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Thank you so much for listening!! Glad you liked it 😊

Thanks so much for listening! Really appreciate it 😊

Thanks for your support as always snes!

Silver Sans? Sans Wolf? 🤔 Hahaa, thanks so much for your comment, really appreciate it! 😊

Thanks for your support! :)

Thanks for your support!! I'm happy with how it turned out, so I think I can be satisfied with whatever happens with the competition, haha 😄

Thanks a lot for listening, hamster!

Thanks for your support as always snes! :)

Thanks, glad you liked my rendition of/expansion on that theme!

As is yours! 🤯

Thanks for listening Emil! Cheers to Akari from here as well 😄

Thanks so much as always! :)

Hi, thanks for asking permission :) that's probably fine, though can I ask what kind of project?

@@thejasonpai582 thanks for responding! it will be an animated fanart entry for star rail's multiverse vistas 2024. i don't have much experience regarding usage and copyright, but i'd like to use the piano part starting at 3:19 as a background music for a short scene. i've heard your first "A Flash" rendition but i only found out that you finished it until the piano part, which i think was not included in the official release of the soundtrack

@@unmi714 thanks for clarifying! I'll be submitting this as one of my entries for the music portion of multiverse vistas, though I don't think that should be a conflict. You can use the piano from my cover as long you credit me! Thanks! :)

@@thejasonpai582 thank you very much! i'll link to your channel as long as theres a description allowance, and i'll overlay your name in the piano section of my video

@@unmi714 Appreciate it! Good luck to us both! :)

Hahaa nice :D thanks for visiting my channel!

Thank you, I really appreciate it!! :)

Haha, thank you so much! :)

Glad you liked them! Well, not that I made them, guess I just chose the wallpapers 😅

Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening!! :D

Thank you, glad you liked it! And appreciate your comment

Thanks for listening! The original A Flash appears to mainly use cello at this section. Though, if you meant from this cover of mine, then I swapped the cello for an erhu since I like how dramatic it sounds. :D Kinda crazy that I had basically forgotten that the original used cello, since I'd become so used to my own version...

Haha yea, pretty much! Thanks for listening!

Thanks for finding and watching this short! Yea it was a great scene :')

@tylophoa7192 Thanks for your comment! I'm still active - kind of awkward to say that since it's been awhile since I posted, but some life changes are delaying the music production, haha. Hope to finish my next project by April...ish. Glad you liked these strings! I'd say the most important part was the MIDI programming. I used 3 instances of TSS each for Violin I and Violin II: 1 instance for legato, and 2 others to layer various short articulations when needed. Viola/Cello/Bass each had 2 instances of TSS: 1 instance for legato, and 1 other to layer various short articulations. I found this format really useful for trying to get the exact sound that I wanted. From there, I do an excessive amount of velocity and CC tweaking, and use Lookahead Mode too, which is super useful for being really precise with editing. Guess that's why these projects take me so long though, LOL. For mixing/mastering, I'd say it didn't turn out quite to my liking (overall too harsh and compressed compared to the original Octopath OST I think), but this is what it was: I used Board Mix, with some extra panning of 30% Left for Violin I, and 20% Left for Violin II (nowadays I usually use Mic Mix though). Had some EQ on the strings bus to tame frequencies at 1000 Hz and 2600 Hz, multiband compression (likely excessive), followed by Seventh Heaven Reverb set to Small Chamber. On the master, I had way too many FX, including EQ, compression, tape/distortion, OTT, decreasing stereo width with ozone imager, and two limiters at the end. I guess that's the "short" version, haha. I'm more than happy to discuss in way more excruciating detail to help you get the sound you want though! It's probably easiest to do so on Discord, if desired - my discord name is "thejasonpai". If you can't find me there, feel free to let me know here!

Hello! Might of not been entirely clear. I meant that this video itself is sort of old so i didn't know if you would still respond on it. Anyways thx lots for the response. Il try to apply the advice you gave me, so i will only start bothering again if i Rly can't figure it out 😅. Cheers.

@@tylophoa7192 No problem! I'd say you can probably get by with 2 TSS instances each for Violin I/II and Viola, and you might even be fine with 1 instance for Cello/Bass. Experiment with a combination of Legato + Sforzando or Spiccato with varying proportions (occasionally Sforzando + Spiccato instead), and a lot of Dynamics, Expression, and Vibrato modulation!

I know megalovania is really the song of that TV robot that just wanted to sing and dance lol

Ahaha nice

@@catscratchfever1473 wym, it's the theme song of the player-

Thanks so much! A year later I'm still proud of what I managed to learn and put together here 😊

@@thejasonpai582 The art work and the music are so so beautiful !! I really enjoy this thank you so much !!

really appreciate you listening!!

Thanks for visiting! Which particular background(s) are you interested in?

Thank you! This video didn't find many people, but I appreciate hearing positive words from those who did! 😊

Thank you so much! I'm glad this video is still finding viewers. I started a new job so was on break from music for a bit, but happy to say I've started on my next project :)

Thank you! It's taken me awhile to work on my next track because I started a new job, but I'm on it now!

Talent doesn’t always get noticed as soon as it should, but it DOES get noticed. Don’t give up!

Appreciate the kind words, I feel extra motivated! 😊

Lol I’m still coming back. Your interpretation of the ending is a better embodiment of the emotion in the story than the original version is.

@@catscratchfever1473 so happy to hear that!! 😃 in a way I guess it lucky that I was forced to fill in the blanks there compared to the original. My next project has been proceeding slowly but steadily..

Ohh good one! Haha

Thank you! :D

It's a good one! I'll definitely keep it in mind! :)

Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it! This mashup was pretty tough for me, but glad you liked it!

Thank you so much! I'm happy that this one is still reaching some viewers - it's probably still the one I am most proud of, so far 😊

Thank you so much! I''m very grateful for your comment, and sincerely appreciate your support! ☺️

Thanks for listening! Yea perhaps I spent a bit longer on the video this time around too hahaa 😅

Thank you, appreciate it! ☺️

Thanks for your comment! Wonder how many people know both songs 🤔

Thank you, appreciate it!

Hahaa good gooooood - it definitely was a much more lighthearted track compared to my previous one 😄 thanks for you help/advice on this one as well! 🙏

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the piano only portion I extended at the end (had to fill in some music to match the video). Hope you will look forward to my next video in the next 1-2 days, though understandable if it doesn't suit many people's taste... 😬

@@thejasonpai582 Hi. I'm not a profi so I can only say it from my own experience and observation. But I think your music, especially this cover is very didactic and narrative. The song seamlessly tells the story from the beginning to the end by itself (memorization -> joyfulness -> battlefield -> highlight -> sadness -> flashback, thoughfulness, etc). One doesn't have to watch the animation but can also approximately understand the tendency and feel the flow. I'm lack of english vocabulary but I hope you understand what I meant. Yes of course. Look forward to your next work too!

@@angelique_nguyen Happy to hear your breakdown! 🙂 The next cover (actually a mashup) has been posted!

Thank you so much!! Very happy to hear from you, and hope you like my next one as well! 😊

@@thejasonpai582 Looking forward to it!

Ohh thanks for the info! I'll need to check that out soon. Hope it doesn't completely obviate my efforts.. 😅

Thanks so much!! 😊 Really glad you enjoyed it

Thanks a lot for listening! I liked the rendition/rearrangement in your version at 1:10-1:20, very cool idea! 🤝 Yea the FX and dialogue definitely made things challenging for me, as I know you mentioned on yours too haha. Appreciate your comment! 😄

Thank you for coming back and listening to this one too! Appreciate your support! 😊 Yea I really wanted that segment to hit hard, and glad I experimented with something different (namely those particular vocals)!

@@thejasonpai582 you're welcome XD You're really talented. Your version feels immersive as if im a part of the story itself. I'm looking forward to your next masterpiece~

Thanks! I actually finished the piano draft for my next arrangement, and started on the actual track yesterday! Will just say it's a completely different genre, but hope you guys will like it nonetheless! 🙂

Thank you so much! I really tried to make it emotive, so I'm glad you liked it!! 🙏😊

Absolutely 🙏@@thejasonpai582

Thank you for your interest! I don't have any sheet music at this time (I transcribed and arranged the cover by ear). Maybe I'll try to make one at some point!