Beatdrop

Absolutely amazing. Reminds me of Nightmares on Wax or Layo & Bushwacka! Great stuff. As DJP's write-up says, it's absolutely amazing what QuinnFox did to the original tunes to convert them into this stylized piece of jazzy downtempo here. "Theme for Counterattack" in particular had a 3/4 time signature and was really fast and crazy, while "Mass of Cloud" was really slow, ambient, and was in 4/4. Yet he took both tracks and merged them into a cohesive, awesome remix. And yeah, this soundtrack definitely is a bitch to remix. I've tried a number of times, myself, and I still intend to tackle Defense Line / Raid! at some point.

Have they? Oh well, still information that hasn't been included in this thread

Here it is, folks. The entire list of new features. Pulled straight out of the FL6 Manual, which has already been made available: FL Engine/Interface New minimalist look. New menu system. New 'one-click recording' option for new users in the Tools Menu. Edited events are now stored in a most recently used list in the Browser>Current project>Automation>Pattern 1,2...N. Drag/drop now works on detached playlist. Left-click and drag from most wave-displays to the channel window or other plugins is now possible. Speed improvements. Knob animation is now smoother (better anti-aliasing for those who can notice). Misc little enhancements: middle mouse button opens items in browser, mouse wheel works in some new places, etc. Added support for more hardware controllers including sustain pedals. Device List. Ultrasmooth visual feedback now off by default and sets a higher smoothness, and also now applies to fruity plugins (F10 > General Settings). Support for multimedia keyboards (play/pause/stop/prev/next/browser keys, etc) - These will start/stop/pause FL Studio etc. Default sample loading change: long audio files are not kept on disk by default anymore. LAME DLL (MP3 codec) now loaded dynamically (to avoid problems when FL is used as a plugin). Added auto-map all ASIO inputs (just like outputs), to monitor all inputs. New 'Link all parameters' dialog that allows you to step through all automatable parameters and link them to hardware controllers (See the Wrapper and Mixer menus). New Plugins Instrument: Direct Wave - Advanced Sampler plugin. Generator: Fruity Envelope Controller - Automation plugin. FX: EQUO - Automatable equalizer plugin. FX: Fruity Delay Bank - Advanced Delay/Filter plugin. FX: Fruity Multiband Compressor - Variable 3 Band Compressor. FX: Fruity Reeverb 2 - Enhanced reverb plugin. FX: Fruity Squeeze - Distortion/Bit-reduction plugin. Visualization: Chrome - Video synthesizer, controlled from the Piano Roll. Sytrus Sytrus: arpeggiator function now built into envelopes, audio file to envelope analyzer, envelope vertical flipping. Sytrus: can now drag/drop single-cycle shapes onto harmonics editor, or channel button. Sytrus: waveforms can now be saved to (32bit) WAV files. Sytrus: enhanced waveform editing tools. Sytrus: added 4 new filter types. Sytrus: can now lock harmonics individually. Sytrus: can now drag waveforms (click big waveform or ctrl+click small one) onto other synthesizers. Piano Roll All control/automation events can now be edited in the Piano Roll, see item 4 - Target Control. Piano roll now offers 16 note colors (that can act as separate MIDI channels). New scale-detecting helper in piano roll (check hint bar when on). Piano roll helpers also mark notes that have names (useful with Fruity Slicer). Alt+click in piano roll/playlist/event editor bypasses the current snap (very handy). Shift+left/right or Alt+left/right shifts (nudges) selected notes in piano roll/playlist. Ctrl+mouse wheel to center-zoom at the mouse position in event editors, piano roll & playlist. Can now edit note properties to change a note into a slide. Double-right-click piano roll & playlist brings the options menu. New note helper mode (Piano Roll menu) - display note length in the 'Note Properties' view. Note properties (velocity, panning, filter-cutoff etc) can be adjusted by mouse wheel. ( Alt+Mouse Wheel) Hold the cursor over a note (upper Piano Roll), press Alt and move the mouse wheel. Horizontal note position can be adjusted by mouse wheel. ( Shift+Mouse Wheel) Hold the cursor over a note (upper Piano Roll), press Shift and move the mouse wheel. Note start time can be adjusted independent of note end. Select the CapsLock key, left-click the note on the left edge and move your mouse. Play List Patterns may now be sliced. Live mode: song relocation is bar-synchronized. Keypad - Alt+/* and Ctrl+Alt+/* to jump to/select next/previous song markers. MIDI controller keyboard notes can now be used to jump between time-markers during playback (F10, MIDI settings). Playlist pattern lane gets a popup menu, and selected patterns can be renamed all at once. Added option to split (explode) a pattern by channel. Shift+piano roll/playlist cut tool now selects a column. Alt+click in piano roll/playlist/event editor bypasses the current snap (very handy). Shift+left/right or Alt+left/right shifts (nudges) selected notes in piano roll/playlist. Ctrl+mouse wheel to center-zoom at the mouse position in event editors, piano roll & playlist. Shift+mouse wheel to scroll playlist, shift+right click for playback tool in piano roll, and various similar little enhancements. Double-right-click piano roll & playlist brings the options menu. Mixer Revamped Mixer with enhanced free track routing (all tracks can now be sends). Plugin Delay Compensation (PDC). The new mixer has sample-accurate, per-track, PDC. Browser Browser revamped visually, with various enhancements. Browser smart search feature, allowing searches for things like 'sytrus', 'simsynth' or 'bongo'. Browser updated to remember its last state, visual drag/drop. Snapshot open-states can now be saved in one of 4 slots. Auto mode will open the directory to the presets/samples/files associated with the object in focus in FL Studio. If files already exist, dropping them on the browser will open the directory where they reside. Browser now monitors FL's data folder to refresh itself. Browser can show all file types and extensions. MIDI Multiple MIDI input devices are now accepted. MIDI clock sync can now be sent to multiple MIDI devices. Added CC standard names to popup in MIDI remote control box. Support for MIDI hold & sostenuto with result directly in piano roll. Can now jump to song markers using MIDI input, and create them on the fly. Wrappers publish 128 extra parameters for CC's, so that you can control a VSTi without using a MIDI out channel in most cases. FL can now send MTC as well as MIDI clock for output synchronization. Option to save audio & MIDI clipboard data to files (see tools menu). Changes and Additions Can now drag individual slices from the Fruity Slicer onto channels (or the explorer), and copy them to the Windows audio clipboard. Better support for the Korg MS20 controller: cable in/out are mapped to CC to work as switches. Enhancement for tablet PC's: most forms states are saved per screen resolution (handy when switching from landscape to portrait mode). Enhancement for tablet PC's: stylus mode that allows easier tweaking of knobs as well as several little usability improvements for pencil use. App includes a 128x128 icon size for application bars (ObjectDock, etc). "Typing kb to piano" feature now works from the browser window as well (accel chars now only work in the tree when the feature is off). Improved stability/safety for ASIO devices. Less flicker when resizing some windows (unless detached). Some VERY exciting things have been added. I can't fuckin' wait.

Some more info hot off the press: An e-mail was just sent out by Image-Line notifying FL users of the imminent release of FL6. The FL Studio website was also updated with new tutorials/previews for FL6. Check it out here: http://www.flstudio.com Also, here are some more screenshots: The new mixer (linked because it's frickin' huge) http://www.paletteswap.com/beatdrop/New60Mixer.jpg Delay Bank - Appears to be a multi-tap delay plugin with some extra sweet functions Reverb 2 - Speaks for itself FPC 2 - Now includes envelope control and two banks of pads instead of one Also, the new graphic EQ plugin allows you to store individual EQ settings into 8 different banks, and then morph between them, allowing you to make drastic EQ changes with the automation of a single knob. Any single band in the EQ can also be sent to any FX track in the mixer. As for Delay Bank, it has a whole bunch of features that are bound to make some really sweet sounds. It has two filters built into it, one on the signal and one on the feedback of the delay. Both contain all the standard filter types (LP, BP, etc.) and both have three different slopes (which I'm assuming are 12db, 24db, and 36db). It also has a Grainulizer built into it, to allow chopping of the feedback. All of the delays being run by the Delay Bank can be used parallel or serial to each other (in other words, independently or with one delay feeding into the next). More news to follow as it is made available.

No, I strongly doubt that. FL's MIDI functionality isn't that complex. Shit, MIDI isn't that complex. Since the actual audio coming out of the synthesizer and the MIDI data it's receiving/sending are completely seperate, there's no way FL would know to send note data, receive an audio signal, record and mix it in with all software-created audio, and render the whole thing. Using the MIDI Out to have it playback a sequence, recording that, and then dropping it in as an audio clip or a sample is pretty much the only way to do it unless you're working with a synthesizer that has USB functionality. And the JP8000/8080 doesn't have that.

Some software compressors have as few as two or three knobs. The only knobs you really need on the thing are ones for Ratio, Threshold, and Gain.

Okay, cool. I have some ideas.

WIP, potentially finished: http://www.paletteswap.com/beatdrop/Remixes/bd-ssf2-feilong.mp3

Uhhhhh, yeah. It's called Fruity Compressor...

FL's default selection of effects processing units is very substantial. As has been mentioned, the Parametric EQ is superb. zircon is also 100% correct in his statement about not needing to put an EQ on the master track. The only reason you would need to is for rolling off frequencies below 20 hertz, above 18-20 kilohertz, and to balance out broad ranges of mid frequencies or increase whole ranges of frequencies in general. All specific EQing should be done to each individual instrument, and I strongly suggest using a Parametric EQ on every single FX track. It can certainly add to CPU usage, but it's very crucial to getting the acclaimed "professional" sound. EQ aside, FL has a fantastic array of effects processors. Flangus is pretty much the only chorus/unison plugin you need, Fast Dist is great for dirtying up a sound (while Blood Overdrive will chew it up and spit it back out), Delay 2 can function both as a multi-tap and a tape delay (without all the added bells and whistles), Reverb is quality and more versatile than a lot of other reverb plugins out there, and there are even more specialized plugins currently in beta and on their way.

It's so nice to see one of my songs up on OCR again. Thanks everyone so much for your comments. This one was a long time in the making, and has been a song I've planned on remixing since I first discovered video game music remixing so long ago. I personally feel I did it justice, but I leave that up to you all to decide for yourselves Enjoy!

With classic KMFDM lyrics in your signature, I'd expect nothing less.

I don't know how (or why) my song spawned (I'm awful with puns right now) a discussion on the relation between industry and sex, but I'm rather frightened.

Beatdrop, your music always kicks. 'Specially love that Sonic 2 Strip Mine mix, but Reprocessed has made its way to my new car mix already. Most excellent. Makes me happy to hear that coming from one of the people whose involvement in this project has been viewed as resulting in one of the best songs available from it. Be on the look-out for my new Sonic & Knuckle remix, to be posted soon! </shamelessplug>

Awesome! Glad to hear there were some people that liked my song, especially people that were involved with the project.

Means a lot to see you make that one of 19 posts you've made on these forums. Thanks for your comments, Bart

So... does having met me make my track BETTER or WORSE? (And I ask because I haven't seen anything said about it yet except from one of the guys on DoomWorld who said he pretty much hated everything except it... which is either an insult or a blessing. I'm not really sure.)

Between the two of you, I'm entirely sure that's probable. Thanks for your comments And here I was worried the percussion was the weakest part of the song.

Just thought I'd let you guys know that I actually finished that Flying Battery Zone remix I was working on. It came considerably sooner than expected (AND THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID! HAW HAW HAW!!!). Submitted it to OCR earlier today: http://www.paletteswap.com/beatdrop/Remixes/Beatdrop%20-%20Sonic%20&%20Knuckles%20-%20Catapult.mp3 Enjoy.

Understood; apology accepted. Wasn't blaming you for it or anything, it's just a matter of how it was interpreted by others. Er, uh, I guess I'll take that as a retraction of your "elitest prick" statement. ... EDIT: Oh, and good luck with the remainder of the project, everyone.

December 28th, 2005. I'm a Cryptologic Technician (Collective), or CTR. I'm hoping for a CTI position to open up before then, which is the Interpretive aspect of Cryptology. In the meantime, I'm working for Amazon.com. Go me.

Whoa, holy jesus. I missed the part where I was being called stubborn and an elitist prick. What Snapple Man failed to mention is the main reason I saw it fit to just drop out of this project entirely. I currently have so many things to do, musically and otherwise, that I didn't see any reason to bother competing with someone over a song when the end result could have been that I wasted my time on something with relatively low importance. As it stands, I'm working a full-time job; I'm in the Delayed Entry Program for the U.S. Navy; I'm working on music for an arcade game; I have TWO albums in the works, one of which is two discs; I'm trying to come up with a rock-solid remix to make my long-overdue reappearance on OCR; and all the while I'm also trying to fit in time to have something that remotely resembles a social life. So from where I was standing, it seemed like a much better time to devote my time to things that I KNEW would make a difference in some manner. I'm still going to finish the remix, I'm just not doing it for this project. And even then, it'll still be months before I have it completed. I'm confident that Hatchet will turn out something great in my stead, especially without having to worry about me competing with him. So there you have it.

Agreed. Yeah, I goofed on this one for some reason. Sorry 'bout that. I have no idea why I made the mistake. Simfiles probably aren't sorted properly.

Evil, evil font... And evil outer glow, too! So to sum up: if it wasn't for the text and evil jaggies around the edge of the the image of Kirby, it'd be a good picture.

OKAY, so uh, my computer kind of ate itself last Wednesday. I was carrying it down the steps to my porch to bring it to my parents' place over spring break, and I slipped on the ice, landed on the bottom step on my tailbone, and the computer landed on my chest and broke a couple ribs. Later found out that this fried my videocard. Soooooo... I think what I'm going to try to do is get FL Studio installed on my new machine (the one I'm using right now) and then pull the song file off of my other hard drive to finish it up. Sorry for the delay