Astronomic Metal Collection 2

[SulferDragon]

Submissions will still be open for a bit.

Boy, I sure have a lot of stuff to review.

The Air That I Breathe - Accepted - It's definitely good enough to warrant accepting, but I would expect better from you.

Goddess Bound - Accepted with tweaks - Cool instrumental song. Measures 125-126 are retarded. Also, why is that stream of jumps easier on Edit than on both Heavy and Challenge? Put the retarded patterns on Edit, the slightly retarded but not as much patterns on Challenge (or change it all together), and something simpler on Heavy. Remove the out of place, random hand(s) in Challenge or put hands throughout the whole chart. The biggest problem is the sync. It needs some help.

Into the Oblivion - Accepted - Sure, why not.

Native File - Accepted with tweaks - Measures 26, 44, 53, 67, 116: Missed sounds. Measures 49, 113: Minifreezes? measure 101: Where are the jumps? (You probably did this other places too) 118-124: Shouldn't the jumps be on the 8th? 125, 126: improper, awkward patterns. Pitch Relevancy could definitely use some improvement.

Overall, I thought all of these files were fun. That's why I didn't label any of them as "Needs work."

[N.T.M.]

Originally Posted by SulferDragon

The Air That I Breathe - Accepted - It's definitely good enough to warrant accepting, but I would expect better from you.

Very mediocre song choice.

That's why I almost never finished it. It's like my Metallica file, except slightly better song choice. It's for that reason that I'll never finish that file.

I don't have any more WIPS though, so don't expect any more files like this. If you remember a while ago all my song choices were kinda sub par.

*edit* I like Goddess Bound. I'll go into more detail later, but off the top of my head the sync's a bit off here and there and it has very weak PR. Conceptually solid though. Pretty sure it's accepted. I know for this pack I need to be a little lax regarding certain aspects (namely PR).

[Bynary Fission]

Originally Posted by SulferDragon

Measures 125-126 are retarded.

Maybe measure 124-125.5? I can't seem to deduce what you are specifically talking about if you aren't referring to the fast 141 bpm jump section, which is technically accurate to the music.

Originally Posted by SulferDragon

Also, why is that stream of jumps easier on Edit than on both Heavy and Challenge?

Which one? There are several streams of jumps in the song.

Originally Posted by SulferDragon

Put the retarded patterns on Edit, the slightly retarded but not as much patterns on Challenge (or change it all together), and something simpler on Heavy. Remove the out of place, random hand(s) in Challenge or put hands throughout the whole chart.

Are you sure you're commenting on the right chart? Challenge only had one extraneous hand on m112.5 (my fault - must have missed it when I went to remove hands.) All the retarded patterns are in Edit - I can't imagine anything being easier. Same with Heavy - I took out the long solo, most of the jumps, and simplified most patterns. Is there something in specific you are referring to?

Originally Posted by SulferDragon

The biggest problem is the sync. It needs some help.

Uh...sync is off? I assume you're taking about the solos? If so, they're perfectly synced - you have to slow down the song substantially to hear where each individual note goes, though. Try .2 or .3x.

[SulferDragon]

Originally Posted by Bynary Fission

words

If you're going to argue with me, I'll gladly just reject the file without any comment next time.

The stream of jumps is the exact same one as the one in measure 123-125. It's stupid because it's freaking impossible (okay that's exaggerating). Like I said, the patterns of it are easier on Edit than Challenge, and it shouldn't even be in the Heavy chart because it makes the difficulty even more inconsistent.

By retarded patterns, I was only referring to measure 123-125. The rest of the file was pretty good, okay.

N.T.M. also said the sync was off. That means the sync is off. I can't tell you where the sync is off. That's you're job. If you make everything else okay I might not even care though.

Maybe I could explain things better, but I don't need to explain anything in the first place. Reviews aren't what I'm good at. *shrugs*

Originally Posted by Ghakimx

HEY! You said PR wasn't important!

It really depends on how good the patterns are. The only parts of the song I do prefer to be PR are the solos.

[Bynary Fission]

There is no need to be so combative - I was just asking for some clarification.

I spoke to N.T.M on AIM - he said the solo was synced great, and all other sync issues were very minor. When you said it was "a big issue", I had assumed you came to that conclusion through your own independent analysis, which contradicted what he told me. as for the jump section, I will remove it on Heavy, so I will resend the file later tonight.

[SulferDragon]

Originally Posted by Bynary Fission

There is no need to be so combative - I was just asking for some clarification.

Sorry, I've been sick, which generally makes me cranky and aggressive. That's no excuse though, is it?

Originally Posted by N.T.M.

I have an inkling that he's primarily referring to that same drum-vs-guitar section I told you about.

Mostly, yes.

[N.T.M.]

Sulfer is always quite the diplomat.

Also, I should be able to crank out reviews tonight.

[N.T.M.]

Originally Posted by SulferDragon

N.T.M. also said the sync was off. That means the sync is off.

It seemed generally close in DDReam. Things were a bit off intermittently, and in a few places I know you favored the guitar over the drums even though at 1x speed it looks as though they layer perfectly. Sometimes in that case you gotta apply what I call "the theory of subjectivity": since drums have a definitive beginning and guitar doesn't, if the gap is negligible you should favor the drums, but still layer in the guitar.

Sync, again, seemed good overall, but to really ascertain its accuracy it takes a really long time (especially with guitar).

Guitar solos also seemed fine overall although I think a few things could be tightened up by a couple 192ds or so. That's nothing though.

PR was my main concern.

Originally Posted by Bynary Fission

There is no need to be so combative - I was just asking for some clarification.

I spoke to N.T.M on AIM - he said the solo was synced great, and all other sync issues were very minor. When you said it was "a big issue", I had assumed you came to that conclusion through your own independent analysis, which contradicted what he told me. as for the jump section, I will remove it on Heavy, so I will resend the file later tonight.

I have an inkling that he's primarily referring to that same drum-vs-guitar section I told you about.