Rozovian

I'm beyond words.

Or we've spent the last 10 years trolling y'all.
Seriously, this is getting exciting. But I have no idea how I'll feel when it's finally out. Relieved. Saddened. Ecstatic. Hungry. Proud. Embarrassed. Nostalgic. Any suggestions?

Maybe my phrasing was overly dramatic in the sd3 thread. But people I haven't hard from in years are back in touch, so I'm not complaining. And things are going well, pre-release issues sorted out.
But let me help this project out a tad and reiterate what Darkflamewolf said:
provide some sort of contact info for the album website and project
Trust me, it matters.

Goals are important. Whether these goals are in pleasing some random peson that gave you feedback, regulars on the feedback board, the judges, your peers, project directors, or yourself doesn't really matter so long as you're challenged to develop as you try to meet them.
(Tangential, mostly for staff: we could have a chat about the prefixes, if finished vs. wip sufficiently communicates the type of feedback people want, or if there should be a "destroy me with thorough critique so I'm forced to learn and apply new things and improve".)

Goals are important. Whether these goals are in pleasing some random peson that gave you feedback, regulars on the feedback board, the judges, your peers, project directors, or yourself doesn't really matter so long as you're challenged to develop as you try to meet them.
(Tangential, mostly for staff: we could have a chat about the prefixes, if finished vs. wip sufficiently communicates the type of feedback people want, or if there should be a "destroy me with thorough critique so I'm forced to learn and apply new things and improve".)

Screw it. Screw everything. This is never getting finished. We might as well call it quits and just drop the files somewhere.
Don't think I haven't thought that way.
But now...

Screw it. Screw everything. This is never getting finished. We might as well call it quits and just drop the files somewhere.
Don't think I haven't thought that way.
But now...

Last update: Sep 29th 2018 - Fractions of inches.
Rozo says:
Trailer released!! It's been a long, long time indeed.
 
 
The tracklist:

101 Not Awaken - Usa
102 Where Angels Fear to Tread - HoboKa, Archangel
103 Ordinary People - Archangel
104 Whiz Kid - Jago
105 Walls and Steels] - pu_freak
106 Axe Bring Storm - the Dual Dragons
107 Little Sweet Cafe - audio fidelity, flutetopia
108 Witchmakers - Archangel
109 Another Winter - Abadoss
110 Ancient Dolphin - Archangel
111 Hope Isolation Pray - k-wix
112 Raven - mak, Mozzaratti, Rozovian
113 Damn Damn Drum - Harmony, Level99, LuIzA
114 Innocent Sea - k-wix
115 Swivel - Sam English
116 Oh I'm a Flamelet - Brandon Strader
117 Evening Star - Brandon Strader
118 Don't Hunt the Fairy - Sam English
119 Fable - Chris | Amaterasu - name plz

201 Left-Handed Wolf- LuIzA, zyko
202 Person's Die - ilp0
203 Harvest November - mak
204 Few Paths Forbidden - DarkeSword
205 Female Turbulence - Jeffrey Hayat
206 Intolerance - The Dual Dragons
207 Different Road - zyko
208 Powell - Karth, Meteo Xavier
209 Political Pressure - HoboKa
210 Nuclear Fusion - The Dual Dragons
211 Positive - Meteo Xavier
212 Meridian Child - beckett007
213 Closed Garden - Meteo Xavier, Jeremy Robson
214 Splash Hop - The OverClocked Plaid Muffins
215 Innocent Water - Emunator, Ergosonic
216 Delicate Affection - TheDeath
217 Three of Darkside - The Joker
218 Last Audience - Rozovian
219 Obsession - The Dual Dragons
220 Strange Medicine - Phonetic Hero
221 Frenzy - Rozovian

301 Can You Fly, Sister? - Jovette Rivera
302 Decision Bell - rebrained
303 Secret of Mana - Dj Mokram
304 Faith Total Machine - Usa, Jackson Lawhead
305 Weird Counterpoint - Rexy
- Daniel Rosenqvist
306 Rolling Cradle - Jago
307 Black Soup - Blaine
308 High Tension Wire - Nutritious
309 And Other - TheDeath
310 Electric Talk - Reuben Cornell - name plz
311 Religion Thunder - Mozzaratti
312 Angel's Fear - Jovette Rivera, ISAO
- Hylian Lemon
313 The Sacrifice part I - Dj Mokram
314 The Sacrifice part II - Theophany
315 The Sacrifice part III - Mozzaratti
316 Reincarnation - Usa
317 Farewell Song - pu_freak
318 Breezin - Willrock
319 Return to Forever - Archangel
320 Long Goodbye - Meteo Xavier

rsn#61 Flight From the Holy Land - Sixto Sounds
rsn#63 Level Up! - mak
rsn#65 Sleeping - hakstock

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Snesmusic.org's sd3 chiptune
Where the tracks are used in-game

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We proudly present you a remix project that covers the soundtrack of the famous SNES action RPG, "Seiken Densetsu 3", aka "Secret of Mana 2".

Songs of Light and Darkness

-project direction-

With a plan to enhance, extend, and elaborate on the music in the game, Songs of Light and Darkness is meant to be in keeping with the general tone of the original soundtrack, but updated to modern standards and with the personal touch of fans of the game, its music, and game music in general. That means we're looking for tracks that maintains a flavor of world music and atmosphere. It's so the album will be cohesive. We're looking for most kinds of music, but for a cohesive sound we would prefer you don't rely on heavy electronic beats and only electronic-sounding stuff. For exceptions, contact me asap, bring examples. We do like atmospheres and stuff, like weather, waves, ppl, nature, stuff. Just not too much. And hey, try to use as much of the source as possible. Judges like that, we like that, and you ought to like that.

The scope of the Seiken Densetsu 3 remix project is enormous, as it's a 60-track OST that we want fully remixed. And now it is.

-project staff-
Rozovian, director and coordinator, feedback, often hungry, likes wavs
Meteo Xavier, assistant director, does more than Rozo does
Keiiii, art, a window into the world of sd3
Usa, mastering, consultation

-remixers, we need-
- your consent to use your tracks
- your track as a wav, aif, or other high-quality format (if you can master it yourself, fine; otherwise plz leave dynamics enough for us to work with)
- a name for your track, which isn't a need I was expecting to have to list...
- info about the track, your thoughts about it and/or the source - we can make something up, too
- info about you, a brief bio, formal or informal - again, we can make stuff up if we don't get anything from you
-your email address, so we have reliable and consolidated access to you all

-help wanted-
Promotion - We want people interested in jrpg soundtracks to hear about this album.
Supporters - We like this, so should you.

-last notes-

I've been at this since 2008, and I wasn't the original director of the project. We've been at this for a long time. Are we there yet?
So close you can hear the whole thing... if you're on ocr staff.

While we're all busy behind the scenes and none of the rest of you know anything about that...
...does anyone know anything useful about putting a listening party together? We had one for AOCC which was a lot of fun, and while a behemoth like this is quite the endeavor to do a live show-type listening party, something where we listen together would be fun. Anyone interested? Anyone know anything useful.
And feel free to interpret the question as a hint that the release is near.

I cycle between creative phases. Sometimes I can write with ease. Sometimes I can't. So then I do something else. It might not be music, I have other interests as well. Music-related things I do when I can't write new stuff:
Mix old stuff (something will eventually be finished, for sure)
Create cool new sounds
Making old cool sounds into presets and sorting those
Find new cool sounds in synth preset patches and such
Study, eg on youtube, new techniques and concepts
Experiment with new techniques and concepts
Discover new music to listen to and get inspired
Play along (poorly) with the music, be it my own or someone else's
It can last quite a while, that non-writing phase, but it'll come back. It always has. It always does. Your shortage of ideas is similar. Do something else. Prepare for when you have ideas again. Develop your skillset and your tools while you wait.

A bit upbeat from the original source. It still retained its mellow feel, though. The only thing missing here is a cold glass of tea and a nice breeze.

I cycle between creative phases. Sometimes I can write with ease. Sometimes I can't. So then I do something else. It might not be music, I have other interests as well. Music-related things I do when I can't write new stuff:
Mix old stuff (something will eventually be finished, for sure)
Create cool new sounds
Making old cool sounds into presets and sorting those
Find new cool sounds in synth preset patches and such
Study, eg on youtube, new techniques and concepts
Experiment with new techniques and concepts
Discover new music to listen to and get inspired
Play along (poorly) with the music, be it my own or someone else's
It can last quite a while, that non-writing phase, but it'll come back. It always has. It always does. Your shortage of ideas is similar. Do something else. Prepare for when you have ideas again. Develop your skillset and your tools while you wait.

The more, the better. :D

The more, the better. :D

I wish I could say we're releasing tomorrow. Nope, not quite there yet. We're working closely with ocr staff to finally get this thing finished. Trailer's been shown at a panel. Audio is just some track length/silence edits and tagging from being done. It's close, but not quite tomorow.

I wish I could say we're releasing tomorrow. Nope, not quite there yet. We're working closely with ocr staff to finally get this thing finished. Trailer's been shown at a panel. Audio is just some track length/silence edits and tagging from being done. It's close, but not quite tomorow.

Answered. Protip for other projects: decide where to manage the project. We're spread across too many platforms, including but not limited to AIM, Facebook, ocr PMs, this thread, email, and Discord. Despite my attempts to consolidate communication, that is.
I'm currently picking tracks for the release flood. I have about 30 flood track candidates. It's a few too many. This is a problem I never foresaw.

Answered. Protip for other projects: decide where to manage the project. We're spread across too many platforms, including but not limited to AIM, Facebook, ocr PMs, this thread, email, and Discord. Despite my attempts to consolidate communication, that is.
I'm currently picking tracks for the release flood. I have about 30 flood track candidates. It's a few too many. This is a problem I never foresaw.

Answered. Protip for other projects: decide where to manage the project. We're spread across too many platforms, including but not limited to AIM, Facebook, ocr PMs, this thread, email, and Discord. Despite my attempts to consolidate communication, that is.
I'm currently picking tracks for the release flood. I have about 30 flood track candidates. It's a few too many. This is a problem I never foresaw.

Mwahahah, I picked the right time to take a vacation from evals.
Man, I thought I made long tracks. That's probably why you haven't been getting much feedback. People are scared of it. I've yet to listen to it myself, I'm just dropping by to laugh at Gario. Looking forward to listening, though, when I think I have the time.
Also, I suggest you sub the full-length thing to ocr. Maybe a regular remix release isn't the best way to release it, but I want to see what the judges have to say about it.

My stupid synth is making stupid noises at stupid times. Modal bank madness. I'm not using that one again before I've messed around with it and understand it better, and can solve problems like this.
I've been bouncing release candidates for most of the day already, and listening for glitches. The danger with that is that as soon as I find a version without glitches, I find something I want to edit in the mix. That's happened a few times already.

@Wiesty, I still have your old wips. Would have been cool to see what you would have made of those. Granted, they're old old, but still.
Everyone else, I have a shortage of track notes and bios. I've yet to look through ocr PMs, so I'm hoping the majority of them are there. But if you haven't sent me anything, or want to update what you sent, please do.
I mean, we can release without your bios and track notes (and we want to release it, honest), and as demonstrated, I can make stuff up for you, too.

I've yet to give the album a proper listen, but I had a quick skip around and grabbed a few tracks for my chill playlist. From that impression, it seems a lot of the tracks have nice percussion stuff. Cool, and it adds some cohesion to the album.

So long as there's transparency, I'm cool with it. Can we see some more specific numbers, like an end-of-the-year report on costs and revenue? How much is being paid out of pocket, how much does patreon cover, ads, other donations, other costs...

@Wiesty, I still have your old wips. Would have been cool to see what you would have made of those. Granted, they're old old, but still.
Everyone else, I have a shortage of track notes and bios. I've yet to look through ocr PMs, so I'm hoping the majority of them are there. But if you haven't sent me anything, or want to update what you sent, please do.
I mean, we can release without your bios and track notes (and we want to release it, honest), and as demonstrated, I can make stuff up for you, too.