Anthony Johnson Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 Writers block... The Seventh Insignia was a bit more on the brutal side. The Eighth Insignia, I want to be more of an unholy, purgatory, requiem type of sound and I'm not sure if I am acheiving this effect here so far so I'm asking for opinions. What do you guys think of the sound I'm going for? What instruments are best suited for the feeling I am trying to portray? Also I'm not sure what should come next. MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu The Eighth Insignia > next Quote
Monarcheon Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 I rather like it and can see what you're going for. Your inversions of your major seventh chords can result in very awkward sounding chords at first, which makes it sound wrong, when it isn't... mix it up a little bit, perhaps. Also, for your sound effects, I think you forgot that they're still based in pitch, and I can hear the unwanted dissonance they create against the tonal harmonic progression. I think you're doing a pretty okay job getting that feeling. Mozart's requiem might be a good tool for you to listen to if you need further help. It's admittedly not very "unholy" as you put it, but the cinematic quality it has along with it mostly covers for it. I just think it could be more dramatic; i.e. with bass tones in root position sometimes. Quote
Anthony Johnson Posted October 17, 2016 Author Posted October 17, 2016 When you say mix up the major seventh chords a bit do you mean putting the notes in different pitches? Quote
Monarcheon Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 13 minutes ago, LostSamurai said: When you say mix up the major seventh chords a bit do you mean putting the notes in different pitches? That's an awkwardly phrased question. Granted, I feel like I misspoke; mix up the inversions, I mean, so it feels like it resolves enough and isn't to continuously angsty. Quote
Anthony Johnson Posted October 17, 2016 Author Posted October 17, 2016 (edited) Ahhh ok gotcha. Edit: Alright so following what you said, it turned into this... Edited October 17, 2016 by LostSamurai MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu The Eighth Insignia 2 > next Quote
Monarcheon Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 Without a score, I'm having trouble discerning much difference, but to what I hear I think it sounds clearer...? Keep in mind that the overtone effect you have has a pitch. On your A-flat chord and E-flat7 chord, its pitch is an A natural, for example, which is not what I think you want. Quote
Anthony Johnson Posted October 20, 2016 Author Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) Yeah I'm having trouble with the sound effect. I'm...not really sure if I should play the sound on a different key or change the pitch of each one. I'm also having trouble with the main melody. At 1:00 is that considered a counter melody? Or I'm not sure if I should continue the high pitched melody since I believe I had it going from the start all the way to 0:59 Edited October 20, 2016 by LostSamurai Quote
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