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[TRiPPY]

I'll try to keep this thread in order for you I'll also send out another massmail explaining the instructions since not everyone reads the entire thread.

edit- email sent. Hope this helps!

[Level 99]

I'll try to keep this thread in order for you I'll also send out another massmail explaining the instructions since not everyone reads the entire thread.

edit- email sent. Hope this helps!

You're the best, TRiPPY! I owe you some chocolate!

[TRiPPY]

OvO yesss

[DiGi Valentine]

Sorry i couldn't sort this out personaly, Stevo. At work, access to the computer is limited since everyone is jumping on the bloody thing.

TRiPPY my deary, do the best you can to keep things organised here and i'll buy you the chocolate on behalf of Stevo, lol.

[TRiPPY]

HAH you guys and your cheap bribery!

I'LL DO IT

[Musashi_HUmar]

lol Its only a matter of time before SEGA Corporate over in Japan sits up and takes notice! XD I'm gonna try and have all my stuff done by the end of the week if I can.

[TRiPPY]

I done some chorus recording earlier to test it out, might redo it because it's freezing in here and cold= harder to sing outwardly lol. Sounds ok but I'll run it past DiGi later for opinions ^^

Dreaaaaaaaaaaaaaam delightttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt~*hack*

[Level 99]

1) If Sega Japan ever took notice of the project I think I might end up comatose due to overwhelming excitement and joy, lol. If you want to read up on an awesome tale, take a look at how OCReMix got the opportunity to do the soundtrack to Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix. The story is floating around...somewhere, though I can't find it exactly at the moment. Any ways, THAT is a cool story.
2) Already starting to get some people's packages. Massive project director glee.
3) Please, nobody end up hacking a lung out for this. Especially you, TRiPPY. We need you alive and well and ready to coordinate!

[CrashMan]

yo! I just caught word of this!

I'm in.

I'll be making/emailing my file sometime this week.

if anyone remembers, I took home a "Rock" badge from the Reala Day Contest for a DD remix of my own... needless to say, I'm rarin' to go! =D

[Ten]

I like the dude above me's username. >o>

Any...how. It might be a bit later that I get stuff in. No one's leaving the house today, apparently. XD;

[RubyEclipse]

http://blogs.sega.co...cremix-project/

As promised.

[Level 99]

Holy.....wow, I did not imagine this much exposure. Thank you so much. I couldn't have asked for a better foothold to get that idea off the ground with. I will prepare my inbox for the incoming mail from all these awesome people. You can bet I will do everything in my power to make this great!

[Rave]

*skids to a halt into the thread - math papers fly through doorway in wake* Wait, did I read this e-mail and thread opener/first post right!?

*rereads*

*blinks*

Audition tapes end on the 25...?

... *runs off to practice and record*

EDIT: OKAY, before I forget this, and because I would really much rather know in advance... You said that everything would be compiled in a 'choir' sort of thing, right? For those of us who actually ARE in a choir of some sort (I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one, am I?), do you want us to try and focus on a more 'blendable' sound so that way no one person sticks out completely? Or is that a bit of a stretch? *just heard her really crummy recording...*

[Level 99]

*skids to a halt into the thread - math papers fly through doorway in wake* Wait, did I read this e-mail and thread opener/first post right!?

*rereads*

*blinks*

Audition tapes end on the 25...?

... *runs off to practice and record*

EDIT: OKAY, before I forget this, and because I would really much rather know in advance... You said that everything would be compiled in a 'choir' sort of thing, right? For those of us who actually ARE in a choir of some sort (I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one, am I?), do you want us to try and focus on a more 'blendable' sound so that way no one person sticks out completely? Or is that a bit of a stretch? *just heard her really crummy recording...*

For those more versed in vocal theory and practice, feel free to make different takes in either different ranges, or vocal styles, or whatever! The more I have to pick-and choose from, the better the end product. So do what you feel like and send it my way. With how many people should be submitting parts, I'm pretty sure no one person is going to stand out anyway from the group of voices. And yeah, sorry about the deadline, but it's just to make sure that I don't start mixing the tracks and have people still be submitting, AND that I don't get a bajillion different tracks. Lots is great, and I did just say people can do multiple takes, but it does need to stay within a certain realm, hence the deadline. As much as I would want it all, and I won't turn anyone away until the deadline, I just still have to keep a cap things. The track is gonna be HUGE, but it still needs to be manageable.

[apti]

Ooh, this is interesting. I'll try to get in on this, but I know nothing about singing so it'll probably sound horrible. Plus I live in a dorm and the walls are not that thick, so people will think I've gone off the deep end... Hahaha, I'll try though.

[TRiPPY]

Thanks Ruby!

[Ekoi]

Evening. I was directed here thanks to SEGA's twitter.

Would you mind posting what part of the song you want people to sing?

[TRiPPY]

You can find the link to the songfile in the first post. He needs us to specificaly sing the chorus. The words of which can be found here:
http://www.nightsintodreams.com/?p=322

Hope that helps!

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

I should be able to send you the pic this weekend, Stevo. I'm still quite ill, but I do have alot of time on my hands, being sick and all. I should be able to uplaod it to my compy Saturday... I think. If nothing comes up, that is. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. It's in the "lineart" stage right now... so don't kill me.

[Level 99]

I should be able to send you the pic this weekend, Stevo. I'm still quite ill, but I do have alot of time on my hands, being sick and all. I should be able to uplaod it to my compy Saturday... I think. If nothing comes up, that is. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. It's in the "lineart" stage right now... so don't kill me.

Oh, come on now! You just relax and take your time, feel better, no rush! I'm excited to see what you're doing, but my excitement is containable. I got someone else to do some other art as well, a different idea than what you're doing. It's all going to be wonderful, I know it. I'm sorry you're so sick.

[Musashi_HUmar]

I just emailed both my chorus tracks to you, Level 99. I hope you like them and can make use of them! lol I had to make several tries over a matter of hours to get the second file attached to an email because things weren't working properly! XD

[Level 99]

Thank you, Musashi_HUmar. I have yet to really listen to any packages as I've been on a hardcore work/music clock these past few days, but rest assured I'll be getting back soon to let you know that they're adequate. Thanks so much for taking the time to record some vocals, I think this makes about four people submitting stuff in just two days!

Should have some more news over the coming days about some cool internal stuff.

[Musashi_HUmar]

That's cool. At least people are getting up off their asses and actually doing something like they said they would. I've seen big stuff happen before and a bunch of people saying they'll contribute and then they don't. I made sure my singing was in the same key and the timing I think should be ok.

[SmashQueen]

I'll definitely get my vocals and claps in, I just need to wait until later in the week when things calm down and I'm able to get some frickin' batteries. Seriously, that's all I need. Sad ain't it? :P Just need to take the forty-five minute ride to and forty-five minute ride back from the one store I can get them at for a decent price. XD (No, it's not that bad. I'll be writing...possibly about NiGHTS along the way.) I think...I'll practice my vocals on the bus. XP Make everybody stare and go "What's she singing about?" Heh heh...

[Musashi_HUmar]

You should sing in the hallways too. That's where me and my friends would practice it the most when I was in high school! XD

[viperxmns]

I have many cool instrumental remixes I'd love to make.. The problem is they're all in my head, lol.. likelyhood of actually producing them is another matter.. I get impatient with GarageBand, especially when there's a certain instrument I want to use but the program doesn't include it.

[Musashi_HUmar]

I have many cool instrumental remixes I'd love to make.. The problem is they're all in my head, lol.. likelyhood of actually producing them is another matter.. I get impatient with GarageBand, especially when there's a certain instrument I want to use but the program doesn't include it.

I know exactly what you mean. Like this remix I want to do of Gate of Your Dreams. If I actually get around to really playing it, it'll be awesome.

[Blue Fantasy]

Hey, am I understanding this right? We need to sing the chorus twice? Is that, in time with the song exactly with the gap in between for the main part, or two separate files for that... I'm losted. >_>

[Level 99]

Hey, am I understanding this right? We need to sing the chorus twice? Is that, in time with the song exactly with the gap in between for the main part, or two separate files for that... I'm losted. >_>

Whether or not you do it as two files or one, I'd like at least two run-throughs of the chorus. Gap if you want, cause I can chop and edit the clips on my end. Either way works. As long as it's in key, in tune, and in time with the reference material (meaning it's on beat), you should be all good.

Ninja edit!: SmashQueen - geez, just for BATTERIES!? And yes, practice AND scare people on the bus at the same time. Be a multi-tasker
viperxmms/musashi: patience is definitely key for making anything like this. The internet is full of freeware stuff to assist. DSK synth makes great free VSTi plugins for a lot of different instruments, and there's loads of free soundfonts and plugins on top of that. There was a recently-posted OCReMix off of the FF4 album by my friend Nutritious called "Step into the Light". He made it with a customized free orchestral template. It's for the music-creation software FLStudio, which itself costs money, but if you listen to that mix, you'd swear he couldn't do that with free samples. So don't be afraid to get out there and experiment, and don't forget to have some fun! Garageband is a good start but definitely a tad limiting from what I hear. All musicians suffer from the "hear it in my head but having trouble making it sound like that" at least once, if not constantly.

[Blue Fantasy]

Whether or not you do it as two files or one, I'd like at least two run-throughs of the chorus. Gap if you want, cause I can chop and edit the clips on my end. Either way works. As long as it's in key, in tune, and in time with the reference material (meaning it's on beat), you should be all good.

Ninja edit!: SmashQueen - geez, just for BATTERIES!? And yes, practice AND scare people on the bus at the same time. Be a multi-tasker
viperxmms/musashi: patience is definitely key for making anything like this. The internet is full of freeware stuff to assist. DSK synth makes great free VSTi plugins for a lot of different instruments, and there's loads of free soundfonts and plugins on top of that. There was a recently-posted OCReMix off of the FF4 album by my friend Nutritious called "Step into the Light". He made it with a customized free orchestral template. It's for the music-creation software FLStudio, which itself costs money, but if you listen to that mix, you'd swear he couldn't do that with free samples. So don't be afraid to get out there and experiment, and don't forget to have some fun! Garageband is a good start but definitely a tad limiting from what I hear. All musicians suffer from the "hear it in my head but having trouble making it sound like that" at least once, if not constantly.

Thank you. <3 Sometimes I get lost easy. =3

[Blue Fantasy]

Er , will breathing make that much difference? Cause if I turn down my mic you can't hear me, but with it up I get breathing across.

[Musashi_HUmar]

Well if you want to cut down your breathing sounds that go into your mic, try doing some of the things I've suggested in this thread, such as putting a thing of pantyhose stretched firmly in front of your mic, a couple inches in front of it. If not those, then try some layered up gauze.

[Level 99]

Er , will breathing make that much difference? Cause if I turn down my mic you can't hear me, but with it up I get breathing across.

I gave DiGi this tip as well: the best thing you could do is buy a pop filter, but the easiest thing is to hold a sock in between you and the mic to prevent plosives and breathing-wind noise (my buddy Harmony gave me that tip). Give it a shot.

[SmashQueen]

Ninja edit!: SmashQueen - geez, just for BATTERIES!? And yes, practice AND scare people on the bus at the same time. Be a multi-tasker

Yes, just for batteries. It'd be half an hour but the buses changed schedules and now it goes by a still-being-built Super Wal-Mart. I'm going to scare all sorts of people especially if I decide to test my vocal ranges (I can literally sound like a guy at the right pitch). Happy Halloween California! Imma ridin' your buses and scaring your residents. XP I'm going to be singing all day when getting those batteries. :P Maybe if I'm lucky someone'll go "Oh! That's Dreams Dreams!" Then I can tell that someone about the remix. :3 I can hope, can't I?

[Level 99]

Okay, ladies and gentlemen. This thread seems to have settled down a little again, which hopefully indicates everyone is at work or practicing their vocals and recording (it's not like you have lives at all, right? I'm kidding). For all of those hesitant or with the perceived notion that their voices suck, I encourage you to at least try. I did listen to one or two of the ones I've received thus far, and they're going to all be just fine.

Oh, and the forum member you know as Kori has become one of the official artists on this project. I asked her to do a specific sketch and, from the rough work she showed me, was invited on to finish that one, and churn out some others. Go you, Kori!

[CrashMan]

my contributions have been sent.

good luck, team! can't wait!

[Cherrie]

How come I haven't posted here yet? o_o

xD Well, first of all, I'm gonna go start reading the whole thread so that I don't have to go asking questions that have been asked already. XD Then I'm gonna start recording.

[Musashi_HUmar]

I personally can't wait to hear all of us on this finished track. I wonder if I'll be able to pick out my voice if I'm on there. lol

[Level 99]

As it comes together I might just happen to drop a couple of seconds of the track on here just to get everyone's reactions

The sheet music Malan posted up is going to help us a TON. The ball really got rolling today.

[Musashi_HUmar]

I downloaded that sheet music as well. This is gonna be a lot of fun!