In development DCEmu community project: Generic Survival Horror Clone #1

[jman420]

haha, its hot in the US too :P

and good news on the MIDI, now you can make some more music!

[HardHat]

Hi all,

I'm finally back from my trip. Chicago was great. I'll be working on the engine test build this week (with cameras and pre-rendered backgrounds), and next week I'll get the collision mesh working.

Gotta add sound at some point too.

[Accordion]

glad you had a good time
ive done a quick demo of the track im working on, it is very very rough, i just wanted to give everyone a taster
heres the link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3P6MX77J

should work, i tested myself, i thought id use mega upload to save the site some space.

i was thinking it could also work as a menu theme instead...

[jman420]

any chance you could upload that song to DCEmu rather then megaupload?

[Accordion]

how come?

i just thought keep it external as it is a very early test

oh what the hell here it is

remember i ve just started today , so its rough like... erm, rough like a shark, or sand, or ...or a council estate 12 year old mother of five ...erm yeah

hmm nine posts away from evil
ahhhhh

[jman420]

hmm.... any chance you could make it more musical? or is that the way it is :P

Dont take that the wrong way, but the piano just sounds kind of spratic, and 53 seconds in, ya just start hitting whatever keys ya want! lol...

I look forward to hearing this progress though

[Accordion]

dont worry your right, like i said, rough

yes the ending is mad, i was struggling to make any progress so i just kept playing a bit to reach an end

the main problem is timing, i recorded the bass and melody separate to make certain it was smooth as possible but the timing is off for most of it.
i like the waltz theme(i always like waltz music though) and it does work well when the last two chords of bass in each bar meet the melody but bacause of the timing it doesnt happen all the time.

also the first two notes are completley out of time...not that it is a good start anyway, i really need an into for about four bars to begin.

what do you mean exactly by more musical?
more elements maybe ?

[HardHat]

Well, I think it is a good start accordian boy.

I like the first 20 seconds the best. But the melody line in the last 2/3 doesn't feel like it is reusing the musical ideas introduced near the beginning. And near the end there seem to be some wrong notes in the melody line.

The bass line seems fine to me on first hearing.

Basically the piece would be better if it were a little tighter. And it needs more violins. :-)

[Kaiser]

And it needs more violins. :-)

Violins and theme music hmm?

This is one of the Resident Evil series greatest themes (from the outbreak games). Perhaps it could give you guys some inspiration.

Edit: I added a second track if you need inspiration for the RPD. Its a remix of the original RE2 RPD theme found in the "Desperate Times" scenario of Outbreak file #2. The outbreak games have amazing remixed RE2 music. You should also track down the Lab remix found in Outbreak #1. Its a good listen as well.

[Accordion]

in my most evil post ever, full of bad omens and what not (666th post OOOHHHH)

well kaiser, funny you should mention the outbreak main theme, as that was my main inspiration. have another listen, it is quite different, but all the notes are there (transposed or not) i changed it to a waltz due to not wanting to copy it too much.
ive played that bass line so often ill never forget it .

pay no attention to the end, i was messing around. and getting frustrated by no progress!

maybe sunday for a clean version, im going backpacking in september so im working nearly everyday to make some money, 5am to 3pm, on monday, wednesday, friday, and saturday...horrendous!
in the mean time :
i would gladly take any requests for extra elements or voice changes.
more violins noted !