Dont let all the talk dissuade you.
I've bought the product and i'm happy with it. These guys havn't bought the product and their complaining about it.
Do they want a refund? I say give it to them - refund the exact amount they paid and walk away... ! :)
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Classical: Full Orchestra; and Chamber music is ideal for computer games.
Trance, techno, dance music is over used in games because of a historical limitation of alloted sample space in memory. We do not have that limitation anymore and now too many indie games still ship with some form of dance music.
The problem with using a modern form in music is that you isolate some users from your product who do not like that style of music.
You could add rock, and rock music lovers wont bat an eyelid playing your game, but rap music lovers will get really annoyed at the music.
Case in point: SimSail showcase thread (now on about page 2 I think)... Go read, i'm not talking jibberish here.
One of the tricks around this is to use classical music because it doesnt actually offend anyone, that's why classical music is so common in AA games and in films.
Yet as an indie I cannot get an orchestra to sit down and record a sound score for me - but I can quite easily get a hobbyist musician to record something techno or rock or in another popular form and they'll almost certainly be willing to do it for free. Just cruise an .mp3 site and approach artists until you find one willing, i've only once been turned down in 4-5 years of getting music this way.
Yet I can't get orchestral pieces for love nor money, and that's what I really want to put into games.
That's where this sound pack scores well. I dont care if the strings dont sound like the LSO loose form, or like their violin section when playing in a more modern and tight style.
I dont care if the composition isn't quite as high a standard as Gian Peri Reverberi and if the backbeat isn't as energetic and stylish as the chamber orchestra Rondo Veneziano.
I just know that it's basically good quality, generic, ambient tunes to use mid-game. Which is exactly what i've been trying to find for a few years now.
I've bought the product and i'm happy with it. These guys havn't bought the product and their complaining about it.
Do they want a refund? I say give it to them - refund the exact amount they paid and walk away... ! :)
-*-
Classical: Full Orchestra; and Chamber music is ideal for computer games.
Trance, techno, dance music is over used in games because of a historical limitation of alloted sample space in memory. We do not have that limitation anymore and now too many indie games still ship with some form of dance music.
The problem with using a modern form in music is that you isolate some users from your product who do not like that style of music.
You could add rock, and rock music lovers wont bat an eyelid playing your game, but rap music lovers will get really annoyed at the music.
Case in point: SimSail showcase thread (now on about page 2 I think)... Go read, i'm not talking jibberish here.
One of the tricks around this is to use classical music because it doesnt actually offend anyone, that's why classical music is so common in AA games and in films.
Yet as an indie I cannot get an orchestra to sit down and record a sound score for me - but I can quite easily get a hobbyist musician to record something techno or rock or in another popular form and they'll almost certainly be willing to do it for free. Just cruise an .mp3 site and approach artists until you find one willing, i've only once been turned down in 4-5 years of getting music this way.
Yet I can't get orchestral pieces for love nor money, and that's what I really want to put into games.
That's where this sound pack scores well. I dont care if the strings dont sound like the LSO loose form, or like their violin section when playing in a more modern and tight style.
I dont care if the composition isn't quite as high a standard as Gian Peri Reverberi and if the backbeat isn't as energetic and stylish as the chamber orchestra Rondo Veneziano.
I just know that it's basically good quality, generic, ambient tunes to use mid-game. Which is exactly what i've been trying to find for a few years now.