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Yeah looks good to me! Maybe the bottom of the arpeggio line in the last measure could end a bit higher, since it's a bit low, but other than that I approve!

YT link is broken, so I'll just put this here (cuz it's what I'm using): https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/master-detective-archives-rain-code-original-soundtrack-2023

Ah yeah I think this didn't exist yet when I uploaded it, thanks!

m102 b1.5 LH - I hear a D, not an E

I am hearing this as it's written currently.

I think it's actually both? It's possible that this occurs throughout the whole song, although not as noticeable sometimes. I'll change it to a D though, so it's consistent with all other measures.

- idk if this is just a different source thing or soundtrack vs in-game or what, but in the khinsider soundtrack, after the repeat it branches off after m32 to a different measure (not 33).

Oh yeah, I didn't notice at first actually, when I noticed the piece repeated I just put the D.C. mark there and called it a day haha, didn't check if there was an ending or not. Like jas said, it's most likely a coda for the soundtrack, but I usually add those in my arrangements anyways, so consider it added!

- Also, in m19, 23, (basically everything +- 4 though some places it's quieter), on b3 I seem to hear a restrike of the middle note from the chord on b2. Did you leave those out for playability/unclashingness?

I find it a little bit hard to hear, but if I listen closely there seems to be a bit of an 8th note delay effect on the chord on beat 2, which is what you might be hearing in beat 3? I think I'll leave it out tho, as this dyad is part of the 'melody' (the wavy synth that starts off each measure)

• The tempo is a bit fast, I'm getting half note = 69
• b4 of m33-m34 rh (the 8va) - I'm hearing this entire line down a perfect 4th. Same with 41-42.

Fixed these!

Updated the files, thanks both for taking a look!

Looking good! Some small comments:
-I'm guessing you kept the 16th note C's in m5-6 and m9-10 as single C's instead of chords for playability? I think it's technically possible to play the full chords (I believe Fm), partly because i'm bad at repetitive notes with different fingers so i'm already bouncing on one finger lol. Just a suggestion tho ^^
-In m7-8, you could add the Ab and G below the R.H. chords, to imitate a little bit of the octave doubling of the strings.
-Maybe from m11 on you could add a con pedale mark? I'm assuming you were expecting the player to use the pedal in m15-16 already for the L.H., but only using it in those two measures will make those two sound very different from the rest of this section. Also, using the pedal for the rest of this part makes the R.H. easier to play too, as you don't have to physically hold those whole notes.
Now that I think about it, maybe you could give the m15-16 treatment to any other bar where the L.H. also has a whole note, so you can put those whole notes in their original octave? It felt a bit weird to me to have to break up the continuous D's for just those measures, and I find the sound of the low close intervals a bit muddy, but extending that to more of this L.H. part makes it more cohesive.
-In the youtube vid you posted, the last diminuendo in the last two measures goes on for 2 more measures.

[accept]

Awesome, I can accept!

Taking a quick look now, notes all seem good! Some small things to consider:

-m10, 12, 14-16: Maybe you could put these measures in the G clef too, as they're technically part of the "high" piano part? They have a similar amount of ledger lines below the staff as they have above atm.
Alternatively, in these same measures, you could cross-staff the notes from beat 1.5 on to the R.H., as the R.H. is already in that range anyway and it helps seeing you don't necessarily need to hold the chords in those measures pressed
-Maybe not necessary, but you could add a courtesy accidental on m20 beat 3 in the R.H.

[accepted]

Sorry for the wait! I hear the 7ths in m2 too now, everything else looks good like this! Riptide Rupture is accepted

[Dolphin Shoals]

Aaand Dolphin Shoals
-m15: There's a Bb in the bass on beat 1, but it's the same note as the R.H. Bb. It feels weird to have this first beat empty though, so maybe you could add it an octave lower than the original, or forego the held Bb in the R.H.?
-m21 and 69: I think I hear an En in the L.H. on beat 2.5 and an An on beat 4.5 (i'm counting the quarter notes as beats instead of half notes btw)
-m27 and 75: I think I hear an An in the L.H. beat 2.5 (similar to m15)
-m31 and 79: I hear an G in the L.H. on beat 4.5
-m63: I hear the L.H. Bb on beat 1 here too like in m15 and 27
-m65: I think I hear Bn instead of Bb in the R.H. on beat 3.5
-m72: There's a cautionary accidental on the Fn on beat 4, but this Fn is there as a grace note on beat 3 too, so maybe it's better to put the accidental there instead?
-m75: I hear an An on beat 2 instead of Ab
-m78: I think the Db and Fb on beat 3-4 are supposed to be C and Eb, but they're reeally sharp lol.
-m79 and 81: The chord symbols clash with the G in the R.H. here
-m96: Is the staccato here intentional? I don't really know how to interpret a staccato in this case
-m97-104: Is there supposed to be a second ending after this first ending? Or did you intend for this section to only be played the first time? In that case, a D.S. al Fine (with the segno at m9 and Fine at the end of m96) seems to be the more usual way to notate this. I haven't seen a single ending before. Also, the chord symbols in this section are missing.
-m104: The L.H. plays the Bb on beat 1 that the R.H. is holding, maybe you could just leave the R.H. half note out, as it doesn't have an impact on the performance at this point?

[approve]

Oh yeah, I forgot to do something about that. This might not be the best solution but I added a grace note chord at the beginning of the measure, and changed the notehead and stem symbols to things that appear blank to me, then pushed it left a bit. Let me know if this looks okay on your end! I also added a dash manually here through Text > Insert Hard Hyphen and pushed it left to match the other similar places (current m. 61).

This all looks good to me yeah!

Let me explore that a little bit and get back to you about that later; I don't remember myself. Everything else above has been updated though! Thanks again!

That's alright! I'll approve for now then ^^

[accept]

Awesome, I'll accept!

[approve]

Awesome, then I'm ready to approve!

[Deep Sea Bass (Coral Riff)]

Deep Sea Bass (Coral Riff)
-m1: Maybe instead of "2x" you could write "2nd time", as 2x implies "2 times". You could also just put "2nd time only" above the note and add parentheses around the notehead.
-m6: L.H. beat 2.5 should have its stem flipped (make sure the accent stays below though)
-m15 and 19: I hear Dn instead of Db in the R.H. Also, in m19, maybe you could add a courtesy accidental (maybe without parentheses) to the Bb, so the player's sure we have a Bn and Bb in one chord here.
-m23 and 27: I hear Bb instead of Bn in the R.H.

[Riptide Rupture]

Riptide Rupture
-m2: I don't think I particularly hear the 7ths in the R.H., only octaves.
-m3, 31 and 49: It feels kinda weird to have the ending note of the glissando be somewhere halfway through the bar, without indication where that beat lies exactly. According to Behind Bars, you can put a half note (or dotted half note in m31) between brackets above the bar. See the top image example at the bottom right:

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In m3 and 49, the glissando also seems to start an 8th note earlier.
-m6: I hear an Eb in the L.H. on beat 4.75: the R.H. (trumpet) does play the Db though
-m10: Same as in m6, but the trumpet seems to play C here instead. Trumpet player be trying to get that Eb and failing hard lol
-m8: I noticed the D-Eb in the R.H. in this bar before I saw your comment about some places sounding like there's an unintended note. I feel like in this part it might be intentionally unintended, similar to how the trumpet in m6 and 10 doesn't seem to get the Eb that the piano plays. I feel like it might be intentionally unintended, to make the song sound more chaotic and sloppy, but including that in the sheet might help to increase that sloppiness?
-m17 and 19: The L.H. tenths are hard for me to play at speed, and some (The Fm and Gm in m19) are too stretchy for me in general. Maybe in m17 you could make the tenths optional, or rewrite it as 3-note chords (leaving out the tenth in beat 1 and 3 and the fifth in beat 2 and 4, nice voice leading stuff), and in m19 you could move the bottom note up an octave?
-m24-26: Maybe instead of cross-staffing, you could just move the cross-staffed notes in the R.H.? It might look a bit cleaner without the tall lines crossing the bars
-m28-31: The articulations in the R.H. should be reset to its original positions (above the noteheads)

[approve]

Awesome, then I'll approve Dragon Palace!

- I can add the 8th = 8th, but I'll need the appropriate maestro font for that note to adapt to the new format

The correct font should be MaestroTimes 16pt for the notes and Times New Roman 12pt for the text. You can find the notes in Text -> Insert Symbol

Everything else looks good now though!

Yeah I see that too. Maybe swap it to custom barline and choose character #102? I did that and it fixed it/appears normal now for some reason.

Yeah that seems to work, thanks! File is updated!