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Fan Corner / Re: Special Levels Music for String Quartet!
« on: October 15, 2016, 03:05:52 AM »
Here it is! Enjoy! :)
(We flubbed the end big time, but hey, the rest of it came out in one piece :P)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U7cgbNQ6qY

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Fan Corner / Re: Special Levels Music for String Quartet!
« on: October 14, 2016, 10:05:20 PM »
Ok, so it's been awhile hasn't it? Well, I have some exciting news. Live performance tonight (in about 2 hours) of something you have heard part of. As for the rest of it, those of you who played Pieuw's PimoLems will probably recognize it. (I'll go ahead and spoil that this is not the Special Levels Quartet. That one is still in the works.) I will have it recorded and will post a link to it on YouTube as soon as we are done. Be on the lookout for it later tonight. :)

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Fan Corner / Re: Special Levels Music for String Quartet!
« on: June 13, 2016, 10:39:28 PM »
I don't have a ton of time to address stuff right this minute, but the awkward transition you reference from menacing to awesome was actually not a transition. It was meant to imitate "danger, danger" at the end of the menacing music. Also the "overly-short" nature of the staccato notes is just a lame facet of noteflight as a whole, real staccato doesn't sound that ugly. (Also, yes the double note exists in the Amiga version, and that was the primary track I used.) Couple of other things: the dramatic pauses in Awesome at the beginning were intentional, as was the little jumpy-section in menacing. Ccex is dead on about the C#-forever viola bit in beast, I just got lazy there. As for the BeastII beginning bit, those pitches are dead on with whatever version I used, I think Amiga, but yes I think it varies by port.

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Fan Corner / Ok so I suck at the internet in general...
« on: June 12, 2016, 06:27:08 AM »
I noticed something today. I left my score of the Special Levels Quartet public and open to search because I am terrible at editing and viewing settings. I suppose some of you may have already found it by this point. And, that, combined with my continued inability and general laziness when it comes to contacting people and rehearsing has led me to indefinitely put a live recording of that on hold and (drumroll, please) post a link here. I am, as always, open to feedback, but this one is pretty set in stone. Nonetheless, all comments appreicated. Noteflight got a new format recently, so you might have to hunt for the play button, but I trust you all to find it. Enjoy!
-Hyp :)
"Special Levels for String Quartet:" https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/8f8b948274d51b016eaeff01c750f23272a3fdcb
P.S. (Purely for "legal" purposes) I just listed the composer as "Psygnosis," this should really say "Tim Wright and David Whittaker" but that took up too much space.

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Ok yep, spot on. I just redownloaded Win95 lemmings and went through the extraction again. Lemmini up and running! Thanks a bunch folks! And by the way, that user error prevention thing sounds like a good addition for SuperLemmini :thumbsup:
Note: accidentally posted this in my old "help I'm technologically challenged" thread, please ignore that one lol

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Recently my computer has been refusing to run Lemmini and SuperLemmini, it gives me the following error message:

CRC error for file C:\Users\PC\Downloads\lemmingswin\SOUND\BANG.WAV. (CRC is 0x550565b2, expected 0x54056532.)

I'm guessing that means there is something going on with the sound file, but I don't know what to do about it. (The sound file plays just fine by itself if I run it in media player.) Should I redownload Win95 lemmings?

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Fan Corner / Re: Special Levels Music for String Quartet!
« on: May 19, 2016, 06:14:05 PM »
Oh yes, I highly approve of that tweak there, ccexplore! As an arranging traditionalist who really doesn't like having to add percussion, I definitely like what you did there with the viola part. Also, whatever software you are using there has a far more accurate audio playback of string instruments than cheapy ol' NoteFlight, lol. Would you mind sharing the score for your version, so I can compare on paper?

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Fan Corner / Re: Special Levels Music for String Quartet!
« on: May 18, 2016, 07:34:35 PM »
In a slight change of style, and primarily thanks to my laziness when it comes to going back and revising, I took to arranging the SNES title theme for piano. (The one real perk of piano arranging on NoteFlight is that its piano audio track sounds a lot more realistic than its string instrument audio track.) Enjoy!
"SNES Title Theme for Piano:" https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/5ae138aee84f2a32e4561a3ddde4822732f85ef1

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Fan Corner / Re: Special Levels Music for String Quartet!
« on: May 01, 2016, 08:42:20 PM »
Very good point about the way I kind of pushed the cello part to the back at times. I'll give that another look and see how that changes it. I also feel like what's really missing from this one (in contrast to the other one (Tim 3? Tim 2?) is that nice counter melody. Tim 3 (?) had a viola part in their that really filled out the puzzle; perhaps I can work something like that in there. Maybe I can layer the two melodies on top of each other at some point (spoliler alert: I did this in "Beast").

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Fan Corner / Re: Special Levels Music for String Quartet!
« on: May 01, 2016, 04:26:46 AM »
Very fair assessment, and yes I completely understand what you mean there. I guess having the initial melody (that octave-flickering stuff) serve as the only background was a bit odd. Also, perhaps the SNES version was not the best to base it off of, I think the DOS edition of that one has something more behind it. I kind of start to wonder if adding drums wouldn't be a bad idea in a couple of places. Thanks for the feedback as always! :)

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Fan Corner / Re: Special Levels Music for String Quartet!
« on: May 01, 2016, 03:11:32 AM »
Today has been a long and rainy Saturday, and I haven't had a whole lot to do, so..........I decided more bonus material would be a good idea! In the continued absence of the perpetually-delayed special levels quartet live performance, I give you (digitally)...drumroll please...the Ascending Pillar Disco! (Once again, audio playback using the little play button.)

"Ascending Pillar Disco for String Quartet:" https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/d8a71b81067f7fe50b2549fa64b4340135fff341

Lem on!
-Hyp

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It has been quite some time since my last post here, and I must admit to being a bit behind schedule. The score and parts for the Special Levels Quartet are finished (those have been done for about a month now). However, (you had to know there was a "however" coming) we (me and my weird musician friends) have not had a whole lot of spare time on our hands to rehearse this. Since I can't give you an actual live video/audio recording of it yet, I don't want to spoil anything by giving away the score now. BUT, I do have some bonus material for you! Below is a link to my personal string-quartet take on one of Tim Wright's themes. This one is strictly digital for the moment, but you can hear the audio playback of it by hitting the little 'play' button (which should be lower-left). For now, enjoy this one and consider it a sort of little preview. More coming soon! Lem on!
-Hyp
"Tim Wright Theme 3 for String Quartet:" https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/b8ef93fb09fcd49fec8cb2d78a96398cee9fcdf6

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Fan Corner / Status Update!
« on: March 21, 2016, 01:26:11 AM »
Today, I wrapped up "Awesome!" Tomorrow, I will spend some quality time with "Beast II," perhaps even get through the whole thing, depending on how patient I am feeling. Ideally I will have parts and a score printed by next week, at which point all that will be left to do will be to pull together three friends to play it with me (which  shouldn't be terribly difficult). I expect to be able to record it and post it to YouTube for your viewing and listening pleasure by the end of next week.
Lem on!
-Hyp 8-)

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Fan Corner / Re: Special Levels Music for String Quartet!
« on: March 09, 2016, 05:28:30 AM »
Aha! Correction: supposedly the version of Menacing music in A-flat major is from the PC-DOS version (at least according to the soundtrack I found). Strangely I don't remember that as someone who played on the PC-DOS version originally. I suppose I've spent too much time hearing good-ol' C-Major Menacing music on Lemmini recently. Also, Menacing is still in progress, personal life stalling me a bit as well as the struggle of where to splice in a bit of A-flat stuff. Not to worry, I will make myself finish Menacing tomorrow to move on to Awesome! I am also still open to suggestions for a conclusion (perhaps a bit of "Doggy in the Window" or the SNES "level complete" music? or something else entirely?). Haven't quite decided how to put a bow on it yet (pun most definitely intended).
-Hyp:P

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Fan Corner / Re: Special Levels Music for String Quartet!
« on: March 01, 2016, 04:03:58 AM »
Thank you both for the feedback! Fair point about the difference in the tracks being minimal given the new instrumentation, for sure. Also, to answer your question about it only being special levels: yes, for now, I may look into other music afterwards, but given that most of it is public domain material (Turkish Rondo, Can-Can, Doggy in the Window, etc.) I am sure plenty of arrangements of those are already out there. Although, ONML music....now there's a thought. ;) (Sidenote: other little gags, such as SNES intro music are coming to mind, perhaps a potential future project)
Lem on!
-Hyp

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