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    Fruity Loops Music Competition 4: 2 Meow, 2 Mega Awesome [Results, pg. 6]

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    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?

    Fruity Loops Music Competition 4: 2 Meow, 2 Mega Awesome [Results, pg. 6]

    in Competitions

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    I haven't checked this thread in like 2 or 3 weeks, been so busy with work and stuff.

    Honestly I didn't expect #1 on every vote. I'm really flattered though. :P I expected a close competition from Projekt Zero. I really liked his mix! :D

    I'll try and organize the next compo as soon as I can. Expect a ridiculously awesome compo for FLMC 5!

    sweeeeet.

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

    Super Smash Bros. Brawl

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    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.

    Eurobeat

    in Music Composition & Production

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    "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. =)

    I've got the flute.

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    It seems that I can change the pitch of the note by almost a half-step just by blowing differently, but I am not doing it out of my own volition, heh.

    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...

    Also, I cannot control the octave I'm playing. It seems I can get the second octave of the flute pretty easy (exaggeration) but the lower octave comes to my lips and then quickly disappears. Any suggestions? Should my lips be in contact with the mouthpeice, or should they be hovering? This is my biggest problem so far.

    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?)

    I've got the flute.

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    DJ Zenith, i'm about to shoot you. =p

    My lips are numb. It feels like I've been making out with a vacuum cleaner, but I'm getting a little more proficient at getting the flute to sound.

    Is anyone here a flute player? I've done a little research online and got some basic fingering charts, but I don't understand the "trill fingering". Basically, I'm confused by all the discrepencies in fingerings that I've seen on different websites. Can anyone explain?

    Are there any helpful websites out there for beginning flute players?

    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.

    Soundfonts or Trackers?

    in Music Composition & Production

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    While it is possible to use soundfonts in Modplug, this feature is not stable. I couldn't make some of the fonts work properly, so I had to rip the samples. I think when the module size reaches 300 Mb or so, the soundfont support gets messed up.

    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...

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