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AGS Games in Production / Re: Blackwell Epiphany
« on: 27 Feb 2013, 13:45 »Great soundtrack, that.I thought Pete Gresser did Legacy?Yes, he did.
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Completed Game Announcements / Re: Snakes of Avalon (RELEASED!)
« on: 18 Sep 2010, 12:40 »Quote from: Dualnames
Nice trailer, and Woohooooo for the music guy!! Still wondering how you got him
LOL.. No hocus pocus there. Igor just happened to catch me at exactly the right time! :-)
Hope my music does the game justice.
Thomas
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General Discussion / Re: Looking for a sort-of educational animated series
« on: 26 Jul 2010, 09:38 »4
General Discussion / Looking for a sort-of educational animated series
« on: 22 Jul 2010, 00:09 »
Hey guys,
I'm looking for an animated series (probably on YouTube) that humorously and intelligently explains every day stuff like, if I remember correctly, mathematics, computers and more. By the time I watched the series, probably a year ago or more, there were about 6-7 episodes of around 8-9 minutes each. The author/director promised there'd be more, but since then I forgot what they were called and what they were about. I just remember thinking they were hilarious and that I wanted to see more! :-)
So the reason I'm asking here is because something, somewhere in my twisted mind tells me that the guy who made this series MAY have had *some* kind of connection to the AGS community. I'm not totally sure about this, but it's worth a try!
Hope you can help me.
Thomas.
I'm looking for an animated series (probably on YouTube) that humorously and intelligently explains every day stuff like, if I remember correctly, mathematics, computers and more. By the time I watched the series, probably a year ago or more, there were about 6-7 episodes of around 8-9 minutes each. The author/director promised there'd be more, but since then I forgot what they were called and what they were about. I just remember thinking they were hilarious and that I wanted to see more! :-)
So the reason I'm asking here is because something, somewhere in my twisted mind tells me that the guy who made this series MAY have had *some* kind of connection to the AGS community. I'm not totally sure about this, but it's worth a try!
Hope you can help me.
Thomas.
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Critics' Lounge / Re: Website harsh critic please!
« on: 07 Jun 2010, 17:04 »
Okay, people!
Another major overhaul. Used many/most of Darth's ideas.
Also turned the news-archive into a dynamic RSS-feed (although that's not visible to the user).
Let me know if it's for the better! :-)
http://www.northbysound.com
Thomas
Another major overhaul. Used many/most of Darth's ideas.
Also turned the news-archive into a dynamic RSS-feed (although that's not visible to the user).
Let me know if it's for the better! :-)
http://www.northbysound.com
Thomas
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Critics' Lounge / Re: Website harsh critic please!
« on: 06 Jun 2010, 13:45 »
Dualnames,
You liked the old logo better? I think Darth's logo is pretty awesome!
Hueij,
Damn, you're right! Must have overlooked that when I sto... I mean created the style sheet file! Fixed now. All text is left-aligned now.
About Google Analytics. I think the code was supposed to go in the HEAD-tag, but by mistake I placed it in the Body-tag. Anyway.. Stats are working fine!
Thomas.
You liked the old logo better? I think Darth's logo is pretty awesome!
Hueij,
Damn, you're right! Must have overlooked that when I sto... I mean created the style sheet file! Fixed now. All text is left-aligned now.
About Google Analytics. I think the code was supposed to go in the HEAD-tag, but by mistake I placed it in the Body-tag. Anyway.. Stats are working fine!
Thomas.
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Critics' Lounge / Re: Website harsh critic please!
« on: 05 Jun 2010, 12:48 »
Okay people,
I've taken most of your comments into account and updated the site: http://www.northbysound.com.
Let me know what you think of it now. Better/worse?
Atelier, what browser are you using? All text is/should be left-aligned.
Thomas.
I've taken most of your comments into account and updated the site: http://www.northbysound.com.
Let me know what you think of it now. Better/worse?
Quote from: AtelierGames
It seems great to me but I personally don't think the text should be justified. Most people find it easier and more pleasant to read left-aligned text (even subconsciously).
Atelier, what browser are you using? All text is/should be left-aligned.
Thomas.
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Critics' Lounge / Re: Website harsh critic please!
« on: 03 Jun 2010, 11:07 »Quote from: ProgZmax
It's a bit unassuming and modest looking
Hey ProgZ, I agree! Being Scandinavian, I've never learned the art of selling myself.
Quote from: ProgZmax
Other than that I think it looks nice, and as usual, great music Thomas
Thank you!
Quote from: Nikolas
HEY! How do you know whose music it is?
I think that's pretty obvious!
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Critics' Lounge / Re: Website harsh critic please!
« on: 02 Jun 2010, 22:35 »
Hey Guys,
Okay, shoot me already!
I stol... eh, I mean designed that website and I am no designer - I'm a musician. Nor am I a native-English speaker - hence the bad grammar. Thanks for the corrections, Jenn. I am considered somewhat a grammar-policeman among my friends (in my native language of Danish).
Generally I think all your ideas are really good! Zyndikate - thank you for the mock-ups there. Definitely useful. Darth - excellent logo design! Could you PM me for further discussion?
Last but not least, thank you for liking our music - without doubt our strongest selling point now webdesign is out of the question!
I will post back with the final result once it's done - and then we keep our fingers crossed that you'll tell all your friends about our brilliant little company, so we can get a successful start!
Thanks again, people!
Thomas.
Okay, shoot me already!
I stol... eh, I mean designed that website and I am no designer - I'm a musician. Nor am I a native-English speaker - hence the bad grammar. Thanks for the corrections, Jenn. I am considered somewhat a grammar-policeman among my friends (in my native language of Danish).
Generally I think all your ideas are really good! Zyndikate - thank you for the mock-ups there. Definitely useful. Darth - excellent logo design! Could you PM me for further discussion?
Last but not least, thank you for liking our music - without doubt our strongest selling point now webdesign is out of the question!
I will post back with the final result once it's done - and then we keep our fingers crossed that you'll tell all your friends about our brilliant little company, so we can get a successful start!
Thanks again, people!
Thomas.
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Adventure Related Talk & Chat / Re: Composer at your service
« on: 04 May 2010, 22:42 »
Awww.. Thanks for sticking up for me, DN! ;-)
The truth is, of course, that I didn't find an overcrowded, generic thread to post this in, and being the arrogant bastard I am, I thought "ha, these people crave me here. It would be nothing short of a present for them to read a post from me."
And then I just posted with absolutely no concern to forum-cleanliness..
Thomas Regin
Forumwrecker
PS.: I am, obviously, just joking.
The truth is, of course, that I didn't find an overcrowded, generic thread to post this in, and being the arrogant bastard I am, I thought "ha, these people crave me here. It would be nothing short of a present for them to read a post from me."
And then I just posted with absolutely no concern to forum-cleanliness..
Thomas Regin
Forumwrecker
PS.: I am, obviously, just joking.
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Adventure Related Talk & Chat / Re: Composer at your service
« on: 03 May 2010, 23:36 »
As a side note, I'm currently looking into getting a (very) small project of mine animated. If a good artist/animator was looking for music, we might be able to do a "I scratch your back, you scratch mine"-type deal!
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Adventure Related Talk & Chat / Re: Composer at your service
« on: 03 May 2010, 23:32 »I offer you peanuts and beer!
That takes care of feeding me and my family! We have a deal!
Thanks for recommending me!
Thomas.
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Adventure Related Talk & Chat / Re: Composer at your service
« on: 03 May 2010, 22:48 »Great work on Blackwell, as I recall.
Anyway, since a fairly high proportion of this community's output is non-commercial in nature and since you didn't mention anything about this in the original post, it seems relevant to ask: Are you primarily interested in paid work or would you consider going pro bono on a freeware project if you found one particularly worthy of your time?
No value judgment, here--obviously a guy's gotta eat. Just curious.
Hey Lyaer,
Thanks for the nice words on Blackwell!
My goal is to make long-term relationships (work - not romantic
) with the people I work with. If I feel that my music will help take a project to the next level and potentially open new doors later on for both the developer and me, I may work for very little. I very rarely work for free, if ever, since I have a family to feed and bills to pay. That's the downside of doing this full time. When that's said, there's no harm in asking me! If you're dedicated and passionate about your project, you may convince me! The worst that can happen is that I say no!
Thomas
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Adventure Related Talk & Chat / Re: Composer at your service
« on: 03 May 2010, 18:04 »
Thank you for the nice words, guys!
ProgZ, yes I have been really busy.. I scored around 25 commercial games last year which has given me a lot of invaluable experience. Now I feel it's time to concentrate on some nice indie-games for a while!
Thomas.
Quote
You've been busy, Thomas
ProgZ, yes I have been really busy.. I scored around 25 commercial games last year which has given me a lot of invaluable experience. Now I feel it's time to concentrate on some nice indie-games for a while!
Thomas.
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Adventure Related Talk & Chat / Composer at your service
« on: 03 May 2010, 07:29 »
Hey guys,
If you're looking for great music for your game or project, please don't hesitate to contact me. I have scored a number of best-selling adventure -and casual games including:
Blackwell Unbound (AGS Award for best music)
The Blackwell Convergence
Emerald City Confidential
Wedding Dash: Ready, Aim, Love
Jewel Quest: Trail of the midnight heart
Altitude
The Dream Voyagers
Love & Death: Bitten
Aurora Feint 3
And a truckload more.
I'm dedicated, take great pride in my work and will do my utmost to ensure that your projects get the best possible audio-track.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Thomas Regin.
If you're looking for great music for your game or project, please don't hesitate to contact me. I have scored a number of best-selling adventure -and casual games including:
Blackwell Unbound (AGS Award for best music)
The Blackwell Convergence
Emerald City Confidential
Wedding Dash: Ready, Aim, Love
Jewel Quest: Trail of the midnight heart
Altitude
The Dream Voyagers
Love & Death: Bitten
Aurora Feint 3
And a truckload more.
I'm dedicated, take great pride in my work and will do my utmost to ensure that your projects get the best possible audio-track.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Thomas Regin.
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Competitions & Activities / Re: Tune Contest (October 18th to November 1st): Winter
« on: 26 Oct 2009, 08:21 »
Hey guys,
I guess this contest-theme calls for an old "classic" of mine (freely inspired by Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D):
When Worlds Unite
Merry Christmas!
Thomas.
I guess this contest-theme calls for an old "classic" of mine (freely inspired by Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D):
When Worlds Unite
Merry Christmas!
Thomas.
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Critics' Lounge / Re: new track!! (orchestral) PLEASE PLEASE JUDGE ME!!!
« on: 04 Aug 2009, 12:15 »
Hey Musicman,
When you're writing/recording orchestral music, you need to imagine how each instrument would play their parts. This piece is clearly the result of a piano/keyboard-player playing each instrument like he would play the piano. And the result is a rather static, synthetically sounding bowl of musical "spaghetti". There are several ways to make this a better performance. First of all you could get some better sounding samples, but more importantly you need to learn how to work with Expression, Velocity and Dynamics. Expression can be added either by changing the master volume of a track by automation or through designated MIDI controller parameters like CC#11 (the standard for most professional sample libraries). What expression does is that it gives you the possibility to control the attack and volume of an instrument. Most humanly played instruments don't start playing at max-volume, because usually the instruments want to blend in and not take center stage all the time. Changing the velocities of individual notes ensures that it gets a "human touch", since no player in the world can play at the exact same velocity throughout a tune. Take your harp for example, that is a fine example of something that is almost impossible for a harpist to play. Those very fast staccatos without much change in velocity would make any player's fingers bleed in no time! And your violins sound like they've been recorded using a sustain pedal which is totally impossible in the real world! For violins in particular velocity and expression are of utmost importance.
Consider these two quick examples I've made here:
18 violins - no expression
18 violins - expressive
This is the exact same melody line. For the latter version I've added expression and adjusted the individual velocities. Although not perfect it sounds a lot less synthesized than the first one.
Changing the dynamics of the orchestra keeps the listener interested. Some parts should be played lower and some parts louder, so that it doesn't become a "wall of sound".
Sorry for using my own music as an example, but listen to this: An adventurous piece using dynamics
It starts pretty low key and builds up continuously. That's changing dynamics. It's a loop - and mp3 doesn't handle that very well, so it'll have a small gap at the end. Sorry about that.
Anyway, your piece is not bad as such. Nice melodies and nice thematic development!
Take my advice with a grain of salt - I'm simply just trying to give you a few pointers on how to improve your work! :-)
Thomas.
When you're writing/recording orchestral music, you need to imagine how each instrument would play their parts. This piece is clearly the result of a piano/keyboard-player playing each instrument like he would play the piano. And the result is a rather static, synthetically sounding bowl of musical "spaghetti". There are several ways to make this a better performance. First of all you could get some better sounding samples, but more importantly you need to learn how to work with Expression, Velocity and Dynamics. Expression can be added either by changing the master volume of a track by automation or through designated MIDI controller parameters like CC#11 (the standard for most professional sample libraries). What expression does is that it gives you the possibility to control the attack and volume of an instrument. Most humanly played instruments don't start playing at max-volume, because usually the instruments want to blend in and not take center stage all the time. Changing the velocities of individual notes ensures that it gets a "human touch", since no player in the world can play at the exact same velocity throughout a tune. Take your harp for example, that is a fine example of something that is almost impossible for a harpist to play. Those very fast staccatos without much change in velocity would make any player's fingers bleed in no time! And your violins sound like they've been recorded using a sustain pedal which is totally impossible in the real world! For violins in particular velocity and expression are of utmost importance.
Consider these two quick examples I've made here:
18 violins - no expression
18 violins - expressive
This is the exact same melody line. For the latter version I've added expression and adjusted the individual velocities. Although not perfect it sounds a lot less synthesized than the first one.
Changing the dynamics of the orchestra keeps the listener interested. Some parts should be played lower and some parts louder, so that it doesn't become a "wall of sound".
Sorry for using my own music as an example, but listen to this: An adventurous piece using dynamics
It starts pretty low key and builds up continuously. That's changing dynamics. It's a loop - and mp3 doesn't handle that very well, so it'll have a small gap at the end. Sorry about that.
Anyway, your piece is not bad as such. Nice melodies and nice thematic development!
Take my advice with a grain of salt - I'm simply just trying to give you a few pointers on how to improve your work! :-)
Thomas.
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Completed Game Announcements / Re: The Blackwell Convergence
« on: 28 Jul 2009, 23:07 »Well that was another great game in the series, Dave! Nice voicework and music, it sucked me right back in. My only real complaint is that I have to wait for the next chapter haha :'(
Hi Buddha,
Glad you enjoyed the game and the music!
Thomas.
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AGS Games in Production / Re: The Blackwell Convergence - Gameplay footage video
« on: 16 Jul 2009, 07:39 »Quote
That's some really nice moody background music
Thank you! ;-)