B_e_a_c_h__B_u_g_g_i (beachbuggy2.xm)

Posted by christofori on Fri 1st Aug 2003, rated 6 / 10.

This tune's got an uplifting feel to it. It sounds good, there are a few places that some of the samples sound slightly untuned; but for the most part the samples sound great. The tune's pretty much got one main melodic idea, and every now and then a counter melody will come in. It's not too repeatitive; but perhaps it could use a well placed key change or modulation. There are some cool effects in places, and (for the most part) the samples sound good. There are some interesting instrument choices (like a steel drum-ish sample) but it works for this kind of song. I think the title fits quite well. The tracking in this tune is fairly basic, but there are well placed dynamics (volume control) - though there could be more of that. Also, it could use some good stereo work; as it is now, the tune's pretty static. Perhaps some instruments panned to one side, some to the other, and some that changed panning from time to time. Some of this could be accomplished with volume and panning envelopes. The samples all sound pretty good, and there are even some great 8-bit samples. However, there are some in stereo that should be converted to mono to make the track a bit smaller; the stereo data is the same for both channels in many of the stereo samples. Overall, this is a neat tune that's somewhat basic and has some room to be even better.