sneaky little elves (elves.it)

Posted by christofori on Wed 13th Mar 2002, rated 9 / 10.

This is a very interesting piece which fits the mischevious title that the artist has given it. Everything really sounds good, and the samples and instruments fit quite well with the song. Musically, the piece moves from section to section quite well, and the music really works well. The artist has made some great use of suspensions, and he works them into the music at just the right points. The drum samples all sound really good for this kind of tune, though the timpany "rolls" don't sound as up to par as the rest. Overall, a really cool tune that has been tracked pretty well. Technically, the tracking is all pretty good. The artist uses a lot of portas with the melody, and also vibrato and volume slides, creating a very effective mood. He's even using some panbrellos at times, which help add to the atmosphere. I would like to see a bit more panning in places, but at least some has been used. The samples all sound really good, and it seems that the artist has chosen some more orchestral sounding ones with real note decay as opposed to using a tracked decay. The only gripe I might have here is that some of the loop points aren't picked that well. With the instruments, very few use volume envelopes; but the ones that do use them well.