Flexstyle

On it.

Oh man, that is a smokin' deal. If I was in the market for an upgrade, I'd hit that up immediately. As it stands, I can just point and say "buy that thing if you're running a few-years-old card!"

re: Brandon and G-M: Oh please. It's not like y'all haven't made your whereabouts very well known in the past. Don't be party crashers!

Oh good, it's not just me.

I know, right? The funny thing is, us AZ folks are pretty much all "new breed" OCR-ers. None of us have really been around OCR for terribly long.

No action in here for 24 hours?!

I'm going through and adding pins of everyone I know involved with OCR, but I'm only adding names if they give me permission. That way, you can kinda see if there's some OCR folks in the area, even if they're privacy buffs.

Pretty sure PrototypeRaptor lives in Oklahoma.

Also, is anyone else thinking this map looks like a great list of places to stay along a road trip?

Luke comes to MAGFest every time, at least, and I'm pretty sure halc moved to NC recently.

Yeesh. Way to blow my speakers out on my work computer. Not sure if I'm a fan of a joke like that.

I absolutely agree about the vocals. I used my worst microphone to record them, since it was what was in front of me and plugged in at the time, and I really didn't give them the TLC they needed. I even used *shudder* Soundgoodizer as a main compressor on them. Just wanted something recorded very quickly. Besides isn't punk rock all about breaking the rules or something? OI, SCREW YOU MATE, I'MMA RECORD WOTEVAH I WANT! Also, seriously, MAD PROPS to my bros OA (lead) and Level99 (all other electric guitar parts). Stevo in particular went way above and beyond, and those rhythm guitars really make the song. At this point, I don't care if I lose. This was the song I wanted to make. First time ever doing a song with zero synthetic elements, and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. That pop punk stuff was what I grew up on, so it's immensely satisfying to actually have done a song that sounds like my childhood.

Didn't Avicii do that once?

Next you'll be telling me that art can be made with more than one person contributing. I mean it's not like I got like 5 stems of awesome rhythm and clean guitars from Level99, a badass lead guitar from OA, and then a solid bassline from DragonAvenger. No sir, not me.

WHAT. Pete, I'm flabbergasted. I can't believe that you'd take inspiration from music that someone else did! What a cheater move. I mean, who actually thinks that learning from someone else's creation is a legitimate way to create art?

Aye. And FWIW, if I do manage to squeak past Mr. Hero in this round, then I pledge to BRING IT for the next round. I've leveled up in terms of being able to use old or WIP project files as ready-made soundsets, thanks to this round. I mean, I started the song on Tuesday night, and it was basically complete by Friday night, with most of my work being complete by Thursday morning. BOOYAH! Seriously, I learn something new in every competition I participate in. Love this stuff! (also WHERE ARE THE NEW SONGS? I WANNA HEAR THEM BEFORE I HAVE TO SHUT OFF MY SOUND AGAIN FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF! ALKSDJFSDFAIOWJEROISNDFSLDIGAJSDGSDGA) #impatientcow #mooooo

I dunno. We've had so many bow-out rounds thus far that it'd be a shame to have it happen at the very end like that. I like this decision, especially since it means YET MORE great music. I don't see how this is a bad thing. also I strongly believe that Jordan's track was better overall but y'know what do I know.

caaaaaaaaaaaan't waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait to hear the new mixes!

That's what was happening to me so...yes?

aaaaaaand SUBBED! Get ready for melting faces.

My song is mostly finished, and definitely "submit-able" at this point. Just a few more finishing touches, and I'm ready to rock out! Also, I had two nights in a row where the thing I thought I was going to be doing got cancelled, so I had a lot more time to work than I thought I would.

What do I have to think about this mix? I think it's about freaking time it got posted! All snark aside, this is definitely one of my favorites from DKC3, and that's saying a lot--there were a ton of great tracks on the album. Love the guitar mixed with those glitchy scratch bits and the silky synthesizers.

Your first SSD should always be your boot drive. That'll make a big difference in how your system "feels." Here's how I've done my rig: - 250 GB SSD for boot drive and general programs. - 500 GB SSD for Kontakt and EWQLSO libraries. - 2 TB RAID0 array for loops, samples, stems, and Steam games. - 500 GB HD for my cloud programs (e.g. Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.) My laptop runs with a 256GB SSD and I have most of the samples and libraries on a 1 TB external 7200RPM USB drive. It's definitely slower to load up projects than my desktop, but it's livable, so if you're short on money, just go for an SSD boot and see what you have left for storage stuff. I do recommend going RAID0 as a low-budget option if you can, since you get effectively double the speed of those hard drives. Also, BACK UP EVERYTHING RELIGIOUSLY! At this point in time, I have at least three separate backups of everything that's important, so if a drive fails (and if it's a drive in the RAID array, it'll take down the data on the other one as well), I'm not screwed.

Last I heard, this was a bit of a grey area. I'm not sure if there actually is a definitive answer for it.

Niiiice! The guy's got 70K+ followers, and I betcha a lot of 'em have never heard of OCR. Huzzah for cross-pollination!