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Doom the Roguelike: The Album All-In-One Mega Thread
Simon-v:
--- Quote from: Matt_S on January 11, 2012, 16:44 ---I really like The Brick Song. Something Wicked is still my personal favorite, but this is pretty high up on my list (especially the non-midi versions; the percussion seems louder on my system in the midi version).
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Thank you for the kind words. They are always welcome.
The MIDI versions are provided for compatibility reasons only; The difference between the sounding on different systems (and even on the same system with different setups!) is rather great, and it almost never sounds like what the composer intended. For all practical purposes, the binary/rendered versions are preferred.
--- Quote from: Matt_S on January 11, 2012, 16:44 ---Can I ask what software you use to make your music? I've wanted to try my hand at music for a long time, but I haven't been willing to spend any money :x
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This comes up fairly often. I guess i should make a FAQ entry or something.
My actual requirements are fairly simple. I need a MIDI sequencer of some sorts that can do some kinds of effects, a MIDI player/renderer that can write to WAV and a collection of high-quality samples for it. For a while now, these requirements were satisfied by TuxGuitar (which behaves a whole lot like GuitarPro (or so i heard), and also provides the benefit of being able to verify offhand that the composition will be playable on real-world instruments), FluidSynth for the rendering and Frank Wen's Fluid, release 3 as the soundfont.
Truth to be told, you don't need any kind of awesome software to create; All you need is enough inspiration and persistence to make a 30-second, four-instrument loop that doesn't suck. Later, when you improve so much that you grow out of your tools, you will know what you need to replace them with.
drugon:
I liked The Brick Song. Well done!
PFL:
I thought I'd throw in my inconsequential opinion and say your tracks are great! Doom with a twist - quite fitting for a game like DoomRL.
I use you tracks along with the PSX soundtrack. It makes the levels with your songs all the more exciting as they juxtapose with the ambient works of Aubrey Hodges really well.
Can't wait for the full album... :)
Klear:
Yeah... in the announcement thread I mentioned that at first I didn't like the new music, then I got used to it and that I think that in short time I'll love it. Well, it has already happened. I especially love the piano in one of the tracks (not sure which one right now though).
Simon-v:
Without the usual long preambles (see previous posts if you wish to see what they were like) and completely missing the DoomRL 0.9.9.6G release, i present my misplaced attempt at the theme for The Vaults, aptly named Dark Secrets, for what happens to be peer review.
Of exactly one person.
Pity he won't be able to do it for a while.
(More details are to be found in the first post).
A fair warning: most of this track is "ambient", and there is some repetition. Some people find this sort of stuff "uninteresting". I can't help you with that, so just crank up the music volume, sit back and enjoy the ride while doing something else (like killing the resident mancubi and arkh-viles, for example).
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