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Musio's Music Composing Contest

@Gedren, the horn at the beginning is the Lur Horn - Sustain. Listening to several YT videos gave me a sense for what playing Lur horn notes should sound like. In the Musio lib each note is recorded with longer rising attack/falling decay components that are closer to what a single isolated horn note would sound like. So I rendered the notes to audio and attenuated some of the attack/decay parts.

BTW I love your Musio piece. Fast-moving with lots of energy and very tightly produced.
 
Gedren said:
@syrinx, really great composition, congrats! I really got completely captivated by the music and the visuals!.. Your music really tells a story, I love how it starts softer and then changes to active part and back to softer again.
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Thanks, I always want to go for that soft ambient fantasy style, but this time I felt I wanted to try something more action-oriented as well. I did spend some time on those visuals, so I'm glad it didn't just look weird!

Btw, what did all of you think of working with Musio? I found the workflow really smooth.
 
syrinx said:
... Btw, what did all of you think of working with Musio? I found the workflow really smooth.
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Overall pretty good and getting better with each new player feature update. For instruments that have been updated to the new player layout (i.e. with a reverb bypass switch) no major issues*--I mostly use a single track per articulation as opposed to using the keyswitch patches which makes it easier to set the negative track delays in my template.

* I use Cubase 12. Currently there is a "reverb not staying set to 0" issue with instruments that have not yet been updated to the new format. I suspect they will address that soon. Otherwise it's been very nice to use.
 
Chris_B said:
If you want to see all the other entries submitted via YouTube just do a YT search for #madewithmusio. There are some great entries there. No idea how many were submitted direct to Instagram.
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I think there's more on Instagram though, since that's what they announced!

Btw love listening to all the entries here and on Insta! So many varieties of styles. I had lots of fun with this one too, despite having another project I gotta work on at the same time lol. Good luck, guys! :)
 
@Gedren I love that you decided to go outside of the usual orchestra for this one! Such a great piece! It shows how capable you are in any genre. Best of luck with the competition :)
 
@Frank Paul, thank you so much for your most kind comment! I greatly enjoyed your track, fantastic entry! I love the beautiful harmonies you chose, the instrumentation and the overall mood! Good luck to you!=)
 
Congratulations to all the finalists!

It was interesting to hear the music they picked and their comments.

I was really hoping up to the last entry that I'd get feedback from Jason Hayes, but alas!
 
Gedren said:
@Frank Paul, thank you so much for your most kind comment! I greatly enjoyed your track, fantastic entry! I love the beautiful harmonies you chose, the instrumentation and the overall mood! Good luck to you!=)
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@Gedren Thanks again :) Congratulations on your prize too; well deserved !
@Bara Matahari Pagi congrats on being a finalist as well! It was so cool to have so many finalists from this forum
 
@Ferenc Bátri, dear Ferenc, thank you so much!! 🙏 💜

Oh my goodness, I didn't expect at all that I would succeed among all those gorgeous entries submitted!..
It was very generous of Musio to give such a memorable opportunity to have Jason Hayes commenting - as he has been the inspiration for me to start learning composing digital music!..

@Frank Paul, @Bara Matahari Pagi, congratulations on getting to the top finalists!! 👏 Fantastic job! I enjoyed so much your compositions!
And congrats to everyone who participated!
 
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Frank Paul said:
@Bara Matahari Pagi congrats on being a finalist as well! It was so cool to have so many finalists from this forum
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Gedren said:
@Frank Paul, @Bara Matahari Pagi, congratulations on getting to the top finalists!! 👏 Fantastic job! I enjoyed so much your compositions!
And congrats to everyone who participated!
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Both of your entries are very great as well!! Love your colorful orchestration, Frank. And your entry sounds very different and original, Maria. Very brilliant entries! :)
 
Gedren said:
Oh geez, Jason Hayes will be judging the finalists!.. This man has been my music idol for many years! Just thanks to him I decided to start learning digital music composing and set a goal to become a game composer!..
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Your track has a great video game vibe. It sounds like it can be in a new Castlevania or Vampire Survivors or Metroidvania genre.

The timing and your use of flow in your music is what makes this one really stand out.
 
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