the first daily song post of 2023! snap diggity dang
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today's song is: Forest Frozen in Time, for the Roland MT-32 (proto-MIDI device)
i'm really happy with the textures in this one; i used several of my favorite MT-32 patches like "JungleTune" and "Wind Bell" which have just a delightful amount going on with them. i also made use of my common technique of drastically repitching the percussion channel, which feels especially useful with MT-32 since it only has the one drumkit... and it's nowhere near the size of what would become the General MIDI one.
the thing i was unexpectedly very ultra-pleased with in this song was the string chord section towards the end, which i felt like ultimately landed in some kind of Sugiyama-like territory. i was proud of how that flowed and all the little edits i made to the inner and lower parts to make the movement smooth. i wanna do more of that! and i think it sounds especially nice on the MT-32 synthy sounds. this one's definitely my favorite of my MT-32 tracks so far!
