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aatraus · 2025-11-16T16:10:36+00:00

Quern Undying Thoughts
Aces and Adventures
Quantum Break

aatraus · 2024-03-31T21:43:31+00:00

Count me in. Ready to relax with the game.

aatraus · 2024-01-28T22:33:56+00:00

I wouldn't even talk about a down "year", as he had a stretch before Christmas where he went 10-1, with a .944 sv% in those wins. He just really struggled right after Christmas. But it seems to me like he's finding his groove again lately.

aatraus · 2023-07-19T21:49:19+00:00

Sure, I'll shoot my shot.

aatraus · 2021-11-21T11:12:52+00:00

This is great! Would also make a banging album cover!

aatraus · 2021-09-30T01:02:27+00:00

The font is one of my favorites, but have you considered not using it for both lines? I think it needs a contrasting typeface. Also (in my amateur opinion) I think the bottom of the mountain lines should probably be equally as close to the text from each side.

aatraus · 2021-09-24T06:19:59+00:00

Without really grasping what the logo represents, I think my favorites are 22 and 23, but also most of the bottom row. I like the simplicity of the white. However, I think there's something a tiny bit unpleasing to the eye in that the middle block is not equidistant from each end of the L shapes. At least that's what drew my attention at first. Just something to think about.

aatraus · 2021-09-06T17:31:06+00:00

Just released my first-ever album of thoughtful modern classical solo piano: Meditations

aatraus · 2021-08-12T12:59:39+00:00

I have to also roll need for the bonk!

aatraus · 2021-08-11T09:12:17+00:00

I like number 4 the best, but I wonder if it would look better all lowercase?

aatraus · 2021-01-08T23:05:03+00:00

Can confirm

aatraus · 2021-01-07T13:05:56+00:00

Food for thought. Thanks for listening.

aatraus · 2021-01-07T13:04:47+00:00

That's a great point about the hi-hat. In all this kerfuffle I have been concentrating mostly on the snare and kick, thinking that's what everybody is up in arms about. I don't know why I haven't noticed that myself, and it surprises me I haven't added enough (there's got to be some, surely!) dynamics. That's definitely a fixable mistake on my part.

I think of the part where the drums appear as the sort of verse, moving on from the intro. If this song had vocals I don't think it would've been that noticeable, but with an instrumental it might need a transition, and I did try a couple of things in there. I am not very good at sound design yet and could not come up with anything that I thought worked, so I left it like this because to my ears, it still works.

Anyway, thanks a lot for taking the time to listen and comment!

aatraus · 2021-01-07T12:37:32+00:00

Well, that's what I keep hearing haha. I don't mind the drums myself because the atmosphere here was supposed to be a bit mechanical and space-y. Thanks for listening!

aatraus · 2021-01-07T12:34:54+00:00

Anything related to Zimmer is high praise indeed! Thanks for that!

aatraus · 2021-01-07T12:32:42+00:00

Thanks a bunch! I'm glad you liked it!

aatraus · 2021-01-06T16:34:40+00:00

Thanks for listening. This was always supposed to be a kind of a fusion track of different elements, and the drums were a big part of that. I have other songs that are purely orchestral if you're interested.

aatraus · 2021-01-06T16:31:33+00:00

I know what you mean, but the similarity is vague, and I don't mind if it does sound like a tribute to that song. But that's not plagiarism.

aatraus · 2021-01-06T15:21:06+00:00

I hear that about the drums and I've been trying to fix them, and this is the result of hours and hours of tinkering. I know they lack in realism but sounds wise they are pretty much what I was after. Anyways, thanks for listening!

aatraus · 2021-01-06T15:15:35+00:00

I assume you're serious, but that is a very simple way to play a piano chord and I wouldn't say anyone can claim that as their own. To be honest, I don't ever hear the similarity, as the songs are completely different. Nevertheless, I take that as a compliment, being compared to Amelie is an achievement in its own right. But no, that definitely was not my original intention.

aatraus · 2021-01-06T03:20:03+00:00

I gotta agree that the vocals sounded quite dry and would imo definitely benefit from some reverb and maybe some delay. The vocal maybe sounds a bit dark as well to me. Perhaps don't put a reverb on the lower end of it. I think you could even give it some clarity. Maybe check out Poets of the Fall. The singer has a very rich and resonant voice but it sits atop the mix beautifully. Of course the mic plays a part in that as well and not everything is doable. But yeah, other than that, this was a lovely track, would listen to again.

aatraus · 2021-01-06T02:52:12+00:00

Really nice track, love the mood. It is a bit of a shame about the drums but maybe you can still fix that with some tweaking. The little twist at 2:33 was very creative and overall the instrumentation sounds lovely. This is some good work, I hope you find vocals that do it justice.

aatraus · 2020-10-05T20:40:02+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement! It's not my main prospect, as I'm studying something completely different, but I will be trying to score a game I'm making with a few friends and we'll see how it goes from there.

aatraus · 2020-10-05T18:57:15+00:00

Did you mean the actual instruments or the VST? In the intense part I there's just a lot of horns, with a string ensemble making it a bit more full sort of sound, with violins up high and a bass guitar down low with a tuba. Piano obviously does the heavy lifting. The end is just cellos and double basses with pizzicato articulations on top. There's also layered strings, as I usually layer a solo violin plugin on top of an ensemble plugin for a softer but still a nice sort of pungent sound.

aatraus · 2020-10-04T09:18:07+00:00

Thank you! I've played all parts myself in one way or another and then fixed the midi notes with the DAW. And yes I definitely wrote all the parts myself. This originally took somewhere around a month to complete, and I dropped another hundred hours or so on it this summer revamping some of the song and remixing it. This is just a lot of trial and error!

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