Sick! Its cool cuz you can string together arp patterns as longer phrases and then automate the changing of those phrases- I ran into some trouble trying to automate the vst3 version tho, so try the vst2 version if the same thing happens to you- looking forward to hearing what you do with it!🙏

Bluearp is incredibly cool and powerful, if somewhat jank- you can store user patterns and cycle through them with automation!

This is an awesome piece! 🙏

Sci-fi baroque is my favorite square aesthetic too

I finally played it for the first time a couple years ago after hearing it was horrible for years- the battle system is one of the best they ever made, and the the story has some of the most moving scenes of the entire series to date!

clearly i am a metanarrative fiend...

It gets maligned so much, but at its peak it's like my absolute favorite storytelling in gaming! The whole encephalon dive sequence is like some of the most mature and emotionally nuanced writing in RPGs imo. And the soundtrack is brilliant, including the in game stuff by Shinji Hosoe-

I love this track so much!- and the way the theme comes back throughout the game in different forms. Maybe the most affecting use for me iirc was when it's rendered on piano outside the subconscious domain and then sung inside, mirroring Sakura's ability to finally speak- really beautiful touch!

I never got around to III, but I believe it is a new cast? The first 2 games are a single, complete arc though.

I had the collection as a kid and it's been many years, but in my recollection: II is extremely cool! sweeping, epic scope with a ton of characters and locations. The first game is quite short in comparison and mostly serves as a prelude to II.

some wildly creative blends of songwriting and collage- check it out!
deathsdynamicshroud.bandcamp.com/album/angel-...

this shit is crazy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcc3...