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[Haspen]

Omg. PTW.

Glittery Suitor is the best song of 2015. The drums are killing, but the whole composition is good on its own.

[lunaman22]

I know you.
You're from 8chan.
You filthy memer.

[MobRules]

ptw. 

[Ardebitis]

OP's work involved little creativity because most of the creativity was by Dwarf Fortress.

Not entirely true. The DF songs tell you the scale, rhythm, and tone, but it doesn't tell you things like exactly what notes go where. That was me.
Also, a proper Dwarven song is on the way.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

Is the second one supposed to sound like a staticky troll singing in a bathtub?

[Ardebitis]

Is the second one supposed to sound like a staticky troll singing in a bathtub?

Yeah, I'm not entirely proud of that second one. I focused too much on making it authentic, when I should've focused on making it sound presentable. If you want, I can take more creative licenses in the next one. It won't be as "this is exactly what it sounds like", but it'll be more likely to sound GOOD.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

No, no, the troll bathtub's fine. It's the static that's weird. Is that supposed to be drums?

[Ardebitis]

No, no, the troll bathtub's fine. It's the static that's weird. Is that supposed to be drums?

Well, the only instrument that the song calls for is basically a guy scraping a glass mallet against a bone. That's what that is.

[EBannion]

No, no, the troll bathtub's fine. It's the static that's weird. Is that supposed to be drums?

Well, the only instrument that the song calls for is basically a guy scraping a glass mallet against a bone. That's what that is.

So it is basically dwarven beat poetry, then - spoken word against an arrhythmic background noise.

[Ardebitis]

So it is basically dwarven beat poetry, then - spoken word against an arrhythmic background noise.

Exactly.

Also, have this. http://vocaroo.com/i/s16maCzzFc5P

[bahihs]

First, this is truly glorious.

Second, can this be combined with open-source random music generators such as this so that less musically knowledgeable people (like myself) can generate music?

[NAV]

I'd say try to keep it as authentic to the game as possible regardless of how good it sounds.

[Ardebitis]

First, this is truly glorious.

Second, can this be combined with open-source random music generators such as this so that less musically knowledgeable people (like myself) can generate music?

Probably not, sadly. Just scanning over it, it doesn't seem to have a way to input the specific qualities of certain songs, or the specific qualities of certain instruments. It takes someone knowledgeable to do that.

I'd say try to keep it as authentic to the game as possible regardless of how good it sounds.

I think I have an idea: two versions of each song. One is the authentic version, the other is a sort-of remix, tweaked to sound as good as possible. Glittery Suitor is excluded, because it already fills both those criteria through some amazing chance...

[Amperzand]

I support this plan.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

idk, i think sounding good is completely superfluous, i'd like to hear something accurately exotic, so it ougta sound bad the first few times you hear 'em