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  1. Wait wait wait...

    Did they just pull a Capcom on Smash Bros. Brawl, or is this like some kind of unofficial thing, this SSBB+?

    Basically, the community decided that Brawl wasn't all that much fun in regular form, and actually decided to do something about it rather than bitch bitch bitch. So they did. And Brawl+ is the result.

    I stopped playing brawl a while ago. I started using the time I spent playing brawl and played melee more. I'm having more fun. And hosting tournaments for all of NC and for anyone who wants to drive here.

  2. I wanna know what the music's gonna be like. If there's any chance they'll go back to the kickin electro-funk music of the old sonic games, then the game can suck as much dick as it likes and I'll still buy it.

    Oh yeah. Bring back the style of Sonic 3 & Knuckles please. Drossin? Hooooo yes please.

  3. While this didn't happen to me, it happened to a friend of mine a couple years ago. We were hanging out at his place playing Super Smash Brothers Melee, and at one point he went walking through a door frame. He did kind of a jump forward thing but tried to stay on the ground. He stopped for minute perplexed as to why he did this. Then he said "You know, I just tried to wavedash."

  4. I've actually been quite disappointed in the soundtracks of games I have played somewhat recently (note that I am not saying all games that have come out recently, just that I haven't played any that has surprised me). I miss the memorable music from games... from the recent games, I remember not a single track whereas old games that I haven't played in years I can recall. I have found that with the increase use of the orchestra, most games are starting to not only sound the same, but also really boring and completely forgettable (probably something to do with "hey, he used an orchestra - I can do that too!"). The only exception I've found is (gasp!) Sonic Unleashed, which had some interesting tracks (though some forgettable as well). It still pales in comparison to say, Sonic 3&K or Sonic 2, but I definitely thought it was better than other modern games. Hell, I remember ONE track from FFXII. I remember too many to count from FFVI and FFVII.

    I'm not saying the orchestra can't be memorable or exciting, but from what I've played, composers need to start stepping it up. Or just focusing on other instruments (yes, we get it, the orchestra has brass in it) and melodies to create interesting tracks instead of just background sound.

  5. That's what confuses me. If you understand that the data you're looking for is useless, why do you expect that someone would bother to host and maintain it? If you want it just to play with then you need to DIY.

    The data isn't useless as it can be used for info about EQ and other effects you can add to a song. I was wondering if the FFT data for various percussive instruments was already out there. I've found some snare spectra, but that's it already (the people were comparing different snare batter heads and seeing what the spectra looked like).

    Then you could try to tackle the resynthesizer/analyzer in something like Csound, which could spew out a list of the harmonics you are supposed to use and approximations to the envelope. Educational for sure :).

    Hmmm..I've heard of Csound, but I didn't think it could do that. I should look into this. Thanks!

  6. Why do you need to set up an FFT for each note? You can use the same decay for C2 that you do for C6, pretty much regardless of the instrument.

    I would need to do an FFT for each note to get information about what harmonics are there are how loud they are, not for ADSR. Sorry, I should have been more clear.

    Yoozer: I'm looking to create a simple program to create songs from scratch, and as such I won't be using another program. I just want to be able to add something to my resume that I enjoy working on (plus I'd like to create a few songs this way).

    Analoq: I know the reason SHARC doesn't have any percussive instruments, and I know that percussive instruments do not have harmonics and are mostly just noise in various ranges of frequencies with a fast attack and quick decay (for the most part). I know that it is a long shot to try to recreate percussive instruments, but I'd like to give it a shot, even though it won't sound exactly like the real deal (obviously).

  7. I've certainly thought about trying to do it myself and by ear (and had planned on it if I couldn't find any info), but it would be helpful and would save much time if I had the data before hand. This way, I wouldn't have to find a sample in wave format, perform an FFT to get the frequency data and try to replicate it from there. Sure, that doesn't sound so bad, but it takes a little to set up and graph the FFT as well as having to do it for every note/hit that I want (e.g. 88 times on a piano, different spots on a cymbal, etc...) - and that's even if I can find the samples I want. I was just wondering if anyone had any information so I wouldn't have to do an insane amount of work.

  8. I'm writing a program to generate sounds from sine waves, and I have information for the harmonics, amplitude, and phase of the main orchestral instruments (tuba, trumpet, flute, oboe, etc...). I have been successful in creating a way to use the ADSR envelope in the generation of the sounds, but I am lacking information on the actual ADSR values of the instruments. I have tried searching around in various places without many results. Does anyone have this information or know where I could get some?

    I'm also looking for information on the spectra and ADSR of common percussive instruments (bass drum, snare, tom, cymbals, etc...) as well because I plan on attempting to generate some percussive sounding sine waves and I need some frequency data to try to replicate (though that's going to be difficult and probably not sound too much like it). If anyone has information on this I would appreciate it as well as results are even less than the instruments ADSR envelopes I've been searching for.

    Thanks.

  9. Musimathics (Volume I): The mathematical foundations of music by Gareth Loy. It's pretty awesome. So far, it's talked about physical properties of sound, the ear, how circles can be used to provide insight/math into simple harmonic motion and sound, psychoacoustics, the beginning of the interval and scales, and a whole lot more. I look forward to Volume II when I finish Volume I (I am maybe 1/3 the way in) as it has more to do with digital signal processing and other things.

  10. How about we celebrate Tetris by playing a better clone(ish), Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (which I think was a clone of something else, but I have forgotten)? Tetris is only fun for so long, but Dr. R's MBM stays fun all night long.

    Edit: Ah! I remembered that it's puyo pop that MBM is a clone of.

  11. I'm actually in College Park, MD for an internship at the Goddard Space Flight Center, so I may be able to make it. The only thing is that on the 28th, as part of the internship, we are going to Sudbury, Ontario (Canada), so I may not be able to make this. However, living where I do, I've had been this close to one of these concerts. I am definitely considering just going and not caring if I'm tired the next day because this sounds awesome.

  12. I agree that on the average, the earlier seasons were certainly better. However, I thought the finale was a pretty damn awesome series finale. The hallway of characters, allowing each of us to say goodbye to them as well as JD, the "home movie" future, and the show creator being the last one to say goodbye to JD (the janitor outside). Not to mention, it was a nice twist with JD actually putting the penny in the door and not the janitor screwing around with him because he could. Also, the rant book JD gave Dr. Cox? Such a nice bit of awesome.

    Scrubs is definitely one of my favorite shows and am sad to see it go, even if it was time (8 years? Damn). I hope they release a complete series box set with some extra features so I can pick up all the seasons.

    I wonder if they'll end up making a "season 9" of scrubs? Obviously few, if any, of the current people will be in it except the interns, but I think a new series based on them would be pretty good.

  13. I remember when you asked for reviewers in the OCRWIP IRC room. It was good then. It's amazing now. I was reading djp's writeup, and saw that you said you had influence from Naruto. I was thinking "Ok, but I don't hear it..." and then bam, on cue, the shamisen kicked in.

    But yeah, niiiiiice. I really love how it's not just heavy guitar, there's a lot in here.

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