SCSI drives are FREAKING epic. However they're also damn expensive. Get SCSI drives in a RAID set up and your computer is buzzed on CRACK.

At 3/28/08 06:11 PM, Envy wrote: Buy an external hardrive for your music stuff... That way you get the space you need, AND you keep all your stuff if anything happens to your computer

ERROR!

Keeping sample libraries on external hard drive = epic fail in regards to sample streaming. Unless you wish to keep it all on RAM *which is just stupid*, libraries work best in isolated drives just for them. Failing that, always keep it internal.

RAID systems work even better, but thats another story for another time.

At 3/28/08 06:03 PM, thatcomposerguy wrote: Just wanted to say thanks to the judges, and congrats to the other winners and runners-up!

thank YOU for participating. Better run up again next MAC!

YOU ALL BETTER BE RUNNING UP AGAIN NEXT MAC!

Bots Theme
1. Machine of Judgement | MaestroRage *carries down due to meh being judge :'(*
2. Eat This | p4c
3. Dream Gazing | SineRider
4. Life in the Audio Portal | Arnas

Dad 'n Me Themes
1. Dad 'n Me | DarKsidE555
2. Hollow Man Remastered | cornandbeans
3. I Like to Hit Things | WritersBlock

Pico Themes
1. Quantem Fire | navij11
2. Antoganist | Quarl
3. Darkest Shadow | ZeRo-BaSs

Tankmen Themes
1. On Patrol
2. Showdown
3. New Generation

First place winners in each catagory get
$100 bucks
song front paged

Second place winners in each category get
NG Shirt

Third place winners in each category get
to look at the other winners!

Please pm Tom with your address to send stuff to so that he doesn't have to send it all to me... kekekeke
I won't lie, there were quite a few older submissions that though some judges felt were deserving, I docked points depending on how late it was. For gods sake people, anything in 2007 = instant fail. Original and new submissions are much much more likely to win, so keep that in mind for future MACs.

Concerning the next MAC. It will be a focused Pico MAC. Pico Punchout! I'm telling you now because it'll take a while to get the thread in order and fully ready so if you want a head start on making a few jams, there's your lead.

End of File.

Here you can find some deals on it if you'd like
Here (drag mouse over picture to get sale offers, click to go through)

And here is an indepth review I wrote for it
Here

hope that helps!

SBB take out the mother loving blender from your mother loving guitar.

YOU MOTHER LOVER!

At 3/27/08 09:50 PM, DarKsidE555 wrote: EVERBODY HEADS UP FOR TOMORROW!

Our very own PsychoPenisFag will provide the epic final result list of awesomeness in his own drunken fucked up radioshow on Radiogrounds.com!

When will he go on air? We don't know...What will he tell us? We...certainly know...that's for sure!

Please, you only know ONE catagory ;D!

We're hoping for a tomorrow. If not, hell we can make it never! Now to get that next MAC up and running...

Happeh belated slip out of lewd cavity day!

There's a LOT of really great stuff here. However all of the instrument samples are in my opinion useless. You can't build a good soundfont with em *no differing velocities, many notes missing*, but the sound effects are top notch! And they're free to use I assume? I know a lot of game developers who are going to cream themselves over this.

Great find!

At 3/25/08 10:36 PM, navij11 wrote:

At 3/25/08 10:33 PM, Remousamavi wrote: Well I can't wait for the real version to come out... Just submitted something I made with the beta version, and for a starter it was cool. But these guys are saying it's still just the freakin' beta?

This IS THE REAL VERSION!!!

poor navij. Gonna lose it :D! *time to take bets?!*

I hope they fixed the memory address space crap that FL 7 seemed to love to screw up on. FL 7 was horrible for large orchestral libraries, and though thats partially my fault *for using 32 bit architecture OS and hardware* problems I didn't have in FL6, I did in 7. This improvement i'm hoping brings back 6's reliability.

OGG verbis output!? HELLZ YEAH! Game producers and loop enthusiasts, UNITE!

At 3/23/08 07:36 PM, Lost-Chances wrote: You totally ignore the fact they are willing to repair and jump on the X-Box 360 hating bandwagon?

I only slightly dislike the Wii because of the games available, not due to some fan-boy reason.

oh are they? You DO realize they agreed to repair the red light of death because pretty much EVERY system made before said articles above, and even most produced recently are EXPECTED to fail. Do you REALLY think that should this not have been a sweeping outrage that Microsoft would put on the "we'll take care of you :D!" mask?!

I mean REALLY?!

Even despite the fact that time and time again several publishers and testing companies have found that the XBox IS THE CAUSE OF IRREPARABLE DISK DAMAGE, that Microsoft still does nothing about this? That they have only agreed to replace the games which, lets face it, are what keeps XBox afloat right now?

At 3/23/08 06:16 PM, BrAddErZ958 wrote: HEY GUYS. LETS GENERALIZE.
I got my Xbox when it was released.
NO PROBLEMS AT ALL.
No broken disks.
No red ring.

You're right, some of the systems, through some means of divine intervention seem to be operating fine. The life expectancy of the box are all over the charts. Some are working since release, some work for a couple hours, in rare cases some don't work period.

And Syko, I consider giving XBox Blu-Ray technology a bullet to Sony because lets face it, despite this overwhelming evidence that the XBox needs to go back to the shop, there is still a strong propaganda front for them. All the good games are currently hovering around XBox, and as soon as XBox starts bridging the few technical advantages PS3 holds, things are going to get even uglier in the race.

As it stands, the next Final Fantasy games cannot even be made for the XBox even if they wanted to. The White Engine (I believe this is what it's called) that they have developed for the game requires power and space only PS3 alongside Blu-Ray can provide. In time PS3 will start producing games out of XBox's reach, and though the race may be badly for them, as long as they keep their guns, I figure there is some chance for them still.

A deduction made through somewhat shallow research I must admit, maybe i'm thinking the wrong way about it.

At 3/23/08 05:40 PM, ShadowWest2k7 wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/8793 64

Also, how are you a mod?

my bad, i'll take all this in there then.

Also i'm an audio mod, not bbs, though that shouldn't be an excuse for my blunder.

In relation to the person who said their friend went through 6, how about somebody who went through 11.

the story of 11 broken XBox 360's

I am so sick and tired of all these Box elitists hating on PS3 and Wii because they made the foolish mistake of spending 400-500 bucks on a piece of shit (myself included)

So rather then do a whole "He said, she said" rumor oriented speculations, allow me to show you all some very interesting links

XBox 360 drops 61% in sales as problems mount

Written July 20th 2007

Xbox 360's developer Microsoft extends warranty to 3 years as ALL 11.6 million systems released at the date of this article, will eventually break down.

Thats right, they are EXPECTING it to break down. Forget maybe, EXPECTING.
Written July 13th 2007

30% of the games you use will be destroyed or damaged through the XBox 360

That's right, the system will damage your discs and to top it off Microsoft will replace only the flag ship games like Halo. Last I checked there were only 10 games they would replace for hardware failure.

This means what?

- Sales are dropping (61% drop must mean something) like crazy, because people are getting smart to this crappy design
- 30% of your games will be destroyed or damaged, due to crappy design of the xbox *WHICH TO DATE HAS YET TO BE FIXED*
- Your XBox is EXPECTED to stop working within the first year. Read that again people, EXPECTED.

Other interesting news.
Sony is discussing plans to incorporate Blu-Ray technology into the XBox. Why Sony is going to shoot themselves for Microsoft is still not clear, but whatever they're doing, it's going to be a fun ride.

These are facts, rumors and complaints are not taken into consideration. I'm personally going to use my XBox as a pedestal for my yet to be purchased one day PS3 as a constant reminder.

Never again.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/reviews/
122928

GET YUR ABUSIVE REVIEW POINTS LADS!

Results are in, they will be aired on Newgrounds Radio on the 28th, DJ'ed by our own PyschoGoldFish!

Stay tuned you buggers.

The force is strong in this one.

Brilliant idea, couldn't agree with ya more :D! Did you by chance get to visit again and see if it's still there? I'm betting money they removed it, the bastards...

At 3/22/08 03:09 PM, MaestroRage wrote: Can you tell me what the purpose of MC will be when you start making the tunes?

toons... sleep deprivation is not good for grammar.

Well I personally think it was a good idea to jack the hands. I mean making flexible fingers is going to be... well okay I can't even imagine it working out with clay. And besides i'd think MC would find his time better spent on the head.

Looking incredible MC. Inspiring to say the least! Gonna try and make a theme for him, his existence is epic as is.

Can you tell me what the purpose of MC will be when you start making the tunes? Hunting for some kind of truth? A purpose? Perhaps a target to destroy? Nothing that would be spoiler but I like try and make themes as personal as possible.

At 3/19/08 08:47 PM, Draqo wrote: Yay matching sigs!

WE MUST BE BROTHERS!

I should fire my current co-owner and hire you on the spot!

I didn't know you co-oped Chron! What kind of job was it anyways? I don't believe you ever told me what major you were in either.

AUDIO MODS, TO MOD THREAD, NAO >:(!

ya damn slackers, have to post here to get your attention do I?!

At 3/17/08 12:18 AM, Quarl wrote: pshh, deadlining it again? I can't wait to see how long it gets postponed this time :P

with not so many entries, one week IS doable. Just you watch >:)

With the time up, members who have not joined into the battle and would like to help judging please pm me so we can get started right away. Results are coming in March 22nd, come hell or high water!

P-Bot - Machine of Judgment

So much for making an entire suite for em. Where does the time go eh? Probably going to go extend this song later.

Hey guys! Just launched my own website! Come check it, and I love u long time!

www.symphonyofspecters.com

cooooommee ooooooooon XO!

At 3/11/08 08:54 AM, Chronamut wrote: ugh newbies..

behave or i'll KICK YER ASS! >:(

I thought newbs were into that kind of thing?

They like their sodomy like they like their "Read first" threads.

Unseen and unexpected.

And the topic slides does it?

Lash your passion is always appreciated, desire to see a better newgrounds is shared not only by you I can assure you. The problem has never been with the system. True the system falters but only because there are simply not enough voters. So rather then forcing people to do something, lets also try to consider angles on how to get more people into our audio portal!

Did you know that the good score, and great score system actually works? Rig swears he saw a green colored song at the beginning of the newgrounds redesign, which just means we never, in the past 6 months since then have ever had a song grace Newgrounds which had enough votes to trigger the system.

The following ideas I believe have been discussed and are valid ways.

1: Introduce an awards system
2: HAVE SEX WITH YOUR MOM!
3: Grant points for voting on audio (big area of debate here :/)
4: Fair Share Revenue system.

Let me expand on number 4. Kongregate has something of this nature. See how it works is Kongregate pays the artists a certain amount for page views, downloads, overall exposure the game brings to their site.

Reverbnation has a very similar system where 50% of all the money they make through ad revenues is split up and given to the artists of the site *who participate in the Fair Share program* depending on overall exposure they bring to the site.

So I propose Newgrounds does away with the Best of [Month] awards and follows suite. It doesn't have to be 50%, but they can maybe, like Kongregate give cash for views and exposure. This will attract more higher talented artists who will bring more viewers with them. This works in regards to the Audio Portal too. Of course the two sides shouldn't really share the revenue pool because lets face it, Flash brings in a LOT more people in then audio.

The only downside to this is the elitism that may emerge. Newgrounds has always been a place for people of all skill levels to come on down and throw fists, but if an elitism air begins to stagnate the environment Newgrounds may lose it's unique vibe which as far as I know, nobody else possesses.

At 3/10/08 11:58 PM, Envy wrote: Who are all these people? 3 new people in a single page? Thats unheard of.

I fear change D:

a brilliant resource! I'd make them into Kontakt format but I don't have the tools to read the current ones. Seriously though this is an exceptional display of commitment. I'll definitely be referring to this as a must get pack.