From e314b4eb6180dbebe17cdfd476a8684e9702a2b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:53:43 -0400 Subject: misc commentary additions, courtesy of Lilith --- album/strife-2.yaml | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'album/strife-2.yaml') diff --git a/album/strife-2.yaml b/album/strife-2.yaml index ed31640..57f535b 100644 --- a/album/strife-2.yaml +++ b/album/strife-2.yaml @@ -139,6 +139,18 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-okW7YECmI Referenced Tracks: - Crustacean +Commentary: |- + Tensei: ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20180930224140/http://tenseimusic.tumblr.com/post/17709451675)) + + If you bought [[album:homestuck-vol-7|Homestuck volume 7]], you might be familiar with the bonus track I did on there, [[track:white-host-green-room|“White Host/Green Room”]], which had this garbled cameo of several Homestuck songs in the intro. If that’s the case, this song might sound familiar because it actually appeared in there for a bit. + + Its full name is “The King in Red”, and its supposed to be this weird pseudo-classical apocalyptic black metal remix of [[Karkat's Theme]]. The reason I never finished this up is because I was pretty dissatisfied with the choir samples, which simply weren’t up to the task. + + Human voice is said to be the single hardest thing to emulate through samples, which I guess is because people are generally used to hearing human voices all the time, so they’re much more likely to pick up on stuff that sounds ‘off’ than in the case of, for example, a sampled hurdy gurdy. + + In a lot of ways, it’s kinda similar to the uncanny valley problem with visual art; making a convincing and realistic human face through 3D modelling is very hard to pull off, and I don’t think it’s been seriously attempted since the Final Fantasy movie (And we all know how that turned out for them). + + Even modern CGI movies like Avatar avoid the concept by creating a distinctly alien race that gets just enough humanlike features to make them look relatable and 'cute’. --- Track: Unite Division (Beta) Duration: '1:43' -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From a0e1539fec687a18ae9720c9eca3742245ad659d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:26:11 -0400 Subject: more additional names, mostly --- album/strife-2.yaml | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'album/strife-2.yaml') diff --git a/album/strife-2.yaml b/album/strife-2.yaml index 57f535b..b360615 100644 --- a/album/strife-2.yaml +++ b/album/strife-2.yaml @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/16KCz2uMw42z7dTZ2jt98S --- Track: G4M3 OR D13 +Additional Names: +- Game or Die (English, normalized) Duration: '3:57' URLs: - https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/g4m3-or-d13 -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From ea5568fadc0e695b4441569e33af81221993911f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 17:16:55 -0400 Subject: various additions and fixes --- album/strife-2.yaml | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'album/strife-2.yaml') diff --git a/album/strife-2.yaml b/album/strife-2.yaml index b360615..133b81d 100644 --- a/album/strife-2.yaml +++ b/album/strife-2.yaml @@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Crustacean --- Track: Heel Girl +Additional Names: +- Heel, Girl (beta name on [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20130930224344/https://tenseimusic.tumblr.com/)) Duration: '4:00' URLs: - https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/heel-girl @@ -161,6 +163,9 @@ URLs: Referenced Tracks: - Thin RED Line - Liquid Negrocity +Commentary: |- + Tensei: ([Tumblr](http://web.archive.org/web/20130930224344/https://tenseimusic.tumblr.com/)) + Here’s another work in progress. This one is for Jack who is possessed by Lord English, so it uses a bit of the melody from [[Black|“Black”]]. It also borrows quite a bit from [[Thin RED Line|Arakune’s Theme]] from the game Blazblue. I tried to give it a bit of a neoclassical feel in the same way as [[Dance of Thorns|“Dance of Thorns”]]. --- Track: Arachnofunkia (Beta) Duration: 0:52 @@ -168,9 +173,14 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-okW7YECmI --- Track: Heel Girl (Beta) +Additional Names: +- Heel, Girl ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20130930224344/https://tenseimusic.tumblr.com/)) Duration: 0:48 URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-okW7YECmI +Commentary: |- + Tensei: ([Tumblr](http://web.archive.org/web/20130930224344/https://tenseimusic.tumblr.com/)) + Something I started today. It’s gonna be a song for evil!Jade. Title is “Heel, Girl” --- Track: daet with roze Directory: daet-with-roze-strife-2 -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5