I'm no taiko savvy BAT but I thought I'd step in to give a thorough mod anyway—taikos only.
[General]
These are all just suggestions (some more highly recommended than others), but only take what you want from this.
[Phedondon]
As usual, only a few things to point out (especially in the kiai; I didn't want to destroy your well constructed streams and patterns qq).
[General]
- With the new style taiko bgs, I think you should shift the bg down some to get it properly aligned. After testing some alignments on multiple resolutions, it seems 135 on the y axis is the best solution. Copy and paste this code into both taiko diffs under the Background and Video events:
0,0,"background ivaltek.jpg",0,135
These are all just suggestions (some more highly recommended than others), but only take what you want from this.
- You can rename this diff as simply Muzukashii now because of the in-game symbols, plus Pheon's diff doesn't have an indication that it's a taiko diff anyway (save for the don part, but that might not be as obvious to non-taiko players).
- You have two combo colours. xD Don't bother for this diff, however I recommend using that second combo colour in the future to help modders distinguish between kats and dons in the editor (in my experience, it should also help you as the mapper).
- 00:14:451 (11) - d to build up this pattern from the previous part in this phrase.
- 00:15:316 (13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20) - going from 1/1 to abrupt 1/2 patterns sounds very random, mostly because it's only the beginning. I suggest copying what you have 00:10:702 (2,3,4,5,6,7) and pasting it 00:15:316. It sounds better to keep a consistent beat.
- 00:27:281 (66) - k instead to emphasize the end of this phrase?
- 00:28:579 (73) - for a muzukashii, I would consider leaving a 1/1 break after a finisher like you did here 00:19:352 (27), especially at higher bpms like this song; it gives player a beat to recover. If you agree, then you can remove 00:28:723 (74) and make 00:28:867 (75) a kat instead.
- If you changed the above, I would also consider removing 00:31:029 (86) and making 00:31:173 (87) a kat for consistency.
- I don't want to give my "phrase consistency" speech so to keep it simple, I suggest making 00:29:155 (74,75) and 00:31:462 (85,86) and 00:33:768 (97,98) k d; you should apply this change and listen to it for yourself and you should be able to hear why this sounds better.
- 00:32:183 (91) - as a don and 00:32:327 (92) as a kat may seem more fitting to end this phrase, since your next phrase is just k d k d patterns anyway.
- 00:42:565 (9) - I don't think this 1/2 is necessary here and it just sounds a bit off; keep to 1/1 in this part of the phrase.
- 00:54:963 (35) - delete this and make 00:55:107 (36) a kat to keep things simple here.
- 01:01:018 (50) - same as before (remove).
- 01:14:713 - k here to map that sound, plus it's good for a leadin to the kiai.
- 01:18:317 (89) - d to keep consistent with the previous segment.
- 01:18:750 (91,92,93) - making these all kats would accentuate the vocals here.
- 01:19:326 (94,95,96) - in muzukashii diffs, only simple triples should be used (again, especially with higher bpm songs). This triple can simply become ddd.
- 01:22:354 (109) - remove this and make 01:22:930 (112) a d for consistency.
- 01:23:363 (113,114,115) - all kats again?
- 01:27:976 (137) - make this a D since this is a shift in the pitch of the vocals you accentuated with the previous finishers in this part.
- 01:28:264 (138) - k and 01:28:841 (143) - k to end this phrase. Also, you should make this 01:28:553 (140,141,142) - a triple ddd.
- 01:29:850 (149,150) - d k instead of k d to end on a high note; imo this makes for a smoother transition into vocal mapping (since most phrases [should] end with k).
- 01:31:292 (154) - this would be a d if you are vocal mapping.
- 01:33:454 (163) - D here instead because of the pitch change compared to the K finishers before this one.
- 01:36:626 (177,178,179) - this should be a variety of 01:34:896 (169,170,171). I would suggest k d k as an alternative to this.
- 01:37:203 (180,181) - make these kats to accentuate the vocals like my previous suggestions for this same part?
- 01:40:806 (194) - just as before, remove this and make 01:41:383 (197) a d for consistency.
- 01:41:816 (199,200,201) - again with the all kats suggestion for the sake of vocals.
- 01:42:392 (202,203,204) - change (204) into a d to create a triple ddd for simplicity, as well as to match the triple in this same part earlier in the kiai.
- 01:46:429 (225) - I don't think a finisher here is really necessary, though a d would work just fine.
- 01:46:861 (227) - k and 01:47:294 (231) - k to end this phrase. Similar to previous suggestions, 01:47:006 (228,229,230) - would play better as ddd for the sake of difficulty.
- 01:48:159 (236,237,238) - k d k to properly map the pitch changes according to 01:48:736 (239,240,241,242,243,244).
- 01:50:321 (248,249) - k d to follow the pitch changes and to accompany 01:50:754 (250,251,252,253,254,255,256).
[Phedondon]
As usual, only a few things to point out (especially in the kiai; I didn't want to destroy your well constructed streams and patterns qq).
- A little density to end this phrase is good, plus it's a part of the music that should be mapped since it's loud and clear. 00:56:116 - d here, 00:56:261 - k here, and 00:56:549 - d here.
- 01:10:100 (1) - k for consistency?
- 01:15:290 (1) - D for obvious reasons.
- 01:18:750 (3) - k to match the vocals in this part that you're mapping to?
- 01:23:363 (3) - ^
- 01:27:976 (3) - ^
- 01:32:589 (1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3) - I have never in any of my mods suggested anyone use 1/6, and this is the only time I will ask anyone to consider making these 1/6. *regrets*
- 01:49:744 - k to increase the density leading into the next kiai.
- 01:52:195 (1) - D again.
- 01:55:655 (4) - same as before.
- 02:00:268 (4) - ^
- 02:04:881 (3) - ^
- 02:09:495 (1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3) - if you changed this same part from earlier to 1/6, do the same here.
- 02:26:506 (3) - d to break up the kats in this section, plus it's good for a contrast to the kat-centric patterns 02:24:776 (2,3,1,2,3) and 02:27:082 (2,3,1,2,3).