Obsidian Posted June 7, 2013 Hi. I'm making a fairly unusual map that requires a specific sort of MIDI: as you might have guessed, it needs to sound happy and cheery and yet have an unsettling undertone to it that puts the player on edge. Think somewhere along the lines of "Sweet Little Dead Bunny", but not with the end bit. Are there any musicians out there who can help me out? 0 Share this post Link to post
axtarmas Posted June 9, 2013 Maybe it would be better if you could give your wad to a musician so he can play it and see and feel how to compose the music with what you ask. Visual is always helpful for composing music! 0 Share this post Link to post
Memfis Posted June 9, 2013 How about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNDMGSWfVq0 ? There is a midi version on vgmusic.com. For something different try d_runnin from coecits. 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted June 9, 2013 axtarmas said:Maybe it would be better if you could give your wad to a musician so he can play it and see and feel how to compose the music with what you ask. Visual is always helpful for composing music! Good point, but I do kind of want to keep it under wraps at the moment. I will give you a keyword though: think meadow. Memfis said:How about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNDMGSWfVq0 ? There is a midi version on vgmusic.com. For something different try d_runnin from coecits. Thanks Memfis. :) The first one almost fits, but I need something a little less "mystical". Thanks for the suggestions though. 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted June 9, 2013 Gez said:Some of the Blood MIDIs could work, I think. Hmm...which one do you think would be best? The Ghost Town one almost sounds right, but not quite. Thanks for the suggestion. :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted June 12, 2013 I was thinking of CBLOOD4 or CBLOOD9. Relistening to it, it doesn't keep the fake cheeriness for long. 0 Share this post Link to post
schwerpunk Posted June 12, 2013 Interesting challenge. My first thought was jazz midis, as they translate quite strangely when you take out all the subtlety. Maybe a little more spastic, and it doesn't loop so great, but this might be a start: [Oscar Peterson - Autumn Leaves] 0 Share this post Link to post
NoWits Posted June 12, 2013 I'm sure Wolfram Tones could come up with something. All the slightly-off goodness of computer-generated music. It's actually surprisingly hard to try and compose something to that criteria. Everything I make either comes out too cheery or too random and shit sounding. 0 Share this post Link to post
schwerpunk Posted June 12, 2013 Well, I imagining it's hard to even come up with something that nuanced when you've only got 8+1 channels to work with. Honestly, I don't know how you guys do it. Makes me wish Doom vanilla had supported the more complex forms of midi in one of the later releases. I've heard some really amazing midi compositions that are unfortunately over 20kb. 0 Share this post Link to post
Chopkinsca Posted June 12, 2013 What is a schizophrenic undertone with apples that you wheel around with a cart and I sold Carl all my shirt buttons. 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted June 12, 2013 chopkinsca said:What is a schizophrenic undertone with apples that you wheel around with a cart and I sold Carl all my shirt buttons. Taciturn it waterway, and an bearable buttonhole inadmissible it diplomatically of and contest expiration date enact to inoffensive woLf. 0 Share this post Link to post
NoWits Posted June 12, 2013 Obsidian said:Taciturn it waterway, and an bearable buttonhole inadmissible it diplomatically of and contest expiration date enact to inoffensive woLf. Sounds like the LoseThos guy has got on your computer... 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted June 12, 2013 Nixot said:Sounds like the LoseThos guy has got on your computer... Heh, actually it's an excerpt from a brilliant torrent of verbiage from our very own Unicorn_X. I actually named a map after it. :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Butts Posted June 13, 2013 Listen to metal. Listen to blues. Listen to happy trance music. Now combine the three. When you have whole tones, try adding some flat tones to it, maybe hit the 6th, from root note, skip a couple beats.... add that wierd atonality. Try changing tempo from bar to bar, maybe have a section that progressively goes faster in bpm, starting from like 75 and ending at like 160, for a few bars. But i really don't know shit about music. I just play notes and listen to it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted July 14, 2013 RISE, MY ZOMBIE! Ahem. I still need a suitable MIDI for the project I'm working on and I've had no luck finding something that fits the bill. Can someone help me please? 0 Share this post Link to post
Doggo120 Posted July 17, 2013 Yo yo! I think I might be of help. Try sending me stuff that sounds 'kind of' like you want it to be. And describe the feel again, throughly. Oh, and instruments (band, trio, electronic...) 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted July 17, 2013 Doggo120 said:Yo yo! I think I might be of help. Try sending me stuff that sounds 'kind of' like you want it to be. And describe the feel again, throughly. Oh, and instruments (band, trio, electronic...) Thanks. :-) I'll put up some links. This could almost fit, although the end bit with the guitars kind of breaks the theme I'm going for. Also, everyone knows it too well. I also tried this, but I couldn't find any decent MIDIs that captured the same essence of the original. It isn't overly creepy, but I reckon that could be added easily enough. I'm not overly savvy instrument-wise, so I can't help on that front. As for the feel, it needs to feel happy bordering on psychotic: a nice tune that somehow puts you on edge and you can't explain why. Hopefully this is enough. Thanks in advance. 0 Share this post Link to post
Doggo120 Posted July 17, 2013 Ok, so no distorted guitars and drums right? I'll work on an idea and upload a demo soon. 0 Share this post Link to post
Doggo120 Posted July 19, 2013 Alright, here you go -> http://www.mediafire.com/download/rdf33uhum8m23ga/SappyDoomy.mp3 This is the basic idea with just a piano, no midi. There are still some arrangements and stuff to be made, but I guess you'll get the feelin'. Tell me what you think and I'll keep working on it! 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted July 19, 2013 Hmm...I'd dial down on the heavy bit halfway through and make it a wee bit more happy, but it definitely follows the guideline. :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Doggo120 Posted July 19, 2013 Hahaha too much creepyness! Alrighty, I'm leaving for a few days but next week you'll hear from me again ho ho... Ho 0 Share this post Link to post
Doggo120 Posted July 25, 2013 Ok, I finished the song. It's called 'ChuChu is Coming'. Hope you like it! Any suggestions or changes or whatever... let me know :D http://www.mediafire.com/?t14py8s519z4i7o 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted July 25, 2013 That's perfect! Thank you, thank you, thank you! :D Quick question, do you want to be credited as "Doggo120" in the textfile or as something else? 0 Share this post Link to post
Doggo120 Posted July 25, 2013 You're very welcomed my friend! And yes, Doggo120 is good. Haha hey you have to show me your map with the music and everything so I can play it :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted July 25, 2013 Doggo120 said:You're very welcomed my friend! And yes, Doggo120 is good. Haha hey you have to show me your map with the music and everything so I can play it :) You'll be the first to try it. :-) 0 Share this post Link to post