Finally finished this one - stagnation since October.  Less emphasis on the melody with this one (so it's a little repetitive) and more on making the strings sound fuller.  People tell me it sounds very trailer/film-ish.  Also first time using a choir but it's so subtle that I'm not sure how many of you will be able to tell.

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So after a long wait (more than a year if I gather correctly), the SMF Event Registration mod has finally been ported to SMF2.  Have to give the credit here to floomp, who basically took the SMF1 version and ported the whole thing.

I first took up the mod from Tyrsson, who was also planning to port the mod to SMF2 but never found time to.  I went ahead and added a ton of features to the SMF1 version but also got busy afterwards and couldn't get around to porting it to SMF2.    (maybe it's cursed and only people not in charge of the mod can get any progress on it!)

Anyways, here is the mod in entirety:
https://www.pftq.com/pq/creations/list/SMF_Event_Registration/

This is the first version in SMF2, so just let us know if any issues arise (though it looks fine from my testing so far).

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Ah, pretty sad that all I ever seem to have time for lately is making new songs (the only thing I can leave untouched for weeks and come back on).  I kind've understand how so many people I once knew online disappeared over the years now (or became very inactive).

Back to the song though - I started it in October so I don't know why I was thinking of rain so early.  If I recall correctly, it was also while walking back home after finishing an exam (or before starting it? Not sure...).  Maybe I need to walk more - seems to be how I get most my ideas lately.


The visual I had in mind for the song was basically an island awashed in rain, perhaps getting reset or cleansed.  The harp/piano represent the raindrops and emptiness of the island (critters usually hide before the rain).  The strings are supposed to give the aftermath sort of feel, but I can't seem to get them to sound right - so that's the main concern I have with the song right now.  I really wanted to get a sort of film/trailer feel to it, but I can't figure out why the strings I have sound very thin or cheap.  Maybe need to upgrade to better software, but that's expensive so I'll keep playing around with it as much I can.  Any suggestions welcome.

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Bahaha! For the while I actually thought I wouldn't be able to finish this, so I'm very content now.

Been working on this since July, and it's probably my first real song in almost year (since Darker Stormy).  Lots of new stuff in this one, not only in melody, but also experimenting for the first time with tempo and pitch variation, fading and a few effects, etc.  As usual though, I'm just messing around with the settings without any real clue what I'm doing, so if anything sounds off, let me know.


Hopefully finishing this song doesn't put me off onto another 1-year hiatus but we'll see.  I'm just very content that I finished this before school gets busy again.  

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First time trying out drums and cleaner instrument samples from East West on this one.  The bass is definitely much stronger here and more intense.  Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to work on this in a while, so I'm just wrapping it up for now.  Maybe I'll come back to it some time.


It sounds like a buildup theme of some sort, but probably because it was the climax of whatever I had.  

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