Thanks for mod~Kamikaze wrote:
Part 2
[General]
so I'm looking for sources for this and I'm losing hair over it
the artist and title seem correct but upon looking at the files in the folder, I noticed that the artist is xi respect for F.F.Chopin
The thing is though, the only thing I found was the youtube video with the song
and one of the comments said this
which just makes it even more troublesome to find
where did you get the mp3 from and can you somehow confirm the source?
I can confirm that I indeed got the mp3 from muzie. But I stopped going muzie for literal ages......
Maybe Wayback machine? (Does it even work for site like this?) This should still exist in around 2010 (because xi did put Halcyon on muzie). The song is made in 2006 according to the mp3 metadata.
(Actually, is muzie still extant????)
Or just contact the artist (which risk him wanting to pull this down) ...
About artist (metadata) issue, I indeed pondered what I should put in... Maybe consult a QAT?
Hitsound files have noticeable amounts of nothingness in the files, I'll list all the problems, fix them by yourself or poke me to fix them for you:
normal-hitclap has about 12 ms of nothing at the end, start is fine
normal-hitfinish has about 90ms of nothing at the end, start is fine
normal-hitwhistle has well over a second of nothing at the end, start is fine
soft-hitclap has debatable 3 ms at both start and end but it's fine
soft-hitfinish has over 2 seconds of file that you can easily cut, sure there's a tiny fading sound for a bit of it, but you should still cut it. Nobody will hear the diffrence in gameplay. Start is fine
soft-hitwhistle has 38ms to cut at the end, start is fine
hm... The hitsounds are taken from LordRaika collection, but anyway. I only have Audacity (which seems to add random offsets) so maybe you can help me on this
[X]
So rechecking this, the pattern switches around scratches are mostly fine, Skalim playtested the map for me and said it's okay as well, apart from one point:
01:25:323 - the jack change from one hand to another while scratching at the same time is bad for both scratches, keep the jack on one hand, prefferably left since then most stairs will be on the other hand sure
00:27:318 - hmm, you're not accenting the kicks here? As in the two 1/4s and then the 1/3s, could be an interesting polyrhythm and also feels empty hitsound wise I indeed intentionally skipped all the kicks in this chorus, mostly to distinguish this part from the second part.
00:54:456 - Also this LN in my opinion really shoul be cut short here to accent the weird shifts in pitch and stuff, it doesn't feel accurate to hold on there with no change listen a few times myself and I agree
00:51:162 - Same actually but a bit less priority I guess sure
01:12:144 - The transition from jacks into the chord and into the stream is VERY hard to hit, could you at least move the note from 2 to 3 so it starts like a bracket sure
rest should be fine
[I]
00:13:763 (13763|6,13878|6) - This is a bit uncomfortable on right scratch due to the middle finger + pinky coordination, I'd prefer the jack to be at 1 unless you're going to keep the concept you're going for in this section (which is very aesthetically pleasing tbh) Decide to keep it. White notes are reserved for piano
00:15:959 - Out of all the columns you choose the most uncomfortable ones to jack lol, it's not a problem per se, but the transition to 00:16:653 (16653|3,16653|1) - and into the stream is very, VERY har to nail. I would suggest going for either a 35 or 17 jack, 35 is probablt better because it resembles the pattern from X difficulty more - kind of like approxmiated pitch with less columns if you get what I mean (if you'd take the average number of columns it would be the same as 2+4+6=12/3=4 and 3+5=8/2=4) Unfortunately using 35 would introduce jacks and break 00:15:844 (15844|3) - . Probably go for 17 instead.
00:16:826 - And onwards, I do believe that even if you're not specifically mapping the claps in this diff, you should still put hitsounds for the claps as the representation that the clap is there in the song. Hitsound inconsistencies and such. So add a lot of claps in the map okok
00:29:832 (29832|1,29948|1,30063|1,30179|1) - I personally think that all jacks in the scratch heavy parts like this could be tuned into a 17 trill because the jacks are really hard to nail especially if you have other notes beside them. If you have only jacks and scratches then it's more intuitive to jack, but if you have other stuff, then it becomes a mess. Like for example 00:32:693 (32693|1,32867|1,32953|4,33040|2,33127|4,33214|2) -
I'm not 100% sure about the spread in those part to be fair, but I'm gonna ask Blocko about it when I'm nearly ready to bubble
Reviewing this, yes maybe I should use a 17 trill
01:25:786 (85786|7,85901|7,86017|7) - Same as in X sure
01:27:404 - I feel like this pattern is actually harder in this difficulty than the doublestair in X lol
actually 01:56:537 (116537|1,118310|0,118310|2) - on this and X (and actually H too) is pretty ew to play, that's easily the worst transition to play for left scratch, could you move the LN from 2nd to 3rd? would already be much better, it also makes the transition at 02:01:089 - better hm... ok let's see
01:50:988 - This is the same deal but for right scratch actually (almost overlooked it oof) lol. Need to move around notes a bit. Let's hope I don't screw up moving the LNs
[H]
00:30:295 (30295|3) - There's no note for this in I and also there's no kick here, delete the note I just missed 00:30:295 - last time. Not sure if this is what you mean because there is indeed a kick and note on 30:295
00:33:300 - I feel like this part feels out of place compared to the rest of the difficulty - I think that following the synths instead of kick + clap makes it more coherent because most of this difficulty consists of light streaming, this slow and heavy section is just weird sure
01:17:520 (77520|5,77607|3,77693|1,77780|3,77867|1,77953|3) - This is not a pleasant transition imo, I feel like even though it's not gonna be 100% correct you should move the two notes before scratch away by one or something like that Perhaps I would move the entire trilling measure one column lol
I honestly feel like there could probably be another difficulty more focused on the chords and less on streaming, but I haven't seen N yet so it will probably be what I'm looking for lol
[N]
00:28:792 - Yo, add some notes alongside those scratches, you have a kick to map for, even if it's N it's okay since it's slow. Apply to all spots possible Sure, sort of an artifact now because the whole diff has a lesser overall difficulty... Adding notes here would not raise SR at all lol.
00:38:849 - I would suggest doing something else but similar structure wise in this part, basically instead of going one column right, go two and you have more space for the next set of notes. Basically from this point onwards go: 7-7-5-5-3-3-1-1-6-6-4-4-2-2, then change the trill at 00:43:185 - to be 6-4-6-4-6 and then you could start the stair at 2 so it lines up nicely with the trill too! Ending it with a 7 gap for right scratch is okay too because most people are just gonna play it as [67S] ok let's see
01:17:520 (77520|1,77693|2,77693|0) - Ouch, You should move some notes around to avoid this kind of scratch surroundings on a normal yes agreed
01:23:763 (83763|7,83936|6,83936|0) - This is bad for right scratch as well sure
01:28:098 (88098|1,88185|4,88271|7,88358|6,88445|5,88532|4,88618|3,88705|2,88792|1) - I'm honestly unsure how well this plays for begginers, I'd rather start the stream in the middle and keep it one directional, the second 1/4th note is very easy to misread as a diffrent snap ok
I think apart from that the set is clean, there were some things wrong here and there but it's clean overall, might bubble it straight away after your reply depending on it. Poke me afterwards!