UPDATE: The torrent download is up in the release thread!

Thanks to the super fast connection I have at university, I was able to upload the entire release to Mediafire in one day!

This release has been a real pain to record: for some obscure reason the tracks were very quiet and I had to amplify quite a bit to make them sound at a comfortable level and, on the other hand, the PCM samples were super loud!
Finding the right level has been painful because I didn’t want absolutely the samples to clip but neither I wanted to have the tracks too quiet.

In the end, after endless recordings and tests, I decided to set a level high enough and de-emphasize the PCM samples: those would be ok if played during gameplay where you keep the sound to certain levels, but in a soundtrack they would make your ears bleed since you’d be listening to them at a much higher volume.

Finding the “sweet spot” for the PCM samples has been hard too because I didn’t want them to overshadow the music but neither I wanted them to sound too quiet/artificial, so I had to fiddle quite a bit to find the right volume for them so that they would blend flawlessly with the rest of the track.

It has been a hard but I managed to make very good work imho, I’m looking forward to hear from you guys what you think of this release!

Also, there are two bonus track for you: the opening and credits in German!
That’s right, the German version of this game had the voices in German and the Opening has the first loop a bit longer than the English one. Hope you’ll enjoy this little extra we’ve dig for you. :]

What else… you’ll probably notice that Youtube has a new (crappy imho) interface now: hopefully you’ll manage to get your way through it.
You’ll probably notice that the Featured Video (or front page video, whatever) has gone and has been replaced by a “Trailer Video” to introduce those that haven’t subscribed yet to the channel. Those who already subscribed won’t see it anymore.

So I’m currently looking for someone to make this “Trailer Video” to introduce the people to our project. I have a few ideas in mind but I need someone good at making videos, in particular someone who’s good at fiddling with special effects.
If you think you’re good enough, please contact me at [email protected] or through our Forum.

And that’s all for now, stay tuned for other news and future releases!

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A very quick update: the new release has been recorded and it’s almost ready to go out.

There’s always the same problem of uploading it since I’m still having issues with my home server – eventually I’ll have to upload it myself again and this will take quite a while.

Alright, the fix week has ended, here’s a list of things that have been fixed:

• Updated informations in the FAQ section
• Corrected small things in the Media section
• Fixed some broken links throughout the website
• Updated informations in the Links & Stuff section, with the new staff and contacts to get in touch with them
• Updated the torrent links in the Releases forum
• Updated the Master List in the Release forum
• Added a new thread in the Request forum, explaining how we choose which release to do next
• Updated the Request Example Thread
• Fixed the Sonic 3D Green Grove Zone: Act 2 track
• Updated the entire Sonic 3D soundtrack with new HD Youtube Videos and new Covers, these will be uploaded by the end of this week.

That’s all I think, as you can see we’ve done quite a bit and a new release is on its way, so stay tuned!

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It’s Fix Week!

This week we’ll be focusing on fixing stuff around the project such as missing tracks, mis-recorded tracks, updating the youtube videos with the higher quality ones and fixing broken links and other things around the website.

I’d also like to welcome our new forum moderator, Roareye!
Thanks to him I’ll have a bit more free time and won’t have to check the forums several times a day.

Also, I’d like to point out a change in the request rule: from now on since our staff member Truepack will be doing custom covers for us, you won’t have to post the cover of the game you’re requesting!
This means that if you want you can still post the cover to make the request thread nice looking and I’ll be grateful for that, but you won’t have to.

Last but not least: there are people asking to use our material and it is ok to us.
The policy is you’re free to use everything in our project as long as you tell us before doing so and give credit to our project either by putting a link to our website, facebook page or youtube channel.

Well, that’s all! Here’s the schedule for our Fix Week:

• Updating as much videos in the Youtube Channel as possible
  
• Fix the track “Green Grove Act 2” from Sonic 3D
• Look for broken links and fix them
• Delete the request threads with lists in them
• Update the Request Example Thread

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UPDATE: The Hi-res tracks are online!!!

The first thing you’ll (sadly) find out about this release is that it is lacking the hi-res downloads – why?
Unluckily, one of the parts of the server were DOA (Dead On Arrival – broken) so I have to send it back and wait for it to arrive again, thus I had to upload the tracks myself with my snail slow connection and I managed to only have the MP3 and FLAC ones online (which is a bummer, the 96/24 tracks really shines in this release).

The second thing you’ll notice is that this is no ordinary release, it is a special release due to a 6 month old request made by user Pig_Saint in the forums. My sincerest apologies to him for having him wait so long, the request system was clearly flawed and it had to be changed.
He requested only the omake tracks from the game, here’s what he said about this rare gem:

“Well… I’ll try to explain what “omake music” means with my English. Game soundtrack released by Technosoft years ago. Perfect tracks including some awful unpublished remasterings. But this game has ten Omake themes (I think omake means “extra” in Japanese) NOT included on this official CD. To unlock these tracks in sound test it’s necessary to beat the game in any difficult level. In options menu, you can select “0 Lives” and get the 100 tries for every continue (600 lives total) and it’s easy to complete (game is so hard even in easy), but it has ten long levels and it takes its time. After beat the game, just go to options and omake tracks will be added to sound test. Sometimes I hear these tracks on some YouTube RIPs, but this bad quality burst me into tears.

I think this is probably one of the best soundtracks in videogame history.”

This time you’ll burst in tears of joy as this is a truly amazing release and it sounds awesome although quite a bit bassy! I was thinking about equalizing it a bit to tone the bass down a bit but then it would be against our principles (and, besides, you can tone down the bass by yourself if you need it).

Now, when will the HD tracks will be online along with the torrent?
Sadly, I don’t know.
It depends on the seller and when he’ll ship back the part I need to fix my server.
Meanwhile we’ll go one with another release the next week – we’ve lost a huge amount of time due to these technical problems and we don’t want to delay our other releases anymore!

Alright, that’s it, go straight to our Media page to get the new release and enjoy!

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Quick update – I’m having some technical issues with my server at home and I’m unable to upload the release files to Haggar so that he can bring the downloads and torrents online.

I should be receiving new stuff to fix my server tomorrow or in the next week but I really want to underline that the release is ready, we just have to upload it for you guys, so make sure to check back in a few days!