i caved in and bought renoise

for a tracker with daw features like track mixers, vst support, automation, filters etc., it's pretty impressive what you can do with it. finally i get to do hq music without having to wrap my head around more conventional daws; i like the inconvenience of modern tracker interfaces myself, actually.

the first time i had to arrange for something hq like this, the biggest obstacle and wake-up call i had to face was the fact that uh, my mixing skills weren't up to snuff. fixing it was a nightmare. biggest thing i didn't know at the time of arranging was that sidechaining the bass was really important, otherwise the bass drum (kick) wouldn't be heard and be overpowered by the bass. this was pointed out to me by a server member of ours, lolwe. they've been mixing for about 7-8 years and counting so they understand it pretty well... and actually the final mix was made just this morning to actually fix the entire mix lol.

other more minor mixing issues were ironed out with eq-ing, which i have a bit of experience of, though it was pointed out by dinebon_, yet another (new!) server member, who was primarily a bassist. they also pointed out some unwanted dissonance i had put in for the arrangement.

i understand that mixing is pretty much subjective and everyone does it differently, but it should be worth pointing out that there are some rookie mistakes that someone like me _can_ make. i may be a good arranger but this mix wouldn't have sounded better if it weren't for people giving me advice and pointers on how to fix things. i definitely think that getting input from a variety of artists who have different strengths helps to put a mix together and give listeners a more comfortable listening experience, so from now on, i'll be at the very least, sidechaining my basslines with the kick for better mixing. sorry if this doesn't sound great for everyone lol

Song name: Kirby's Dream Land 3 - Ripple Field 1 (renoise arrangement)
Written by Jun Ishikawa;
Arranged by John Tay
Mixed with Audacity

downloads
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JKv9R4_uX7JHbPAE3MoRSTW4WmpWV-6r?usp=drive_link

discord
https://discord.gg/WvNP6cr

twitter
https://twitter.com/johntayjinf

tumblr
https://johntayjinf.tumblr.com/

please read the channel description

Ripple Field 1 [renoise arrange]

my first mml song! mml (music macro language) is a way to make music using text commands as opposed to a piano roll or tracker (the song image is part of the text used to make the song!). i used https://sakuramml.com/picosakura/index.php to make it : )

got silver in the mml category in battle of the bits's Oops! All New Formats battle!
play here https://sakuramml.com/mmlbbs6/post.php?mml_id=2648
https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/THE+LONG+JOHN/72198/

THE LONG JOHN

I'm so ahappy, yay!! :)
Loosely inspired by the jaxcheese cover and also is a mashup of this
https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/I+Lay+as+All+is+Washed+Away/47474/

Happy Town floating with the wind

art by the amazing @the_dead_hobo64 on twt!

I WILL NEVER DIE

AET BY "Triki_Tr0y"

https://x.com/Triki_Tr0y/status/1939379147987390725?s=19

SHADOW VOLTARIA (Extended/Updated)

thank you pippamoni for doing the drums shit
-
pippin amoni: https://www.youtube.com/@pip_amoni

BURNING EYES

"UUURRRAAAAAHH!!!!"

Block Tales Game: https://www.roblox.com/games/16483433878/Block-Tales-DEMO-4

Original music was made by @nicopatty  :
Their YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicopatty
Their SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/nicopatty

I meant to have this out sooner (around when I actually played Blocktales Chapter 2 but life stuff started happening and didn't really have time until now.

Shout out to my friend Racc Attacc for making the new logo for me cuz i was taking too long and needed help:

His YouTube: https://youtube.com/@Racc_Attacc?si=0H_9rpQYCvSHmUzm
His Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camknisley/?hl=en
His Twitter: https://x.com/cameron_knisley
His Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cam-knisley.bsky.social

#blocktales #deltarune #remix #rpg #roblox

Komodo Dragon (BoS Mix)

either you're helplessly swept away by it,
or let it take you places you've never imagined before

Written and arranged by John "Joy" Tay;
Made with tildearrow's Furnace tracker

disclaimer: this specific song uses puNES emulation for the fds' wavetable synth, so it doesn't sound muffled (and thus not hardware accurate)

downloads
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j7qQ492X3XjikwpDy1Mryzr-cEhfZH2L?usp=drive_link

discord
https://discord.gg/WvNP6cr

bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/johntayjinf.bsky.social

tumblr
https://johntayjinf.tumblr.com/

ko-fi
https://ko-fi.com/johntayjinf

bandcamp
https://johntayjinf.bandcamp.com/

then came the wind [2a03 + fds]

*Despite having never been here before, something seems off about this place.

*You resonate with the power of Pirates. 

( composed by cheres saturn - https://soundcloud.com/cheressaturn )

( art bu techncolour - @techncolour )

A DARKENED WEB...? (cheres saturn)

HAPPY TENTH ANNIVERSARY!∘₊✧──────✧₊∘
Lantern by toby fox

Lantern tenth anniversay remix

→ Welcome to Joy Harbor. 
→ The place where your dreams and desires come true! 
→ There's a lot of activity in town today.

I----------------------------------------------------I

Btw this music is not related to my other project paused but maybe this is what i planned for my happy town v2? Took long due me being busy with other stuff last year, btw is not at all happy town is mixed with another song no one else knows so yeah.

Joy Harbor

One of the ♣♧Ace of Spades♘🂬 players ever!!

Video Game alien tracker; keep your eyes pealed, they're out there playing your Video Games.
&
A sad face is good for the heart.

Happy Town floating with the wind

𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉

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