[10th@Famicompo Pico 4 Originals] Hello

2A03+N163 6+SS5B chips used.
This was my first Famicompo, so I'm really happy to have gotten 10th place/48! I made it mostly on a school computer over the course of 3 weeks and spent the last few hours mixing it at home.
As you can tell (especially at the end. I kind of regret the DPCM spam there) I didn't really know what direction to take the piece so I opted for adding more ornamental, sparkly things rather than improve the actual composition which in retrospect was a mistake. I feel like if I had started this earlier than 3 weeks before FCP4 entries were due I would have come up with something more full-bodied and worth its 4 minutes. But hey! I got a lot of good feedback when results came around and I know what to do now for future compos. Everyone had great entries and I'm glad people enjoyed mine too.
Extra notes:
-the 5B drums in NSF format are crushed and sound really bad. this is the .wav format being posted, so the 5B drums sound like the way they do in-module. finally!
-I actually came up with several iterations of this (hence filename originally being "5"; i named it hello because i used a bunch of dial tones in this one) with slightly different chord schemes but ended up using this one because of how much dumb stuff I could put in it and get away with.
-sorry the waves barely move. the module has low volume channels. i had to amplify the song in-editor.
-I'm never using the 5B chip again
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[@Glacier_Nester]

found this from your lifetime achievement award cover getting recommended to me, this is fantastic stuff! Love the way the instruments interplay here, and the wobble on notes adds a lot of character/texture to the piece that I dig in a major way. Also that little closing tag will stick in my mind, from what I've seen you've got a way with NAILING shifting tones to sound speechlike.

[@dark_attribute]

sounds like a wholesome racing game's main menu screen

[@bastoncito9643]

lmao this popped in my recommended out of nowhere, very cool stuff c:

[@Millez]

I really like this one

[@uqmxa]

i love this!

[@zoomania54321]

It sounds like a trailer for a video game

[@Millez]

Oh yo could you throw the NSF / FTM file up somewhere? All good if you don't want to or can't etc

[@14.4ml]

www.mediafire.com/file/mwufsiwr5ei9xgd/hello.ftm/file here you go! the link will expire in 2 weeks. the NSF is also available at the FCP4 original results page (in description), but i think the website is down right now

[@Millez]

@@14.4ml Thank you! Link is still good after 3 weeks btw