As you know, I kinda cancelled /0 a few weeks ago, but I only released it on some other forum (that you had to be a member to download musics from) so it's only fair I release it everywhere else.

Some of these I had already released here but I figured if I handed it out in one big folder it'd be easier to find.


Download link --> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JCU12N30


Tracklisting:

- *32-bit Twist (2009 Demo) 3:17
- *32-bit Twist (instr.) 3:17
- Clouds (Illemonati Demo) 2:52
- *In The Air Tonight (Demo 2) 5:05
- Infinity - Pt. 1 (instr.) 9:24
- Nothing's Impossible (2007 Demo) 3:50
- Nothing's Impossible (2009 Demo) 3:50
- Transition 0:15

I've left out two of the proposed tracks, those being the full version of Clouds and Prologue: Into the Fire. Those are a much better quality to the ones I've put up so I'm carrying them over onto an actual album.

This thing was in development for over 2 years (originally announced July 2007) and honestly, that was too long; considering I was hoping for an Autumn 2008 release.

I didn't really bother with fixing some of the tags, so some are tagged with "NaN" as the artist and "/0" as the album.
--
Tracks marked with an * are covers.
(also I had to resize the album art so it wouldn't crop in the forum: hi-res image is here)

It was payment well spent.

I pretty missed the whole thing (I think being in the UK does that. ) so I'm guessing Quade left after some stuff between you guys?
I guess if I don't know, I shouldn't; unless it really made an impact. That said, it seems to have been resolved so this post is kinda meaningless.

So my two £0.02 on it - unfortunate to see him go, but I wasn't stopping him. Made a bunch of good tunes and if he wanted to move on, so be it.

Not a Number: Taken from the opening monolgoue of The Prisoner ("I am not a number, I am a free man!")
alphaSYMBOLIC: Sort of a corruption of Not a Number; wanted to make a name that "was an opposite to 'Not a Number', but meant the same", if that made sense.

Other names I use in my music (WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD):
/0: (Cancelled album, title)
A play on words of the "Division by Zero" meme; Dividing by zero typically results in some sort of chaos - there seems to be a lot of chaos in the world, a lot of it over nothing. (another title I was going to use was "-2x/0", or "Subtract to Multiply Over Nothing")

Day One: (Proposed album, title)
Wanted a name that was a continuation of /0 (Zero, One) and as a way to signify a new "era" of Not a Number (ie. post- /0, Part 1). May not even be called "Day One"; might go under "Day Zero" - I haven't decided.

Epilogue: The Ekpyrotic Prophecy: (Possible future album, title)
Considering one upcoming song is called "Prologue: Into the Fire", I'll leave you lot guessing. ;)

The Girl You See Before The End: (Possible future album, title)
Named after a glitch in Pokémon Yellow called "♀", which (apparently) when encountered, appears for a brief second before freezing the game.

Quote from: DJ Ryznup on September 27, 2009, 08:20:56 AM
Aren't PS3's backward compatible with PS1 games?

Which version of the PS3 do you have? The only one that I've heard of that wasn't compatible with PS1 games was the 40GB version.

My 60GB works fine with Music 2000; although I must say, 10-year old graphics do NOT look good in HD.

I'm getting quite an "In The Air Tonight" feel about this track.. making this awesome.

Also I'm assuming it's in C minor, seeing as I can play an Eb and Ab on my keyboard alongside this track and it's still in key, which makes it a great candidate for the intro to Hypermix 2009 Disc 03.

This definitely gets a +5 from me.

ePSXe comes close to a "clone" of MTVMG because it's essentially a PS1 on the PC. (add the fact that you can put PS1 discs in the computer and run them through ePSXe and it'll run absolutely fine and you got a whole TV and console spare)

Logic Pro is pretty close to MTVMG; I use that at college (it being a music course at a music college, I'm.. OK at it) and if you've got a Mac, then even better (as Logic has been Mac-exclusive since 2007). I'm stuck with a PC at home so no Logic for me outside of college. I wholeheartedly recommend Logic Pro if you're thinking of switching (that's just my opinion though; even though I'll still go back to the Generator at home, Logic's just plain awesome on the college Macs)

Whilst I wish you luck with Music 02, I think Omni actually said "M'02"'s a, howyousay, "mixture" of MTVMG1PC and Music 3000 (M'02's actually a part of the MUSIC/MTVMG series, what with MUSIC being in the title. )

..I've always wanted to try out M'02, though I still have Music 2000 PC (well, the MTVMG version) on my computer.. unfortunately I've gotten so used to the PS1 version I don't know if I could switch. (that said, I'm going to have to switch to another software for college.. though I'll be using the name "alphaSYMBOLIC" for that..)

Update: The following tracks have been uploaded:

- Infinity - Pt. 1
- Nothing's Impossible
- 32-bit Twist

Got one last track to upload, but that needs recording off the Memory Card file first.

Song name: 32-bit Twist
File type: mp3 (attached)
Length: 3:17
Software used: Music 2000 (PS1)
Description:

This song will probably haunt me to my grave. So many times I've had to rerecord this song. First it was created on the PlayStation itself, then recreated on the emulator, then it needed adding to it, then it needed fixing, then it needed more fixing, then the vocals needed redoing because the sound kept clipping.. with the Memory Card file being lost forever, I don't think this song will ever be finished. Hell, even the version I've supplied has unfinished vocals.

The first 25-odd seconds begins with a heavily sampled excerpt from a 1969 film called "The Cube" before starting the song itself.
The song is a cover/remix of a similarly titled Deporitaz song, but I changed the "A Schizophrenic" to "32-bit", simply because the PlayStation is a 32-bit console.
I was hoping to finish recording the vocals for this song but I kept putting it back and back until I ended up forgetting about it. :-/

Song name: Nothing's Impossible (instr.)
File type: mp3 (attached)
Length: 3:50
Software used: Music 2000 (PS1)
Description:
Another proposed track for /0 Part 1.

A much more pop-like song that, lyrically, I thought was pretty good. Some of the rhymes I made were pretty clever (box with watch, eg. )

Unfortunately, I lost the Memory Card file for this so I couldn't fix the very first original so I tried a hand at remastering what I had.. resulting in something very echoey (which wasn't what I wanted) I've tried remaking it from scratch, but I couldn't get the acoustic guitar to sound the same (see also: "good" and "not sounding like a piano") plus I know I used a default riff for that short synth loop, but I can't for the life of me remember which one.

Note that I used the same drum loop in Infinity - Pt. 1. I is lazy

I've attached two version of this song: One was made in 2008 that has vocals, and the other is a "remaster" of 2008's instrumental.. I didn't get to record the vocals for that one.

Song name: Infinity - Pt. 1 (Instr.)
File type: zipped mp3 (MegaUpload)
Length: 9:24
Software used: Music 2000 (PS1)
Description:

One of the proposed tracks for /0 Part 1.

Movements:
I. Autumn (0:00 - 4:00)
II. Winter (4:00 - 9:24)

This song, whilst I thought it was great at the time, was one of the main reasons behind the Post-"Pheonix" announcement. Whilst this song was great in concept, the lyrics I wrote for it... sucked. The lyrics for the possible "Infinity - Pt. 2" were so bad as well, I thought it best to scrap this song. Not to mention the backing melody for the second Movement being pretty much the same two riffs over and over again (with the key going up from G to G# at 6:03).

In my opinion, this song wasn't one of my best works. I'd go as far as to say that I was simply trying too hard at making something that at the time, I simply couldn't do. Some bits of the song I do like (for instance, the 7/8-9/8 melody in the first Movement) but for the most part, I'm not a big fan of it. I'm not ashamed of making it, but eh.. I could've done better.

In the .ZIP file, I've included the proposed lyrics to both Infinity Pt. 1 and Pt. 2. Compared to the lyrics I've written now (eg. Prologue: Into the Fire), they're pants. (as well as unoriginal)

DOWNLOAD LINK:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1R5X2OE2

After releasing Phoenix onto the internets, I went through the earlier stuff I created for /0 Part 1 (stuff that I haven't released yet) and listening to them, I really think they wouldn't be good enough to sell. In short, I think they were pants compared to what I've created this year so far (Clouds, Phoenix and Transition/Prologue: Into the Fire to name a few).
I'd go back and remaster them, but I really think some of them are beyond saving - the rest I lost the Memory Card file for (which was idiocy on my part) so I can't fix them. (I tried recreating one but I couldn't get it to sound the same to the original)

So, I've come to the (not very easy) decision of restarting /0 ..moreorless from scratch. This isn't something I've not done before: for instance, I once had the idea of making an eight part epic entitled "Re-Awaken: Act One" early last year, but I gave up when I (as I used to) tried to write the lyrics first and failed miserably. (It's very unlikely that this song may actually get remade, as much as I want to make it - even though its premise has been done many times before)
The only tracks I'm carrying onto /0 are the ones I mentioned in the first paragraph. Hell, I may even drop the name "/0" and call it something else.

However, fret ye not, peoples. I'll be releasing what I had created for "/0 part 1 EP" for free (with the exception of Transition/Prologue: Into the Fire) as it wouldn't be fair on you guys, seeing as you've been waiting over 2 years for this and these mp3s will be sitting on my harddrive, doing nothing otherwise.

There's only about 4 mp3s for me to hand out, so keep an eye on the Music Showcase section for those. (I was an idiot with the folder structure and the songs are scattered about so finding them will take me a while)

This wasn't an easy decision, but it's a fair one at that. It's a shame that /0 Part 1 was so near, yet so far.. and at the same time so bad.

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Another announcement I'd like to make is that I'll be starting Music College this year and they don't use Music 2000 (though one of the tutors there did say he had heard of it in the past.."it's that one where it scrolls along, isn't it?") - I think they use stuff like Pro Tools and the like. Since I'll be switching softwares, there's a chance I'll be using a different name for my post-2009, non-M2K produced music. Still thinking on a name; might be some "corruption" or "opposite" of "Not a Number" (like idunno, one name flying around my head at the moment is "Alphanumeric") though my M2K-produced stuff will still go under Not a Number.

DISC 02 - Standard Edition has been released.
Now the mix is CD-friendly.

Quote from: Shellshaka on August 30, 2009, 10:01:25 PMhow did you manage to download nakamura's 'fanfare for pillage'?

YouTube Converter. Though I think the one I use has stopped putting the mp3s in stereo so I have to download it as a video and then import that into Vegas and save that as an mp3.. Pretty annoying at times.

(If this could be moved to the DJ Mixes section, that would be great thanks)

Guess who's back with another Mix?

Disc 02 is the second installment of TIMGUL Hypermix 2009, containing 12 tracks released from May through to August.

Total time: 1:19:58 (just 2 seconds away from a full CD)

Tracklist:

2.00: Shellshaka
     Kinesis [Reprise]
---MAY
2.01: The Lyricist
     Start
2.02: Beoulve
     Battle Royale
2.03: nakamura (ft. Shellshaka)
     Walking Through a Winter Night (27/05/09 version)
---JUNE
2.04: JohnP
     Rendered in Depth      
2.05: nakamura
     The Last Goodbye (Pillage Fanfare)
2.06: Pillage My Village
     End of an Era
---JULY
2.07: DarkBliss
     Beautiful Death
2.08: spacekid890
     Flip/Sting (Hold On to Your Speakers)
2.09: DJ Omnimaga
     Not Another Fucking Hardcore Remix
---AUGUST
2.10: Pillage My Village
     Insides (TIMGUL Release)
2.11: J-MACHine
     Revolution: In SPACE
2.12: Not a Number
     Pheonix (TIMGUL Hypermix 2009 Edit)
       I.   Burn
       II.  Re-Ignite
       III. Fly Away

DOWNLOAD LINKS:
Super Edition (80-minute mp3):
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9XELDZPM
Standard Edition (Individual mp3s, with transtitions):
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KB6VDFUW
Ultra Edition (Discs 1, 2 and 3 as one huge mp3):
- coming Christmas 2009 -

Song name: Pheonix [TIMGUL Hypermix Edit]
File type: mp3 (MegaUpload) / YouTube
Length: 11:43
Software used: Music 2000 (PS1)
Description:
I don't want to sound... pretentious, but this could possibly be my heaviest/darkest/greatest_ever song created to date.. hard to think I only put a total of 8-10 hours into making it, huh?
This song carries a lot of inspiration from a few power/progressive metal songs.. Originally I was going to make this song a minute or so longer, but I was going to be adding this into DISC 02 of TIMGUL Hypermix 2009, and there was only 11:52 of the Mix left before it would be over 80 minutes (and I'd rather the Mix be able to fit onto just 1 CD)

Unfortunately, because the song is 26.8 MB in size, I'm unable to attach it to this post, which is why I've uploaded it to MegaUpload:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HE87SJXT


In case you're wondering, this entire song is in the key of Cm.. ..most of my songs have been in that lately and I don't know why.

Movements:
I. Burn (00:00 - 01:45 [1:45])
II. Re-Ignite (01:45 - 10:07 [8:23])
III. Fly Away (10:07 - 11:43 [1:35])

-edit-
Uploaded onto YouTube:

Tried it. Found it a lot trickier than M2K. Only time I used it to produce a song was to see notes in a MIDI file.

To answer the previous question, 20.

As for history, I got Music 2000 back in 2000/2001 with my PlayStation. Who'd've thought I'd be using the exact same disc this very day?

The really weird thing is, I knew someone from secondary school (2003-2004) who used to use Music 2000 as well; in fact I still have one of his mixes on my Memory Card (essentially it was a remix of the default track Rocket Science but with some differences..)

How peculiar... the music in that actually sounds like it was produced in the MUSIC series.