lol at zircon. for some reason, when i tried to make a thread here (when there wasn't one) i wasn't allowed to. go figure.
i appreciate all the good comments and critiques coming at us. i'll answer a few questions.
1. assuming i can get files from everyone, i'd love to do a lossless version. not being an audiophile myself, i didn't really think of that. my track (starbright) is on my stolen computer, so the only reason you'd get lossless of that is if i got it back - other than that, i was going to contact everyone soon and get some files from them if at all possible.
2. dude, that's a saxophone. vibrato usually means no clarinet. and besides my solo track, everything's done on my alto for the project. lastly, yes, i did sing Thieves of Fate. doug did the arrangement, taucer did the acoustics and the electric for the first half, level 99 did the electric on the chorus and all the heavier distro stuff, and i did the vocals and the sequencing and mastering.
3. yeah, track 6 is missing from the rar. that's because i'm an idiot and missed it. i'm trying to get in contact with everyone now.
4. ellywu2, primarily a vgmix guy, is a dude. he used voices from a sample pack, i'm assuming, because they aren't live in the he-recorded-them sense. also, since i had every one of his vgmix mixes, i know he had more than 15 or 20 tracks on that site. he ain't new, but he is damned good, isn't he? one of my personal favorite mixers. SO glad he was able to finish his track.
5. shadow, if you pm me to remind me in like three or four days, i'll get you a version of ToF without the vocals in it. also, starbright was a live saxophone octet, recorded by me (SSAATTBB)
6. eternal, the way you can tell it's not a soprano is because the break isn't the same as the clarinet. soprano sax and clarinet have their breaks pretty close to one another (concert concert B-C for clarinet and soprano, while alto is E-F concert).
if anyone has any other questions, don't hesitate to ask. i really appreciate all the extra work everyone on the project did (and guys like djp and liontamer on the ocr side of things) to get everything ready to go.
thanks for all the comments!