Blight Mamba 1: | B |
This chart is badly missing layering fundamentals. Itâs either overlayered or itâs underlayered (most of the time, the latter). Streams when there shouldnât be any, streams that are missing. Lot of places where thereâs missing jumps, which is usually percussion. Inconsistent patterning for the same verses or same sounds. Holds that arenât charted to anything. I quite liked the buildup to the second drop though; itâs fun to play even if it suffers from previously mentioned issues, so Iâll give it that. Also, whatâs with the reverse PR in the beginning? The jacks in the chorus arenât represented in the verses after the choruses despite that sound being pretty much identical.
Blight Mamba 2: | A |
Well balanced, but the structure isnât quite correct. The jacks missing from the chorus are in less intense parts of the song for some reason. Almost a complete disregard for hands despite the many times this chart can really benefit from them. Mines werenât used very consciously. You did the same mistake 1 did with the jacks, but the other way around. Despite itâs faults, I would still say this is a competent chart.
Blight Mamba 3: | A: |
Some nice use of holds and miniholds here, though there were a few holds that were shorter than they should have been. Overall good layering, save for a few spots where there were jumptrills that didnât seem charted to something, but rather used because they could be in that moment. As well as the jumptrills, the 16th fills that start halfway through the âchorusâ werenât charted either. Kudos for correctly charting when and when not to have streams in the verse after the chorus, I noticed that only you, 5 and 7 did that. However, unlike 1, 4, 5 and 7, you forgot to put continuous streams in the second half of the chorus when the continuous drum fill starts.
Blight Mamba 4: | A |
Again, inconsistent layering (I hope youâre noticing a common theme at this point), mostly to due with when and when not to have 16th streams (though you did correctly do continuous streams when the 16th drum fill starts playing halfway through the chorus). Fairly good use of miniholds. What the hell is with those jumptrill buildups though? Theyâre both incorrect layering and a bad spikes (less spikey for the ones with the quads though). Decent use of hands, but there were a few hands that should have been jumps.
Same mistake 2 did with the jacks, though I do have to point out the jacks you did use are a lot of fun, despite a few of them having very awkward transitions.
Blight Mamba 5: | AA. | (W)
By far the the most consistent (and correct) in itâs layering with very few faults. Of which, the only ones I can point out are two different cases of a sound being charted slightly differently in two different instances. Lacks any of the recurring layering issues I mention throughout this post. Fairly good use of holds and good hand usage. Good PR with the hands in the chorus and the holds at the end. Speaking of the holds in the end, Iâve got mixed feelings about it. It certainly works, I just canât quite say if I like it or not.
Blight Mamba 6: | B. |
A lot of this hold/minihold usage is downright nonesensical. Why in the hell are the slow parts and the âsilentâ moments during the chorus charted as 16th miniholds? The rest of the miniholds are fine though, I see what you were going for them. A fair amount of places where there are jumps or streams that shouldnât be there, but to your credit there was very little underlayering, save for a few jumps missing in the buildup to the second chorus. Same mistake 1 did with jacks.
Blight Mamba 7: | B: |
The only contender in the group to dump, sadly with lackluster execution. The idea definitely works, but the patterning for the 32nd streams vary too much with no rhyme or reason and at times are very spikey. This would have worked well if you instead, for example, made them all rolly. Suffers from some similar layering issues as previously mentioned entries, but this time mostly to due with (over and underlayering of) jumps. Fun buildups, save for that one jumpglute spike. Could have definitely used a few more hands throughout.
