Phonetic Hero

ZOMFG SOMEONE GOT MY REFERENCE!! I'm unspeakably happy right now. Sigs AND a great sense of humor?! You're quite the dame, Rexosaur

This. Is. The. Coolest. Thing. I. Have. Ever. Seen. And also relevant. It's now my desktop background. It's also huge, so I'm posting a link instead of the image itself Fucking COOL

Yeah, it was already covered that you won't learn it in a couple weeks, and I'm here to back that up. But "taking the plunge" is exactly what I did with FL, and going from a lesser program to a better DAW is always going to be time consuming, as far as learning goes. I only had Finale until May actually... so anything you hear from me is approximately 6 months of progress, and as far as I'm concerned I'm still a newb. Or at least not as good as I'd like to be. There's ALWAYS new shit to learn; that's the important thing to keep in mind with music (software). But anyway, the moral of the story is TAKE THE PLUNGE! It'll most likely be worth it

I just wanna take a sec and say I'm really enjoying this compo, everyone involved is 100% awesome, and the pressure is pushing me to write cool shit. So thanks everyone, I'm having a blast mixing! pH

Now that we've got things figgerred out, let the trash talking commence: CHARGE MAN GONNA RUN A TRAIN ON YA'LL BISCUIT HEADS!!

GROSSBEAT PRESET!! Heard it from the first time I listened... it might even be one of the reasons I like this track so much. Or maybe it's that I have huge respect for zircon. Either way, this is awesome. This and "The Clubbing of Isaac" by BGC inspired me to try out some dubstep elements myself, even though historically I've been VERY against the genre. Kudos to the both of you for expanding my musical repertoire, and for being so damn awesome pH

I actually remember this, and I think I commented... and yeah, that dude came off pretty harsh. Underneath I think he was trying to help, but in maybe not the greatest way. But seriously dude, the WIP forums are fantastic. I've learned SO much from everyone. To give you some perspective, I've only been working with FL Studio for like, not even 6 months, so pretty much EVERYTHING I've learned about production was from people in the WIP forums (still not great at it, but it's coming... be dilligent!) after fumbling through the steps (and probably missing a few along the way) of teaching myself how to sequence, integrate effects, deal with the mixer, etc. It's a lot to absorb, but if you really have a desire to get better, it can be done with some focus and good old fashioned brain exercise. Classical training (music theory and stuff like that) helps a lot too, if you have access to it

Unless Rozo usurps power, I'll be mixing this week. SO XCVULIGNSEFOINUSDVCLNKJXZNEDRFGLIUNSDVGING EXCITED!!111!! Normally I don't like remixing stuff that already gets a lot of attention, but hot damn, Charge Man and Wily make quite the gay couple

Yaaaayyyy more MM8!!

Slight update: now with crunchier bass! Also layered some of the drums for some additional punch... I'm getting increasingly unhappy with how the snare is reacting with the bass though, what with the weird cutoff at times. I might just up the pitch and see if it cuts any better; if not, I'll probably just end up replacing the whole damn drum. If anyone has any thoughts, I'd be glad to hear 'em pH

I tried analyzing the stupid thing once, it's like the beginning has no standard key; or 100. Either way, that thing pissed me off. I was writing a Mega Man 8 marching show (of which the opener is finished, and contains Metal Heroes, Frost Man, and the opening stage, in that order ) and analyzed all the tunes and wrote out all the keys to see what would fit with what... I ended up leaving Search Man blank Sword Man's another tough one; modulation city. Still one of my favorite themes though Also wrote a Super Metroid marching opener

DOOOOOOOOOO on one of your weeks off!! Sounds sufficiently badass to me

Pretty sweet! I'd have to echo everything Mody said. What libraries are you using for your orchestral stuff?

I was actually really surprised ANYBODY picked Search Man; it's a pretty complex theme. Not that I didn't think anyone could do it, it's just a rough one to analyze. That and Cold Man... And both were picked. Both great themes, but pretty complex in nature. Good luck, fellas. At least one of you has bourbon on their side

Yeah, this one's probably one of my least favorite originals now... It needs a lot more development. Revisitation for polishing seems to be a trend for me, so I suppose I'll keep it going Needs more chord work too... damn, those chords are frigging BORING. Some good hooks in there, just need to expand on the thing more...

The snare "roll" was more a sliced thing, sort of supposed to sound like one note just got stuck and repeated. And I guess the kick is pretty heavy in the highs, I'll have to revisit it. It's probably that most of the time I just EQ the drums all together so I don't have to split tracks for my glitch plug-in, but I guess I can stop being so lazy if it's for the best... Glad you dig the melodies, that's the most important thing in writing for me I do like my thick soundscapes... I also have a soft spot for phased and flanged sounds, if you didn't pick up on that haha I used a lot of triple oscilators, but yeah, when I'm not using those, I end up using a few presets on poizone or something (pretty much the only synth plug-in I've bought, since I'm so damn poor). I try to tweak the hell out of them though, because I do feel like I'm cheating or something when I just use a preset straight up. I'll have to go back and revamp the dub basses too... like I said, I'm not a huge dubstep fan, so I don't have a whole lot to go off of, inspiration-wise. Good thing that halc fellow put out a sexy new chipstep album Glad you dug all the melodies; no guitar background on me though. As far as performance goes, I'm a percussionist. But really, more of a drummer... I can play percussion instruments, and not TOO badly, but nothing gets me going than playing a good drum segment. And not even so much drumset anymore (haven't played in about 2 years...), but more drumline, which is even nerdier. djp would be proud. However, when it comes to writing, nothing is more important to me than a good melody. Glad it's coming through I'd be pretty grateful if you wanted to crit more on production when you have time, that seems to be my weak point at the moment. Sorry for the novel of a reply, I await further feedback from any and all who are brave enough/up to the task of listening to my tunes EDIT: Also, I'm gonna have to name a piece "Hellody." I will. And SuperiorX! Didn't even see that you commented at first. Glad you like it, for the most part. The pad you're hearing at 1:10 etc. was used to create some dissonant tension, it seemed to me like it'd be pretty fitting for the section. Probably won't be changing it unless I hear a lot more about it. I'll definitely have to revist the EQing, and in a lot more places that I thought. I'll probably still gradually drop the volume on the end just slightly, so that it's not a crescendo effect, just adding distortion. Or maybe I'll start the gated bass softer, and still bring it up. Idk, this one needs more work, obviously One of my buddies, who's listened to a lot of dubstep, had some more ideas on the dub bass and sections where the drums could fit better. He doesn't really write, but I'm going to make him start over winter break, and get an OCR account Thanks again everyone, if you've got more for me, keep it comin'!

I'll be able to get more publicity if I can post about it in the community thread, and only posted mixers can bump themselves there

I said it already, but worth mentioning here too, NOT DONE YET!! It should be finished up pretty soon. Glad you liked the combination of orchestral and electro, it's one of my favorite styles, as you saw with Mayan Malfunction Watch for the EP! pH

Hey, I'm cool with that Thanks man, glad you dig 'em!! Pretty much all the tracks I've posted here will be on the EP I'll be dropping, basically whenever OCR decides to post me. I've got more work to do with "Resolute," I've gained a lot of knowledge since I put it up... Reflections and Exit Strat are my favorites so far, but I've got piano skeletons for the rest of Insanity Suite, and Movements II and IV are gonna be all kindsa crazy; they won't be on the EP though, you'll have to wait for the album pH EIDT: OH, and Reflections isn't done yet. More to come on that in the near future

Thanks! Yeah, I really biffed production during the last section with some EQ'ing, and need to lower the volume on the gradual distortion adding even farther than it already is. I blew it (for the second time in this thread) Apologies, I'll fix it tonight, I promise pH

Son of a fuck, you got me. IDIOT I'll change the damn OP, dammit... Also, way to go out on a fantastic punzy. I lol'd

This is basically an experiment in merging several different styles together, and adding in my weirdo syncopation heavy drum sequencing style. Actually took the time to figure out dubstep bass, and it's every bit as easy as I assumed... and I'm actually not a big fan of mainstream dubstep. However, BGC's "The Clubbing of Isaac" and zircon's "Ashes to Ashes" inspired me to try tasteful addition of wobble bass, since they proved that it CAN be done without overwhelming a track (suck on that, Skrillex...) Anyway, enjoy, download, and gimme feedbax!! Exit Strategy pH

You're music makes me too damn happy, knock it off. Dig it, 'specially the chippercussion towards the (current) end

Seriously!! Idk what the hell you mean "I wish he'd done something else with his time"... something's seriously wrong with you if you don't enjoy the genius of that remix. It's a source that lasts about 5 seconds in total, then modulates and repeats; molding into something of that listening caliber is quite the task. SUCH a good mix, and you're saying you'd rather it didn't even come into existence?!