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Yay! Fun time!! 

On "Pick a poison" @ 1:16, what is the chord progression that the strings are playing? Thinking of adding hints of that here and there.

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@Rob, I'll find out for you when I get home in about 5 hours or so.

So, we can't really have too many tracks for TLS and, personally, I'm absolutely fine with something I put forward not being deemed up to scratch and binning it.

@Rob, are you happy enough making a track each to go along with Dr Toothman's?

@Shayn, Those tracks were uploaded on previous Sprints, thanks for checking though :) Do you want to take time to finish your work in progress or are you ok to collaborate on something together?

Personally, I think we should bring some ideas together and see what we feel like running with and I'm also fine with bringing 3 unique tracks and seeing which ones we put forward, if not all of them.

I am fine with a collab. Otherwise we would have different sounding music which would become distracting.

What did we have in mind?

Obviously, I quite like a more electronic, sci-fi feel but I'm wondering if it might be an idea to have a more old-fashioned piece, like American Civil War style, trumpet solo etc, but with some futuristic elements to bring it into the 36th Century ha ha!

Do you guys have any other thoughts?

Sounds good! We can go with that. I will try some snare drum rolls to get that "marching" feel.

Sweet! I think this could be a fun piece. I'm gonna work on a trumpet sound and get some melody work done.

Ok! So how are we going to work this out? Are we going to make one track? If so, how many bpm? And what time signature?

OR

Are we going to make our own tracks with said theme in mind?

I'm cool with either way.

Sweet! Time to channel my inner Michael Giacchino and marching band! XD

@Robert March tempo is generally around 120, but it depends on prefrence I guess

I'll start working on the new piece, and I'll finish up my old one today too. I may be sick, but that means that I have more time to work since I am not going to school :P

You guys are awesome:)  id love to see a peice that had an ominous feel.  Maybe a faint siren in the background similar to like a tornado siren like a warning feel to it.  Just throwing an idea out there :) 

Also if we make our own tracks, how about we each make different emotions?

We could have a more upbeat hopeful one for victories; a fast intense/action one for battle; and a slower ominous, or almost sneaky one for quite behind enemy lines etc.

I'd be up for action if we go this way, and if you need help with ideas, look up Michael Giacchino Medal of Honor, pretty much perfect examples of what I am talking about :P

@Melisa Cool! Maybe whoever does the ominous/sneaky piece can keep that in mind? *hint hint*

@Robert, the string progression is

D5, A4, D4

F#5, A#4, A#3

F5, G4, C4

This all sounds great guys, apart from you being ill Shayn ha ha! God, I remember when I was in school, how happy I was to be sick; now it's just a nuisance haha!

@Robert, I'm good with 120bpm if you are although I think we should try parts in half time too, just for kicks :) Any ideas on time signature? I just arrived at work after a 6.5 mile run so, sorry, my brain isn't thinking past 4/4 right now. Let me do some research and throw an idea your way.

Well, I'd love to have a go at an ominous piece with, brilliant idea by the way Melisa, a tornado siren. I love this idea.

@Shayn, I'm good with your concepts and obviously everyone's free to interpret them differently but, as a framework, excellent stuff! I'll take the third one, the rising tension type deal.

All right, cool everyone!

I'm actually doing mine at 160, but majority of it feels 80 because of half time with the exception of short quick "action-y" flourishes, and for time signatures, I'm thinking of some 5/4, 7/8, or 10/8 sections.

As for progress, I've pretty much finished the intro, and for my other piece, I just need to do the mixing. I'm also thinking it will be worth the wait to get some real percussion in the march 

Awesome! Thanks guys! As far as BPM, I'm sticking with 120. Time signature of 4/4.

I am currently not "Feeling" my track, I will see how it goes. I need to record some snare drums later today. Maybe that will fix it. ...need my coffee. ::Grumbles off::

If all goes according to plan, I will finish up my older piece today after school, and continue on the march. As for tomorrow, I'm booked so I can't work at all, but for Sunday, I'll have some time in the afternoon to work.

Still not exactly sure how to implement some synths in yet, you guys got any ideas? 

nice job using your icon ;)

@Melisa Hehe, thanks!

Here it is everyone. I might upload a different mix tomorrow. Please let me know what you think.

https://soundcloud.com/r-cordova/war-menu-rc

Hmmn, I think this track has got spam-happy people on it. 27 likes within seconds of uploading and 0 plays..... S.M.H.

Cool, perfect feel of a military war room, hehe! I'm not really feeling the snare drum sound though... if you wanna wait a while, I can record the snare part for you on a real one (probably Monday, not sure how neighbors would feel me playing on Sunday)?

@Shayn I kinda felt the same about the snare, so I added more and I mixed it again. Ill post it tomorrow. Thanks for your input, it really helps. I am open for some snare rolls if you're willing.

@Robert, nice work to start off with man. I know what you mean about not feeling a track but the bones are there for a good piece and everything always sounds shit until it doesn't, especially to your own ears!

Honestly, replacing the snare notwithstanding, and yeah it probably could be replaced, I think the track doesn't need much more so I'll just work on the dark, siren track and see if there's room for this trumpet bit in there somewhere.

@Shayn, thanks for recording the snare sounds, you're a champ. Definitely recommend recording it outside your neighbours house at 2am tonight though :)

Excellent! Really interested on how this will turn out.

Hey all, I have to go to a birthday party now but let me know what you think. I think I'm happy with it but, like Robert, I'm not 100%! Like in Robert's track, with those jangly bells at the start, I've basically placed the track over the siren, rather than the siren being a part of the track. I think it sounds better having it off time but I'm open to opinion to the contrary :)

https://soundcloud.com/the-last-stand-2015/omens

@Robert, the more I listen to your track the more I like it. One thing to try maybe would be to move to the F# on the penultimate bar, just for resolution, but I genuinely like it, it's nice work. 

Ok here is my new mix, with added cowbell...err, snare. Looping this track was my intention, but I will mess with the last bar to give it closure. I value your thoughts!

https://soundcloud.com/r-cordova/war-menu-b-rc

@Sean Nice track! In my opinion, I feel that the horns need to be a little more beefy. Also, maybe some more reverberation on the siren to make it sound further? Again, this is all in my opinion. I like the wind and low end!

 I love both clips.  I agree the siren could be further off

@Sean Yeah, I agree on making the sirens stronger

@Robert I like the addition of multiple snares! I'll make a recording tomorrow, where should I send it?

I think I got a little carried away with my track, it is turning into a stand alone action theme instead of a menu theme... whoops :P I'll finish up my older song, which I think will work as a menu track, but it doesn't have a march theme to it. The new one, I will continue to work on over the next sprint, but trust me, I think it will turn out awesome when it is done

@Shayn you can make a drop box folder or through gmail. My email is NorthernNightsAudio@gmail.com

 I'll be interested on hearing your tracks.

 Cheers!

alright I sent it

Awesome! "Hear" it is! 

https://soundcloud.com/r-cordova/war-menu-c-rc/s-BKWV4

Puntastic :)

Nice work Robert, I really like it. I'm not sure if those string stabs were in the original but they really add depth. Good hustle!

I'm going to rework mine tonight based on the feedback for the siren but what do you mean by the horns should be more beefy?

Are we talking about the siren or the trumpet?

Oh, thanks for the feedback, by the way!

@Sean. I was talking about making the trumpet more beefy, not too much, but just a slight more beef. Again, this is all in my opinion.

And thank YOU for the feedback.

Cheers!

It is finally up 

Feedback pls

https://soundcloud.com/paladin_ultra/storms-over-venus

Very good Shayn! Nice harp and timpani! 

Thank the people who made the soundfonts for the sounds, haha :P

I believe the harp was FluidR3monoGM and the timpani was Orchestra Soundfont 2 Combo

@Sean can you repost all the new tracks onto the soundcloud page? Including the menu tracks that Robert did last sprint

I'll repost them tomorrow but where are the tracks Robert did for the last sprint?

@Shayn, I like the track but the volume seems to jump at points, within the music itself I mean,not between FX and music. It's nice though, good man, and I like that discordant run in the middle, very cool. I'm not overly keen on the alto horn but it seems to all work together so, happy days.

Guys, can you upload the work for review so that we can box off this Sprint? I think this is some serious over-achieving this time round lads, great work.

@Sean  I have turned in the previous assets, not sure if you can download them. Let me know if you would like me to send you the files.

@Sean I never used an alto horn :P I only have good low brass sounds so it must be the sounds that I used

Oh and if it isn't obvious the track is meant to be looped

@Shayn Some light compression might help with that, if it isn't too late.

Hey guys,

Please can you upload your pieces as soon as possible so we can submit for review?

Thanks,

Sean

Done!

Cheers Rob :)

@Shayno, let me know when we can request a review bud

@Sean I would loved to have submitted it yesterday but it closed before I got home from school to upload it. I won't be able to upload the files until I get home which is in about 7 hours. Also James said that he reopened it, but I don't see the agenda anywhere, and it won't let me upload to assets unless the agenda is currently assigned

@Shayn, the only solution is for you to drop out of school. Hand in your badge, pistol and pens tomorrow!

No sweat buddy, thanks for staying on top of this. James has unlocked it for you so let me know when we're good to go.

Alright, I just uploaded it and set for review, we are good to go!