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DirectWave, which is an optional plugin that can be used with FL (costs money), MIGHT be able to load Akai. Not sure though. I doubt they'll implement Akai conversion functionality when there are already utilities that do it.
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No, Akai is a CD format. It's not just like an encoded WAV file.
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Wicka-wicka-what's up, all! It's time for..
VGDJ Episode 039, now available at WWW.VGDJ.NET!
Aaand it's a new month, which means you'd best be votin' for us at podcastalley. Thanks!
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Zoola; Kontakt 2 loads anything. You don't even need a converter, because it comes built in with one.
What about Roland Samples? Is there something special about them or will I be able to use 'em in FLStudio?No, you will need something like CDXtract to convert them to something else. FLStudio loads very few sample formats.
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I saved up a lot of money working summers in high school, I make a little money from my original music, and do some freelance stuff on the side.
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You'd need to get a utility like CDXtract, which converts Akai to other formats, such as Soundfont. This is what I did with my own Akai CDs.
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http://www.soundsonline.com/clearance.shtml
I barely even need to say anything here. I actually HAVE a few of those CDs that the price was dropped 80-90%. I plan on buying at least a bunch of things from that list.
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Just apply the compression to one particular track. However if your bass guitar and kick are muddying up eachother that's something you need to address either by (1) EQing them separately, (2) changing samples used, or (3) changing the mic/mic position for the recording itself if its a live performance.
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WoW avatars? I'm all over that. Dunno what the HELL Larry is talking about though, none of them looked blurry at all. Learn 2 Use Eyes.
LT: Yeah, they do. Fix your eyes, then fix your ears and judge some submissions.
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Indeed, we're well underway.
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I will second the feral druid in end-game raiding situation. We currently have two feral druids with one of them being Rank 13 and they totally rock especially on the Nefarian encounter. They can sit back and intercept Draknoids that leak out and also shift into cat form for some extra dps. Also the +crit aura is a big favorite with the rogues!
Zircon - Been hearing a lot about Ironweave and Vhell wears a couple pieces as well. We need to get back onto test so we can fight again as I want to bring that rank 13 druid in our guild. Also need to find a less laggy area to duel in.
Alright, sounds good. Yeah I desperately want Ironweave; if I can get the four pieces I want, with the appropriate enchants, I'll be sitting at about ~1800 unbuffed armor and ~4.1k unbuffed HP. Maybe a little more if I can get a Smoking Heart of the Mountain. That's over 500 armor and 300 hp than I have now. However lately I've been doing PVE hardcore to get various healing items; lately I've acquired the Handguards of Transcendence, Rejuvinating Gem, Bindings of Transcendence, and the Shroud of Pure Thought. I even picked up a Band of Dark Dominion for when I go back to shadow. Built-up DKP ftw.
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Exactly; the producer is the one who has creative control over the execution of the song.
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Ok, but basically what I'm getting at here is that audio ENGINEERING is the very technical side of things. It's not really the production end - which sounds exactly like what you're describing. Audio engineering involves things like proper mic placement, wiring different devices correctly, syncing multiple devices, adding transparent EQ/compression to a track, managing tape machines, that sort of thing. All important skills in the pro audio world of course but not quite what you described. I could be wrong.
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Well.. lemme ask you this first; what do you think audio engineering involves? And why do you want to do it?
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I commented on this in the wip forum but let me summarize my thoughts here from a different perspective.
You definitely have some good ideas here in terms of arrangement, and the basic groove elements are done. However, after listening to the original a bunch of times, I think the arrangement is probably a little too liberal. There's not much of a connection to the original outside of the general progression. I think you could tighten up some of your arrangement ideas and condense them so the original tune is more easily recognizable. I liked the section in the middle (starting from right before the piano part) - after that, though, it goes back to the same sort of thing as the first section. You need more variation in the texture and the sounds being used. Finally the ending is also a cop-out. Come on! Give it a real resolution.
In terms of production I would say that the main drumline isn't bad in terms of the kick + snare, but it needs more elements to be filled out. The hat sounds are really weak imo and sound out of place. See if you can get a more cohesive groove going there. Also the synth design is generally nice but you could do to have more pad/harmony synths and less acid-y, upfront synths. Overall, the execution of this mix was definitely solid for the most part, don't get me wrong, but it could use a bit more polish.
Anyway, this has some potential so I would recommend you keep working on it and resub. Good luck!
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My guild, Shadowlords, currently is very interesting. We are the biggest guild on the server so we have a VERY wide range of players - we also have a sub-guild called Shadowtwinks where we have most of our alts and lower level players.
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I don't think it's really even being contested. Taking a rip and adding your own stuff under it is just not what this site is about any moreso than the Black Lodge remix is. Basically this was one of our criteria when considering mixes; if you took out all the directly sampled material, what would you be left with? In this case, basically nothing.
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My guild has room for anyone. We're cool like that.
Population? It's Medium. As Horde, you will rarely see a queue longer than 1m. If it's 5m, it's a "broken queue" and 15m is considered "ridiculous". All afternoon my queues have been within 10 seconds, just as a reference. Never had login queues.. ever.
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Yeah I dunno what kind of shitty guilds you guys are in. We've got at least 2 Feral druids right now in my guild and they're very nice to have, especially for PVP (best WSG flag runners in the game).
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You'd be surprised. Lots of people play Priests, Shamans, and Paladins. Given that Priests can spec Shadow and do uber dps, and Druids *can* feasibly go Moonkin or Feral, I'd say WoW allows for more flexibility than any other MMORPG of its kind.
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Never heard of it.
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Well, Long Island is an entirely different story! You guys have your own accent different than other parts of NY.
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I started my first ReMix when I was 15, in late December 2002, finished it in early 2003. Prior I had never touched any digital music software, or wrote anything at all, though I did play the piano.
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HALLELUJAH! Sample lovers, it's a dream come true!
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Steve Smith Rhythmic Journey has a serviceable set of oneshots of different velocities. That is more or less what I use when I just need good acoustic drums. It also has a lot of premade acoustic loops (primarily rock/pop) which is nice if you don't have any ideas. Clearmountain II has some very cool samples but the formatting is bad (it's audio TRACKS so you have to manually slice everything). If you're willing to do some extra work though you'll find some good material. That's all I have from that list.