Another song finally done.  Took a lot longer than I expected to on this and it's not quite as powerful as I wanted it to be, but it's probably one of my better ones in a long time.


As mentioned previously, this is a remake of the climax of a song I started about 3 years ago.  At the time, I didn't really know what I was doing (I still don't) nor did I have very high quality instruments (VSTs) to work with.   It took a long time to figure out what new samples to use as opposed to the Edirol VST I had in the original Darker Stormy.  A lot of the sounds I wanted to use I didn't know the names for and as a result, the song still isn't quite what I had in mind.

Those more musically inclined, I would love to know what instruments I *should* have used instead, so feel free to suggest.    For example, most songs probably don't use piano as their primary baseline so that definitely needs swapping.. if only I knew what to swap it with.  

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I've been wanting to remake this one for a long time... It just took a while (and still taking a while) to figure out what new samples to used as opposed to the Edirol VST I had in the original Darker Stormy (which was not that strong, especially in the climax).

Here's a taste for now - the sound should be noticably different, perhaps a littler darker.

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Upon request, I've gone and added a batch mode for the SMF Notify Group mod.  This allows you to subscribe/unsubscribe members and groups from multiple topics/boards at once instead of going in one-by-one.

The new functionality can be found under the Batch link when you view the mod main page (click "Notify Group" on any thread/board and then "Reset"; or go to /forums/?action=notifygroup).

For SMF1, the mod has been updated to version 1.8.
For SMF2, the mod has been updated to version 2.2.

Enjoy!

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Love having 18 units of class but no clubs to worry about - gives me so much spare time to do this random stuff.  

This is just another song I picked up on after stalling for about a year.  It's a more peaceful one after my last song but seems a lot plainer.  Not really about a leaf.. though you could definitely picture one floating along here.  Just running out of ideas for names.  


Thoughts and suggestions welcome as usual.  This is the first time I used East West instruments exclusively; it seems to make my songs sound unintentionally emo but I guess I'll have to figure ways around that.  -_-

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This deviates a lot from the style of my older songs.  It's much  more percussion/choir heavy - I guess you can say it's kind of the first real "action" piece I've made so far.  It's a lot darker and more heavy on the ears than my usual stuff.  This is also the first time I looked EQ a bit during the production of a song, so it should have a bit more clarity than in my past works.

If there's only one song you bothered to hear from me these past months, it's definitely this one.


Wanted to do a lot more with this piece as I had a lot more in mind, but once Spring Break came along, I couldn't think of anything new. -_-

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