Flexstyle

Longtime FL Studio user here. I started with Sony Acid, but switched to FL early on. I love its piano roll and the ease of use it has. Default sounds aren't spectacular, sure, but I'm a much better sound designer for having to learn my way around. The workflow for me has been second to none, and I'm Digidesign-certified Tier 5 in Pro Tools, and Apple Professional certified in Logic, so I've been around a bit. Toyed with Live, Reaper, Reason, Cubase, and others, but nothing's been more flexible or workflow-oriented as FL for me. Granted, I tend to work primarily inside the box, so if you were more into recording live instruments, I might recommend Logic (my favorite recording software, also muuuuch more in-depth when it comes to editing anything).

For me personally, the first game from which I can remember truly enjoying the music has to be the first Rayman. I had it for PC, and had a cool lil' 233MHz AMD K6 with 32 MB of RAM to run it with. I believe the hard drive clocked in at about 2GB, huge for the time. Since it was a PC game, the soundtrack was actually CD Audio, so I actually took the CD and stuck it in my boombox to listen to the tracks over and over, back when I was about 7 or 8 years old or whatever. I still love that soundtrack and would love to make a ReMix album out of it...but I digress. What soundtrack first got you into videogame music?

Larry mentioned in the email he sent out that you could just reply to the email with a link and it'd get taken care of. The address was admin at o c re mix dot org, of course.

Now here's a genre that doesn't get a lot of exposure around here! Good stuff, although you really need to scale back on the overall compression level. If you need to, stick something on the master bus before any other plugins and turn the volume waaay down. 'Twas distorting really badly. The melody wasn't completely cohesive, and there were a couple spots where I felt you should have added some FX or something to fill in the dead spots. Other than all that, lol, I definitely enjoyed it.

If my 2008 white MacBook with 2 gigs of ram, 2.4 ghz dual core processor, and craptastic integrated graphics can run SC2 on low settings, I'm sure your machine will have no problem at all.

If you're serious about gaming, I'd recommend getting a different card than the 8600. I have an ASUS-manufactured 8600GT (512MB of RAM) myself, and am yearning for an upgrade. It still manages to do well with most games I throw at it, but it's definitely showing its age. 256MB of RAM would be shortchanging yourself, by the way--that's like the bare minimum for most recent games. Good to know myself, lol. I've been strictly AMD-based for the last several years, but considering upgrading to an i7 in the not-too-distant future. This.

Most people haven't had their ears trained to the point where they can distinguish between a 192k MP3 and, say, a 320k MP3. I personally have, and isn't this a matter of preference anyways? I realize that it's impractical for OCR to host larger files, and I certainly see the wisdom of limiting file size in lieu of preventing massively mediocre medley melodies. The original offer I made--that is, to use my own personal site space to host lossless versions of songs that have already been posted to OCR--still stands. On a personal note, there are several songs on OCR that I'd reeeeaaallly love to hear in a lossless codec, and I'll probably PM certain artists and ask if they'd be willing to send me some of their tracks. *looks at zircon*

Okay, maybe "tortured" is a bit of an overstatement (more like "annoyed"), but I stand by my usage of "heavy" in regards to MP3 compression. 192kbps literally strips 92% of the data out of the audio, and I can always tell the difference between a lossless file and nearly any MP3 that's 256kbps and under. I realize there aren't many people who would consider themselves audiophiles like me. However, I figured that there must be enough out there in a community of this size to make this venture worthwhile.

I suspect there are several members of this community who, like me, are tortured by the heavy MP3 compression necessary for OCR to host so many remixes. I like my music to be FLAC, or some other lossless codec, whenever possible, and I'm sure many people here would agree. To that end, I've created a subdomain on my own webspace, OCRLossless.FlexstyleMusic.com, which has my one humble remix to start with. If any posted artists would like to send me their tracks in FLAC format, I'll stick 'em up on my server. Just email them to me at music at flex style music dot com, using Mediafire or Speedyshare or whatever you need to get a lossless file over to me. I'll see how this goes, since my current hosting plan includes unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth. Please note: I'll happily terminate this operation if the OCR site staff objects to it.

EFFING SICK. Seriously, this is awesome. I'm a huge fan of your stuff, PR, and this is just another in a long line of fantastic songs.

First off, I would recommend ASUS as your motherboard manufacturer. They consistently pump out quality motherboards, and rarely have problems. I've used 'em several times myself and am quite happy. Sound card--this depends on what you're trying to use it for. Will you be recording, or will you just be producing tracks "inside the box?" I personally use an M-Audio Delta 1010LT and like it very much, but it's a ten-input, ten-output card--I do a little recording on the side and do need every channel I can get. If you're only recording a vocal or an instrument at a time, you're not going to need something nearly as crazy. Processor: This is a matter of pocketbook preference, really. AMD and Intel both make good processors. I think Intel has the upper hand right now in the processor wars, but AMD will get you a lot more bang for the buck in the lower price ranges. Graphics: Again, your needs will dictate this. ATi is the current king of graphics power, with their 5800-series, but Nvidia has historically had better support and their drivers have usually been more stable. Both of them have great cards for their various price tiers. Good manufacturers include ASUS, BFG, XFX, and EVGA. RAM: Get at LEAST two gigabytes. More if possible. Good manufacturers include G.Skill, Crucial, Mushkin, Patriot, and OCZ.

I just picked up Bioshock 2 to go with my earlier purchase, too. Half off, yeah baby. Oh and you should all add me on Steam: doctor_uncanny

That is an epic way of putting it.

I just got Bioshock for $5. Heck yeah.

Oops, I did a cursory scan of the boards but didn't find that topic. My bad!

So, I just bought Bioshock for $5. Too good of a deal to pass up. A friend of mine was able to get TF2 for $7 a couple days ago, and there have been just a ton of awesome deals so far. Anyone else feel like bragging on their purchases?

Details 'n stuff here. http://flexstylemusic.com/wp/?p=95 Hope y'all enjoy it!

Yeah, so, I just picked it up. Dunno how long this sale is for, but check out Cakewalk.com and go crazy.

I bought it too--love it so far! Only one problem, though, I accidentally bought it in 320k MP3 instead of FLAC like I meant to do. >.>

Site looks really nice, man. And what's this about an original album coming out? DO WANT. The first preview track sounds bomb awesome. EDIT: I'm also having issues navigating the site, same issue as mentioned before. Firefox 3.6.3, Mac OS X 10.6.4. I'll test it on my Windows machine when I get home. Safari 5.0, Chrome 5.0, and Stainless 0.7.5 can all load and navigate the site with no issues. Wasn't able to test Camino, as it was in need of an update and the download was too slow for me to bother with for now. EDIT2: Odd. Issues disappear when the page is reloaded. Got the idea to do so after Safari wouldn't allow me to navigate the site after a few minutes of happily reading about history and future plans. Reloaded there, problem disappeared and all was back to normal. Reloaded the page in FF and got the same result. Odd.

I really want to come, but I'll (hopefully) be in Denver for part of this time. I'm hoping to make it to the last couple days of the meetup, though.

WOO YEAH IT'S DONE! Huzzah! Since I was a very late addition to the project, I don't really even know the half of what went on for the work this project required. Props and kudos to all involved!

This is a screenshot of my typical FL Studio setup. I generally have my arrangement on one side, and the sequencing/plugins/mixer/file browser on the other side. Works quite well for me. I will never go back to single monitors again, if I can help it, there's just so many ways they're useful. Document on one screen, web browser on the other (great for research papers), game on one screen, walkthrough on the other (cough)....actually, I want to eventually have a nice big TV connected to this machine, too, and position it above the two screens I have. Media center FTW. I'll just say that if you have the money and the space available for two monitors, GET THEM. So utterly useful. Edit: and the apple stickers came with my MacBook / Logic Pro 8, not pictured.

yar. I've since sold the condenser microphone sitting on top of one of the speakers and replaced it with a couple of better ones.

FWIW, Jade is fairly easy to reach via Twitter.