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Is there a method to the post selections? There are quite a few in the TBP list, some from over a year ago, some from last year, etc. Is there a selection process that is used to determine which one from the list gets posted next?
Though the bottom line is posting chronologically, there are things that sway which mixes are posted when. There's a lot of these, so it does kind of make it look random at times, but here's just a few examples:
1) An album mixflood
2) Some event happening that a TBP mix can be relevant to (see the Minecraft posting around Minecon, or the recent postings for Gario, Flexstyle, and Rozovian for their Workshop Mod promotion, or even the mini-mixflood on the Metroid anniversary day last year)
3) Outside material is released and some of it has been submitted to OCR (see The One-Ups Super Mario Kart mix released near the time they did their album, or the mixes posted when Hylian Lemon released his Essence of Lime album)
On the backend, there are some things that determine which mixes are available to post. Some of those older ones may have some minor thing that needs remedying, such as getting a proper bitrate version or consent of multiple artists if needed. There are a few other things, but you get the idea. It also really just depends on what Dave wants to post that day, but he does like to fall back on chronological order if all else fails.
Hope that helps answer your question!
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What are your feelings regarding use of samples, soundfonts, and presets?Do you find a mix to be of lesser value if these are used, as opposed to an author making their own patches and/or recording physical instruments?
Speaking strictly about patches, soundfonts, and presets, it doesn't really matter as long as it works. If something SOUNDS vanilla and boring and not good, then yes, it makes a difference. However, if it sounds good and tight and awesome, doesn't matter what they are. I personally use a lot of stock stuff and other people's presets because I'm not very good at making my own, nor do I have the knowledge to make stuff from scratch. And for things like Kontakt and Omnisphere, the presets that they come with are awesome.
Sorry if this has been asked before, but, are there any rules or recommendations on how often you should post in the WIP forums? I tend to have a lot of free time for remixing, but the amount of feedback in the WIP forums isn't at the same level, so I tend to work on other mixes I have in progress as well as make some new ones. On a typical weekend I could make 2 or 3 mixes, and I'm worried that posting all of them might be overkill. Am I just over thinking this?I'd say posting one every 3 days would probably be the best way to have your WIP mixes up without seeming like spamming. There's no hard-rule but obviously there's some logic in not shooting yourself in the foot by posting way more than people can get to. Sooner or later, it might be best to only post some of what you do there, and do the rest via direct feedback with people on the side.
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Is that sarcasm? Pretty sure he didn't veto it, he just threatened to, and only because it didn't give the executive branch enough power.
Anyway, so far today I've:
* Called both my district representatives (one of them picked up and hung up immediately, the other said they don't support it)
* Emailed both senators
Interestingly, one of the reps said BOTH bills had been pulled. Source?
I got a response from one of them saying it needs more research ages ago, the other one never got back to me. I'm fairly certain nearly all offices are deflecting calls today, though it is a shame that one hung up on you immediately. You should call back again and again until they talk to you
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Well, this "dangerous and troubling development" has given so much more exposure to SOPA now.
As of this morning, check out these frontpages:
http://www.msn.com/ (first slide)
http://www.aol.com/ (not on the top but near it, you can see it third row down on the right)
http://www.foxnews.com/ (I never thought I'd see the day)
And despite all this Ravens brew-ha-ha going on, even the Baltimore Sun, my local paper, has something on it. Even if its just under the Business section
Edit: Two funny quotes from Lamar Smith.
[On Wikipedia's blackout] "It is ironic that a website dedicated to providing information is spreading misinformation about the Stop Online Piracy Act," Smith said. "Perhaps during the blackout, Internet users can look elsewhere for an accurate definition of online piracy."
[in response to the White House announcing it "will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet"]
“I welcome today’s announcement that the White House will support legislation to combat online piracy that protects free speech, the Internet and America’s intellectual property," Smith said, according to The Hill. "That’s precisely what the Stop Online Piracy Act does."
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Okay!
I UPDATED IT FOR YOU ALL NOW STOP MAKING PROJECTS PLEASE GAAAAAAAAAAAH
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Would you buy this OCR Shirt?
Nope!
Also, just showing off, we had prototypes of the proposed OverClocked University shirt on at MAGFest, check it out.
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Congrats on FINALLY I HAVE SOME HELP IN THE WORKSHOP
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The major question is, does the existence of the elitist secret ff6 project make it less likely for the community ff6 project to gain official status?
What elitist secret ff6 project? I only know of a secret ff6 project.
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I don't think that's the case. If I'm working on a solo album, I don't think anyone really has a right to know about it. It's not like it's a community thing or a big collaborative thing. It's just me working on something by myself. It's not as if what I'm working on by myself has the potential to really clash up with something someone else is working on in any big way.
What if I'm also working on a solo album for the same thing? Not that that would be very likely, but I'm always in favor of more transparency vs. less transparency. I'm not saying, I'm just saying. Not gonna fight you over it.
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Very glad that people are mostly seeing that this policy is for the best. As for solo albums, that will have to be discussed since it is technically just another album and people should have the right to know someone/some people are working on it.
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For months?
Then why let Prophecy run his project for nearly 2 weeks (and people work on remixes) before deciding to reveal it?
Whoever runs this private show just made a mockery out of everyone here, which is pretty rude tbh.
In the same way a director chooses to reveal their project and recruit in public, so too should be their right to keep things exclusive. The best part about OCR projects is that there's no concretely-set way that it has to be organized or worked on, just what involvement they need to get it posted as well as the quality bar (along with a few other assorted things). OCR doesn't not allow multiple projects of the same game, which is why things weren't brought up the moment this was made (same deal with Banjo Kazooie), however it made the staff face the issue of potentially releasing multiple albums for the same game around the same time, which is a little much.
If the person(s) running the closed FF6 album want to keep it private and locked down, that's their choice. Just because there are two does not mean that one needs to shut down, or one is better or more desirable than the other, and it most definitely does not make a mokery out of everyone here. The other one was in the works for months. It would have been much more douchey if staff had done nothing and y'all only knew about it potentially after it had been released, this at least lets people know of its existence. Staff made a decision, put it into effect, and let everyone know what was up as soon as we could. Holidays + MAGFest + Real Life may have potentially added a day or two to the time we acted but that is super-minimal in most respects.
The idea is to never discourage multiple projects, but to keep things fair and more transparent.
I don't think anyone is going to complain if two FF6 albums are released, each with its own music or style or roster or whatever, as long as there is enough time inbetween and potentially enough of a difference in scope and goal.
Hey, no worries. As far as I'm concerned, that's in the past now and things are in the open. I'd like to deal with how things are, not how they were. I'm sure this will be resolved shortly and we'll all move forward with awesome ff6 remixes.Thanks for having such a positive attitude about all this. You really are providing a very positive example to other people who may and will run into this in the future. Best of luck with everything, looking forward to seeing what comes out of it!
It's disgusting. They're "too good" to work with the community so they make a private project, then announce that they've been doing it to deter the community project..."too good" to work with the community has nothing to do with it. Closed, private projects have a lot of benefits.
1) less stressed recruitment and rostering: you don't have people hounding down your door to join your album, and you can be much more selective about who or what you want on it without looking like a jerkface. Sometimes directors get ideas in their heads and know exactly where they want to go with them, and who they want involved. Having a public project at this point just adds extra work to turn people away.
2) its a surprise. Surprises are fun, and it allows a lot more flexibility with deadlines, milestones, and is also potentially a plus when it is released because WHOA IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE HOW AWESOME.
3) It removes interference from outside sources. As long as it is kept under wraps, you don't have to keep answering people about when its coming out or what all is going on with it.
And many more.
A closed project, in regards to mixers on it, really is no different than a normal project except there's no outside talk about it and less pressure. For a director, it can be considerably less hassle and more flexibility.
Facing facts, not every album needs to be an open and recruiting community effort. I don't hear people bitching about missing out on joining one-man albums that were revealed at release
Now that it is at least going to be known that a game or games are being worked on in a closed project, it can sway people towards or away from approaching it themselves. That's their choice. This was not announced to deter people from joining this FF6 project, but rather to let people know that there may be a delay in posting if both are queued up at the same time. To take a page from your own book Brandon, what's wrong with more music?Both open and closed projects have their benefits, their drawbacks, and their usages here in this community. Try to see it as that, since it is most-definitely not a statement of contempt about the community.
These exclusionary tactics for the sake of a "surprise" have to stop.Don't want a remixer on a song? Just tell them straight up. Filtering people out by invite only is stupid, offensive, and only serves to cause problems in the community.
I disagree wholeheartedly with most of this. If a director wants something to be a surprise, they have the right to have it be as such. What we're doing now is partially compromising some surprises in order to allow more transparency and better knowledge of the current album landscape should they want to run something similar. Its not an exclusionary tactics, its a director's choice on how they want to run and control their album.
I agree that if you don't want a remixer on your public album, just tell them straight up. However, if a director wants an album to be invite-only, that's their choice. There is absolutely no obligation that anyone has to open a project for recruitment, and butthurt happens in nearly every album regardless of how it is run.
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With such a huge title, the director must have choosen great remixers.I hope it'll be diverse and include many differant styles.
But anyway, two FF6 projects meansmore tunes means more styles means more fun and so on
Thank you for having a positive outlook on this.
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Just to address something bugging me in the back of my head, we can only list albums, open or closed, public or private, that we know about. That means that this policy goes both ways: if anyone else has started a secret project and doesn't want to conflict with others or face a potentially extended timeline, its existence needs to be made known.
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erm i think if the album is private it would be a good idea to not even announce who is running the project perhaps, so people cant bug that person.
either way tho this idea makes perfect sense in my eyes.
hopefully it won't matter to many people.
We don't mention who's doing it, it is listed as private on the album tracking thread
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Just so it makes it a lot easier to find everyone's uploaded pictures and stuff from MAG this year, making a separate thread so y'all don't have to sift through the PMD thread. Here's what I've lifted from that thread:
Ramaniscence:
TheShaggyFreak:
http://picasaweb.com/wchrapcynski
LuketheXjesse:
superjoe30:
Josh Whelchel:
Level 99:
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I highly recommend turning up the volume, I'm also going to try to do a "mix" of this with the backing added to pump it a little since the backing guitars/drums/synths are kinda hard to hear, but this turned out pretty fucking awesome for something on a handheld. Thanks again, Sebastian!
The recording of us doing Terra in Black live is also floating around somewhere, but the audio got kinda bongled so don't think we sound as bad as that does
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So can we get a total amount of reviews done during the month of December? I like numbers.
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One thing that was done during the OCR Vegas meetup last Summer was to make a twitter account and give access to those from OCR who could tweet about what was going on and where. It's a little bit more of a clusterfuck but at least then everyone knows whats going on all the time. As long as people sign off their tweets with their name, it should work.
Just a show of hands, who here is going to MAGFest and does NOT have access to twitter by phone?
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No, Level 99, this is a problem with copyright itself. I honestly don't blame the RIAA or MPAA a bit for trying this, because it's the logical conclusion of "the IP owner has all legal rights until the end of time"; if I own IP, and I have the legal right under the DMCA to tell anyone anywhere how to use my IP, logic dictates that eventually, someone is going to make money that I don't want making money, and I'll try to use every branch of the law possible to stop it. It logically follows, which is what SOPA is about: people on YouTube and other sites are using copyrighted materials (even just a second of it), and SOMEONE other than the holder is making money. SO SHUT IT ALL DOWN, that's the response.
If people have unlimited control forever and always, without a public domain and without reasonable exception, this will happen, every time. SOPA isn't the end, it's the beginning. And, interestingly enough, it's pretty much exactly what I said would happen, too. It's not hard to predict things like the when your head isn't stuck in the sand.
Well thanks, me and my sand-filled head will continue to talk about the real problems here, which is the unjust takedown of a site based in-potentia of a legit-or-not flagging of copyright infringement. You can keep talking to the wall, the thread will move on without you
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I hope all of you people complaining about SOPA realize that this is the creation you have wrought. This is what happens when copyright holders are treated like kings of their own private fiefdoms, as if they have unlimited power because they though of a sequence of sounds. This is what happens when copyright is allowed to run amok.
What's worse is that even if SOPA is stopped, 1-2 years later, the MPAA or RIAA are just going to write another bill just like it, say it's for "national security" or some shit, and start this mess again. Without comprehensive copyright reform, this is going to continue until the people with money eventually get lucky and win.
Oh, but you know what? It's a small price to pay so that someone can have exclusive rights to whatever he claims first until the end of time, even after death, amiright? Fuck it, as long as people are making money forever, that's all that matters. I hope you people are learning.
STFU Jack. Please. Copyright isn't the issue here, its how it is enforced.
Edit: let me clarify. I dislike your "I hope you people are learning" attitude, because frankly, its condescending and rude and adds absolutely nothing to this discussion. Please do not derail this into another copyright reform thread, because this is about current potential litigation for copyright infringement enforcement.
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Sounds like you're better off using an SNES emulator and just playing the original.
You're always better "running a SNES port and playing the original". It is very rare that you get the high quality redo job like Maverick Hunter X, so safest bet...always emulate.
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We have no proof either. When we switched hosting, we lost the ability to monitor metrics.
Yeah, that's a major problem on our part. We can't monitor traffic and downloads anymore so we can't tell if people have made the switch, resubscribed to the show RSS, etc. etc.
Also EPISODE POSTED
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HARPY BROTHDAY muffin
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Schedule is up for this year (not final)
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Personally, If I was going to look for projects to join, I'd go to the projects forum. Can't speak for everyone here but I think it would be most logical to put it in projects.
Problem is Projects is closed off only to officially-recognized projects at the time. If you're looking to join something at all, it makes sense to look at the recruitment section for official and unofficial alike.
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