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Duly noted, Dave. And welcome back from your trip.

o_o Cool! I'm assuming you're talking about the Dire Dire Docks WIP. If so, then yes, that is Addictive drums. I found it to be a fantastic product for the money spent, even if it is somewhat limited in how it sounds. I say that only in comparison to something like Superior 2.0, which has a lot more tweakability. In my opinion, Addictive drums something that can sound great right out of the box and made even better with some tweaking. However, Superior has a lot more you can tweak about it, but you need to spend quite a bit of time experimenting to find a good sound, and if you don't know what you're doing, you could get very frustrated with it. I'll see what kind of kit AD is on for that WIP whenever I pull up the project next.

Kyle, Herograw, let us talk about this in private, shall we? Oh, and I checked wikipedia for VGMix the other day. Don't know if anyone else noticed this but there was this little bit of info: Darn you, [citation needed], for teasing me about whether or not this is true!

Yeah, sorry I had to drop at the last second. Glad everyone had fun. Arrow, I sent payment for the ticket anyways. I will make it to the next one.

And here's the first separate fanfic in our new format! Severus Snape, Professor and lover. IT'S QUITE AWESOMELY AWFUL and QUIT NSFW! http://lemonsinseries.com/ocrab/?p=60

I know this is late in the game for me but I'm going to have to switch myself to tentative. It depends on what happens during the late morning for me. I will do my best to make it out for lunch or after.

D: /tenchar

I'm waiting for Willrock's parts before I do any more real updating, unfortunately. sorry to dissappoint you! I really didn't mean to! I'M SO SORRY, DARN IT! POR QUE?!??!? Anyways, Willrock is busy being a superstud and working on things that aren't this song, so I dunno when to expect another update. Feel free to bug him if you want him to act faster though and there was an update: WIP3. that should have addressed your drum concerns

My recommendation for USB-powered audio interface: http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Focusrite-Saffire-6-USB-Audio-Interface?sku=583658 I've had that thing down to as love as 3ms latency in ASIO mode and it still works like a charm. Very awesome considering that, if I remember correctly, it uses USB 1.1. Also, the preamps on this thing are really awesome considering the price.

Hey, why close it after, like, a day, man? Some people don't check every single forum thread every single day. I say leave it open for a while longer and go at it yourself in the meantime. Hopefully someone turns up or you do it yourself while waiting. That's win-win.

Wow, Brad. Here, I bought you a book on forum etiquette. It clearly states no triple posts, and most definitely no quintuple posts! Wait, why are you throwing the book at my feet? Why are you unzipping your fly? ... ... ... Man, I just bought these shoes, too. And if you sent a PM to Larry, it should have said at least one thing about how he smells like a Lavender Lady. In all seriousness, nice to see so much activity on this thing as of late.

[iNITIATE SEQUENCE ATTEMPT FULL QUOTED RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK] You know, that's a fantastic assessment of it. I went back and listened and even asked Willrock how he felt about it (he's getting to putting his stuff soon, I'm sure!) and we both agreed it's a pretty adequate length. I don't think it can get any more intense without resorting to full pop-rock-ballad after 3:33, and I guess I didn't really intend for it to end up being that. Stretching out the build before that would throw off the song's balance, I'm sure you'd agree. Definitely appreciate the feedback and thanks for the compliments! Will noodle around and see what comes out. I used a different and less intense distortion than normal here so I thought it was a good level, but we will see. Anything that passes your stringent tastes I can count on being pretty good *gasp* someone who WANTS vocals in a mix?! INCONCEIVABLE! I see what you're saying, though. It's a nice suggestion! Maybe I'll write some lyrics as a b-side bonus or whatever, but I don't think vocals would fit in the mix I had in mind. Always supportive of the vocal-lovers, makes me forget all the vocal remix dislikers Thanks! The sparseness is part of the intended effect. However, once Willrock adds his stuff, I'm fairly certain it will sound less sparse. Could you give me the times that you feel it is, just so I can check for myself? Thanks very much! WIP3 did have some volume level issues I realized after-the-fact. I believe I fixed them in my current version (which isn't uploaded yet, I'm just waiting for the additional instruments), but you're right that the transition definitely needs some smoothing out. I'll see what I can do. Thanks to everyone for the comments and criticism!

Do I ever read anything you say ever? Oh, yeah, I do. But then there comes the question: do I ever care? "If it takes more than one shot, you weren't using a Jakobs!" Oh yeah, I forgot this point. You can basically replace everything over-time though, I think. Not too sure since I haven't upgraded my compy's internals besides hard drives in about 2 years.

*sigh* alright, here goes: http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp There's the fullest documentation on how to install full clean Windows 7 from the upgrade version and have it work. I haven't tried it myself, but I did try a similar method once with Vista and it worked just fine. Use at your own risk but it apparently has an extremely high success rate. Any version of Windows can do a "wipe" of your hard drive. It also depends on what kind of wipe you want. If you're going to be using the same hard drive again and just overwriting stuff, you can do a quick format. If you're installing Windows 7, while doing the Custom install, you'll be prompted with a list of hard drives your computer can detect (these sometimes include USB drives, so I recommend removing them before beginning the installation just-in-case you click the wrong drive if you have more than one). You can just click the drive and go "Delete", and then once it's blank, click "Format". Poof, fresh hard drive with no readable files on it. The issue with this is IIRC that it only deletes the MFT, meaning that your files are there but the filesystem doesnt detect them (they are seen as blank). So whenever new files are written to the drive, it's literally writing over other things that have been on there. If you're reusing the drive yourself, this shouldn't be a concern. If this is a drive you're getting rid of, then you should be a little more concerned. I won't delve deeper into this subject unless your situation is the latter. As for Windows version, unless you're running programs that have issues running native on 7 (there aren't that many from XP and Vista that have issues, but they exist) or hooking your computer into a business network'd domain, you can safely go with Windows 7 Home Premium. And last, about your question regarding needing the original XP disc, if you're that worried about the Upgrade trick not working and not having something like that as a backup, then just buy the full version of 7 Home Premium (you can get OEM single copies pretty cheaply from Newegg). In the very unlikely event that you have issues with upgrading, I would also recommend downloading and burning the most current version of Ubuntu. You can boot "live" off of that disc (running the operating system from the disc instead of installing it) and still have limited typical computer functionality, pretty much just enough to hopefully get back online and ask questions if you encounter issues going at it. Brad's right, though: you could have found pretty much all this minus the Ubuntu part out through a little bit of efficient google-ing, if not from reading this thread and then google-ing. There's nothing IT support people get annoyed at more than repeat questions best of luck! And neblix: the license agreement is questionable about the upgrade trick, but I've yet to seen it sought out and get slammed. The idea for the upgrade discs is primarily aimed at Vista users, but XP is included since they also have a huge install base. Since XP to 7 upgrades are impossible based on architecture, the only was is the custom install. Also, validating a valid, non-pirated and authentic previous OS license from the boot disc would be impossible without and internet connection. Microsoft has, as of XP SP3/Vista SP2/7, allowed people to install FULL VERSIONS of the operating system WITHOUT ANY KEY WHATSOEVER. It is under the assumption that you are evaluating the OS and do not have immediate access to the key. An example would be someone who got the ISO from technet and didn't print the cd-key before installing. You have 30 days to put in a legit cd key for the version you installed and then activate it before the system locks you out. There are methods to extend this trial period to 120 days, but I don't recommend doing that because sooner or later it WILL lock you out. Edit: Retail Windows 7 Home Premium Upgade - $109.99 + s/h OEM Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Full (one install, read license to see intended usage) - $99.99 + s/h Retail Windows 7 Home Premium Full install (both 32-bit and 64-bit version, I believe) - $180.93 + s/h

Happy Birthday to the OC ReMixer that made me silently pine for a higher filesize cap on the site for years because of this amazing track. When we finally got it, he moved on to things better than the internet. Wherever you are, DiscoDan, you were one of the handful of early inspirations for me to get into ReMixing. Eat cake!

Aww man! But we're in luck: there was considerable interest taken in the track yesterday. I'm waiting to see where it heads, so the track may not be open for long.

John Revoredo had to drop "The Dragon Gave a Loud Scream". Looking for someone to pick it up ASAP.

OverClocked After Dark's footage from Anime Detour 2010!

Still 99% sure I'm coming to this. I'll start getting in the loop of things as the weekend draws closer.

Is anyone attempting to compile a database of songs from VGMix? I can't remember if that's been tried before or not. While I know Jake had good intentions with his offer last year to try to release a torrent of all the songs, I guess it just never came to fruition what with his moving and job and all. I still have quite a few from the old VGMix, but no where near anything substantial.

harpy brothday.

I will totally listen to this later today, man. I am very excited for this project! But WHY HOST ON VIMEO? I can't get it mobile!

This sounds so awesome. I can't wait.

I propose the motion to change the thread title to "Experimenting with Paulstretch: post songs that sound awesome slowed-down"