#chao instruments

[chao-studios]

All the Chao Instruments + CWE exclusives!

GIF set version (updated 2024 to add trumpet thanks to comment warning me i've forgotten it)

[egophiliac]

Waittt, what did you mean with your last post?? I don't want to spoil myself so I'm waiting for the nightmare before christmas event to arrive on the eng server before diving deep into the wiki. But I HAVE to know; were there hints of Lilia joining in for a rerun or a sequel ??? Your big "OR IS IT???" filled me with way too much hope !! please tell me it wasn't a bit : (

there was a little teaser at the end that implied there'll be a sequel event, though we don't really know anything beyond that! I do think it's likely we'll get the other half of the cast in it, even if it's just wishful thinking on my part. 🤞🤞 NIGHTMARE SUITS FOR EVERYONE!!!!

as far as I know there's been no confirmation on whether it's going to be next year's Halloween event or a separate thing (the snow makes me think it'll be more Christmas-themed, or otherwise more related to the plot of the original movie) so. we're probably going to have to wait quite a while before we find out anything solid. :') they really do love just dropping these things on us and then watching us go absolutely wild with speculation while they watch like

[chaos-reprisal]

Little Study on The Heart Acoustic and how it contrasts The Mind Electric and the Soul Eclectic :3 (This turned into me being a band kid. I'm so sorry.)

Was listening to The Mind Electric variants and realized something. Compared to Mind and Soul, Heart's song is a lot tamer. (This is more about the music and less about the lyrics.) That's not to say it doesn't have it's moments of chaos or isn't a chaotic song, but compared to The Mind Electric and The Soul Eclectic, it's arguably calmer; the notes and chords (more so at the beginning and end) are held out longer, the pacing is slower, but it still has bursts of energy. Meanwhile Soul and Mind's songs are paced a lot faster: words are sung quicker and notes are held for shorter periods of time, the background music is all over the place, and there are more frequent punches of energy in the background vocals.

Smaller detail, but in The Heart Acoustic, you can hear Heart audibly take a deep breath and release it right before the chorus. It's almost like he's steeling himself for what's to come, or trying to calm himself down before he does something he regrets.

Heart, the emotional side, the creature that hardly resembles a man, has a song variant slower than Mind's or Soul's. Heart is the one to stop and breathe before he does or says something rash. And the style/pacing of his song reflects that. But not only is this song about Heart being more collected than the other two put together, this song is also about Heart giving up. About Heart letting Mind have what he wants: control over their vessel. And once Heart gives that control over, chaos ensues. Because as much as Mind may hate it, he needs Heart to help balance him.

(Bit more in depth talk about the instrumentals down here)

Heart has outbursts, sure, but Mind has explosions. The Mind Electric is nothing if not Mind saying "Fine, I'll do it myself, and I'll do it better than you." Mind's words are punctuated by what sounds like static and glitching as well as heavy hits on the drums and a heavy, robotic bass. In faster parts, the background music consists of a lot of quick arpeggios. Think of those arpeggios from Fate of the Stars, if you've listened to it.

By the time we get to The Soul Eclectic, Soul is desperate for the two to at least cooperate instead of fighting constantly. "Call me your host or call me insane, if that will help you stay in line." Moving on, the bass is pretty heavy on this song as well, as are the drum hits, which are sporadic, much like in The Mind Electric. When the background music is prevalent, for most of the song, it's pretty unison with the notes Soul is singing; but it's really, for lack of any better words, 8-bit sounding. The arpeggios in parts parallel to where they stand out in The Mind Electric are still there, but they're a lot fainter. Overall, Soul's song sounds the most dissonant, and I think that's because this song is essentially Soul panicking and looking for any way to get the attention of Heart and Mind, even if it means threatening the lives of all of them.

(I've now realized that the scratchy sound I'm probably hearing alongside the base is the electric guitar. Also like before you read below here I get a little off track with the instruments MY BADD)

In comparison to the other two, Heart's song is a lot brighter and harmonious. I want to point out that Heart's song utilizes saxophones (whether tenor or alto I can't tell, but I've played the beginning on alto and it's pretty high. My knowledge of tenor range is limited.), which is a lot lighter compared to the electric guitar and bass. Similar to the other two, there's arpeggios, but they're slower at the beginning and faster near the middle of the song. Played by some sort of percussion instrument (I'm hesitant to say it sounds kind of like a marimba?? The soft tones make me think so. But there might be another one, possibly a xylophone. And I think there's some sort of string instrument playing staccatos layered over it, but it's really hard to tell because they're unison. Each instrument is easier to pick apart at the very end of the song. And of course near the middle of the song he's playing the arpeggios on his keyboard. But at this point I'll get off topic beginning to name every instrument I can hear). TLDR; Overall, Heart's song is a lot less bass-heavy and has a brighter sound because of it. Despite having a brighter sound, though, the song is still overall dark due to chord progressions (I think please don't quote me on that I have basic knowledge of chord progressions as of right now). The song is slower paced than the other two, and while there is definitely bursts of energy, they are less frequent than they are in the other two.

In the end, all three of them have hit their lowest points by now. Also I got WAY too into the instrumentals my fault guys but uhh yeah. Didn't expect to dig into it that much :33333 Thank you for coming to my rambles!

[grapedemon]

Finished drawing the cccc instrumental album cover in my style ^^

Hope you all enjoy the art! (shading about took me out on this one)

cccc instrumental cover art originally by:

sly (cinnamonsly)

[emotionally-invested]

This is my thing (paternally) if you even care

[rummikubcube]

RIO WAS SO FUCKING READY TO PLAY THE CYMBALS LIKE SHE WAS CLOCKING THE METRONOME’S RYTHYM WITH THE DRUMSTICKS BEFORE ANYONE HAD EVEN FUCKING REALISED THEY NEEDED TO SING.

[kasirose]

Blueberry is a blueberry!

Cause I'm 100% convinved malec had to have dressed him up like this for Halloween at least once XD

[circles-n-spirals-alike]

listening to instrumental anarchy for fun and… fuck.

the heart acoustic keeps making me think of a sad dream circus and I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT INFORMATION

i’ll come back to this later.

also there’s a swingy bit in Be Born. Mind is not beating the swing enjoyer allegations

[jash-updates]

Lil Instrumental & Video Details!

[sainteclectic]

i.dont know what to ask but. you know who i wanna hear about,,, {thymos. its thymos,,} /silly

thymos hmm... I think it has tremors, mostly in the hands. obviously it shakes a lot because it's soso scared but even relatively calm, its hands tremble. and it's frustrating because trembling hands make it hard to play instruments, not speaking makes it almost impossible to sing - music unites all of them, what does that make thymos? is it too far gone to find concord again?

it continues on. it plays guitar with its claws after learning its fingers always fumble the picks. still can't get the hang of ukuleles, the strings are too small. it uses weighted keys to play the keyboard. it avoids the drums - less precise movements, but they're too loud and the crashing bangs remind it too much of gunshots.

surprisingly, it really likes the xylophone! it found an ancient childhood xylophone stuffed in the back of whole's closet while hiding there one day, and it's tiny and childish but the noise is way less scary. heart and mind get it a proper vibraphone and though it's a hurdle to actually get thymos out of hiding to play a full sized instrument, it has a lot of fun doing jazz numbers with them. and maybe it can heal despite everything, despite all the pain and terror and grief. it just needs to be met where it's at first.

[cosmicheartzone]

Cosmo: He already flusters me enough when he compares my singing to those animated princess films we've watched!

Cream: ...Well, you ARE a princess are you not?

Amy: Embrace it, Cosmo! You're Tails' princess sent by the heavens!

Cosmo: *meeeep*

((Odd that one of the first mentions of a pre-Sonic Adventure game turned out to be Tails and the Music Maker! Also given Sonic Advance 3's sound test is the only one without an animation to go along with it other then a static chao image. Maybe in CHZ's timeline, it's Cosmo playing Tails' flute))

[Amy Rose sound test sprite ripped by Spitfya, Cream sound test sprite ripped by Frario]

[chao-studios]

Sing us a song, you're the piano chao!

[sunnies-theory-of-happiness]

last non-scheduled post for the next seven days... goodnight... see you 20 jan...

[bingqiv]

doctor who really missed a trick by not having the meddling monk being in the bridgerton cosplay episode

[grapedemon]

Ehhhhhhhhh, I’ll send this sketch here cause why not

Take the instrumental cover drawn in my style (will color digitally soon)

[essence-inked]

Damn bro they really do undersell the benefits of relaxing and repetitive tasks, last night I got into the groove calibrating a bunch of oscilloscope probes and it was like a massage for my brain