fary.xm (fary.xm)

Posted by Cooth on Thu 4th Jul 2002, rated 6 / 10.

A nice, pretty romantic ballad addressed a friend (as the title suggests). The mild, soft melody corresponds to the title very well. It is rather simple and sounds a little like a composition for a vocalist to sing. The instrument that plays it is somewhat strange - I couldn't figure out what it is - not an ordinary synth, more like a synth-violin... Anyway, with just a break for the piano, it plays all the time. That's not a tragedy, but some more variety wouldn't be bad... On the whole, a pleasant mod, but no more than that. This track is pretty simple, only 10 channels were used, almost none effects in the patterns, except for volume changes. Samples sound mostly all right, volumes are well balanced, just the open hihat in my opinion is slightly louder than should. Oh, and the panning slide of the snaredrum was pretty odd. It is not what I'd call a good idea... Well, generally, there are no major flaws in this piece, but it is not a stunner, just an average mod.