You can try either of these

The Lonely Reunion =HFX=, by HalcyonicFalconX Type: SongGenre: Classical

Lisa's Song =HFX=, by HalcyonicFalconX Type: LoopGenre: Classical

Adele's Requiem =HFX=, by HalcyonicFalconX Type: SongGenre: Classical

At 11/29/09 03:28 AM, btriangle wrote: 3. Erhu - Defines Japanese and Chinese culture, which is what i love.

Errr.... How does it define Japanese culture? It's a purely Chinese instrument, and I don't think the Japanese really ever use it in their music.

As for my list:

Harp
A wonderful instrument that makes for spectacular arpeggios and also for great solos. A soft sounding instrument that can sound magical when played just right.

Glockenspiel
This chordophonic instrument has such a lovely sound and there is so much that can be done with it. The sound isn't wooden like the marimba or quite as reverberating as Tubular bells, and is lighter and gentler than the xylophone. Certainly one of my favorites.

Guzheng
An underappreciated instrument from the past of China that is still used today. Incredibly flexible in it's range and capabilities, this instrument has been a symbol of Chinese music for centuries. Nowadays the Japanese koto, a derivative instrument, is much more recognized because of it's popularization through Western culture, yet the Guzheng still remains my favorite plucking instrument.

Pipe Organ
Synonymous with music of the Gothic period and of the Renaissance, the pipe organ has been well used in old choir and religious pieces. It's sound resonates heavily and conveys a feeling unmatched by any other reed instrument. Used in modern music, it could be used to convey ambience or used for builds in music.

Clavicembalo col Piano e Forte
Okay okay... it's just the piano. Lol. The original Italian name for it when it was first made. But really, how can this instrument NOT be on my list? I'm a piano player for one, that and the range of music that can be made by a piano is amazing. From the gentlest pieces, to the comical ones, to the heaviest ones. It's just one of those Jack-of-all-trades things.

I'll partake in this. Mind if I take "Finding Flowers"?

Most of my songs have been made with 100% soundfonts (because my laptop can't handle anything else). And honestly, the right soundfonts with the right engineering can sound extremely good also.

At 11/14/09 08:38 PM, MaestroRage wrote: i'm not arguing that IGN owes a big apology here, they do. But IGN does not owe him money. Let's not start derailing the topic, we should all go write fuming letters to IGN and who knows, maybe they'll feel so embarassed they'll give a good sum of cash.

Whoa.... arguments.

Getting a nip of their revenue would be nice. Certainly would at least buy me a lunch. But honestly.... I don't care at all about the money. And I wrote this in my email to them also.
For me, music is more than about the money. Sure, I might be a foolish idealist who thinks they can just write music for the love of it with no care for the money, but that's what I do. The song, monetary-wise, is rather insignificant. I don't care about that. I do care that my work is being used without crediting me, and that people are making daily impressions of my song as being part of the Halo soundtrack. Honored as I would love to be, they're not thinking it's me. So... not quite as honored.

And the only thing I asked from them is that they add credits. No removing of videos, no paying me back. Should I be asking more?

At 11/14/09 05:15 PM, Rawmin wrote: And Angry Letter

Thank you Rawmin. I sent them an email also, but they've yet to reply. Although after I sent the email, which only noted one of the videos, I found two more. In any case, what upsets me is that this is IGN. They certainly could've done better than this.

On another note, I've filed the Youtube Copyright Infringement form three times so far for 8 various YT videos, all claiming that my song was part of Halo Reach. Two Youtube users even claimed that they were the composer of the piece and that they were giving previews. The lul-worthy thing is that comments on each of their videos were commenting about how each of them had made claims to the song. lol

At 11/14/09 01:24 PM, DJ-Chilvan wrote: Stuffs about the Dance Chord Syndrome

Yes very true. And hence when people had first left reviews saying that the song reminded them of ODST and another one that asked if IGN had stolen my music, I just assumed that they had misidentified similar types of music. Happens all the time. But yesterday I decided to go back and read those again, check their dating, and scour the IGN site to find those videos.

At 11/14/09 12:52 PM, Back-From-Purgatory wrote: IGN yoinking music from newgrounds? Sounds like you might be entitled to a lot of cash there buddy. They make money running that website, it's a business, meaning you should be making royalties.

Yes, they do generate lots of Ad revenue. That and it's owned by FOX.

But honestly, I don't care about the revenue. What I do care about is that people say I stole my music because of this association they're creating in people's heads.

However, here I must give kudos to Youtube. I filed copyright claims on the two Youtube videos and both were removed. The uploader of one also manually removed one of the others he uploaded with the "Extended version" before the copyright claim got to him. I suppose I could copyright claim on IGN's Youtube uploads, but I'm waiting til they reply before I do anything.

So they used it in more than one video... I'm posting them all.

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/85287 1/bungie-project-2/videos/haloodst_firef ight_preview.html

So I went back to read the reviews on my song and did a good deal of hunting. And now I know why people associate my song with Halo.

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/85287 1/bungie-project-2/videos/haloodst_spc_h eadshots_montage.html

What. The. Hell..... do I do now?

In the comments, the guy claims he made it (I went through the comments). So stolen.

I suppose for now I could ask Youtube to remove the videos while posting a comment on them saying that they were stolen.

I'm really thinking it's just these two guys. Both are spanish speaking users of Youtube, both cut and diced up my song to make it longer (and mind you did a bad job at it). I really don't know... but I could use help since if they want to use my song, by all means that's cool. But not if they're not giving me credit.

I will be contacting him, although something is up. I found yet another video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P3Y2up0U MI

Is it REALLY possible that Bungie would yoink music like that? I seriously think they wouldn't but....

Alright, so I got a review before on my Heroes March Song saying that it sounded like something from Halo.

Heroes March ~P~, by HalcyonicFalconX Type: LoopGenre: Classical

And I didn't really pay it any mind before since I figured it's a standard orchestral loop using the "dance chords", that it'd probably sound like a lot of things. And then I get an angry PM from someone saying that I stole it. Of course, I went off to do research. And I find this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFrTG-MLq 2M&feature=related

This sounds like a cut up version of my song, almost precisely. Can anyone confirm for me whether or not this is really part of the Halo Reach soundtrack? And if it is... how I can go about contacting Bungie?

I love the replies so far also. Can anyone perhaps give me a brand of sound cards that are good (and aren't gamer cards)?

At 11/12/09 08:12 AM, nathanallenpinard wrote:

i think you should worry more about your speakers/headphones coloring your sound than the sound hardware.

True, but you DON'T want a gamer card. It's not built for production audio, and absolutely colors the sound with non-configurable DSP most of the time.

East West samples won't change in performance hardly with a new card, unless the card is having trouble with mutiple tracks and bad latency.

Also, get a 64bit OS, and get 8gb RAM. 4gb won't be enough if your going to heavily use East West.

As far as the OS, I'm aiming to get 64bit Windows 7 Ultimate installed on it. The RAM is something I'm trying to see if I can get enough money for, since 8gb is so expensive. D:

Yeah. But, and correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't a good sound card work better for monitoring your music? Especially if gamer cards are advertising "Bass Boost" and whatnots... I suppose there are those that are made to just sound accurate.

Well, I'd say something that could run software like East West without any trouble. (specs for that can be found here) Also something that won't freeze/crash whenever I have more than five automation clips going at the same time in FL Studio. Certainly what I've worked with and still do clearly doesn't cut it. I do aim to at least be able to produce complex pieces and not have to render them each time to hear what it sounds like. That and perhaps go into recordings (although I have a USB condensor mic).

As for specs for parts that I already have for my desktop... well here's a list.

Relevant parts:

AMD Athlon II X4 630 Propus 2.8GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-5300CL5D-4GBMQ

Other parts (for those of the curious types):

PNY VCG98GTXPXPB GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Thermaltake Element T VK90001N2Z Black SECC/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

I do suppose what I have already would support most any sound card. Only other relevant part that might need consideration is the power supply, which I am looking to get a 700w one.

Oh shoot. I'm so sorry. I meant DESKTOP >_< I'm not building a laptop.

Hi everyone!

I'm deciding that with my current workstation for audio, I can't really make anything better than what I'm doing now as I've taken it to it's limit already.

If you're curious, I use a 2yr old laptop, Vista OS, 1.7ghz, 1gb RAM, on-board soundcard. UGH.

So, I'm going to go make a bit of an investment in a decent laptop that can handle stuff that I throw at it. Since it's cheaper to get a compy-saavy person to build it, I'm buying my own parts myself. However they (and the computer stores) have no idea what's a good soundcard for music production. Only what's good for Gaming and music, and from what I researched those all color the signals like a Skullcandy.

Soooo....

Presuming that there are others around here that know this, I'm asking for help and recommendations for good soundcards for music production. I'm not super techsaavy, but I'm not computer dumb either, so providing techspecs would be nice. :D As far as budget goes... I'm not looking to go all the way professional so something under the $200 mark would be nice. Although feel free to toss out some of the higher end stuff just so that I know what's out there whenever I feel like going professional and all out.

Thank you to everyone ahead of time, and I really appreciate your help.

~Phyrnna ^_^

At 11/7/09 04:19 AM, DJ-Delinquent wrote: Im collabing With Halyconic Falcon X

<3

Looking for a partner to work with. ^__^

At 10/6/09 03:17 PM, AwkwardFish wrote: Hey man I'll work with you. Check out some of my AP stuff to get a sense of what I do. You have FL Studio?

At 10/6/09 03:14 PM, HalcyonicFalconX wrote: I'm up for this! Who wants to team up with me? :D

I work mainly in classical.

Yes, I have both FL8 and FL9. Contact me on AIM or via PM?

I'm up for this! Who wants to team up with me? :D

I work mainly in classical.

At 9/29/09 10:25 AM, DJ-Rube wrote:

At 9/29/09 08:21 AM, Mau5 wrote:

Thanks for your reply! Could you recommend a decent set of headphones suitable for music production?

SKULL CANDY

I repeat after Maestro. NO.

Skull Candies color and "sweeten" your audio sound making it inaccurate.

I use the Sennheiser H280's also. Cheap and work wonderfully.

At 9/25/09 09:55 AM, kurasu1415 wrote: Hey guys,
I am working on an interesting project called AudioTrance. It's a sidescrolling shooter with some very thick audio elements, and I am in need of someone who can compose some cool techno and bass songs. If anyone has ability with piano/classical, that would also help. As soon as you show interest I woul be more than happy to share my ideas with you. Thanks in advance.

Sounds like fun. I work a lot with Classical and Piano, with some foraging into Techno.

Here's a few songs:

The Pianist's Journey =HFX=, by HalcyonicFalconX Type: SongGenre: Dance

Space Adventure (WIP) =HFX=, by HalcyonicFalconX Type: LoopGenre: Techno

Traverse the Woods =HFX=, by HalcyonicFalconX Type: LoopGenre: Miscellaneous

So are you looking for piano sounds that'll make a nice synth pad'ish sound to back your song?

At 8/27/09 04:21 PM, killkhan wrote: Hey everyone. So I just wanted to see whos out there that composes classical music or film soundtracks. I always thought it was the most fun to write and it's my favorite.

Any else out there?

A look in the Classical Music section would do you good.

Let's see... other than me:

DavidOrr
BlackAttackBitch
zero123music

Off the top of my head that is. There are plenty others though.

At 8/27/09 01:17 PM, Bjra wrote: for some reason my age counter on newgrounds now reads a different number than yesterday?

Sneak you mister you.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m98/n athancarson/birthday_beer.jpg

Have a beer.