DDRKirby(ISQ)

i'm guessing the answer would be no...not sure about this, but if someone could record great-sounding samples and use those instead, that kind of defeats the purpose of mixing using FL-crap defaults a little (though i understand what you're suggesting is a little different--same means, different end). =p

My song's pretty much in some of the finalizing stages now--so it's pretty much done (though I might allow for some minor modification if people give me feedback i agree with).

snap! looking forward to seeing this...

here goes... Top Man FTW!

yeah FLMC isn't a really established compo, and to top it off, its been on shaky ground recently, so if you're not doing it just for the fun and challenge of making something good using FL defaults, you might not want to bother.

there doesn't even have to be a source tune if you don't want. whoever wants to organize it just make a thread with either source tune(s) to mix or an "idea" like the "shattered dreams" compo--if you want you can post a samplepack like Prophecy did to spice things up but that's not really entirely necessary either.

alright, so i pm'ed GLL a while ago and no response, so it looks like unfortunately we can't sit around and wait for him. whoever wants to go ahead and run the next one, just start a new thread and we'll all flock to that one (what's left of us anyways)...

... (though, i am swamped with work, and i have a cold...)

quoted from GLL's PM: GLL: "yeah sorry, I'm with family for the holidays and stuff. I'm also trying to work on a vocal competition (also on OC Remix forums). I'm having a special guest make midi's for this compo and have pretty much everything planned; I'm pretty much waiting on him to finish those and I'll host this compo. I definitely want to get compo started before Christmas, so maybe Saturday I can get things going." so there you go...if he's too busy to get something up by Saturday and someone else wants to run with it, i dont think he'd mind too terribly, but at this point it looks like he's already got it all figured out for the most part, so maybe just cross our fingers....and hurry up and wait?

actually i'm quite busy as well, so even if you -had- started the next compo already, i wouldn't be doing anything...

sweeeeet. (this time imma actually gonna try seriously...well, i hope.)

...soon hopefully. *looks @ Prophecy*

voting's supposedly over!!!! ...so do we still have a tie, or what? (bump)

np Prophecy, as long as we know it's still alive. i've been swamped myself...

the more, the merrier! XD

differences of bubbleshield: -larger shieldstun time -you slide further when hit -less chance of shieldstab -uses up shield less quickly so, it's useful to throw off combos sometimes, and to get away, and for people like gaw who have tiny shields...(and for the fastfaller vs marth lightshield edgehog trick)...but sucks if you're trying to shieldgrab.

improvise your own stuff. =p

yo.

"What've you got?" "Well, there's Club House. Progressive Club House. Progressive Trance. Progressive House Trance. Trance Breaks Club Trance. Breaks Trance Club Trance Trance Progressive House Trance. Trance Trance Club Breaks Trance House Trance. Trance Trance Trance Trance Trance Trance Polka Trance Trance and Trance. Or some lovely jazz curteousy of the Michael Garding quintet, with guitar, bass, drums, piano, sax and Trance." "Have you got anything without any Trance in it?" "Well, there's the Progressive House Trance. That's not got much Trance in it." "But I don't want any Trance!" "Trance trance trance trance, trance trance trance trance. Lovely Trance! Wonderful Trance! Lovely Trance! Wonderful Trance!" "Shut up!! Shut up!" "Look, why can't she have the Progressive House Trance?" "That's got Trance in it!" "Not as much as Trance Breaks Club Trance." "Look, can I have Progressive House Trance without the Trance?" "No!" "Why not?" "Blaahh, because then it wouldn't be Progressive House Trance would it?" "I don't like Trance!" "Hush dear, I'll have your Trance, I love it! I'm having Trance Trance Trance Trance Trance Polka Trance and Trance!" "Sorry sir, Polka's off for the day." "Well can I have Trance instead?" "You mean you want Trance Trance Trance Trance Trance Trance Trance Trance Trance and Trance? Ugh!" "Lovely Trance! Wonderful Trance! Lovely Trance! Wonderful Trance!" --quoted from abg @ trance.nu forums the moral: it's much easier if you simply provide a sample song of the style you're trying to go after. =)

yeah, it's not like piano where the notes are "set", there's a small window of variance, based on many things. for example you'll probably notice if you blow harder the pitch will go higher, and if you dont blow as hard the pitch will drop. and if you "roll in" (so that the mouthpiece hole is pointing more towards you, instead of up) the pitch drops as well. so when you get more advanced you have to keep in mind all these things so you stay in tune and dont sound like a crappy string player who doesn't know where to put his fingers. for even more fun, try pulling the headjoint way out...omg instant half-note drop... first thing first, your lips should definitely be in contact with the mouthpiece. your bottom lip should (probably) be covering a bit of the mouthpiece hole (varies according to preference). your bottom lip should be firmly on the mouthpiece, like you're pressing the flute against your lip. but not so hard that you make dents in your lips. right, for those normal notes, that have the same fingering for two different octaves, the octave that you get depends on....well, the way you blow. errryeah. to get high notes, you have to have fast-moving air through a really small jet stream. (or just try blowing harder.) low notes, relax your embrochure...slower air...all that stuff. gosh this is hard to explain. i bet you theres some handy dandy video guide to all this lurking around somewhere tho. (does trenthian do flute?)

DJ Zenith, i'm about to shoot you. =p yeahhhhh lips numb, hyperventilation, all that good stuff... the "trill fingerings" are used for...well...trills. so if you wanted to play E-F#-E-F#-E-F# really fast, you wouldn't use the normal fingering for F#, you'd use another one (right middle finger instead of ring finger) there are also "trill keys", those are the two things that Doug Perry are talking about--used to trill between C/C#'s and D's and whatnot. there's also lots of other alternate fingerings for many notes. sometimes different fingerings are better for certain cases--for example certain fingerings make it easier to play soft...harder to crack notes...etc. at this stage, it's probably better to just get the basic fingerings down and then start playing, playing, and playing some more. It takes a while before that lip strength starts to build up. playing long tones helps. if you're really JUST starting out, dont even worry about fingerings at all, just take the headjoint out and doodle on that. i'm not really sure about the "smiling" thing...might work, might not. it's all about getting a jet stream of air...you want the air to be moving quick, and through a tiiiinyyy hole in your lips. private lessons would of course answer all of your questions, but i'm guessing maybe you dont have that luxury (yet?) i'm sure there are better flute players out there, but feel free to PM me with any questions you have. somehow this does seem like the wrong forum for this question, tho.

sheet music for 600 AD in piano, as well as some other things klutz wrote, can be found at his website here. be aware that the transcription of the sheet music is by no means perfect (for 600 AD in piano, at least), but it should give you a good base to work with.

links not working?

or soundfonts. if you dont have FL soundfont player, you'll need that. then head over to http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=25622 for links to some soundfonts to use... you can also check out the sample request thread...

soundfont support in Modplug is terrible. I used thought soundfonts were utter crap. Then I tried using them in FL. whoa, now that's different...