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Sole Signal's stuff keeps getting better, and he graces us with a pretty relaxing/grooving song here. I love the whole feel the song has, great work!

This is pretty cool - one thing I found curious is that the song goes to the higher end more than most songs. Otherwise, I like it - nice ideas here, and it develops pretty nicely. And I overuse the word nicely nicely.

Heh, I already heard this one a few weeks back, but a more rough version. I'm sort of mixed on this - love the shreddage, but not a fan of the synth as the lead early on. The song feels short to me too - otherwise, zircon is still a beast!

I personally don't mind - I'm sure DKC 2 won't have a problem promotion-wise.

I'll dangle a teaser - we're looking to have it out next week.

Done! Also people, let's get the existing projects filled out! Lots of projects on that list I'm sure we all want to see released this year, and a lot of them have that potential!

You know, I've actually been helping recruiting for some of the older projects - I know I've talked to people about BadAss and SD3 (psst check your PMs ), and perhaps others that might be escaping my mind. I personally would love to see the older projects come out, especially SD3 - I love the music to that game so much, I even own the OST. I don't like seeing music being sat on though, so I'm willing to help people make the management decisions they need to if they want to talk to me.

We have a date set - I just haven't went public with it .

Just a reminder - 13 days left! I have not seen a submission yet, so this could be you who wins it!

Come on guys, lets get those WIPs to purple & gold status (and blue too!). I updated the status of some WIPs. Just a reminder, the contest ends in 13 days - lets get it done!

For Star Festival, the instruments could use some improvement - they don't sound terribly great. Also, as others said, please use mp3 - it doesn't take long to convert, and takes up a whole lot less space & bandwidth.

Well, if it's just a midi rip, it's hard to comment as a rearrangement then .

The intro sounds strange - I think because it starts a little unnaturally. You're suddenly already in the middle of it. The volume levels are too different between the start and when it shifts into gear at around 0:46. There is also a ton of high end and some low end in this song, but it sounds like the mid range frequencies haven't really been explored in this song. Those production elements probably hold back this song the most so far.

I was wondering what took so long to bump this thread

For me, the one and only Tetris Attack and its variants - nothing comes close.

So I might as well kick off the forum with a post - as the thread title suggests, we are in need of more people who are willing to claim tracks for the SD3 project. We really want to see it release this year, so let's make it happen! The current available tracks are: Where Angels Fear to Tread: (epic plz, make sure to use parts unique to this track (it becomes Angel's Fear later) - Rozo comment)Ordinary People: Harvest November: Strange Medicine: Frenzy: (bassline plz - Rozo comment)Secret of Mana: Electric Talk: The Sacrifice Pt. II: Return to Forever: I'll keep these updated as tracks are taken or become available. If you're interested, contact me or Rozovian.

Just that I don't want to see tracks that don't fit - I just gave that as an example of something that wouldn't fit. And so you all know, 15 days left!

Nothing wrong with them at all in my experience.

Happy birthday you vgm encyclopedia!

I said the exact same thing in IRC earlier!

Any word on deadlines?

Actually, quite the opposite is true for me and almost anyone else I've met - just cardio & dieting has been the only thing that worked for me period in getting rid of fat and just getting in great shape, and this was when I was conditioned enough to solicit interest in Division 1 tennis. It was intense though, where I would generally run 2-4 miles a day & play tennis, on occasion running more (two times of ~7-8 miles), and this being after spending a season of intense running & almost exclusively eating bagels & pasta from track. I've tried the mostly lifting program accompanied with some cardio combined with dieting for an extended period of time and ended up with a wash on weight, and marginal improvement in conditioning. You're probably the only person I know who does not embrace this approach, and it's quite the opposite of what most athletes will tell you. Nothing else I've seen or done has come anywhere near as close - at the very least, I know that intense cardio must be at the core of successful weight loss. If one pursues this route and does not want to diminish the mind, I'm inclined to think it must be complimented with a high carbohydrate diet to keep the weight loss at a healthy amount.

You can also listen to .FLAC via players like Winamp and Foobar2000 as well. Generally, most people cannot tell the difference between a lossless file and a 192 kbps mp3. I'm not sure whether I can (haven't done a test).

So what would you say is the healthiest way to lose weight in terms of balancing diet & exercise?