Geoffrey Taucer   Members

You guys need to choose a date and set it in stone quickly, or I won't be able to make it. I'll be flying home, and plane tickets are more expensive the longer you wait.

I vote thursday.

wtf? I already told you I can't go. Oh yeah. Forgot. That sucks.

That works. It's more or less what we did last year. btw, you bringing your accordion?

I didn't realize this thread still existed. Updated my list

So do we have a more specific time and place for a meetup, or are we just sort of assuming that we'll all run into each other during the course of the convention?

Actually, I didn't mind the walking at all.

And with a high-quality version of the nintendo world video! Damn, listen to that music!

Any soundcard that needs a diagram like this thing below to show how awesome it is is most definitely crappy or has its marketing team on IV shrooms. Besides, it shows CD and MP3 audio - guess people don't play MIDIs anymore or equate their presence on a Geocities webpage with "crap" anyway, so they don't care for the sound . But seriously - no, I don't see any SoundCanvas thingies getting built in there. No benefits for existing users and it adds to the price without having any advantages. You're right in thinking that, but! 88-key controllers usually have piano-style keys - e.g solid ones, with weight, and sometimes something called "hammer action", and sometimes something called "graded hammer action". The weight means you'll need more strength to put the key down to the bottom (this differs per model). The hammer action means that when you do this, it "feels" more like playing a real piano because the hammer on a grand or upright gives a slight kickback to the key - when it hits the string. "Graded" means that higher keys are lighter and lower keys are heavier. All depends on the budget you're willing to spend on a controller, and if you personally even like the action on a piano. Some are heavy, some are light-weight; all a matter of preference. Velocity sensitivity is almost universal in keyboards, except maybe those with the mini-keys. When you press down the key it sends a MIDI NoteOn signal. When you release the key it sends a MIDI NoteOff signal. The "bar" you see in the piano roll is the time between those two signals. That's also why you sometimes see a PANIC button; if the NoteOff is never sent the synth just keeps playing, and PANIC forces a NoteOff to everything. Just make sure your first mix is not an mp3 of a recorded MIDI file with just a reverb effect thrown over it. Other than that, have a ball . Eh, that's just advertising. Every company does stupid shit like that. Give an X-fi a try, though, and you'll see. I'm not tech savvy enough to throw numbers and specs at you, but it's one of the top choices of gaming nerds and audiophiles (think www.overclock.net and forums like those), so I don't think that many people could be wrong. That product claims to do something which is, straight up, not possible. It fakes it with creative EQ and perhaps aural excitation, but the claims they are making about it are flat out not possible. I think it's safe to say that it's crap. Perhaps, from a listener/consumer standpoint, it's not all bad, but as a producer, it's completely useless, and introduces bias to how you monitor your mixes. You should never monitor your work on an "enhanced" system, you should monitor on as flat and transparent a system as possible.

I guess you can put me down as a definite. Still need to figure out my plans for getting home, though.

This is another one of those mixes that gets more and more awesome with every listen. Damn those vocals are great.

Depending on how much else I have on my plate, that's a definite maybe.

Oh fuck yes. Only problem is everybody would fight over who gets to remix the main theme.

What exactly is your budget? That would help us a lot. When you say "cheap" do you mean $100 or less? $500 or less? $1000 or less?

Pocketman, your sig is too big.

Just click on the performer's name, and it will bring up a more detailed page, which will include contact info if they've entered it.

Ok, there seems to be HUGE interest in this. I already have people IMing me at least two or three times a day asking about it, and I've already gotten e-mails from people wishing to submit audition tracks. So just to reiterate: YES, THIS PROJECT WILL HAPPEN. I will start an official project thread and start compiling a list of mixers as soon as the FF7 project is done. Also, before we even start, I'm claiming Mineshaft Meloncholy. EDIT: GAH! I'M GETTING WAY TOO MANY E-MAILS/AIMS ABOUT THIS! I appreciate your enthusiasm, everybody, and it's really encouraging, but please calm down. The project has not started yet and will not start until the FF7 project is done. I am not accepting auditions nor am I allowing people to claim tracks yet (with a few exceptions). Again, nothing against those who have already claimed tracks or sent me auditions; your claims still stand, and to those of you whose auditions I have already accepted, you are still in. BUT PLEASE, NO MORE AUDITION TRACKS OR CLAIMS UNTIL I START A NEW TOPIC. At that point, you will be free to let loose with a barrage of e-mails and AIMs.

No, it's a link to

Actually, I should cancel my claim on "Emotions." I already have more works in progress than I can handle, most of them for projects.

Main page doesn't update according to most recent posts, only according to mort recently started topic. Is this intentional?

That and emotions are basically the same song. I'll tentatively call Emotions/Stars of Tears

Two things. 1) You should wait 2) If you don't have some serious Mitsuda love, I will hunt you down and murder you with a spatula

Whoah. That's all that needs to be said. But I'll say more anyway. This is a serious top-notch mix, and the vocals are especially great.

Odds are there will pretty much always be a shitload of projects in the works. Now is as good a time as any. Or, well, as soon as the FF7 project is done. I already have plenty of remixers interested.

So who's who in those pics?