Songs from the Front

Yes seeme, that's songs are old, MaxiKing6 should "make" new ones.

I would like to see 'sacred war' in the soundtrack. its an essential for any self respecting soviet

TheDzierzanPL wrote:
Yes seeme, that's songs are old, MaxiKing6 should "make" new ones.

What do you mean by new ones. where can I find them? :P

QuoteWhat do you mean by new ones. where can I find them? :P

In game ;).

Ok, I'll see if I can get them out of there and update my topic ;)

Hey guys, the latest version of the Menu Music can be downloaded here: http://www.mediafire.com/?2pzcfpspzkb647t

There will be another OST update in Aug-Sep once I have acquired some new kit (which means even better sounds!) Keep an eye out, v1.2 is shaping up to be a brilliant overhaul that you've been waiting for :)

maybe better to pack them as .mp3? 123mb :O

Red tide reminds me somehow of pirates of the caribbean  ;D
Good work  :)

Last edited July 4, 2011 at 2:52 PM by Killar

That's just the .rar file I send to the devs because they need wav files that go in the game. Means they're high quality audio though :) The in game music can sound a little compressed at times.

.wav-files are lossless, while .mp3-files lose a certain amount of quality.

icarusfoundyou wrote:
There will be another OST update in Aug-Sep once I have acquired some new kit

;D ;D ;D

MaxiKing6 wrote:
.wav-files are lossless, while .mp3-files lose a certain amount of quality.

Which is precisely why i always convert my music to Wav. MP3s are shit. ;)

Wav is better than mp3? I have to check it.

Trust me man, it's totally worth it. MP3s are good for storage (if you have a small flash drive, like me), since they are so small, but if you want good sound quality, they just won't do.

I convertered one mp3 to wav, and for me music is the same, no changes. Only difference in size of file, from 5.5mb to 30mb. Anyway i will use mp3, because i need more space in my HDD.

Well, there are certain factors you need to take into consideration:

-How good are your speakers/headphones?
-How good is your sound card?
-How good is your hearing?

It may depend on what type of music you listen to too, but i'm not sure about that.

@DzierzanPL
You can't change mp3 to WAV because WAV is a higher quality format. You can retrograde codecs (i.e. FLAC to MP3 or WAV to MP3), but you can't improve the sound from nothing.

pariah wrote:
Well, there are certain factors you need to take into consideration:

-How good are your speakers/headphones?
-How good is your sound card?
-How good is your hearing?

It may depend on what type of music you listen to too, but i'm not sure about that.

Well pariah, i want listen music, no matter how it's good, i want hear it ;).

1. Headphones are good, new, good quality. But speakers are old (2 speakers + bass speaker), so i intend to buy new and better.
2. Realtek HD Definiton Audio
3. LOL

And i'm listening everything, from heavy metal to classic music.

NunsNAmmo wrote:
@DzierzanPL
You can't change mp3 to WAV because WAV is a higher quality format. You can retrograde codecs (i.e. FLAC to MP3 or WAV to MP3), but you can't improve the sound from nothing.

I don't know. I have program to convert music but i'm mostly using this to convert something and put this to my telephone. Maybe you have right, it's not working to improve quality.

You can't convert an MP3 to Wav (or indeed any higher quality audio format) and get better quality. Once the audio has been compressed there's next to nothing that changing the codec will do.

With MP3s it's important to maintain a high bitrate (always 320kbps!) to ensure a decent listening experience without the usual aliasing and artefacts. With that said, I garauntee the average listener can listen to MP3s with a bitrate as low as 128 and not tell the difference between that and a Wav or a FLAC. For me, personally, as a composer and producer, I would say that there is absolutely nothing wrong with storing high bitrate MP3s as your primary means of listening to music. Sure, if you listen hard enough you will find better quality in less lossy formats - but a good tune is a good tune!

I keep all music that I record personally backed up in Wav and occasionally FLAC or Ogg Vorbis to ensure there is always a 'master' version at the highest possible quality that can then be transferred as an MP3, if necessary. Don't be ashamed of MP3s! They are lossy and they can be buggy at low bitrates - but they are not shit!

Last edited July 5, 2011 at 1:20 PM by icarusfoundyou

I have a program called "Free RIP", which converts sound files into other sound files. I spent some time comparing the various audio files it has available, and i found Wav to be the best (and 1 of the largest), and MP3 to be the worst (and smallest).

It's not what you're converting into, it's what you're converting FROM that makes the difference. Are you converting lossless formats (FLAC, Wav etc) into lossy formats (MP3, WMA, Vorbis) and/or vice versa?
You should find that any MP3 above 160Kbps will be indistinguishable from CD quality audio formats.

I like to copy my music from the C.D. to my computer, since it makes things so much easier. And while i'm at it, i might as well convert them to a better quality. The standard conversion file is W.M.A. i think, which is pretty average to me, so i convert them to Wav.

One question, where we can find music "The Red Tide" in EF? In menu i didn't hear it. Maybe this will be music for SU in battle, because right now they have WH music.

It's a small bug that will be fixed in the next update I believe.

I want choir like in here

Russian Red Army Choir - Warszawianka


.... please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,
please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,

please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please.

Well I can't afford the tech required to get choirs at the moment, but there is that donate button in my signature...

How much do you need? ;)

;D

I should have a donate button under my post.

Donate to having better quality comments from Seeme

I'll give you $1 for each post that doesn't contain the word "orange". ;D

soviet need their own theme!

I like that selection from soviet choir

pariah wrote:
How much do you need? ;)

Now now pariah, you've given more than enough already  :)

But i don't mind giving more, if you need it. ;)

I was thinking though, i believe i read somewhere a long time ago about the prospect of hiring animators, but the devs didn't like that idea; They think it would be best if this is volunteer work, made by the fans. So, would the devs mind if Alex hired a choir? Or do you want the choir to be Eastern Front fans?

I wouldn't be hiring a choir, that's far too expensive and I'd need all manner of kit hired or borrowed from various sources to get it together. There is a rather fancy piece of software that's about £280 that has real choirs that sing real words that you type in (approved by devs no less!)

As much as I'd like to get a real choir - and a real orchestra - that's trying to run before I can walk I'm afraid  :-\

Wait wait wait... Those poor people are trapped in a piece of software?! :o Somebody get them out of there! :'(

So do you have any idea how much it would cost to hire a proper choir and orchestra? We could do our best to get you as much money as possible.

Yeah!

It's not really worth the cost, considering the project. If you really want to help get choirs into Eastern Front, this package is your best bet by far.

Well, if you insist. I'll have to work out how much to give you. (I don't speak pounds. ;))

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280 British pounds = 408.59 Australian dollars. Fitting price, since most Brit things are 280 Manpower. :D

Last edited July 6, 2011 at 3:08 PM by pariah

You're insane pariah! Rich and insane!

(insanely generous)  :D

I'm not really that rich; I just don't have anything to buy, so my money tends to build up. Although i am planning to buy a new toothbrush soon...

Anyway, i'll just give you a round $500, since that's the largest size the reload cards come in, making a total of $1000. Wow, this is the second highest amount of money i've donated to someone! This feels good! :D

Pariah, the Eastern Front Central Bank.

Hm, well if you want to consider my donations to Alex as Eastern Front donations, then this is actually the highest amount i've donated to someone...

I don't really know what to say, you've probably contributed more to me becoming a serious musician than anyone else I know...and we've never even met! I guess I'll repay you by doing the best damn job I can!  :)

That's all i ask. ;)

there would probably be a fair bit of publicity involved with hiring the soviet red choir, would be good for the mod who wants ttheir picture taken :D

The tunes have been removed from youtube... :-(

I believe they are still updating the music, or something. :-\

Bloosn, if you go back to page 4 of this thread there's a link to the most recent set of music heard on the main menu. This is all getting an update very soon so it'll be out of date before long - but feel free to download and thanks for listening  :)

No updates make me very ANGRY >:( What is taking so long!

HerrVoss wrote:
No updates make me very ANGRY >:( What is taking so long!

The fact that we are trying our best to get this mod balanced completely. Of course this won't be the final patch concerning balance but this will fix a lot of problems and introduce new ideas into the Soviets. That is all I believe I can say at the moment.

Just be patient. Enjoy any OP factors in Soviets while you can because they will not be there soon :)

How exactly does balancing the game relate to updating the music? ???

I am sorry about the confusion, I was talking about the Ostheer update. Then I saw that it was going to be late since then so problem solved.

Oh, i gotcha. No problem.