Auld Lang Syne (soundcloud)

[Raleford]

Hey, this is my first post on ModPlug Central. I'm new to tracking and would love to get advice on what kind of direction to explore. I have a fair amount of music background, including university training, but this is definitely different than finale, but I like it for the difference it offers.

This is a pretty familiar tune to most people, I used it mostly because I knew it, and I knew the chord structure, so it seemed like a good starting point from which to jump off.

This is basically my first composition in this method; I did the tutorial from the modplug starter kit, and then this piece. Thanks in advance for advice, tips and critique!

http://soundcloud.com/raleford/auld-lang-syne-dance

P.S. Sorry it's only a soundcloud link and not actually access to the file. I know my dad has an ftp server I could use, but it's pretty late now, so I'm not able to get the info from him just yet. Next time, it'll be better.

[Saga Musix]

Hello and welcome to ModPlug Central!
The arrangement is nice but the tune is a bit short of course. Not a bad conversion for a start. Now it's time to move away from the standard MIDI Library samples to some samples that actually sound good.
Have a look at our sample sites topic for example.

[Oliwerko]

Hello from me as well

As well as trying out some quality samples, I would suggest trying out simple synthesizer VST instruments. Take a look at http://www.tweakbench.com/ for example. Learning to use synthesizers is fun, and their possibilities (compared to samples) are endless.