Karrde

Oh man, this absolutely rocks my world. It's a rare event for me to post a review at all too I think everyone's really hit the nail on the head with this. You'd think you were listening to Flogging Molly or some Irish folk band. The lyrics are absolutely genius. The percussion is dead on from what I've heard of music like this (and I know a few local groups who play in this style). The hollow sounding drum in the background sounds perfect. I know exactly what instrument it is/is supposed to be. I can envision actually seeing it being played. The flutes and strings are great. I think where you really shine the most is the singing. You got the main vocals and backups down pat. Also the way you kinda barge through a lot of the lyrics without pause. The only part that's kinda harsh on the ears is the chanting section, but if that were any cleaner it totally wouldn't work. All in all, I think you've got a solid mix here in anyway. Sounds VERY professional. That said, I'm gonna have to agree with everyone else: Too short, give us moooooore! Looking forward to future releases. -Karrde-

Yeah I know, but I don't wanna waste anyone's time since whatever I made prolly wouldn't be releaseable quality anyway. I just like to mess around now and again.

Tch. Well, honstely, I figured as much. Sad thing is that my brother is actually quite good at guitar, save for the fact that he couldn't play metal to save his life Maybe I should just try for an industrial sound then since I'm not doing this for any ohter reason than because I feel like it

Metal, metal, metal. Basically, I'm looking into bothering to actually mess around with FL again since I actually came up with a decent idea at work today. But I don't have any soundfonts that would match up except for a so so drum kit. Basically, I'm looking to emulate a very metal sound. Think something along the lines of Black Metal, Death Metal, Goth Metal (though I suppose one could argue the legitimacy of labelling this as a sub genre of metal). Anyway, here's what I really need in terms of SFs or even VSTs: Lead Guitars Basses Metal Drum Kit (something that'd have something nice for a machine gun bass drum sound if you know what that is - IRL it'd be dual basses and someone going ape shit on them ;P) Maybe some good electric/industrial SFs and Sound Effects Anyway, I'm sure this type of question's come up before, but I couldn't seem to find what I needed in the search function. -Karrde-

One shot simple question. Can FL handle soundfonts in any other format than .SF2? Specifically I'm dealing with .SFPACK and like one other which I like already deleted. But I think the main point stands. -Karrde-

Gharde = mind reader. Exactly my thoughts about the relation. Before I even read any of the posts it did really remind me of certain aspects of Sakura Drops.

First off, no reason to complain about the use of japanese lyrics for the sake of japanese lyrics. Hell, I've been studying the language for several years now, and know enough that most people are annoyed only when people over use stupid phrases they picked up watching nothing but anime. These phrases, which are not used every day like they are in anime, get heavilly overused by non speakers. Anyway, that aside, I think Japanese fits as it IS a remix of a Japanese composer's song. As for mispronunciation of Japanese words, yeah, it's common, but far less so in more serious stuff. Someone compared this to Utada Hikaru (I totally agree), and her language is much cleaner than say Gackt or Miyavi. Slurred up lyrics would just sound out of place in this song. As for the song itself, I don't know if I can say anything bad about it. While most people I know seemed to be annoyed by the forest temple theme, it's always been one of my favorites, especially the echoy oh-eh sounds. I think you did a really nice job in replicating that effect. Nice and calming like the original. I'm looking forward to seeing more work from you, and seeing you doing vocals for some others. 'd imagine you might make a nice fit with Jeremy Robson, Nigel Simmons, or maybe even Zwitra. Keep up the good work. *Edit* Yeah, agreed, native american comparisons are a bit much. I'd be more likely to argue Enya does Polynesia or something -Karrde-

I'll have to jump on the 'too short' bandwagon, too. But it's nice even though I haven't played the game. Reminds me of a whole bunch of things. Something on the order of Pink Floyd playing New Order's "Elegia". But yeah this is very Pink Floyd esque, with the use of the guitar and violin bits. Something about the overall pacing and drums gives me the same thoughts. Were you going for a PF feel at all? -Karrde-

Damn, this is a real shock. Me feeling compelled to post twice in like a week. This is sick as hell. This place has really needed an ass kicking piece of metal. This will foot the bill nicely. I'm gonna be playing this a lot. -Karrde-

Ok, I rarely comment on ANYTHING since I haven't bothered attempting to mix anything since my first attempt (damn school, I might be half way decent by now if I'd stuck with it). Anyhow, I just started laughing when I heard this open. This is awesome. The piano and strings bit make for a nice contrast to the quasi funk/disco thing it's got going on. Awesome. -Karrde-

Gah! FL really is the omniprescent money maker isn't it? Sure they'll let ya have some junk when you buy their program but they'd be perfectly happy to have ya spend another 300 bucks to make it decent ;P So I guess that bears the question, where can I get good, free samples for FL? I already have a couple decent VSTs and soundfonts (thats what I meant, I've just been sick so my brain' s been out to lunch) but I guess I'll have to find the soundfont loader. -Karrde-

Ok, I'm sure this has been asked before but these help threads are ungodly long and the search function isn't coming up with anything good. First, what is the definition of VST and SoundFiles? Second, how can I even load soundfiles into fruity loops to get them to output more than silence? Also, for the basic instruments that FL has, everyone says they suck and need to be replaced, would one look for .wav samples to use? -Karrde-