Phonetic Hero

Finish all the remix album tracks and other projects I have on my plate by no later than the middle of February Get back into visual art (more pen drawing, get into digital art, and especially learn more about spriting) Submit more than one track to OCR this year (though I guess that put me at 100% acceptance rate in 2012, heh) Original releases (TONS planned) Make it back to Indy this summer (DusK, you better hit up Union Jack with us this time ) Take on at LEAST 10 media composition projects over the course of the year (film, games, promos, etc.; 1 down, 9 to go) Keep shaving more time off my Super Metroid speed run Release something through SNESology KEEP IMPROVING MY MUSIC!! Also, finish building my desktop like, now (not really much *building* left, just have to install an HDD to go with my SSD and put an OS on there) And you know what, I'm gonna get back into playing drum set because I fucking miss it And damn it, let's keep going. I'm sort of expecting to do this regardless of the resolution, but even though I won't be on a university drumline anymore I'm going to keep all my drumline composition and teaching commissions because it's played a huge part of shaping me as a musician, and I don't want to lose touch with those contacts or that aspect of composition

I think the point was that people who don't *own* FL could have a chance to participate in the compo and download the demo version and get in on it if they wanted to. SliceX won't translate to the demo version since it's not included, making it inaccessible for someone who can't shell out the $200 for the producer edition at the moment

Yes. Fear not. Everyone's been busy (or hurricane'd), but things are going to get rolling again soon, one way or the other

I read that as "I'm going down on Grasstown" But, I mean... no, that... that's something else...

Doug, y u no record drums live

This is totally cool, as long as I don't have to download anything and then search for it on my hard drive any time I need to listen again

I seriously don't think you should sell remixes, but whatever

I'd love to be there, but I drove with this dumb bum

Not sure about "free," no one said anything about that

Wait, I'm supposed to be STAFFING THIS?!?!! Oh hell...

Just cause I'm at work and I feel like being a bitch right now, if y'all could upload your WIPs to sites that can play online (tindeck, soundcloud, box.net) rather than sites that make you download to listen (mediafire, certain dropbox links), that'd keep my hard drive from exploding on my prone-to-overheating laptop. kthx <3 EDIT: Also, everybody boo Matt for not being able to come to MAGFest. BOO! BOO THAT MAN! BOOOOOOOOO!!

Wasn't able to get anything finished, sorry guys; shitty week for music for both Ecto and I, and Ben had already gone. My brother is back on leave from his AIT training, and he'll be getting sent off to Korea for 3 years once he finishes the training, so I've been trying to get some good bro time in before he heads off. Nonetheless, I apologize for not being able to get anything done

Ok, so, ah... when are mixes due? I've go another compo I need to write a track for if they're not due tomorrow, and I'm pretty sure ToN is still in Blizzardtown with no power

Hey man, I'm willing to give you as much time as you need, if you're up for it. I was hoping for a good battle between us, though I imagine Darke's running on a schedule as well... sucks that things've been so rough on your end I'm cool with whatever as long as the actual mixing doesn't interfere with MAG

Yeah this, omfg. Great OST. A_Rival KILLED it

Alrighty, probably for the better for me right now anyway... Like I said, I won't be able to get much done for a while, got the GMRB to finish up and a load of other albums to stop procrastinating on Though if you're feeling like you want to collaborate with someone and want to send it my way, feel free

Might not be able to get anything substantial for a little while, but I want . Just wanted to get in before anyone else puts they're grubby paws on itAlso, it's been said a gazillion times before, but not without good cause; grats on the release, Theo

or Crazy Bus

Looks like I'm up this week, hopefully I'll be able to come up with something decent, but I've got the GMRB to finish up this week as well. Fucking Nathan and his stupid studying

Works for me, hopefully we can wrap up before MAG. Sounded like a week would do it for both of us, I know it'd work for me; I'll be home late on the day after Christmas, that'd give me plenty of time to finish up

If anyone needs last-minute rooming, send me a PM; I've got about 10 people staying with me, and I'd welcome about 5 more, haha. CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!

Dustin and I have been talking, and we've both been really busy with stuff. Neither of us were really planning on the competition ending at all, so the round was kind of a shock with little warning. I'm in the middle of about a billion original projects, plus holiday stuff/brothers being in town from army stuff/other family stuff, and I know ToN's been really busy + sick all week. Any way we can get an extension to ensure quality work on both our parts?

Amazing concept and idea, and the album TOTALLY lives up to all the hype it got and deserved. Glad to see you finally getting some recognition, your music is always an inspiration <3

Awesome, I use FL10 as well, so I can be kind of, sort of helpful If you're looking for actual chiptune synths (as opposed to "chiptune styled", which can be quite different), I have a couple of suggestions: first is magical8bit. It's free, and all the waveforms are sampled directly from the NES, plus you get an easy to use amplitude envelope. The other resource I use quite often is Adventure Kid Waveforms. These are again sampled directly from the NES, and aside from the fantastic 8 bit waveforms, there's a plethora of other great waveforms you can plug in to the 3x Osc (which is how I did a ton of my synthesis for a while), or Toxic Biohazard (how I do the bulk of my synthesis now), or Harmless, or Sytrus, or... you get the idea, FL/Image-Line have a VERY wide selection of hugely customizable synths to choose from. So, drums. They sound pushed pretty far back into the soundscape. I think they could be brought up further without detracting from the rest of it fairly easily. How are you with EQ and compression? Also, drum selection is going to be important.. I think in this case, a kick with some more bite (meaning more audible attack, and more in the higher freqs as opposed to just lows) would be more appropriate, and the snare could use some more punch (meaning a bit more in the low freqs; most snares typically have a sweet spot somewhere in the 300-650 hz range, which should be pretty easy to see if you slap a "Fruity Parametric EQ 2" on there). My drum chain usually looks like this: Fruity Parametric EQ 2 Compression (I HIGHLY recommend BLOCKFISH, which is part of the Fish Filet Series you can get for free here) Fruity Blood Overdrive (just default on the OD does the trick to fatten up the freq spectrum a bit) I'll delve just a bit into the other instrumentation, but I think I've given you enough to chew on for a bit. The square arp reminds me of the GM squarewave that Finale uses (which I have a love/hate relationship with, the instruments being under the "hate" category), and so I personally don't like it. I'd go with a delayed pluck square (which you can make in m8b really easily; low sustain, no attack, tiny bit of decay), and then for the held notes, plug a 3x Osc into the same mixer track with the Adventure Kid sampled NES squarewave. This way, the two will sound cohesive together, but they'll have a distinct characteristic. The bass instrument could be brought forward as well without affecting other stuff much, you can look at the EQing on the low frequencies (although it does help it cut if there's a bit in the highs) As I'm listening through again, I think the mixing could be more carefully handled as well. Everything seems to be kinda fighting for my attention, and I'm not sure what you WANT me to be paying attention to. Things like lower volume + stereo separation on arps will make sure they're still heard without fighting other stuff for attention (I'd also recommend some reverb and slight delay for fuller saturation). Just listen to what you think should be up front and what doesn't NEED to be consciously heard. Bring things up and push things back as needed, and this'll be sounding a ton better in no time. I really like all your interpretations, and I'd like to see this pushed further! Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions. Good luck