn't have any storyboards. Go to song_setup/design and disable widescreen support to reduce lag.
Combo Colours are not a matter of urgency, but there could be potential to use only bright colours to reflect the mood of the song.
III - Timing:Have you considered the preview point? Just a suggestion, but having it start just before a Kiai moment might be worthwhile. (Example: 03:04:093)
SV's in the calm sections feel a little too fast to me (opinion) Will go into more detail later.
[Fans Insane]00:11:016 (1,2,3) - Slider might work better as a 1/1 slider so that there isn't an unnecessary beat on the slider tail.
https://gyazo.com/8c70354da7cf768523a154908cff9a0100:18:599 (6,7,1) - Stacking choice, or stacking alignment error? the two circles could line up better with the slider here in this section.
https://gyazo.com/1f9afc9f06af3e960bedf67dbd4bd308 something like this.
00:23:214 (2) - Don't think that shape works too well with that SV, given that you've almost doubled SV within the same combo.
00:26:676 (8,9) - This rhythm feels a little unintuitive. I know it's supposed to be following the vocals here, but the pulse is a little stronger here on the red tick, rather than the blue one.
https://gyazo.com/17742e6e8411df7972fe9c211a8f4eb1There's some issues I'm finding in the section spanning from 00:40:027 - 00:59:807. A lot of spacing choices don't feel as though they work too well in this section, given its relative intensity levels in the music. Be careful with stacks into objects like 00:47:610 (5,6,1) as the player will struggle to snap to the next point after they've been made to wait on a stack. consider moving stack or slider closer to each other.
00:50:577 (1,2,3,4,5,6) - This spacing and pattern works well here. Consider using this pattern as a guideline for making adjustments to some of the other patterns here.
01:26:181 (4,5,6,1,2) - Good use of SV here
01:32:610 (1,1) - Objects might work better stacked as they are representing the same musical idea in the song.
(opinion) Possibly apply the same logic across the next few seconds of music as well.
01:42:170 (1,2,3,1,2,3) versus 01:42:829 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) is quite a big change to stream density. I wonder if it might benefit from a slight spacing adjustment on either one of those sets.
02:09:038 (2,1) - This space in music feels a little strange, given the intensity of 02:07:060 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) - that came beforehand.
02:14:313 (3) -
(Opinion) This could work well as a slider that only repeats once, with a circle on the white tick.
https://gyazo.com/bb667334c82b3aaae276a6992a50019302:27:829 (6) - Very Small aesthetic thing, but might be better to move this circle slightly higher up on the grid.
02:31:785 (6,7) - Slider first, Circle after. That way, it matches 02:30:796 (1,2)
02:33:434 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,6,7) - circles versus intensity again. Consider this configuration
https://gyazo.com/baf360aec0a8e5db7e84d06931e9f28302:38:379 (4,5) - Might not be a good idea to stack these as they are 1/2 beat apart.
02:38:709 (1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4) - Pretty pattern!
02:54:533 (1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) - This build up section works really well!
02:59:643 (1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,1,2,3,1,1,2) - This section, not so much. Consider making 02:59:972 (4,5) - Slider then circle. (infact, after testing that whole section with that one tweak, it played soo much better!)
03:17:445 (2,3,4) - Stacking
03:21:731 (6) - Might want to move that out from under where (3) in the combo is.
(Opinion)03:22:143 (10,1) - Stacking
03:23:873 (9,1) - Why is this a new combo? (Just curious)
03:43:159 (1,2,3) - Stacked objects all directly overlap. Not sure whether this was your intention here.
03:48:599 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) -
(Opinion) Note 1 in the combo gives great emphasis on the snare. You could allow that emphasis to continue throughout this combo.
https://gyazo.com/004b6dabb70fb90b9a6a3182fe0bbb6904:34:340 (4,5) - Stacking
05:01:126 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) - This combo could reflect the music a little better.
https://gyazo.com/f14137a0bad4f8bee975c36c1cea85be05:08:049 (7,8,1) - Again, snapping to the next note in the new combo given the two prior obects are stacked, at a distance, and have a 1/2 beat divider.
05:22:143 (7,1,2,1) - Ending is not quite timed right. Might want to use a few more sliders in these final few moments to give a bit of accuracy lenience as the bpm slows down in the song.
Looking very promising! best of luck with this map, and future iterations!