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Revamp the Audio Portal?

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Revamp the Audio Portal? 2009-06-30 22:34:31


Just curious if anybody knows if there are any (even unofficial) plans to revamp the Audio Portal?
I personally think that it is long overdue for an upgrade.
Here are some things that I would like to see (to get started) {
Support for .flac (compressed lossless = winwin);
Some rating system changes (anything);
Maybe introduce the Art Portal concept of scouting?;
Default visualization = off;
An album system or other form of track organization;
}
Some common things that turn me away from the Audio Portal {
Unfair voting: I feel bad for my tracks which I know are better than previous tracks that I have released where a common pattern is: the newer the track, the lower the score. (even though I know that I am at least improving upon myself);
Lack of organization and uninteresting AP layout: There is no way for me to coerce people to listen to my track from the Audio Portal-- the art portal has images and we have a list of links (nobody likes digging through text links)-- I know this is audio, but I'm sure that we can collectively think of something. Maybe even a button consisting of my username and track art/trackname. Also, there is no track grouping/organization;
No reviewers: There seems to be a complete lack of interest from the community in the Audio Portal-- Would this persist if it were revamped? One way to find out...
}

Response to Revamp the Audio Portal? 2009-07-01 03:36:38


I think that the voting system could be at least cured a bit if only the votes with a full review counted. Then, if there was a 0 vote with a text like "GHEY!GHEY!GHEY!", you could report it to someone, who would delete it and save your score....

Response to Revamp the Audio Portal? 2009-07-01 05:02:53


Well, it would be a good start if you post your suggestions in the right thread


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Response to Revamp the Audio Portal? 2009-07-01 08:27:20


you could once support songs in wav, intended for loops i suppsoe so i dont think flac will happen, too large

Response to Revamp the Audio Portal? 2009-07-01 09:18:43


Mindchamber said there were plans, but that was about 8 months ago.


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Response to Revamp the Audio Portal? 2009-07-01 09:20:28


As pointed out by MH16 there is a right thread for this :
Ideas For Newgrounds' Evolution MK3