sukiNathan wrote:

Hm I'll take a look at this...

Just some nazi/suggestions

[General]

1. Add "kac2013オリジナル楽曲コンテスト" and "original song contest" to tags? Taken from https://osu.ppy.sh/s/200552 fixed at least オリジナル楽曲コンテスト means original song contest, I just added "original song contest" and kac2013 that is already added.
2. Disable widescreen support and epilepsy warning? There's no SB fixed

[BASIC]

1. 00:14:837 (3,1) - Stack is off fixed
2. 00:17:431 (2,3,4) - Try a different placement here. For new players this arrangement might be confused with a linear pattern like this as if they all had 1/1 gaps. fixed
3. 00:51:161 (3) - I recommend just using a 1/1 slider instead, keep the polarity simple and easy for new players + avoid the overlap. fixed
4. 00:52:458 (1,2,3) - Same thing mentioned before fixed
5. 01:06:729 (3) - Consider just using a circle on the downbeat instead, I think the rhythm may be a bit confusing with the repeat being on the blue tick, but since it's only a repeat it might be fine. Up to you, don't forget you can avoid an overlap here too if you apply my suggestion. fixed
6. 01:34:621 (1,2,3) - Might wanna use circles here too, same reason above. Also isn't this kind of difficult to read? Ahh, yes putting 3/4 reverse slider in a continuous is not good for beginners. I fixed "3/4 reverse slider, 3/4 reverse slider, 3/4 reverse slider, 2/1 slider" to "3/4 reverse slider, 1/1 slider, 3/4 reverse slider, two notes". well check it! when I updated (I must ask priti about fixing the map)
7. 01:41:756 (1,2,4) - ^ almost same as before. check it!

[NOVICE]
AR 5 might be a bit more balanced between BASIC and ADVANCED

1. 00:40:783 (4,6) - Stack is off fixed
2. 01:46:296 (3,4,5,6,1) - 5 1/2 circles seems a bit much, use a 1/2 slider or repeat maybe. fixed
3. 01:53:431 (1,2,3,4,1) - ^ fixed

[MASTER]

1. 01:54:404 (2) - Ctrl+G this? I don't see any point in the harsh flow change.

I feel a good flow than the opinion

The spread for NOVICE->ADVANCED looks fine to me. Both difficulties already have a good use of 1/2, ADVANCED just introduces some slightly complex rhythms, some small jumps and a more dense rhythm in general. ADVANCED does have a fair amount of 1/4 but most are in the form of repeats which don't really count.

Let me know~

sukiNathan wrote:

Here's a file with the delay cut off! -> normal-hitwhistle.wav

the first few ms of normal-hitclap2 were also silent so -> normal-hitclap2.wav

Secretpipe wrote:

Couldn't mod in time ;;

hhjkl wrote:

This really should get a better mp3

EDIT: better mp3: http://puu.sh/h7hZc.mp3

ziin wrote:

Top left: source ogg
Top right: 128 kbps mp3 from source ogg
Bottom left: beatmap audio
Bottom right: youtube video audio Note the names are virtually the same.

I can almost guarantee that the source (best quality I could find was the ogg submitted to the contest) was not used. Instead the 96 kbps mp4 audio stream from the video was used and encoded to 128 kbps resulting in the cutoff at 15kHz (which is expected of an mp3 at 96kHz).

It would be good to use a spectrum analyzer during the qualification process to confirm that the cutoff is above 16kHz (128 kbps mp3). The upper limit would be 19kHz for 192 kbps, but that's not important for obvious reasons. This is supposed to come out during modding, but clearly this is getting missed as it is a tedious process such as checking for metadata consistency prior to automation via AIMod and AIBat. It could be automated, but I sincerely doubt that anyone has the time or energy to figure something like this out. I wasn't able to find a simple program to do this automatically without visual inspection.

The song's audio file must be of reasonable quality. Try and source mp3 files yourself; ripping them from a streaming video site often results in low quality audio with high file sizes. The bitrate of a beatmap's audio file must be no lower than 128kbps and no higher than 192kbps. If you are having trouble acquiring an appropriate audio file, contact one of the more audio-savvy BN; they will be more than happy to help find an mp3 for you.

Some1 wrote:

this might be a better mp3 http://puu.sh/hcu1V.mp3 (192)

sukiNathan wrote:

I'll check when I get home~

ziin wrote:

Some1 wrote:

this might be a better mp3 http://puu.sh/hcu1V.mp3 (192)

There's no doubt it's better quality than the original, but it looks poorly encoded. If you explain how you got it it would help.

Some1 wrote:

I got the mp3 from the sdvx kac album that was just recently released. I can send you the original mp3 so you can encode it or something

ziin wrote:

Some1 wrote:

I got the mp3 from the sdvx kac album that was just recently released. I can send you the original mp3 so you can encode it or something

I found that too. It's clipped all to hell and I don't think I trust that encode. All the files exhibit the same clipping behavior. The purpose isn't to include perfect audio, it's to include "good enough" audio. I could fix it, but as sukiNathan said, I'd rather not create more work since we would have to change the offset again.