First Strike Forums — Music

Re: Music

null@example.com (steb74) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:05:50 +0000

Thanks guys !
From the point of view of the devs and myself, we want the Death Star music to definitely have the musical flavour and vibe we're all used to from the movie.
Perhaps you're right though - this could be classified......

Re: Music

null@example.com (AeX_Strider) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:59:34 +0000

Very well done, brings one of the unspoken necessities of a SW game to the right place.

Re: Music

null@example.com (Spuzzy) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:48:18 +0000

Devs, keep up the great work! Is the loading map for the Death Star gonna be some sort of Imp March Remix? Or is it still in the classified folder

Re: Music

null@example.com (Delta_Fixer) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:58:43 +0000

steb74 wrote:

With regards to gear, I feel like a bit of a fossil compared to most here when it comes to understanding about computers, etc, but.....the software I use to make music for this mod anyway is done with Cubase and the East West Gold ProXP library and I also use East West RA for any ethnic type instrumentation, the type of sounds that might lend themselves well to the likes of Endor and even Tatooine for that matter.
Cheers

The EastWest Symphonic libraries sound great! I have the Gold, too, but not the XP add-on (have heard it is fantastic).

Check out Sonar 7 ;-) ... and keep doin' what you're doin'. Its really not so much the gear as it is the person using it.

Re: Music

null@example.com (Carbon) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:15:55 +0000

I was impressed on how subtly the motifs were used, and how similar the music was to BF2142's, but with a Star Wars touch.

Re: Music

null@example.com (steb74) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:05:12 +0000

Thanks again
It's great to have positive feedback to add more fire to the inspiration this mod gives me.
I think the short piece you mentioned Delta_Fixer is probably the Hoth Space map ( I think )
You're right, it does need extending and that's something I'm working on already.

With regards to gear, I feel like a bit of a fossil compared to most here when it comes to understanding about computers, etc, but.....the software I use to make music for this mod anyway is done with Cubase and the East West Gold ProXP library and I also use East West RA for any ethnic type instrumentation, the type of sounds that might lend themselves well to the likes of Endor and even Tatooine for that matter.
My sound card is an external one ( forgive my bad tech speak ) and is the Edirol UA-700,
which I believe at one point was quite expensive but I got it at a crazy low price from ebay
I also use a not very good midi keyboard, it works well enough though, I prefer to 'play in' most things that I record as I think it helps to keep a little of the human character that can often be eliminated through 'syntheticly rendered music'.
Well it's great for me to hear how much people are enjoying this mod so far after seeing all the hard work put into it and it honestly is thrilling to be part of the team and this great community.
Cheers

Re: Music

null@example.com (SageBlueRhino) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:47:48 +0000

:):):):):):):):):):):):):):) We love you Steb! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Re: Music

null@example.com (Delta_Fixer) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:29:42 +0000

Steb, the man, the myth, the legend!

Keep up the great work. I don't mind the looping at all except for that one song (forget which map) that is only 8 or 16 bars long. I do like it though, and would love to hear that track take off and become a full song.

What DAW and soft synths and/ or hardware do you use (if you don't mind me asking)?

Re: Music

null@example.com (steb74) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:55:24 +0000

Thanks alot folks, much appreciated indeed !
The music like every other element of the creation process for the mod has been alot of work and alot of fun.
It's still early days with regards to what the future holds for First Strike, at least from a musical point of view but I'm certainly looking forward to seeing how it might be developed more.
There are still issues surrounding the use of music which need to be discussed more with the team but at least from my point of view a Star Wars experiece without music...well isn't really a Star Wars experience and I'm not talking rock or pop music either ( which I also love ) but it just isn't the musical language that a Star Wars experience deserves in my opinion.
Thanks again and I hope there'll be much more in the future.

P.S. I remember Preacher once mentioning the old 'optimizing your shaders' business, so I hope the looping isn't driving you bonkers man

Re: Music

null@example.com (Bandu) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:53:16 +0000

Aye , Steb did,and is doing, a fantastic job

Re: Music

null@example.com (Dragunov) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:37:17 +0000

he's the best

Re: Music

null@example.com (FSDev| Ramseus) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:34:59 +0000

Yeah, he really did a great job... except it's annoying when you have to optimize your shaders and it loops five times...

Re: Music

null@example.com (BlasterFreak) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:14:13 +0000

I like the menu music... There's tension and some darkness to be heard in there. Kudos to the creator.

Re: Music

null@example.com (Kayin) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:02:50 +0000

Very true. I have to thank him for giving me good songs to listen, in or outside of the game. The SW athmosphere can be heard from them and gives good feeling to gameplay. Fantastic work!

Re: Music

null@example.com (Delta_Fixer) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:38:21 +0000

Agreed! The composer(s) did an excellent job, and the sound quality is superb, too. I am definitely looking forward to any new scores that might accompany upcoming maps.