hey alacat!
General
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* Thank you really for finding/making a censored version for this. The video here is really needed in my point of view >w<
Easy
* Optional, but you could use a slidertick.wav file with the clap sound for this diff.
* 00:03:612 (1) - I'd use a finish insterad of a clap on the repeat. The cymbal repeats itself there.
* 00:25:737 (4) - It was probably done intentional, but I don't really like that you skipped the downbeat here with a repeat. After a long slider like 00:25:737 (4) - , the downbeat is poorly emphasized like this, which I do not recommend. I'd use a circle + slider here.
* 00:30:237 (3) - Same as above.
* 00:37:362 (3) - Sound more like a clap rather than a whistle to me, no real strong bass here.
* 00:39:612 (3,4,1) - Curve the slider the other way for a better flow overall in this combo? You kept a nice flow with 00:38:112 (1,2) - , so it'd be cool if you kept it 'till here.
* 00:42:612 (3) - Personally, I think that this slider is a bit out of the place here. The repeat is placed at a rather soft sound, while stronger sounds like the clap + vocal at 00:43:174 - 00:43:737 - and the bass at 00:43:549 - are just left out. Try putting two 1/1 sliders + a circle here. I must say it wont make a big difference in the emphasis, except the downbeat, but it would also kinda prepare the player for the single-tapping of notes at 00:45:612 (3,4,5,6) - . You could also make the repeat 1/2 tick earlier for the vocals and add an extra circle for the downbeat, that'd work nice as well.
* 00:50:112 (1) - and the repeat at 00:51:424 - Same suggestion as Insane.
* 00:52:362 (3) - Strong bass here on the head, so it'd add a whistle. It's present in your Insane diff though.
* 01:23:112 (3) - NC this one instead of 01:21:612 (1) - ? To keep your NC per-2-downbeats pattern and the finish here should get the NC imo :3
* 01:24:612 (1) - Again, I don't really think the NC should be placed here. Seeing that you added one 01:26:112 (1) - , it feels a bit spammed. Also to keep your pattern of course.
* 01:25:362 (2) - Depending on what you did in the Insane diff, you might want to change the hitsound on the slider's end.
* 01:27:424 (1) - Unlike the Insane diffs, there are no extra 2 green lines here to reduce the spinner volume step-by-step. I'd make it consistent in your own diffs.
Suggestions under this have to do with the comment I made on this diff, so if you agree here are some small suggestions to help you. * 00:57:612 (2) - Consider splitting this up into a circle + slider, for more emphasis on the clap at 00:57:987 (3) -
* 01:00:987 (3) - Same here. Since your main focus in both your Insane and Easy is the bass, I highly recommend doing this here.
* 01:12:612 (2) - ^
* 01:07:362 (3) - You could try and split this up into two circles, to emphasize both the bass + clap better.
* 01:18:237 (2) - Same as above. To me the 'め' is stronger than the 'し' in the song, so 01:18:612 - should really be clickable imo.
Nice and clean Easy as I expected. I must say though, that I found how you mapped the KIAI part rather calm. You used quite a lot of long 2/1 sliders from the KIAI until the end of the song, while at calmer parts of the song, like 00:45:612 (3,4,5,6) -, you do have quite a number of circles. Consider to rework it a bit if you can, but I guess that's how you interpreted the song o/
Guy's Normal
* 00:08:112 (1) - A whistle does the job here already. A finish here sounds a bit too loud imo, and you didn't add one at for example 00:11:112 (1) - , so I wouldn't add one here.
* 00:08:112 (1,2,3) - This was for me very hard to play. Suddenly having this weird gap in between red ticks and skipping strong sounds like 00:08:862 - and 00:09:237 - feels quite uncomfortable here. I'd just stick with the bass and clap, so it's a bit simpler for beginners. If you do want to follow the trumpet, I recommend doing something like this, since just loose 1/2 circles on the red tick are quite hard to hit.
* 00:13:737 (5) - Clap on the repeat as well? The strong beat is also present on the red tick.
* 00:18:049 (2) - Bass sound, so add whistle?
* 00:19:362 (5) - Add whistle on both slider hard and end. Again, bass sounds here - and it's the same as 00:16:362 (4) -
* 00:34:362 (4,5) - I understand why you might do this for variety in rhythm, but the vocal note 'こ' is a long note - which should be a slider in my point of view. So I don't recommend doing this rhythm change here, and I suggest you to CTRL+G here for rhythm only. If you do want this rhythm somewhere in your map, you can try it at 00:25:362 (4,5) - . There's no vocal starting on both the slider and note so it's better to use it there.
* 00:36:049 (2,3) - Optional, but stack these instead of 00:36:612 (4,5) - ? I'd put the distance between there, to have emphasize the finish a bit better by having a small space in between them. Also, you seem to stack notes quite frequently with short 1/2 sliders, so why not here =w=?
* 00:40:362 (5) - This slider here is a bit awkward imo. The sound it's mapped to is really soft and almost unnoticeable for beginners. I highly recommend to keep following the vocals and try something else.
* 00:43:174 (5) - Uhmm.. missing clap on the head, and missing whistle on the end o_o?
* 00:43:737 (6) - I hear a cymbal in the song itself, so a finish instead of a whistle on the slider end would do better I guess.
* 00:46:737 (7) - I'd remove the whistle on the slider end if I were you. Sounds a bit out of the place, and since there's no bass there I wouldn't put one.
* 00:48:612 (3) - A 1/1 slider sounds quite weird to me. The vocals already started way before this, and is the only thing where this long slider can really fit with. I'd just follow the drums here.
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* 00:59:674 (2) - Bass again, add whistle on the head?
* 01:04:362 (3) - The sound is stronger than a bass here, and actually quite similar to the slider end - so use a clap instead of a whistle here?
* 01:07:362 (5) - Bass on the slider end as well, add whistle?
* 01:08:674 (3,4) - I don't really understand what you are trying to follow here. If it's the vocal, it already ended much earlier. I recommend you to shorten the slider and create a small gap - so it's easier for beginners to understand. The player also needs a small rest imo after so much stacking and 1/2 usage in this whole combo.
or this if you don't want a break (same rhythm as 01:14:112 (1,2,3,4) - )
iyasine's Hard
* Same thing with your sliderslide.
* 00:13:174 (2,3,4,5,6) - Well, you don't have heavy single-tapping like this in the KIAI time, so consider putting a 1/2 slider here somewhere in this combo.
* 00:16:174 (3,4,1) - (nazi blanket thingy) With patterns like these it's better to have really good blankets here.
* 00:43:737 (3) - No clap here?
* 00:45:987 (5) - On the slider end there's a strong sound, add a clap?
* 00:48:424 (1) - I'd split this 1/1 slider up. The long piano sound you're following now is almost inaudiable, and players might rely on the vocals/bass more in this part. Consider mapping it out - this combo ( 00:47:112 (1,2,3,1,2) - ) also has a bit of too much 1/1 sliders in my point of view.
* 01:02:112 (1,2,3,4) - Use 1.3 instead of 1.4 spacing? Strong vocals at 01:08:112 (1,2) - and 01:20:112 (1,2,3,4) - for example keep spacing as well.
I actually think it's really cool how you still hitsounded the downbeats/bass sounds with your sliderslides and placement and rhythm is fine as well!
iyasine's Insane
* I personally don't really think S:C2's sliderslide fits the song, but I guess it's a personal preference of yours. Was it actually intentional lol? I mean, listen to 00:09:424 (5) - with 25% - that's really different than how you used S:C3 for example at 00:36:049 (5) - where it doesn't have that weird repeat. If it wasn't done intentionally, you can fix it by snapping the green lines to 1/16.
* 00:03:612 (1,2) - I guess it's your own personal style, but I kinda miss the finishes on the slider heads here, considering adding them?
* 00:04:268 (3) - No sound on the blue tick, overmap ;_;?
* 00:04:362 (4) - Add whistle to keep your pattern?
* 00:04:737 (2) - There's definitely a clap sound on the slider head, and you might want to add a whistle on the end for the bass.
* 00:40:737 (3) - Add clap on the slider head? Strong sound in the song.
* 00:42:049 (6,7) - Hmm... shouldn't the spacing here be 1.8? Since it goes from 1.49 -> 1.58 -> 1.7, so I kinda expected a 1.8 here. If you do fix this, don't forget to change the spacing of 00:42:237 (7,8,9,10) - as well.
* 00:42:987 (1) - This is one of the only parts in the song where you used the other whistle sound, but to me this sounds more like a clap.
* 00:43:737 (3) - No clap here on the head?
* 00:48:518 (6) - I don't hear anything on the blue tick... overmap again?
* 00:48:987 (1) - Well, the vocal + piano already ended on the white tick, so I personally don't really see the need of having a 3/4 slider here. Shorten it by 1/4 tick?
* 00:51:987 (1,2) - ..... Looks cool to me, but dunno what other people might say about this >_>
* 01:07:174 (7,8) - Because of the double bass in the song, this 3/4 slider + 1/2 slider rhythm doesn't really fit well. I don't recommend skipping those sounds in the song in KIAI time, try this?
* 01:09:612 (8) - Optional, but you could try a NC here, for the 1/4 jump you have with the kickslider. It'll break your NC pattern though. (but you did have a NC when you switched to the piano at 01:03:612 (1,2,3,4) - though...)
* 01:14:862 (5,6,7) - I really like the DS changes, I think they are really cool! But you know, having such low spacing with a finish at 01:15:237 (7) - doesn't really emphasize it well imo. You could add a jump here I guess.
* 01:15:612 (2) - Clap like (4)?
* 01:16:737 (8) - Don't forget to change to S:C2 for the sliderslide here, because of the drums on the red tick.
* 01:27:424 (7) - Add NC, your Hard diff has it as well.
I really like this diff personally, but those 2 repeat sliders before the KIAI are questionable. You should get more opinions on them. As for the small overmaps, they fit at least - but on these ones you should try to get more opinions as well Insane
* 00:07:174 (2,4,1,2) - I'm going to be really nazi here, but the spacing between (2,3) here is 1.2x. Which is different than the constant 1.1x spacing you keep with the slider-to-clap rhythms (00:08:112 (1,2) - 00:05:112 (1,2) - etc all have 1.1 spacing). So it'd be nice if you moved this selection of notes a bit more to the right so the spacing is 1.1x
* 00:10:174 (3) - Optional, but since you were following the trumpet with a 1/1 slider at 00:07:174 (2) - , I kinda expected you to do that here as well. The bass for me would be emphasized enough with just a single note, and doesn't really need a 1/1 slider imo. Because of putting a 1/1 slider, you also skip an important clap in the song, which is present at 00:10:362 -, and it'd be really nice if you actually mapped that note out. Try this rhythm?
* 00:12:518 (1) - Optional, but you could try to increase the spinner volume like iyasine did after every clap in the song.
* Hmm.. consider adding a whistle along with the finish on the spinner end here? To me the cymbal crash, has a similar bass in the background as 00:53:112 (1) - , where you did have an extra whistle.
* 00:37:174 (4) - Optional again lol, but what about splitting this slider up into a circle + slider? There's a clap sound on the white tick - but it's not that strong. You could consider making it clickable, but not doing it is fine as well.
* 00:46:174 (3) - Add a clap here as well? The sound here is very similar to the note before.
* 00:48:612 (1) - Hmm... I don't really hear a bass on the slider end, so consider removing the whistle x_x?
* 00:49:362 (3) - I do hear one on this slider end though.
* 00:50:112 (1) - Add a finish + whistle here for the cymbal crash? You only have a finish in your Easy, and only a whistle in the Insane diff, so what about adding a finish + whistle in both diffs o3o?
* 00:51:424 (2) - If you did add a whistle with the above suggestion, I recommend adding a whistle along with the finish here as well.
* 01:04:737 (4) - I'd personally remove the whistle on the slider end here, since there's no bass there, unlike (3)'s end.
* 01:12:612 (1) - Rhythmically I might see that a 1/1 would fit here for the bass, but the strong vocals on the red tick earlier, that actually really indicate the hold note, makes this a bit long slider here a bit awkward. I actually thought while playing that the long slider here, actually started on the red tick before this one, because of the long 'な' in the song. A way to solve this, is making it a bit offbeat, to follow both the instruments and the vocals. Try this?
* 01:15:237 (7) - Add a clap on the slider end as well? To be consistent with 00:04:737 (8,9,10) -
* 01:15:612 (1,2) - I think your mapping style is really nice and clean, and I think it's really good that you try to keep your DS most of the times. However the jumps at 01:15:987 (3,4,1,2,3,4) - have a distance of 1.85 -> 2.1 -> 2.49 - which is an average of around 0.3x increasement on each jump. So I'd have 1.55x jump (1.85-0.3) here as well. I know you shouldn't really use math with mapping since it kinda breaks creativity, but I find that the emphasis on the bass note at 01:16:174 (4) - is really well done with the jump - while the same bass note 01:15:799 (2) - has little to no emphasis at all, because there's no jump.
* 01:25:362 (3) - The sound of the head doesn't really sound like a bass to me, so I wouldn't put a whistle though. I actually would recommend a clap instead, or no hitsound at all.
* 01:27:424 (1) - Yeah, I'd add an extra while along with the finish here as well, I do hear a bass sound here ;_;
Your Insane looks really clean to me. Most of these are just suggestions, so I'd say it should already be good to go!great mapset!
star and good luck
