Sanctuary

Hey! My name's Stephan Wells, and I'm a musician, mixing engineer, programmer, proofreader, gamer, aspiring game developer, audio moderator, and former host of the NGADM. Thanks to Youkos for the user image and profile icon!

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Sanctuary

Posted by Step - February 8th, 2012

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/469873

Check out my new song. It's probably one of my best submissions!

Also, screenshot. No colour-coding this time :c.
http://i43.tinypic.com/2eezxcn.jpg

And here's a screenshot of one of the string staccato patterns which took me AGES to make. Every note and note velocity was humanised. Every. Single. One.
http://i43.tinypic.com/fbm78n.jpg

Edit:

OK GUYS. Just wanted to mention that SBB did a massive three-account review on Sanctuary.

Seriously stuff like that deserves to be put in a picture frame and hung on a wall. But the least you can do is check out his stuff!

http://sbb.newgrounds.com/audio

Edit 2:

Check it out. Camoshark and I did a collab!

Sanctuary

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Buoy 2012-02-08 08:15:37

redesign!! :D

Step 2012-02-08 08:15:37

Thanks for telling me. You know, in case I didn't notice.

Really thoughtful of you, man :3.

FrostDrive 2012-02-08 10:19:39

Wow. Awesome song! :D

Step 2012-02-08 10:19:39 (Updated 2012-02-08 11:24:14)

Thank you!

Buoy 2012-02-08 14:21:41

howd you get your thing on the frontpage though? I don't see that option anymore.

Step 2012-02-08 14:21:41 (Updated 2012-02-08 14:36:51)

The option was where it always was for me... Perhaps you used the frontpage option on your last post?
http://sbb.newgrounds.com/news/po st/684946

Don't forget you need to wait 14 days.

Also, on a totally unrelated note, Decibel showed me that collab you and him are doing the other day. If you guys don't finish it I'll hunt you both down. Just sayin'.

Buoy 2012-02-08 17:41:17

oh, it's only been 12 days? that must be it then. :P

oh and there will be a review on your song. Might require the use of an alt to post it though

Step 2012-02-08 17:41:17

If you actually manage to do that I will be FOREVER INDEBTED.

You'd have given me the longest review I'd have ever received.

Buoy 2012-02-08 18:08:06

45 seconds into the track, 3522 characters so far

Step 2012-02-08 18:08:06

...Dear God. Either you're finding a crapload of negative aspects in the song or this will be one hell of a detailed review. Nevertheless, THANK YOU for getting this far.

"Might require the use of an alt to post it though"
Understatement of the century.

Dogmeat 2012-02-08 18:48:53

I thought you were just another dipshit who thinks they can make music by just putting what sounds cool in Fruity Loops studio, but Sanctuary was an awe inspiring song, I really don't know how to critique it, but I have to saw, it really is amazing that you made that in a digital program.

Step 2012-02-08 18:48:53

Man, all of this positive feedback is really making my day!

Thanks a lot for dropping by, I'm really glad you liked the song!

Buoy 2012-02-08 19:11:42

done. going to bed now. well done supersteph.

Step 2012-02-08 19:11:42

Wow.

I'm not usually speechless...

JKSSN 2012-02-10 08:16:25

I have 2 things to say:
1st, YOUR SONGS ARE AMAZING!!! "Sunctuary" gave me chills.
2nd, do you take song requests?

And oh, thanks for creditting me for making your icon and profile pic! :3

Step 2012-02-10 08:16:25

Haha thanks!

What exactly do you mean by song requests? I mean I can make music for flashes or remix particular songs if that's what you mean.

JKSSN 2012-02-10 13:08:25

A song request to remix a song!
Just for fun. :D

Step 2012-02-10 13:08:25

Sure! I'm a little busy at the moment so I may be a little slow but what's the song? :3

JKSSN 2012-02-11 07:31:27

Hmmm...
Rooftop Run from Sonic Unleashed or Sonic Generations! :D

Step 2012-02-11 07:31:27

Cool song!

Alright, I'll see what I can do! I'll probably go for some orchestral or something, although I might fail - I'm not very good at remixes :3.

JKSSN 2012-02-11 10:13:58

YAY THANKS!!

Step 2012-02-11 10:13:58

No problem!

eatmeatleet 2012-02-12 11:14:52

your songs are too complicated for me

Step 2012-02-12 11:14:52

...D:

Buoy 2012-02-14 12:16:57

i love your newest song

Step 2012-02-14 12:16:57 (Updated 2012-02-14 18:14:28)

It is only natural to enjoy such fine art.

NitrogenousBeing 2012-02-15 03:35:23

That screen shot in combination with your song is tempting me to buy this program... as if I have time to learn that. Wish I only had to sleep an hour a day. Be glad your young and already produce wonderful things.

Step 2012-02-15 03:35:23

Haha thanks!

FL Studio's really great. It's a bit daunting at first. If you ever need any help with it or anything, just ask!

Birdinator99 2012-02-20 19:18:11

How do you automate the volume so smoothly like that? Like the with the curves...

I don't even know if Mixcraft 5 has that feature...

Step 2012-02-20 19:18:11

Wow you use Mixcraft? You're like the first person I've heard of who uses Mixcraft and actually makes great music with it. Everyone else who has it just grabs the premade loops and makes some duplo crap.

The curve thing comes with FL Studio. Let's say I make a volume automation clip, one bar long, where the volume goes from 100% to 0% in a straight, diagonal line.

http://goo.gl/UWCc1

If I go to the middle of this line, there's a tiny circle. I can click and drag that circle up or down to make a curve.

http://goo.gl/keWMW

And if I click on the circle at the start or finish of the line, I can choose the kind of curve I want it to have too.

http://goo.gl/PuRXw

Man I love FL Studio :3.

Birdinator99 2012-02-21 14:41:09

Wow -- really cool, dude. That could potentially make side-chaining easier and smoother for certain situations. I only get to make straight lines :(. I should double check that I can't do that -- it seems like a really basic feature, actually.

Yeah, lots of people here give Mixcraft a bad name, so I try to keep relatively quiet about using it. I steer clear of all those loops.

Step 2012-02-21 14:41:09

"Wow -- really cool, dude. That could potentially make side-chaining easier and smoother for certain situations."

I'm too much of an FL noob to know how to sidechain so I'll just smile and nod xD.

"I only get to make straight lines :(. I should double check that I can't do that -- it seems like a really basic feature, actually."

Yeah I'm surprised you haven't found any feature like it yet. I mean I know Mixcraft is generally known for its loops, but it's still a DAW I guess so I'm fairly sure it has something similar.

"Yeah, lots of people here give Mixcraft a bad name, so I try to keep relatively quiet about using it. I steer clear of all those loops."

That's great. As an audio mod I come across loads and loads of Mixcraft loops, to the point that I know nearly half of them by heart...

It's good to see someone using Mixcraft properly!

Sanctuary

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