hi
most of these things are individual concerns with the 4K chart, hope youll be able to respond to them
[4k final dimension]
00:44:192 (44192|0,44192|2,44192|1,44258|1,44258|0,44258|2,44391|3,44391|0,44391|2,44458|0,44458|3,44458|2) - these are not the same intensity musically as 00:45:655 (45655|2,45655|3,45722|2,45722|3,45855|1,45855|3,45855|0,45921|3,45921|0,45921|1,46054|3,46054|0,46054|2,46121|3,46121|0,46121|2) -
the second one ill concede - it has some_ justification on the usage of a handjack
but the first one is really out of place - the beats its supposed to be emphasizing isnt as pronounced and striking as the second one (just compare 00:44:192 - to 00:45:655 - ) and i dont get why you would want to represent them as the same thing
00:30:156 (30156|3,30223|3,30955|3,31021|3) - at least not have them be on the same column
00:34:147 (34147|3,34214|3) - same column again?
00:30:156 (30156|3,30223|3) - i dont get the intention of this jack - 00:30:955 (30955|3,31021|3) - i guess i can somewhat understand what you are trying to go for for this one, but 00:30:156 (30156|3,30223|3) - clearly doesnt have the same pitched piano on both beats that 00:30:955 (30955|3,31021|3) - has
and thats disregarding the fact that having minijacks within a wall of handstreams isnt exactly the most comfortable pattern in existence - you can argue that 00:30:955 (30955|3,31021|3) - has merit in that it "follows" the music, but when it comes to density as high as this i dont really feel like i can begin to even understand the nuance you were trying to go for, much less what it emphasizes and whatnot.
00:34:147 (34147|3,34214|3) - these arent even the same piano pitches, why the jack?
00:37:141 - i feel like this section is some similar in terms of musical intensity as with 00:35:544 - , just that its pitched lower - so it kinda feels odd there arent any jumps on the red tick 00:37:274 - 00:37:540 - (not suggesting that you should place them, i actually dislike the whole entire concept of handstreams for literally everything but there should be some level of consistency id expect)
00:38:072 (38072|0,38072|1) - other than the woooosh (which should be better with an LN rather than a chord to represent the wooooosh synth being pulled out) there isnt much indicating for such a beat - just look at 00:35:943 (35943|0,35943|1) - for example, which has a clear piano beat
00:38:471 (38471|3,38604|3,38737|2,38737|3,38870|2,39003|3,39003|2,39136|3,39269|3,39535|3,39668|3,39802|3,39802|2,39935|2,40068|2) - i think handstreams will work better if you at least were somewhat balanced about them - right now the right hand seems to be taking quite a lot of hits
00:40:068 (40068|1,40201|1,40334|1,40467|1,40600|1) - is this intentional?
00:46:254 (46254|1,46254|2,46320|1,46320|2) - it is extremely misleading to me that you would miss out on the very loud synth sounds on 00:46:187 - 00:46:320 - 00:46:453 - (not so much on 00:46:586 - , the quad somewhat signals a stop in layering at least) and jack 00:46:254 (46254|1,46254|2,46320|1,46320|2) - these two, much less pronounced beats
00:46:986 (46986|3,47119|3,47252|3,47385|3,47518|3,47651|3,47784|3) - think this is the longest note anchor in this kiai, i might be dead wrong
nonetheless its things like this that make the chart oddly unbalanced and off putting
00:47:119 (47119|3,47185|2,47252|3,47318|2,47385|3) - i dont get the significance of this trill, if you listen to the music its 00:47:252 - 00:47:318 - 00:47:385 - 00:47:451 - that are repeating and should be trills, not 00:47:119 (47119|3,47185|2,47252|3,47318|2,47385|3) - these bunch of notes
00:48:715 (48715|3,48782|2,48848|3,48915|2,48981|3) - same thing again, on the same hand too
00:50:178 (50178|1,50178|2,50178|0,50267|1,50356|2) - this isnt tooooooooo clear to players playing that theyre 1/3s, but ill let it slide
00:51:176 (51176|2,51243|1,51309|2,51376|1,51442|2,51509|1,51575|2,51642|1) - i dont get the significance of this trill too, 00:51:243 (51243|1,51309|2,51376|1,51442|2) - this set of beats and 00:51:575 (51575|2,51642|1,51708|3) - these set of beats have very clear differences in pitch, yet therye mostly include in the same trill
00:54:103 (54103|1,54170|1) - why jack on the weaker inner finger? i dont think its very comfortable nor welcoming to players trying the chart the first time - people will get mad that you hand them such awkward things after giving them 230 bpm handstreams
00:54:835 (54835|0,54901|1,54968|0) - this is somewhat confusing, the most i can hear on 100% replay is a repeated synth on 00:54:835 - 00:54:901 - (on 25% replay all the synths become audible and having it be on 25% isnt really exactly what the players will experience)
00:55:367 (55367|1,55433|2,55500|1,55566|2,55633|1,55700|2,55766|1,55833|2) - same thing as before, 00:55:500 (55500|1,55500|0,55500|3,55566|2,55633|1,55700|2) - is a completely different set of beats than 00:55:766 (55766|3,55766|0,55766|1,55833|2,55899|0,55966|3) - and 00:55:367 (55367|1,55433|2) - in terms of pitch, so why do they share that trill?
00:57:229 (57229|3,57229|2) - why is this doubled? 00:48:715 - doesnt look doubled to me
00:56:032 - what happened to the structure back at 00:47:518 - ?
00:57:762 (57762|1,57828|0,57895|1,57961|0,58028|1,58028|3,58094|2,58161|3,58227|2,58294|3) - for the record, i think trills like these two are fine(well, a broader definition of fine) because you are limited by the chords, its the things where you have complete freedom to do something else is where i take issue with
00:58:693 (58693|1,58693|2,58782|1,58870|2) - i feel like you couldve at least made this on the other hand, 00:50:178 - the last one is in the same exact column as this one
did you copy paste lol
00:59:225 (59225|2,59225|1,59225|3,59358|3,59358|1,59358|0,59491|3,59491|0,59491|1) - dont think this is tooooo much of a difference in consistency, but check this part with 00:50:711 (50711|3,50711|0,50777|2,50844|0,50844|3,50844|1,50977|0,50977|3,50977|2) -
01:00:023 (60023|0,60156|0,60289|0,60422|0,60555|0,60688|0,60821|0,60955|0,61088|0) - again, my point about balance
also why are all the chords centered on the left hand here?
01:10:400 - why no triple? see 01:11:464 (71464|0,71464|3,71464|2) - for a similar clap that is tripled
01:19:912 (79912|0,79979|1,80045|0,80112|1,80178|0,80245|1,80311|0) - i feel like balance is a big issue in this chart, im very sure such trills like this can be easily avoided - and its trills like this that add to the overall disdain people have playing the chart because of how biased it can be on one hand or the other
01:22:374 (82374|0,82374|2,82906|2,82906|1,83438|2,83438|0,83970|2,83970|1) - whatever happened to differentiating the pitches here?
01:32:484 (92484|1,92617|1,92751|1,92884|2,92884|1,93017|2,93150|2,93283|2) - why did you anchor the patterns on the inner columns? theyre hard to control and are very uncomfortable to hit in general, i dont get why you would do such a thing which also ignores the different pitches of the synths ( see 01:33:283 - 01:33:815 - 01:34:081 - 01:34:347 - )
01:35:145 (95145|0,95278|0,95411|0,95544|0,95677|0) - im sure you can transition better than this, though this is less of an offender
01:36:276 (96276|2,96376|1,96409|2,96476|1,96542|2,96642|2,96675|1,96742|2,96808|1) - the 1/8 transitions are terrible to hit, 01:36:542 (96542|2,96642|2,96742|2) - this just doesnt bid well for players to jumptrill since the entrance to the next 1/8 burst requires a jack on the inner columns at 3
01:37:008 (97008|0,97074|0) - what is this jack for? the pianos and synths arent even the same pitches
01:39:868 (99868|2,99935|2) - same thing about jacking on the inner column here
01:40:600 (100600|3,100600|2,100666|0,100733|3,100733|2) - can you compare this to 00:54:702 - please, aside from the pitches not a lot of things are differnt (including musical intensity hint hint)
yeah ill stop here, ill be repeating myself if i continued
looking at the placements of the trills and chords, i just feel as if such a thing can only be made by a machine - there isnt much thought made into the structure of the streams, and with quite a big chunk of the chart having biases and awkwardness it kinda just reinforces my belief
i dont want to be throwing shade here, but i feel like no one bothered to put in effort into
studying the chart (given, i only looked at the highest diff on 4k), much less scrutinizing and editing it; i am basing this off of what ive seen in the chart itself, and i can most definitely be wrong about that
the thing i hope we all can reach to an agreement on is that this chart definitely
needs more work before it can even see the light of ranked, and i hope no one pulls emotions into play when deciding such things - it doesnt help in improving anything