These are my first Renoise mods, and this is my first post to the forum! Only one of the tunes is finished so far; I just thought I’d post them and get some feedback. Feel free to rubbish them if you think they’re no good. I’ve been tracking since OctaMED V4 on the Amiga, and I still haven’t got the hang of it.
This started out as a doodle on a guitar, turned into something out of a spaghetti western, and finally became a piano/chiptune in Renoise (that sounds nothing like the original guitar piece). Not finished yet.
Another one that started out as a guitar twiddle. It sounded a bit Japanese-y, so that’s what I’ve gone for here. This is just the opening section. The ocarina bit at the end was just tacked on at the last minute; not sure what it’s going to do yet.
Hey there! Welcome to the boards! Some feedback for you…
Song1_3 - I like this tune a lot, and it has a lot of potential. I must be a sucker for western soundtracks!? A
good vocal melody over the top would seal it. Drums need to be a little more meaty. Chip need needs some modulation and a touch of delay.
Song2_2 - Again lots of good potential here, but my advice would be to keep it minimal with the layering. The lead needs the bass filtered out of it. You need some more sections to it too.
AnotherTune3 - Beatles? Not so much in my range of musical tastes, but could be a good song for sure. Each instrument needs a lot of reductive bass filtering.
Hey, thanks. I agree with you about the drums - I’m just not sure how to go about beefing them up. More bass in the EQ? I can get the delay into the chip bit no prob, but how would I go about adding in the modulation?
The big problem I have with Renoise is the production of the sound. I haven’t really used any trackers since I stopped using OctaMED Sound Studio years ago, so I’m completely new to the idea of having CD-quality samples, effects, and more than 4 notes playing simultaneously. Renoise is incredibly powerful but at the moment I’m lost in all of the options.
The tune lost its western soundtrack roots when it switched from being a guitar piece to a Renoise track. It was all down to one of the chord changes and the timing. The chord change is still there, but the timing changed.
Yeah. I’ve already spent hours on this one, but haven’t got a lot of material to show for it. I didn’t spend that time on the tune itself, though - just spent it on trying to find the right samples and turning multi-sampled instruments into Renoise instruments. After all that there wasn’t much time left to add new parts to the tune! I’ll add some more to it at some point.
There’s a lot of bass in this one. I think the main culprit is the piano - I’m using a reasonable piano instrument, but I wanted something that sounded more classical, so I filtered it an EQd it until I had the right sound. Unfortunately it makes everything really bass-heavy. I might have a play and see what I can come up with.
Not so much in my range of musical tastes, but could be a good song for sure. Each instrument needs a lot of reductive bass filtering.