June 2013
16 posts
Magic Thing Waltz (WIP)
So this came out of the blue when I was hitting a brick wall with another piece.
Scary, halloween, castle, medieval, rainy night thing??? I’m good at naming pieces.
Okay so...Big N @ E3.
FAIRY POKEMON CONFIRMED, will now be the only type I ever use.
CAT MARIO! I’m really tired of Mario games to be honest, but that new one actually looks quite interesting.
I really wanted a new FZero game. Got Mario Kart in the style of FZero. Close enough I guess?
DONKEY KONG! I really wanted a new Metroid (REALLY WANTED), but I can dig Donkey Kong too.
That new thing by Monolithsoft, with the mechs and massive creatures, looked quite cool
SMASH BROS. Animal Crossing Villager as a new character? Cool, I guess…
No wait, MEGAMAN? Much better!
Overall, I’m happy with that. I wanted other things, but got some other, interesting games instead.
As fun as the PS4/XboxOne shenanigans are, it’s Nintendo time!!!
Stablefree's Shed: I thought Sony was doing well... →
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Then $549 for the PS4 in Australia???
FUUUUUUUUUUU…Gotta love the weak Aussie currency
But US$ to AU$ is 0.94:1 currently…
Bloody foreign companies taking advantage more like!But Sony is Japanese! It’s…
Okay, so, if we assume it’d be exactly the same price as the US (which is a fool’s dream), it would come to about AU$425. Then you think all the things you listed account for a further $124 PER console?
I would have been happy with $500 really, as that would make more sense given the current conditions, but anything over is clearly just price gouging.Although, there’s not much other choice, when the other main contender is XboxOne…
And WiiU, but I planned to get that sometime anyway. And PC for that matter…Well, I just did some calculations:
399 USD = 437 AUD (0.9123:1, from Travelex. Good luck finding a better rate; Google does not account for forex commissions.)
Looking at Amazon shipping rates, I’d estimate about $8-10 on average goes to shipping, and about $5 to handling in Australia, bringing the total to about A$450.
10% GST brings this up to about AUD$495.
So we’re paying about $50 above what the PS4 is actually worth. Still annoying, but not quite as outrageous as claimed.
Yeah, I would be more than happy with that price. $500 would be perfectly fine, but the magic $50 that just so happens to appear is still frustrating for me.
Not as bad as some other companies, mind you, but it’s still apparent.
Unfortunately that’s not really a fault of Sony, but rather of the general mentality that most people overseas wouldn’t do their research on Amazon or eBay to save a relatively meagre $50 on a PS4. If you’re an aware online buyer, you’d pretty much never buy any generic product through official channels.
Mind you, it also costs Sony (and other companies) extra money to maintain support centres, international warranties, and various other costs related to international sales that they wouldn’t have to pay if they solely sold their merch in Japan or the US, so they need to claw back these expenses somehow…
That’s what India is for!
I’ll probably buy it anyway, regardless of the extra cost, so I’ve had my traditional Australian whinge for the day.“That’s what India is for!” And I thought I was the capitalist!
“I’ll probably buy it anyway” Which is why they charge you extra :P
DAMMIT I’m my own problem…
Stablefree's Shed: I thought Sony was doing well... →
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Then $549 for the PS4 in Australia???
FUUUUUUUUUUU…Gotta love the weak Aussie currency
But US$ to AU$ is 0.94:1 currently…
Bloody foreign companies taking advantage more like!But Sony is Japanese! It’s…
Okay, so, if we assume it’d be exactly the same price as the US (which is a fool’s dream), it would come to about AU$425. Then you think all the things you listed account for a further $124 PER console?
I would have been happy with $500 really, as that would make more sense given the current conditions, but anything over is clearly just price gouging.Although, there’s not much other choice, when the other main contender is XboxOne…
And WiiU, but I planned to get that sometime anyway. And PC for that matter…Well, I just did some calculations:
399 USD = 437 AUD (0.9123:1, from Travelex. Good luck finding a better rate; Google does not account for forex commissions.)
Looking at Amazon shipping rates, I’d estimate about $8-10 on average goes to shipping, and about $5 to handling in Australia, bringing the total to about A$450.
10% GST brings this up to about AUD$495.
So we’re paying about $50 above what the PS4 is actually worth. Still annoying, but not quite as outrageous as claimed.
Yeah, I would be more than happy with that price. $500 would be perfectly fine, but the magic $50 that just so happens to appear is still frustrating for me.
Not as bad as some other companies, mind you, but it’s still apparent.
Unfortunately that’s not really a fault of Sony, but rather of the general mentality that most people overseas wouldn’t do their research on Amazon or eBay to save a relatively meagre $50 on a PS4. If you’re an aware online buyer, you’d pretty much never buy any generic product through official channels.
Mind you, it also costs Sony (and other companies) extra money to maintain support centres, international warranties, and various other costs related to international sales that they wouldn’t have to pay if they solely sold their merch in Japan or the US, so they need to claw back these expenses somehow…
That’s what India is for!
I’ll probably buy it anyway, regardless of the extra cost, so I’ve had my traditional Australian whinge for the day.
Stablefree's Shed: I thought Sony was doing well... →
stablefree.tumblr.com
Then $549 for the PS4 in Australia???
FUUUUUUUUUUU…Gotta love the weak Aussie currency
But US$ to AU$ is 0.94:1 currently…
Bloody foreign companies taking advantage more like!But Sony is Japanese! It’s…
Okay, so, if we assume it’d be exactly the same price as the US (which is a fool’s dream), it would come to about AU$425. Then you think all the things you listed account for a further $124 PER console?
I would have been happy with $500 really, as that would make more sense given the current conditions, but anything over is clearly just price gouging.Although, there’s not much other choice, when the other main contender is XboxOne…
And WiiU, but I planned to get that sometime anyway. And PC for that matter…Well, I just did some calculations:
399 USD = 437 AUD (0.9123:1, from Travelex. Good luck finding a better rate; Google does not account for forex commissions.)
Looking at Amazon shipping rates, I’d estimate about $8-10 on average goes to shipping, and about $5 to handling in Australia, bringing the total to about A$450.
10% GST brings this up to about AUD$495.
So we’re paying about $50 above what the PS4 is actually worth. Still annoying, but not quite as outrageous as claimed.
Yeah, I would be more than happy with that price. $500 would be perfectly fine, but the magic $50 that just so happens to appear is still frustrating for me.
Not as bad as some other companies, mind you, but it’s still apparent.
Stablefree's Shed: I thought Sony was doing well... →
stablefree.tumblr.com
Then $549 for the PS4 in Australia???
FUUUUUUUUUUU…Gotta love the weak Aussie currency
But US$ to AU$ is 0.94:1 currently…
Bloody foreign companies taking advantage more like!But Sony is Japanese! It’s…
Okay, so, if we assume it’d be exactly the same price as the US (which is a fool’s dream), it would come to about AU$425. Then you think all the things you listed account for a further $124 PER console?
I would have been happy with $500 really, as that would make more sense given the current conditions, but anything over is clearly just price gouging.
Although, there’s not much other choice, when the other main contender is XboxOne…
And WiiU, but I planned to get that sometime anyway. And PC for that matter…
I thought Sony was doing well...
Then $549 for the PS4 in Australia???
FUUUUUUUUUUU…Gotta love the weak Aussie currency
But US$ to AU$ is 0.94:1 currently…
Bloody foreign companies taking advantage more like!
I thought Sony was doing well...
Then $549 for the PS4 in Australia???
FUUUUUUUUUUU…
Echelon & the Parliament Funkadelic: "Musicians reached their peak with Balloon Party" →
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Too early, ArtAttack, too early.
The next album is going to be the new peak. We made an enjoyable album, and we made an album with musical essence intact…
I have decided the new music direction for the album. Textbook music theory,…
They don’t even have to be experienced. Just another opinion is sometimes all that is needed.
That was hard as hell to come by in the R&R chat for me.
Yes, which was my complaint from watching from a distance: no one seemed to want to help each other, which is what made BP so great. Everyone was happy giving advice and saying ‘Yeah, I think this bit was good, but this bit was lame’, even if they had little experience. With what I saw in the R&R chat, there were very few instances of anyone giving an opinion when another asked for one.
Echelon & the Parliament Funkadelic: "Musicians reached their peak with Balloon Party" →
echelon-music.tumblr.com
Too early, ArtAttack, too early.
The next album is going to be the new peak. We made an enjoyable album, and we made an album with musical essence intact…
I have decided the new music direction for the album. Textbook music theory,…
They don’t even have to be experienced. Just another opinion is sometimes all that is needed.
"Musicians reached their peak with Balloon Party"
Too early, ArtAttack, too early.
The next album is going to be the new peak. We made an enjoyable album, and we made an album with musical essence intact…
I have decided the new music direction for the album. Textbook music theory, Strict production quality, it will be a true test of composition and production skills. If your song gets in, you will want to seriously consider pushing a non-pony version to a label. A true and intimidating test.
If it releases with just 2 songs, then that’s what happens.
There’s no release date set. The music community is not ready for this album. It needs to evolve and grow some more before we can snap that Balloon Party “apex” in half.
The judging will be open to public eye and only employ the more experienced faces of this scene. I’d like to ask musicians like Dr. Dissonance or Fimbulin the Parasprite to cover the composition while Lavender Harmony or HMage could rate the production quality. There will likely be other aspects of the album to fill, but for now, these albums need to be put to a rest and focus needs to shift towards developing ourselves. This album will happen, and you will want to be ready for it while you have fun making music.
Honestly, I think Art’s post comes a little late, but it’s apt. I’ve felt the way he described for a very long time, about 8 months in fact, if not a little longer.
I saw my name!
I haven’t really been paying much attention to R&R, besides the hilarious double meaning in Aussie slang, but for some reason, I was in the R&R Skype and what Lav said pretty much sums it up.
People weren’t learning from each other. Even amateurs have their opinions that need sharing and sometimes they spot things that even I, a veteran of the I vi IV V chord progression, might miss. So people need to work together more if they want to succeed.
Having judges for the final product is fine and all, but what about everything in between? Personally, for me and Balloon Party, the journey was far greater than the outcome. I didn’t get in to BP, but I didn’t care, because I had a blast and learned new things during the creation of my piece.
That’s what the 3rd album in the series needs back: the experience of writing for it.
(As an extra, I’d be happy to judge for it, although I doubt I’d submit anything myself. An idea could be to offer deadlines for drafts and have people offer feedback, both experienced and amateur. I help out a number of people over email/skype and we usually have a fair few feedback sessions before their piece is actually finished. These multiple sessions help them immensely and might break the barrier Lav was talking about with the fear of theory and so on.)
Hybrid Orch. Thing WIP1
Oh, actually had some time spare recently. Hooray!
So made this. Might need to shape those hits a bit more, so they don’t sound so harsh. Might remove the cellos the more dense the texture gets too, but besides that, sounding nice so far.
May 2013
29 posts
Soldier's Burrows (Original)
OH MAN I FINISHED SOMETHING!
That Burrows thing from a while ago has been finished. 5/4 funsies atmospheric/romantic sounding orchestra. Enjoy!
Dust: An Elysian Tail, DrD Review!
Allow me to tell you a story.
Once upon a time, a recent university graduate decided to take a break from working all day and night to play some games. His Steam rating had gone down to 0.3; a blasphemous act. So he bought Metro Last Light.
As it was downloading, another game caught his eye: Dust: An Elysian Tail. He remembered seeing it ages ago when it came out on Xbox Arcade, but had long forgotten about it. Being a stinge, $13.50 was a high price for something he hadn’t done due research on, but he took the risk and bought it anyway.
Multiple days later and he hasn’t touched Metro and completed Dust up to 115%. I’m about to explain why past the break.
Wait, you could add a gui to Kontakt files? You should tell me
Sure, the easy way is to do the following:
1) In the script section, type:
on init
set_ui_height_px(*height of wallpaper in pixels*)
end on
(If you want to add knobs, settings, etc, that’ll take more than a simple answer on tumblr to explain!)
2) After that, click the ‘instrument options’ button and change the instrument wallpaper to what you want.
That’s the easy, simple way of putting a wallpaper on it, the harder way (but more efficient for distributing) way is to create .nkr files and such. Again, need more space than a Tumblr answer!
All other GUI stuff is mostly done via scripting. Knobs, sliders, fancy animations, etc.
*edit* Herp this was meant to be private, so Las would actually see it…
