Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

[damanwithdaskillz]

does anyone know a good program for cutting songs? Moon Earth was really long so I had to have the craptastic beginning and end it early O_o

[dore]

Goldwave.

[Shashakiro]

sending files to me directly is a waste of time really, FYI

[damanwithdaskillz]

thanks

[SulferDragon]

Originally Posted by damanwithdaskillz

does anyone know a good program for cutting songs? Moon Earth was really long so I had to have the craptastic beginning and end it early O_o

Audacity, gosh dang it!

[bmah]

Originally Posted by damanwithdaskillz

does anyone know a good program for cutting songs? Moon Earth was really long so I had to have the craptastic beginning and end it early O_o

Get Audacity. It's free, and if you're precise, it'll do pretty well.

Never tried Goldwave. I don't think it's free software.

[Tasselfoot]

send files to me, not to Shash.

and I don't hate anyone.

and I'll have the update posted later tonight. promise. since Shash actually sent me his list.

[rednanaki]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*dances*

[wickedawesomeful]

Later tonight, you say?

Awesome.

[brothaice]

Originally Posted by damanwithdaskillz

does anyone know a good program for cutting songs? Moon Earth was really long so I had to have the craptastic beginning and end it early O_o

Windows Movie Maker.

If you have windows, its already on your computer.

[Goldenwind]

I have had a number of questions that I'd like to ask either Synth, Tass, or Shash. Just general questions... like an interview on their involvement in FFR or that.

Any of the three of you interested? It's just for curiosity, not a paper or anything.

[bmah]

Can't you just post here and ask the questions, or PM one of them if you want privacy?

[Tasselfoot]

ok. a little delay'd... but a buttload of queue files for y'all.


New Members of the Queue
Abyss by Silver_Brian
Angelic Layer by Doug31
Bike Thief by Vote4Nixon & Rebirth0
Calm by hi19hi19
Dazzling Destiny by Kit-
Dazzling Soul by hi19hi19
Disconnected by dore
Dokudenpa by macgravel
Excite Bike by hi19hi19 (lol short)
Exotica by dore
Judgement Days by Rebirth0
Kyuin by hi19hi19
Lift Up by ~Zero~
lolharp5000 by hi19hi19
Love Cheat by Rebirth0
Party4U v3 by hi19hi19
Prison Break by hi19hi19
Samurai Road by Rebirth0
Solitude Sun by Silver_Brian
Speed Kitty by Valtrix
Spontaneous Hydroxide v2 by Silver_Brian (already in the game)
SSSG v2 by Silver_Brian
Stunt Flying by Silver_Brian
Sunny Starry Carnival by Rebirth0
the Brain of the Moon by Rebirth0
Trisection by hi19hi19


Needs a wee bit of work
20031023 v2 by Vishnal - offsync in beginning, yellow jumps... honestly, no need for a v2 for this song
AAA by Rebirth0 - blue/red switch
Delta Beat by ~Zero~ - jacks, jumps from jacks to 650ish
Digital Confession by ~Zero~ - 1st big 16th section is off
Euro Freak by Rebirth0 - 12th minijack
Melonman's OP by hi19hi19 - 12th jack
Life Light by starfalcon176 - stream not in music
Lift Up by RashaHessh - trills, yellow jumps
Panic Attack by dore - jumpstream, 16th jumps, 32nds
Song for all Time by dore - fix up final 24th
Sunshine Stone by Goldenwind - jumpstream, sleepless' is better
the Pylons are Trap Balls by Alucard4_6 - 24th minitrill, more diverse streams
Twilight Zephyr by ~Zero~ - opening, blue/red switch
V1 by Rebirth0 - overstepped... Silver_Brian's is better
Winter by Rebirth0 - runningmen, 12th jack
{Sunlight} by MeaCulpa - 16ths near end didn't flow w/ music
~Monster~ by Valtrix - overstepped, stream needs breaks, no 8ths at end


Needs some work
Cold Breath by FFR4EVA_00 - overstepped, happy on the jumps and 8th jacks
Endless Dream by rednanaki - stream, patterns, hi19's is better
Legendary Etude by Vishnal - stream after jumpstream could go to music better
Liquid Moon - the flow of the notes overall could be much better
Maxx Resurrexxion by bzt - jacks, ending, notes didn't flow
Maxx Resurrexxion by SulferDragon - jacks, 24th trill, trills in general
Nosebleed by Valtrix - is there stream in the song?
Otaku Speedvibe by hi19hi19 - 32nds, one stream doesn't make sense, jumpstream
Revolutions by OmgWtfItsALongNameOfDoom - patterns, streams, jack in beginning
Sail Away by i love you - long stream @ end, jacks, 8th jumps in bursts
Sail Away by CR_Flip_Foam - 2 long streams are uncreative, many of the other Sail Away's are much much better
Scythe of 13 by ~Zero~ - opening should have gallops, middle understepped, stream in places where there shouldn't be
Serotonin by Engler - didn't flow well, understepped
Hitachi TV Set in the Box by Valtrix - beginning offsync
Zen 2k5 by brothaice - bpm
{Colossus} by SulferDragon - bpm, jacks, trill before jacks
{Sunlight} by Silvuh & Macgravel - 4th jumps in 12ths, 32nds


Ewww
{TheSewers} by Vote4Nixon - too easy, parts near end are tough to make out
{Flying Away} by hi19hi19 - seriously... wtf with **** like this
Etude du solel de matin by The5thMoon - incredibly offsync, patterns awful
Sail Away by brothaice - 32nds, runningmen, jacks, parts offsync
Rhythm Breaker by Valtrix - overstepped, offsync, no 32nds at end
Cutting Circles v2 by MooMoo_CowFreak - sync, 2nd half too similar to v1
Cold Breath by rednanaki - is the mp3 different than the normal version? didn't follow main beat of music


Disagreements/Discussion
Cold Breath by Cyanite vs Cold Breath by Rebirth0
Elements of a Party by dore - Shash queue'd, Tass had minor issue
Frozen Bond by Rebirth0 - Tass queue'd, Shash had issues
Melonman's OP by DJ_Ossa - Shash queue'd, Tass had minor issue
KilStage by Cyanite - Shash still didn't play from last week
Maxx Attaxx by dore - Shash approved but didn't know about file already in queue, Tass compared vs file in queue as lesser
Neon-213 by dore - Shash queue'd, Tass had a minor issue
Piano Etude by hi19hi19 - probably will queue after discussion
Sail Away - hi19h19 vs macgravel vs Rebirth0 vs Blazze/jimerax
{Run to the Hills} by i forget already - still never discussed from last week


That should be everything updated until early on March 16th.
Anything from midday March 16th or later is still in my inbox.

[Tasselfoot]

and Goldenwind... feel free to IM me about that stuff. or PM.

[rednanaki]

Where's my Broken Palace?

And hurry up and do the two weeks after, my sig is getting full down there.

[dore]

You guys always disagree about my stuff ;p

[Valtrix]

The moral of the story is that a suck at faster songs still =P

EDIT: And, I need to find more intense songs because you guys always think I overstep >>

[Tasselfoot]

if Broken Palace is in the "Great Big Rednanaki Package" that you sent me 3 times... i still haven't opened any of those e-mails. they're right at the bottom, from the 16th.


Also, I forgot to add.... Guys... if you are submitting multiple files, and are seeing a pattern that your files are consistently in Needs Minor Tweaking or Needs Work... perhaps you should be sending off your files for testing to others before submitting them to Shash and myself. There are 3 or 4 individuals who I feel have submitted around 10 files, none of which have been queueworthy, even after 2 or 3 submissions... this really should tell you that you need assistance from others to get better.

Doing this will help you improve faster, which will get your files into the game faster. It'll also help Shash and I to get through the batches faster, which means faster updates. The less times we have to play each file (some files have been submitted 5+ times already and are still not in the queue), the less files we have to play overall.

So try and reach out to Rebirth, hi19, dore, Silver_Brian, Exag0n, jimerax, etc etc etc... there are a decent number of quality simfile makers, people who get a good 75% of their files accepted on the 1st try. Learn from them. And be grateful. They don't have to help you... and if they do, they're doing you a favor. Remember that.

[Valtrix]

Originally Posted by Tasselfoot

There are 3 or 4 individuals who I feel have submitted around 10 files, none of which have been queueworthy, even after 2 or 3 submissions... this really should tell you that you need assistance from others to get better.

Is guilty. Maybe I'll try to ask others first =P

EDIT: Speaking of files, for Nosebleed you said, "Does this song have stream?" I don't understand what you're asking because it should >_>

[dore]

Fixed my Needs Minor Tweaking ones, I'll hold off sending them until you guys discuss my others.

I also changed the BPM on Song For All Time, it was .03 (.06 in the doubled sections) off which I didn't realize until just now when I was greatstreaming the ending jacks when playing to the music. A little simple math later and now the sync is much better. Moral of the story: wierd BPMs on long songs suck because being .03 off can really effect syncage.