With Wipeout: HD's release right around the corner, and with the game featuring unique custom soundtrack support, it only makes sense for the Gaming-Age Musica Electronia collective to release an Album that GAFers could play Wipeout with.
Wipeout's custom soundtrack support goes beyond using whatever music you would like for background music, it also lights up the track in certain modes. Also, Wipeout will ship with 5.1 music, and we are assuming at this point that this extends to any custom soundtrack that is in 5.1 sound.
Though Wipeout has a tradition in using electronic music, they haven't really restricted it to one or two particular genres. Sure, there are some prominent genres, but all participants of G.A.M.E. 3.0 are encouraged to make whatever they want, as long as it can fit the adrenaline inducing feel that Wipeout's licensed songs are known for.
ESTIMATED RELEASE DATE: Thursday September 25th 2008.
Sign up officially to the project by Private Messaging me your EMAIL ADDRESS, with "[GAME]" in the title of your subject. I will then add you to the following list, and send out mass G.A.M.E. messages via an email list (don't worry, I'll hide everyone's emails). This has to be done as I cannot mass message people via PM, regarding important G.A.M.E. info and requests. Also, if you happen to get banned, you can also contact me easily, and I can still contact you no problem.
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This time there are no limits on the number of songs you can submit. It is suggested that you keep your tracks somewhere between 4-6 minutes to make it suitable for the game. This is not an enforced rule, just a suggestion.
List of current contributors
Agent Ironside
Albino_Samurai
alistair
aztrex
BigFwoosh
btkadams
Chris Remo
E-phonk
FightyF
Fusebox
Glute.Belly
LordMaji
m0dus
Mark D
megashock5
monchi-kun
Mr. Nash (need email address)
Nexus Zero
nofi
pirahna1
pixelated
SDZeta
SpacLock
Teknopathetic
The Lamonster
The process for submitting songs are as follows:
1) Forward your song information to me (FightyF) via PM (with "[GAME] Song Submission" in the subject line). We will need:
Artist Name This may be different than your GAF handle, to ensure proper last.fm listings- Song Name
GAF Handle: even if same as your Artist Name, just pop it in here
Style: can be a phrase/sentence length description, not too long please
Inspiration: make it around 50-60 words tops
Equipment:: hardware and/or software used, monitors/headphones used, PC/Mac quick specs if you'd like
Website: so that interested GAFers can check out more of your music
2) Upload a 24-bit or 32-bit wav recording of your song to a file sharing website (ie. rapidshare.com, megaupload.com, zshare.com do NOT use sendspace as the link expires), and PM Mr. Nash the link to it (again, "[GAME] Song Submission" for your subject. Please name the wav file with your artist name and song title.
3) Post in the thread that you have done so.
In this section, I'd like to list pertinent details in regards to Wipeout. At the moment, we know little about it, so feel free to pose relevant questions and I will email Sony Liverpool to see if they can shed any light on it. For example, some questions I had in mind were, "How much time between the queuing of the song, and the "3,2,1, Go!" countdown?", and, "Will custom soundtrack support 5.1 mp3's?". So post any questions in here, and I will add it to the list. I'm hoping to email them during this next weekend (weekend of July 26th).
Current questions:
-How much time between the queuing of the song, and the "3,2,1, Go!" countdown?
-Will custom soundtrack support 5.1 mp3's?
-will the game support custom front end music?
-will the game recognize playlist files generated by winamp (to my knowledge a standardized pls file), or will it have to be generated by the PS3?
If you would like to get a feel for traditional Wipeout tracks, here are some links to some songs used in previous Wipeout iterations. If you have a good one I don't have, post it and I'll pop 'er in here! The more diverse the better, to demonstrate to all G.A.M.E. participants the flexibility we have.
Music from previous Wipeout Games
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=eiWNxfe9zVY Photek - C Note
http://listen.grooveshark.com/song/Atom_Bomb_Remix/8703439 Fluke - Atom Bomb
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tpi1uOWPU9I Aphex Twin - Naks Acid
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=BnqXikr9vNQ CoLD SToRAGE - Cold Comfort
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=fpAaMhKKmgU Drummatic Twins - Twister
General Game Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_HD
The wiki entry includes information such as what tracks from Pure and Pulse will appear in WO:HD. It wouldn't be a bad idea to check these tracks out (via playing or watching videos) to get some inspiration.
I've also bolded the names of the people involved so that responsibilities are clear.
If anyone would like to volunteer for things like the inlet art or promotional avatar, let me know! I've taken those responsibilities at the moment, but I'm not a very reliable person!
The following are relevant links in regards to music production and mastering. It is empty now but will be filled with information shared by the G.A.M.E. collective.
Production:
How to make certain genres:
How to get that particular sound you're after:
Song Structure:
Mastering:
Compression:
Equalizing:
Panning:
Levels:
Useful Tools:
