MacGyver Theme (mac.xm)

Posted by TMA Placeholder Account on Thu 31st Jan 2002, rated 2 / 10.

Hmmm where to start? Im not really too sure, but first, if youre going to remake, remix, reproduce, or re something to a well known theme, you might want to make sure what youre doing at one point or another at least sounds like said name tune. What we have here follows that rule, but not by much. I can be quoted many times by saying that Id like to hear variations if you redo something but MacGuyver to polka? Its been a while since Ive heard the MacGuyver theme, but I seem to remember it having a little more of a groove to it than this. Note to everyone out there, if youre going to mess with a tune that EVERYONE knows (well those of us over 15) then you have GOT to capture the essence of the song. Moreover, you cant track 15 or 16 patterns and repeat those dozens of times for an excruciating 2 minutes and 45 seconds. It took all of my patience to not fast forward this song at all. So heres what the author should learn from this piece. 1) Cymbals are a delicate thing. When properly used, they can be your best friend in adding life to a percussion section. When just randomly placed, they get annoying.QUICK. 2) Drum rolls require changes in volume. Try having the beginning of the roll softer than the beginning for starters, and then play around with it as you get more used to it, or if youre trying something extremely suicidal like tracking a jungle piece by hand. 3) Some songs are meant to stay on your hard drive only. Not every song you track has to be released. Use songs like this to learn from, not to release. Technically, theres not much to talk about. Variety is the key here just as much as it is musically. And well theres really not much to talk about here. No effects whatsoever, but the pattern length is *interesting* to say the least. I think this is the first mod Ive ever seen where almost every pattern is a different length, though Im not sure if its a good or a bad thing.