Ballad of Lights (ballad.xm)

Posted by TMA Placeholder Account on Sun 28th Mar 1999, rated 8 / 10.

Hmm..this is a mixed bag.. It's really a good song, it has a nice slow melody, but it's a simple one. What I mean by simple is that it doesn't have any complicated parts. It doesn't use any effects, nor comlpicated arrangements like songs THIS size usually do. Ok, so its a nice original tune, but I don't think it justifies the huge size. Frankly I was hoping for something better. Here comes the bad part. OK! I admit! These are some of the best piano samples I've heard. They're clear, crisp and hizz-free. So...whats the bad part you ask? Well, these little beauties all come in 16bit 44Khz quality...SO??? So they're HUGE! Most of them are way bigger than they should be. Syntax could have cut most of the by half, and no difference would be noted. He should also convert all the 16bit to 8bit. (the quality loss is minimal, and a lot of space is saved) Some samples play........and keep on.............until eventually fade away. This is totally a waste of space, he should just cut off the samples much earlier. The song makes no use whatsoever of FastTracker 2's effects. It is also in Mono. Overall this is a nice song. But I don't think the size is worth it. I'm pretty sure that if this is saved into a wav and converted to an mp3, it would take up less space, since its only about 3:33 minutes long. I suggest the artist should cut those samples and convert them to 8bit. If you have a fast connection I recommend you get it(for the samples at least). If you don't, it's not worth the 4+MB of download time.