Eposhark Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Alright niggers, Joker sent me a WiP, and it sounded damn good I expect you all to do the same. If you already did that, could you please look for other people that haven't been posting here, telling them to do so? http://thomas.balis.be/laproject by the way. Comments, Suggestions, Problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eposhark Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 And why are we still in the WiP forum? Important question. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Alright niggers, Joker sent me a WiP, and it sounded damn good I expect you all to do the same. If you already did that, could you please look for other people that haven't been posting here, telling them to do so? http://thomas.balis.be/laproject by the way. Comments, Suggestions, Problems? looks better than before. but what happened to track 18? i pm'd gray like ten times about getting us out of the wip forum, but he never really responded. for the site record, sixto has a wip. so does dafydd and rexy. they probably just didnt get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I did now. I must have not read his posts very carefully, I assumed he'd kept the WiP's he'd already recieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayLightning Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 i pm'd gray like ten times about getting us out of the wip forum, but he never really responded. Uh I think you have the wrong person. This is the first I've heard about this project from anyone outside epo and rexy. I never got any of your pms on this topic from you - and if I missed one, never got a follow up...and also Darkesword handles these per the instructions on the Projects forums. I've only gotten like around 7 pms from you in the last 6 something months and all were about your mixes/ft's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eposhark Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 He probably means DarkeSword. @Prophet: Track 18 (Hen House) was ditched, since SirRus pulled out of the project, and Starky felt it didn't really contribute to the project. So instead of letting someone else do it, he decided to delete it from the tracklist. But good thing noticing it: Track19 should be renamed to be track18. Ima do that now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayLightning Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 People consistently keep confusing me with darkesword and vice versa. Have no idea why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 He probably means DarkeSword. @Prophet: Track 18 (Hen House) was ditched, since SirRus pulled out of the project, and Starky felt it didn't really contribute to the project. So instead of letting someone else do it, he decided to delete it from the tracklist. But good thing noticing it: Track19 should be renamed to be track18. Ima do that now! i did comfuzzle the two of you. but, that said, i checked my outbox and didn't see anything regarding the pms i thought i sent. i guess i don't know how to use the private messaging service...i'll try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMage Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 People consistently keep confusing me with darkesword and vice versa. Have no idea why... Consistant name pattern: Colour Noun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aetherius Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 ...dark isn't a colour. I'd assume that the reason we're not in site projects is because despite the fact that 75% of the tracks are assigned, they are assigned to people who have only completed 10 seconds of their songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 That's the long and short of it. Send me a PM when you've got some substantial progress done on a majority of WIPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Makes sense, I guess. Hey Epo, I don't seem to be able to download WiP's like I used to be with your old site... is that intentional? Also, what does "looks okay" mean? As for my remix, I've been toying about with the lower levels of the equalizer, and, well, I don't know what's causing it, but any bass instrument I'm trying to play muddles itself up, almost as if there was another tone just SLIGHTLY pichted up that messed the soundscape up. I've been unable to locate a reason for this so far. It seems, the deeper I dive into this, the worse it gets. I can't belive it's so hard to find a good instrument for my bassline. Furthermore, I've fixed the pizzicato offset issue. I'll send you another WiP after I've played around some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Okay, so you guys saw that Gray is unable to contribute much music-wise now that his situation has fallen under. I felt rather saddened by this because I thought this would be a great opportunity to equal our compositional skills a little more in the track we would have been developing. Still, the track will go on. Either situation will happen concerning the track - * I will finish it myself and find a render for it. OR * I will pass the framework to another remixer (hopefully someone who has their roots in modern orchestra) and we'll pass the MIDI back and forth adding our own little bits to it, essentially him/her being the collab partner to replace Gray. But first, I gotta finish off Eagle Tower >.> My coursework is soon becoming a thing of the past, giving me more time to do music than ever. Man do I love the smell of Freedom in the mid-Springtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aetherius Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 I'll put a petition in to be your collaborator, Rexy. I'm not sure what you mean by 'roots in modern orchestra', but I...know what I like. If the prophet wants to help you out, he's got my okay too. The guy's a wiz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 When I refer to modern orchestra, I'm mainly leaning towards similar stylistic traits to certain composers that use traditional symphonic backdrops coupled with elements that aren't traditionally used. For me, Yasunori Mitsuda's PS1 game scores come to mind when I describe this. I hope this helps out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spc1st Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Alright, I sent another WIP to be posted. The mixing is pretty crappy right now, mostly due to the unfiltered noise from the guitar amp and EQ stuff(boomy bass). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eposhark Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Alright, I added Spc1st last addittion, grab it now : Here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5k9lg3 Or Here : http://thomas.balis.be/laproject/wips/anotherwip.ogg And, for those who haven't visited yet, the main site : http://thomas.balis.be/laproject Tell us what you think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aetherius Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 ...you know there's more than that 4 note intro in the song, right? I've heard none of track 35 in there, which is your song. anyhoo...yeah, the mixing is crappy. anyone else wanna tear this one down, so I don't have to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spc1st Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Well, if you are looking for more references to the original: -The bass notes in the first section (ie, the pulsating ones) are derived from the original's bass line, though in a different rhythm (and transposition too probably); so is the melody in the strings, for that matter. -In the second section, the strings play what is basically a canon of the main melody, though the first two notes are really drawn out; otherwise, it tries to follow the original section, with some liberties taken of course. The sawtooth also plays the original bassline for a bit. Admittedly, the are more abstracted than usual, but that's how I prefer to do things. I think I also used some references from the other battle themes in the game; for example, the trilling sawtooth is from the pre-final battle theme, while the guitar melody is from the normal boss battle theme (though it's also in the final battle theme). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aetherius Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 I think a major issue is that it needs to sound like a song, and not a bunch of music playing at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Someone told me my remix was almost too close to the original (except for the part in the end that has nothing to do with the soundtrack, but that fit into the mix), but that's how I do it. Maybe yours is a little too far for Aeth... Even though I, too, found the song a little chaotic - hey, it's the last boss fight! What could be more chaotic and emotionally stirring? I must say, however, that I think the sawtooth you're using is - well, not unfitting, but a bit too general midi-ish, which pulls the overall down a bit. Other than that, I kinda liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 OOHOHO GOOOD, I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANY LONGER! WHY CAN'T MY SONG SOUND LIKE I WANT IT TO??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 *sobs* ok... I've tried and I've tried... and I think I got rid of the rumbling bass. If there's anything left now, it's the mastering, and I don't think I can do it much better myself than it already is. If this isn't good enough, Aeth, I don't know I can make something that is. WiP6 Didn't we use to keep our WiP locations secret, btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aetherius Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 pfft, no one's paying attention but us. hmmm I think the intro section goes on just a little too long. You get a bunch of buildup for what sounds like it's going to be a breakbeat, and then it just turns into MORE quiet buildup. We could do without a bar or two of that. There's too much bass on your bass instrument still, but it's not muddy. Now it's just loud. It's an EQ issue, not a volume issue. The ending is better, but I think that the piano bit (Which sounds nice) should be slower. I think maybe the whole song's tempo could go down by (not to) 5-10bpm to achieve this without being too draggy. Also, I think that you should return to the original chord progression before you end the song. A-section (turtle rock), B-section (your thing), and then the A-section again. Mind you, the repetition of the A-section should be VERY short. Just enough to re-establish it. There's a bit around 3:00 that puts too much emphasis on the hihat pattern you've got going on. Because they're in the forefront, it draws my attention to the fact that it's a loop of crumby default hihats, which detracts from the music. Anyhoo, main issues: -Shorten the intro by a few bars. We really don't need the extra four bars to show 'OMG the hihats have changed' just bring the cool beat right on in. -Bass needs less bass. I can't imagine how you can't figure out how to lower the bass' EQ. -Briefly re-establish the A-section before ending the song. -Find a way to remedy the way that the hihats are too far in the foreground at 3:00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Mhm... yeah, I suppose I can do that. ... how much less bass do you want though? I know how to lower it, but I don't know by how much. I already made the left end of the EQ go very steep down, so the very lowest frequencies are completely removed... oh nevermind, you wanted the BASS INSTRUMENT volume to be lowered. No... it's an EQ issue? :-/ I'm confused. There's a way to change the EQ of a single instrument? Oh... yeah, bass/treble... right... but the bass' volume level is fine? Also, does it sound loud throughout the song or only in specific places? ... I thought it was kinda loud in the piano section, now that I think about it... Eh. This will probably end up being another 3 WiP's. Returning to the A section is a good idea, I guess, but it'd have to be through a sacrifice of parts of the intro, like you suggested, or it's going to be a bit long, especially if I drop the tempo... Hum. You want the piano bit to be slower than the rest of the song? I dunno... it does feel a bit fast, and the rest of the song is supposed to be pretty much the current tempo. So.... hm. Yeah. But then there's the transition problem. Do I make the intro to the piano section a decelerando, and its outro an accelerando? I mean... I'll try it, but it might end up weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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