#fl studio 12

[shinkai-city]

feel like being surrounded in a pride flag on stage like I’ve seen several musical artists do would Fix Me. unfortunately I do not own a pride flag nor have any musical talent

[thequeefdealer]

RIP @the-muppet-joker u would have loved breakcore

[karmicgalaxies]

GOING TO DISNEY WITH MY COUSIN AND HIS BOYFRIEND TOMORROW WOOOOO!

Gonna get some use outta this annual pass! Might die in the damn Florida heat but fuck it we ball

[earlycuntsets]

mcr shows on youtube pt. 2 (2005 - 2007)

-> pt. 1 (2002 - 2005)

-> pt. 3 (2007 - 2011)

-> pt. 4 (2011 - 2023)

10/16/2005 connecticut expo center hartford ct - pablohoney27

10/19/2005 carpa neumatica del hipodromo de las americas mexico city mexico - emopinktears

10/21/2005 umbc fieldhouse catonsville md - XxXHollowChildXxX

11/04/2005 carlington academy brixton london england - jason is lost in japan

11/07/2005 carlington academy newcastle upon tyne england - tilly b

11/10/2005 ambassador theater dublin ireland - the academy is my beautiful romance

11/19/2005 razzmatazz 2 barcelona spain - xversa

11/29/2005 stade unprix montreal ontario canada - Smashingchemicals

11/30/2005 john labatt centre london on canada - prunejjuicebob

12/02/2005 muchmusic studio toronto ca - ATØMIC JĒY

12/04/2005 97x next big thing coachman park clearwater fl - obsessionbrazil

03/17/2006 emos annex austin tx - mason randall

04/29/2006 give it a name festival - earls court london england - angelsandairwaveshva

04/30/2006 give it name festival manchester evening news arena manchester england - huesoflife & xEyelashWishes

05/12/2006 sun god festival ucsd rimac field la jolla ca - hisuikirei

08/22/2006 hammersmith palais london england - the academy is my beautiful romance & GMarks1984 & batwife & juliehf

08/24/2006 meadowbank stadium edinburgh scotland - monroeville84 & emu1515 & darthjeebus666 & ZiCoChAiN

08/27/2006 reading and leeds festival little johns farm reading england - joe brady & gdmec182

08/31/2006 mtv vmas radio city music hall nyc ny -- jusyanotherkilljoy

09/06/2006 mtv2s $2 bill philadelphia pa - koi no yokan

10/05/2006 avalon los angeles - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/09/2006 the album chart show london england - xthankyou4thevenomx

10/11/2006 roundhouse london england - ATØMIC JĒY

10/12/2006 virgin megastore london england - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/13/2006 paradiso grote zaal amsterdam netherlands - skittyblackfire

10/14/2006 e-werk berlin germany - redoftherose

10/23/2006 vintage vinyl fords nj - vintage vinyl records

10/25/2006 axis boston ma - juliehf

10/28/2006 city park new orleans la - ohbabylevenin

11/09/2006 e-werk cologne germany - darthvaderlives

11/13/2006 university of liverpool liverpool england - xEyelashWishesx

11/21/2006 alcatraz milan italy - mychemicalitalia & gainlover

12/01/2006 96x electric christmas the norva norfolk va - the academy is my beautiful romance

12/03/2006 97x ford amphitheater tampa fl - sillybears

12/07/2006 key arena seattle wa - anja

12/08/2006 twisted christmas arco arena san francisco - christine kay

12/14/2006 cobb arena detriot mi - fobgirl08

12/31/2006 the pontiac garage nyc ny - the academy is my beautiful romance

01/19/2007 mount smart stadium auckland new zealand - the academy is my beautiful romance

01/29/2007 festival hall melbourne australia - the academy is my beautiful romance

02/07/2007 big day out adelaide showgrounds adelaide australia - the adademy is my beautiful romance

02/26/2007 wolstein center cleveland ohio - rival heart & awesomelexa & katie & sohos & sensesfail814

03/13/2007 ipayone center san diego ca - slownotstupid & shortygothops & sara513

03/14/2007 selland arena fresno ca - miserylovedme123 & m sims

03/16/2007 lawlor events center reno nv - hellasexyrocker12

03/27/2007 scottish exhibition and conference center glasgow scotland - 슬롯 아우디

04/02/2007 koko london england - ATØMIC JĒY (2) & dametokillfor

04/04/2007 elysee montmartre paris france - redoftherose

04/10/2007 kb hallen copenhagen denmark - 666noft (DANZIG COVER) - C4R17O

04/21/2007 universal orlando grand bash '07 universal studios orlando fl - aneiger & selbstmordflucht

04/25/2007 - nashville municipal auditorium nashville tn - thelaurelbush &

05/09/2007 centre bell montreal qc canada - the academy is my beautiful romance

05/20/2007 virgin festival thunderbird stadium vancouver bc canada - ATØMIC JĒY & the academy is my beautiful romance

06/01/2007 nürburgring, nürburg, germany - mcr shows

06/08/2007 download festival donington castle donington uk - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/17/2007 wembley stadium london england - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/26/2007 razzmatazz barcelona spain - the academy is my beautiful romance

07/01/2007 pier pressure frihamnspiren gothenburg sweden - the academy is my beautiful romance

07/04/2007 volksfestgelände pieschener allee dresden germany - cassnjason

07/25/2007 projekt revolution white river amphitheatre auburn wa - the academy is my beautiful romance

07/27/2007 sleep train amphitheatre wheatland ca - christine kay

07/29/2007 shoreline amphitheatre mountain view ca - the academy is my beautiful romance

07/30/2007 kevin and beans breakfast capitol records studios la ca - the academy is my beautiful romance

-> pt. 1 (2002 - 2005)

-> pt. 3 (2007 - 2011)

-> pt. 4 (2011 - 2023)

[opencommunion]

please go to a protest for Land Day tomorrow (March 30th) if you can

AUSTRALIA – Hobart / Nipaluna. 1PM Every Saturday @ Davey St. (Grand Chancellor).

CANADA – Antigonish, NS. 1PM Every Saturday @ Antigonish Town Hall. Antigonish 4 Gaza.

CANADA – Montreal. 2PM Land Day Tatreez Workshop @ Refugee Center. PYM Montreal.

CANADA – Ottawa. 2PM Land Day @ Human Rights Monument.

CANADA – Toronto. 2PM Land Day @ Yonge & Dundas. PYM Toronto.

ENGLAND – Halifax. 1PM Every Saturday @ Wilkos on Southgate.

ENGLAND – Hebden Bridge. 3PM Every Saturday @ Holme Street. 4PM @ St George’s Square. West Yorkshire for Palestine.

ENGLAND – London. 11AM @ 7 Tavistock Square. PYM Britain.

ENGLAND – London. 12PM @ Central London. STW UK.

NETHERLANDS – Amsterdam. 7PM Every Night @ Dam Square.

PORTUGAL – Porto. 10PM Every Night Vigil @ Camara Municipal.

SCOTLAND – Orkney. 1PM Every Saturday @ St Magnus Cathedral Steps. Amnesty Orkney.

AZ – Phoenix. 1MP Land Day @ Civic Space Park. PSL Phoenix AZ.

CA – Los Angeles. 1PM Land Day March @ LA City Hall. PYM LA/OC/IE.

CA – Petaluma. 12:30PM Every Saturday @ Petaluma & E Washington. Occupy Pelatuma.

CA – Ventura. 12:30PM @ 181 E Santa Clara St. ANSWER Coalition.

CO – Fort Collins. 3PM Every Saturday @ Old Town Square. NOCO Liberation Coalition.

DC – Washington DC. 4PM @ DuPont Circle. ANSWER Coalition.

FL – Gainesville. 11AM @ Depot Park. ANSWER Coalition.

FL – Orlando. City Hall. TBA. ANSWER Coalition.

FL – Pensacola. PM @ Main & Reus (Blue Wahoos). PSL CGC. 

GA – Atlanta. 2PM @ Consulate of Israel. PYM.

ID – Pocatello. 12PM Every Saturday @ Bannock County Courthouse. Pocatello for Palestine.

IL – Chicago. 1PM @ TBA. USPCN + Chicago SJP.

LA – New Orleans. 3:30PM @ 701 N Rampart St.

MA – Springfield. 2PM @ 36 Court St. ANSWER Coalition.

ME – Portland. 1PM @ Monument Square. PSL Maine.

MI – Detroit. 1:30PM @ Beacon Park. USPCN.

MI – Detroit. 10AM Land Day @ Rouge Park. PYM.

MN – Minneapolis. 2PM @ 2707 West Lake St. ANSWER Coalition.

MT – Kalispell. 12PM Every Saturday @ Main & Center. MT 4 Palestine.

NC – Asheville. 4PM @ 1 N Pack Square. ANSWER Coalition.

NC – Charlotte. 4PM @ Wilmore Centennial Park. CLT 4 Palestine + PSL Carolinas.

NC – Raleigh. 3PM Land Day @ Moore Square. PSL Carolinas.

NC, Charlotte. 4PM @ Wilmore Centennial Park. Land Day. CLT 4 Pali + PSL Carolinas.

NM – Albuquerque. 4PM @ UNM Book Store. ANSWER Coalition.

NY – New York. 12PM @ City Hall Park. Within Our Lifetime.

NY – New York. 12PM Vigil Every Saturday @ 5th & 44th in Brooklyn. Sunset Park Elders.

NY – New York. 5PM @ Times Square. PYM.

NY – Rochester. 1:30PM @ MLK Park. End Apartheid ROC + SJP UR.

OH – Cincinnati. 3PM @ 801 Plum St. ANSWER Coalition.

OH – Cleveland. 2PM Land Day @ Edgewater Upper Pavillion. USCPN.

OH – Columbus. 4PM @ 120 W Goodale St. ANSWER Coalition.

OH – Dayton. 5PM @ 2680 Ridge Ave. ANSWER Coalition.

OH – Wooster. 11AM @ 538 N Market St. ANSWER Coalition.

OR – Bend. 12PM Saturdays @ Peace Corner. Central Oregon 4 Socialism.

OR – Portland. 12PM @ Desert Island Studios. Letters for Palestine PDX.

PA – Philadelphia. 5PM @ 7th & Walnut. ANSWER Coalition.

PA – Pittsburgh. 3:30PM @ 4100 Forbes Ave. ANSWER Coalition.

RI – Providence. 5PM @ Prospect Terr. ANSWER Coalition.

TX – Houston. 1PM @ Waterwall Park. PYM Houston.

TX – San Antonio. 12PM @ 301 E Travis ST. ANSWER Coalition.

VT – Burlington. 1PM @ City Hall. ANSWER Coalition.

WA – Seattle. 2PM Land Day @ Lake Union Park. PYM.

WI – Milwaukee. 1:30PM @ Sijan Park. PSL Milwaukee.

WI – Viroqua. 11AM Vigil Every Saturday @ Main & Decker. Driftless Solidarity / Wolves PSC.

WV – Martinsburg. 12PM Land Day @ Martinsburg Town Square. PSL WV.

DISCLAIMER: I didn't make this list and it's not comprehensive. If you don't see a protest near you, look up what your local orgs are doing, and if you still can't find anything, take autonomous action

[invertedfate]

What software do you use for inverted fates ost?

FL Studio 12! I answered a similar ask recently that goes into more detail.

[black-arcana]

HALESTORM's LZZY HALE And JOE HOTTINGER Announce 'The Living Room Sessions' 2025 Tour

Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of Grammy-winning hard rock band HALESTORM have announced an intimate tour featuring the two of them performing acoustic, stripped down versions of HALESTORM favorites and the music that has inspired the band. Dubbed "Halestorm's Lzzy And Joe: The Living Room Sessions", the tour consists of 12 dates in January 2025. A full list of dates is below.

A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Thursday, October 24 at 10:00 a.m. local time and end on Thursday, October 24 at 10:00 p.m. local time. When prompted, type in the presale code "2025FREAKS" to access tickets before the general public. Check back here on Thursday for ticketing links to individual shows. General on-sale will be Friday, October 25 at 10 a.m. local time.

To give fans a taste of what’s to come at the shows, today Lzzy and Joe posted a sneak preview of a performance of "The Silence".

Lzzy states: "With this tour, we're inviting our fans to experience what it would be like hanging with Joe and me in our living room: picking up instruments, telling stories, chatting about songs that helped shaped us as a band and brought us to where we are today."

Joe adds: "Back when we decided to quit our day jobs and make music our full-time endeavor, Lzzy and I would play music wherever we could, and sometimes that meant playing acoustic covers in any bar or restaurant that would have us. That time really allowed us to develop our playing skills and dig into songwriting, and it really set the groundwork for what HALESTORM is today."

"Halestorm's Lzzy And Joe: The Living Room Sessions" 2025 tour dates:

Jan. 08 - Flint, MI - The Machine Shop Jan. 10 - Bloomington, IL - Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts Jan. 11 - Des Moines, IA - Hoyt Sherman Theatre Jan. 13 - Springfield, MO - Gillioz Theatre Jan. 14 - Little Rock, AR - The Hall Jan. 16 - Chattanooga, TN - The Signal Jan. 17 - Biloxi, MS - Hard Rock Live Jan. 19 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall Jan. 21 - Savannah, GA - District Live at Plant Riverside District Jan. 22 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall Jan. 24 - Springfield, MA - Aria Ballroom/MGM Springfield Jan. 25 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground

In a September 2024 interview with PK of Louisville, Kentucky's ALT 105.1 radio station, Lzzy spoke about the progress of the recording sessions for HALESTORM's follow-up to 2022's "Back From The Dead" album. Lzzy said: "We've had three separate sessions in the studio with — we're making a record with [producer] Dave Cobb. And he's actually a huge closet metal fan, and so he's really excited. And so we're making this great music, but we're constantly touring. So we've had, like, three different sessions in the studio. We're probably — what? — 70, 80, maybe, percent there. We have a studio in our house and so I'm doing a lot of the finishing touches on vocals and sewing everything up, doing solos and all that. And then we get back in in December to just say, 'Okay, this is good.' And then, yeah. And then there we are. So we're excited about it. We really are."

Cobb has shared in nine Grammy wins, including four for "Best Americana Album" and three for "Best Country Album". He's also been named "Producer Of The Year" by the Country Music Awards, the Americana Music Association (twice) and the Music Row Awards, and has been a Grammy nominee in the category.

HALESTORM and I PREVAIL recently embarked on summer 2024 co-headlining tour. Produced by Live Nation, the trek kicked off on July 9 in Raleigh and ran through August 17 in Las Vegas. HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD and FIT FOR A KING served as support. The tour was also the catalyst and the creative spark for HALESTORM and I PREVAIL's collaborative track "Can U See Me In The Dark?", which was released in June.

"Back From The Dead" has tallied over 100 million streams worldwide. Rolling Stone called the title track "a biting but cathartic howler about overcoming all obstacles," and that song as well as "The Steeple" marked their fifth and sixth number ones at rock radio, respectively. Associated Press said the album "will definitely be in the running for best hard rock/metal album of the year." Their previous album, "Vicious", earned the band their second Grammy nomination, for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for the song "Uncomfortable", the band's fourth #1 at rock radio, and led Loudwire to name HALESTORM "Rock Artist Of The Decade" in 2019.

Fronted by Lzzy with Arejay, Hottinger and bass player Josh Smith, HALESTORM's music has earned multiple platinum and gold certifications from the RIAA, and the band has earned a reputation as a powerful live music force, headlining sold-out shows and topping festival bills around the world, and sharing the stage with icons including HEAVEN & HELL, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett and JUDAS PRIEST. Additionally, Lzzy was named the first female brand ambassador for Gibson and served as host of AXS TV's "A Year In Music".

[seeminglyranch87]

Taylor & Travis Timeline

September 2023 - part 1

September 2 - Travis liked a Louboutin IG post about Taylor's legs ; ) (x)

September 5 - Taylor leaves Electric Lady Studios, NYC

September 6 - New Heights Ep 52 (x) with guest Kylie Kelce on life as an NFL spouse, Jason's Tinder Bio and Setting Up Travis. Personally a favourite episode of mine!

(9:30) When discussing the definition of a "diva" Jason says a diva is" just a famous singer", Kylie looks to Jason with a knowing smile... do they know about Travis' interaction with Taylor?

(20:00) Advice Kylie gives on Travis dating and what he should put on a Tinder profile... "I think you are doing great on your own Trav..."

(25:40) Talking about a tinder profile would Kylie recommend Travis go "Stache or no stache? " Kylie jokingly replies "if they swipe right at your worst, then they'll love you at your best"

(28:00) Jason begins telling Travis how he felt first meeting Kylie after a drunken first date...

Jason tells "it was love at first sight, let me tell you" Kylie replies " he doesn't even believe in love at first sight" Jason responds " I didn't until I met you... it was like fireworks. It was like fireworks exploded the moment she walked through the door..." "I want to feel those fireworks" Travis replies wistfully "It was like you when a movie has like an angel walk through doors and there is only one light on that person" Jason continues "that's what happened, I've always wanted that to happen" says Travis

September 7 - Travis is benched for the Chiefs vs Lions game due to a knee injury (x). Chiefs are defeated 20 - 21. Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City.

September 8 - Taylor is seen at Electric Lady Studios, NYC for a suspected album release party (x)

September 11 - Taylor has dinner with Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Zöe Kravitz, Channing Tatum, Gigi Hadid and Cara Delevingne at Emilio’s Ballato Italian restaurant in NYC (x)

September 12 - Taylor attends the 2023 MTV VMA's wearing a very reputation-esque custom Versace look and the VMA's afterparty in a demin look with a red lip (x x)

Our girl cleaned up at the VMA's

ET publishes an article (x)

A source tells ET that the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and the "Anti-Hero" singer are not officially dating.

A source tells ET, "Travis has been into Taylor for a while and definitely has a crush on her. He is a simple guy that is very funny, charismatic, chill, and loves playing football."

'Kelce', Jason Kelce's Prime Video documentary is released

Rumours circulating (x x) according to The Messenger

"Taylor and Travis have been quietly hanging out," the source said. "She saw him when she was in NYC a few weeks ago."

September 14 - In an interview on TNF Nightcap (x), Jason Kelce mentions that he saw the rumours about Travis and Taylor but couldn’t comment on their relationship status, saying

"I've seen these rumours. I cannot comment... I don't really know what's going on there, so yeah, I know Trav is having fun. We'll see what happens with whoever he ends up with."

September 16 - ESPN's SportsCenter reporter Adam Schefter & Kevin Negandhi playfully reference Swift's song titles as they allude to Travis & Taylor dating rumours.

"Clearly, Travis Kelce, at this point in time, is trying to Shake It Off and get back out there. He knows how much he's needed and that he's The Man."

"It was a little bit of a Cruel Summer for Travis Kelce with that knee injury but he can see the Daylight, Kevin, he looks like he's Ready For It. And Travis [Kelce] is now tracking to play on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, despite the fact that he was just limited today."

September 17 - Chiefs v Jaguars, Everbank Stadium, Jacksonville, FL. Chiefs defeat Jaguars 17 - 9

Travis returns to play after his knee injury in the Chiefs vs Jaguars game. During the game, sports commentator Ian Eagle makes multiple Taylor Swift song references (x)

"Kelce finds a blank space for the score!"

Taylor goes out for dinner at Zero Bond with Blake Lively in NYC (x)

Go to previous update -> August 2023, part 1

Go to next update -> September 2023, part 2

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[spatialmanufactureltd]

hello!

this is my sample pack. it includes all the one-shots, loops, and mixer presets i have used for all of my releases from 2019-2024. this includes:

Ｒ​ｅ​ｌ​ａ​ｔ​ｉ​ｏ​ｎ Ｅ​ｍ​ｕ​ｌ​ａ​ｔ​ｉ​ｏ​ｎ (2019)

█​▓​▒​░​❛​❛​Ｓ​ｕ​ｉ Ｇ​ｅ​ｎ​ｅ​ｒ​ｉ​ｓ​？​❜​❜​░​▒​▓​█ (2019)

Ｈ​ｉ​ｎ​ｄ​ｍ​ｏ​ｓ​ｔ Ｒ​ｅ​ｓ​ｉ​ｄ​ｕ​ｕ​ｍ Ｏｆ Ｔ​ｈ​ｅ Ｍ​ｏ​ｎ​ｏ​ｃ​ｈ​ｒ​ｏ​ｍ​ａ​ｔ​ｉ​ｃ Ｉ​ｎ​ａ​ｍ​ｏ​ｒ​ａ​ｔ​ａ (2020)

MAGICORE w/ STATICCA (2020)

•​⧉​•​Ａ​ｒ​ｔ​ｉ​ｆ​ａ​ｃ​ｔ​ｕ​ａ​ｌ​•​Ｃ​ｏ​ｎ​ｓ​ｔ​ｒ​ｕ​ｃ​ｔ​ｉ​ｏ​ｎ​•​⧈​• (2020)

Ｏ​ｂ​ｊ​ｅ​ｃ​ｔ Ｌ​ｉ​ｍ​ｎ​ｅ​ｒ​（​ ​✎​）(2022)

Ｌ​ｏ​ｃ​ｕ​ｓ Ｆ​ａ​ｃ​ｉ​ｅ​ｎ​ｄ​ｉ Ｍ​ａ​ｎ​ｕ​ｓ​​​（​ ​¿​）(2024)

it is sourced, specialized, and customized from various sample packs (Satan's Drum Stuff, SOPHIE, Com Truise, COSMIC, PRXZ, gin$eng, John Mello, Jungle 1989-1999, etc. & more) and includes some of my own custom samples, all organized with a focus on decisive sound design for music production.

below you can find a list of all of the virtual instruments and presets i have used on tracks:

DAW - FL Studio

Instruments > Bass > Ibanez

Instruments > Guitar > Strat Pos A, Strat Pos B, Strat Mute

FM8 - VST

Telepath

Crystal

Bigdiz Bass

Massive - VST

Blue In Grey

Big Lead

kutsustrings

Pluck - Square

Dank Lead 2

A Love Lead

Kodosyn

Amazing Lead

ATM NASTY WEATHER

Sytrus - VST

Orbital

Cerbera Saw

Deformed

Deep

Fry

Detuned Saw

Choir

Choir 2

Choir 3

Arrakeen tabla

Harmor - VST

Rhodes by nucleon

Aural Psynapse

Moonlight EP (intransigence)

Rotochip

Pad Atmosferico

Toxic BioHazard - VST

LED KutThroat ToTc

Musical ToTc

Dune - VST

FM Beauty BT

Frozen Bottle ARK

Amiga Organ KS

Brute Sine RL

Intelligence KS

Rimshots KS

Magenta KS

CS-80 V4 - VST

Big Move

CS-80 V3 - VST

Ach Steel*

Morphine - VST

LED LoFi Techno Chord MC

Vox TakeMe2TheTop MC

FabFilter Twin 2 - VST

Fudge Chunk -O

Omnisphere - VST

Epic Proportions

In Memorium 2

Boys Choir Oos

Spire - VST

GT Old Trance V

BA Beatitude

PD Beatitude

LD Dimension 8000 SK

LD Sawer IPM

BA Rave SK

LEAD - Infinite

SQ JP Order

BA Up And Down AS

LD Juicy V

LD Crispy V

LD NEON

LD Eclipse

BA ONE V

LD Unlinked

LD Virus V

BA 304 Square FL

BA Grungier Dub

PD Formanta DP

PL The Trance Pluck A

PL Stopper DRK

BA Benassi

LD Matrix 12

LD Eighty's MLM

BA Oxygene

DR Animal Kick 5

LD Exhale AS

LD Zero76 AL&RS

LD Angry Reso

LD Eurotrancer

PD Unicorn DP

LD Digital Egyptian BJP

LD Your Typical Superlead

LD Chromium V

LD Combo A DP

LD Fusion AS

LD Bright Future DRK

DR Tape Kick

DR Animal Kick 6

LD Underground

LD MODSynth HFM

PD East Coast DP

LD InstaWhore SK

LD Virus V

LD Glider DP

LD Heavy Duty DP

LD X-Lead

BA Synth Bass VS

BSQ Outbreak V

BA Analog Square

PL Nord Pole 3 DP

BA Snappy AS

LD Sprut

PL Anjuna Pluck

PL PlayHouse

PD Hid Lights

LD Aquamarine

LD Disarm MLM

ZETA+ 2 - VST

"DruggedEraBass"

Huge Chord Seq

Sad Arp

Equinox BT

Stella C2 2011

The Good Times 1

Phadt Raver

Funky Hi Fat Lo

Dancing Oscillators

Dynascraper

Textures - Trance anthem

Build That Track

Digital sound factory - Modern Digi Synth

24-osc xy hoover

Vjooprrrr Lead

crispy arp c1 (mw)

crispy arp c1 02 (mw)

Basic Trancer 1

FM Hall Practice

The Phatness FG

Noisy Beauty (Mw) BT

BitTek DMS

Creamy Poly XS

Super Eight Bars FI

Classic Content - Leads Hard - undecided

Old Lab FS

Brutal Legato FS

FM Lead Shapes FI

Commercial Trance

Ravers Arp 3

zt3r30 zinc

BroadBand Connection

Crisp Keyed FG

Chiptune Plucks XS

Reso Fat Lead

90s Revisited FS

technic

Broken Piano Amp BC

Phatman XS

Teccnoe Boeing

Ravers Slice 4

Ez Raver BC

Commodore64 Hits XS

Leading Tarnce FI

Toy Piano DMS

Electron Drum Circle 3 FI

Spezial Bell Swirl Laye

Hardcore Kick 1 XS

The Prophet FG

Zeta+ Crunk 2 FI

Milk Steak WRJ

Phased Noise Tines FI

Sp3ctrum S4w mw FI

Lofi Dream (Mw+Pb) BT

Electro FM FI (Synthwave-y + knitecap)

Alone in the Arena II

Sizzle Keys (Mw) BT

Thick Gate FI (umieram)

Angelic Vocoder (juncture)

FM Gliss FI

Digi Slapper (Mw+Vel) BT

Multipoint Brass FI

Metallic Vapors XS

Aqua Flange Pad BC

Hard Fanfare FS

FMed Duplets 1 FI

Big Bass Lead FS

Classic Rock Lead XS

Brass lead

Resonator Pluck

Blue Stars XS

Dream Arp 2

Psytrance Kick XS

Colors Crossfade FS

Sweet Dee WRJ

Serum - VST

Such Relaxation

Celestial Light

BASS - R4V3R

BASS - Make Some Jungle

MoBambaBell

PL Hot Chocolate

SuperAlba

Bass - Cold Night

Key JP09

PAD - Pancakes

LD Hypersaw

BASS - Deep and Clear

BASS - Hard Bass Pluck

SQ Automator 4 [GS]

FG Pop-Star

SY Euphonic

PL Little Harp - Mw-loop

BASS - Essential Subs

SY ModSync 1 [GS]

SY Morricone

PL Big Bells [AS]

PL Downpitcher [FN]

PL Crusty Pluck [LCV]

POLY FM242 Brass

LD Festival Beez [FP]

BA Modern Fapping [GI]

BA RBLz [7S] (ataraxia intro)

KY Static Crystal

SQ PianoStepper

SY Sqrs [GS]

KY Let's Get Nutz [FP]

SQ8L - VST

Voyager

Drumaxx - VST

Diseased FG

Sawer - VST

FG Burnt

FG Pro-52

FG Hum & Bass

FG Squarer

PD Memories

LD Pulse Lead

FG Fat Plastic

MC Chunkee

MC Waterphone

PD Sonic Juice

FG TypiTarnce

FG Fury of V

LD Chiptune 2

PD Sapphire

SY Metal Scrape

SY Sunkissed

SY Poly '86 (Shlohmo-like)

KB Accordion

FG Four Bits

LD Dance Lead 1

LD Sad Lead (ataraxia main)

BA Analog Bass

KB 80's Keys

LD Space Voice

FG Harpsichordal Injury

LD Stiff Pulse

SY Beijing

FG Soviet Stylee

Nexus - VST

Dirty Might 2

Amigo

Angel One

Bellevue

Broken Square

Butterfield

Good Chi

Tremolize

We Atlas

DnB Sine

Chinese Dominator

Phantompad

Dance Guitar

Crystalbells

Broad Pulse

Attack Lead 3

Attack Lead 2

Benny Dance Split

Pulse Noise Lead

Vocoder Talk

Vocoder Larry

Chainsmoker 4

Guitar Strummed 1

Dance Pattern 2

Detuned Bass 2

VZ Bells 2

Dutch Style 2

Culture

Piranha

Detuned Lead 6

Detuned Lead 3

Detuned Lead 10

Wild West Saloon

Big Bells

Hollywood Violins

Andro default Saw

AR Etheral

King of Buzz 1

King of Buzz 5

Distorted Piano Strings

Delayed Piano

Slapped Bass

Detuned Lead 11

Dance Saw 1 (Fuck Somebody Nice)

Arena Ambience

Dance Saw 2 (His)

PN Trancepiano

LD Detuned Lead 8

LD Trance Saws Wide

TG Vocal Slicer

Cheap Dance Organ

ST Dark Cellos

Xpand!2 - VST

29 Glassy Glockenspiel

Sylenth1 - VST

433 KEY Harpsichord

118 LD Tunnelvision

007 ARP ClassicVA

OB-XA V - VST

Cross-mod Suitcase

SEM V2 - VST

Age of Solo

Jup-8 V3 - VST

Muppet Mayhem

Nitzer Bass

India

GMS - VST

Boomerang Bass

TAL U-No-LX-V2 - VST

76 Space Sound 3 (Lifter)

Sakura - VST

BW Catgut Chorus

KBD Grand Harpsikord FG

SYNTH String Like DS

Poizone - VST

ARP Classic VA

KBD AmbientKeys ToTc

KBD JazzAmpedGuitar ToTc

SYN Funky HP

BAS Stereo Bass

BAS Simple But Peppy

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check out the music that was made with this sample pack at all these places:

thanks!

[weaseltotheface]

Listened to the same song like 12 times in a row while i was making my fl studio template and now my brain is like "this song only forever"and its playing on repeat in my head too now

[summerbreakdrawing]

Day 45:

I feel good about today! Nothing too much to preface with. (Tbh I might stop adding this preface completely)

Enjoyment: 8/10

Skills: 5/10

Satisfaction: 8/10

Notes: I worked on putting all I learn the past few days on bodies. The last one I worked on (bottom right), I changed the body shape a little. I do like it more like that than before. Artist: Igaveuponmusic, 7/10. For just music made on fl studio by a 14 y/o, this is so good. She only has about 12 songs out, but she deserves more fans

[confield]

Fuck maybe I should make one of those "pinned post" things in case people visit this blog because of my sporadically popular posts. Ok.

1) I listen to a lot of music. I generally like anything that's weird, but I have fairly deep/obsessive interests in electronic music (of most types, dance or not dance) and punk/post-hardcore/noise rock (not the bad stuff though). I used to be very into jazz, so there might be remnants of that here. I am particularly knowledgable about electronic genres such as "idm," Detroit techno/electro, ambient, glitch (as in Oval, Pole, that sort of sound), microsound/"extreme" minimal music, ambient techno, and the rest of that sort of thing.

2) I am pretty fucking autistic so my knowledge on musical things is simultaneously obsessive yet very narrow. If you have music recommendations, please send them.

3) I make my own music under the name One Eyed Bastard Frog. I have been making music since I pirated FL Studio 12 when I was in middle school. My older tracks suck. My newer tracks suck less. The music is on Bandcamp, Spotify, and other platforms. I post demo-type tracks, works in progress, and albums and stuff in the tag #my music.

4) My electronic music tag is #electronicposting. My non-electronic music tag is #music.

5) This is an Autechre stan blog.

[earlycuntsets]

mcr shows on youtube pt. 1 (2002 - 2005)

-> pt. 2 (2005 - 2007)

-> pt. 3 (2007 - 2011)

-> pt. 4 (2011 - 2023)

02/16/2002 american legion garfield nj – sarah lewitinn

03/01/2002 loop lounge passaic nj – ATØMIC JĒY

06/14/2002 club krome south amboy nj – spaceyrayrun

06/29/2002 harmony grange hall no. 12 wilmington de us – spaceyraygun

07/05/2002 american legion – camp merritt post 21 cresskill nj usa – spaceyraygun

07/19/2002 loop lounge passaic park nj – spaceyraygun

08/03/2002 rexplex elizabeth nj – spaceyraygun

08/16/2002 maxwell’s hoboken nj – george koroneos

08/17/2002 alissas basement kinnelon nj – spaceyraygun

09/14/2002 electric factory philadelphia pa – spaceyraygun

12/02/2002 fireside bowl chicago il – brad nolan video on plentyoflegs

12/18/2002 trocadero theater philadelphia pa – spaceyraygun

12/23/2002 factory 324 roanoake va – panterathrashfan13

1/11/2003 fireside bowl chicago il – brad nolan videography

02/20/2003 mississippi nights st louis mo – brad nolan videography

02/21/2003 beaumont club kansas city mo – brad nolan videography

02/28/2003 boonton elks lodge boonton nj – user: random stuff

03/23/2003 club krome south amboy nj – douglas carl

05/14/2003 north star bar philadelphia pa – deadhoarse

05/23/2003 imusicast oakland ca – skyline studios – oakland

06/08/2003 bloomfield avenue cafe montclair nj – spaceyraygun

06/26/2003 the knitting factory nyc ny – luxlillian

07/26/2003 the chameleon club lancaster pa – spaceyraygun

08/18/2003 9:30 club washington dc – TEPMIHATOP_HvH

08/19/2003 trocadero theater philadelphia pa – spaceyraygun

10/23/2003 downtime nyc ny – spaceyraygun

10/31/2003 south amboy nj halloween show – user: MCR stuff and things

11/14/2003 university of connecticut-stamford stamford ct – user: random stuff

12/14/2003 irving plaza nyc ny – spaceyraygun

05/17/2004 des moines iowa house of bricks – 515 archive

06/02/2004 manchester university manchester uk – TEMIHATOP-HvH

06/08/2004 vintage vinyl fords nj – spaceyraygun

06/09/2004 newbury comics shrewsbury ma us – punkstermann

06/10/2004 north star bar philadelphia pa – spaceyraygun

08/08/2004 summer sonic festival tokyo japan – dusted out on route guano

11/08/2004 hard rock live orlando fl – ryanninja

11/13/2004 unknown venue orange ca – TEPMIHATOP_HvH

12/12/2004 universal amphitheatre universal city ca – andrea amador

01/17/2005 trl nyc ny – patty8239

02/03/2005 la boule noire paris – the academy is my beautiful romance

03/04/2005 arrow hall mississauga ontario ca – the academy is my beautiful romance

03/05/2005 john labatt centre london ontario ca – the academy is my beautiful romance

03/29/2005 arco arena sacramento ca – moranestes

05/21/2005 kroq weenie roast irvine ca – the academy is my beautiful romance

05/27/2005 wxdx summer kick off chevrolet amphitheater pittsburgh pa – neeeeonafterglow

06/06/2005 le trabendo paris france – the academy is my beautiful romance

06/10/2005 download festival donington park castle donington uk (interview) – TEPMIHATOP_HvH

06/25/2005 warped tour reliant park houston tx – ibanez27

06/27/2005 hard rock live orlando fl – ATØMIC JĒY

07/02/2005 32/20 warped tour pier san francisco ca – the academy is my beautiful romance

07/12/2005 warped tour thunderbird stadium vancouver ca – kristi haubrick

07/30/2005 warped tour molson park barrie ontanio ca – loveorsympathy

07/31/2005 warped tour silverdome pontiac mi – nightrain5565

08/01/2005 warped tour post gazette pavilion burgettstown pa – price family homestead

08/05/2005 warped tour vinoy park st. petersburg fl – rogo117

08/10/2005 warped tour nissan pavilion bristol va – the academy is my beautiful romance

08/11/2005 warped tour ford pavilion montage mountain scranton pa – the academy is my beautiful romance

08/12/2005 warped tour tweeter center camden nj – katemcilwaine

08/13/2005 warped tour randall’s island park randalls island nyc ny – the academy is my beautiful romance

08/14/2005 raceway park englishtown nj – readydeady

08/23/2005 the underworld london england – leila vardar

08/31/2005 melkweg the max amsterdam netherlands – user: random stuff

09/01/2005 abart zurich switzerland – mychemrock1

09/03/2005 idroscalo segrate italy – nacho en tour

09/15/2005 promowest pavilion columbus west ohio – andreaflowers

09/17/2005 eastern michigan university convocation center ypsilanti mi – amanda

09/27.2005 mesa amphitheatre mesa arizona – mark zeta

10/02/2005 event center arena san jose ca – jason is lost in japan

10/08/2005 gwinnett center duluth ga – living with ghosts

10/10/2005 revolution live ft lauderdale fl – natnizzle

10/14/2005 tweeter center camden nj – decoemergency

-> pt. 2 (2005 - 2007)

-> pt. 3 (2007 - 2011)

-> pt. 4 (2011 - 2023)

[chibivesicle]

Trigun Stampede Episode 12 - July does go boom

That’s right we reached the end of this paradoxically paced anime known as Trigun Stampede.  The episode tied up pretty much how I expected it to.  We knew that Vash would have to emerge from stasis to fight Knives and blow up the third city, July.  I fully admit that this will be the last episode from Stampede that I’ll watch.  Even if more episodes were green lit for past the two year time skip from the original Fifth Moon incident which was now changed to the July incident.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-25/trigun-stampede-anime-teases-final-phase-coming-soon/.196428

This is where my Stampede episode review metas will stop and I’ll get back to a few asks. I’ll likely slide back to some Trigun Maximum meta and focus on Kekkai Sensen/Blood Blockade Battlefront more.  ‘Cause, man, Kekkai Sensen has some great points to look at.

The episode has a cold open and more of a flashback/Vash’s current mental state while frozen. 

Edit update:  The following passage is incorrect!  I had assumed based on body language and dialogue that it was Vash who was the cowboy dreamer.  It was actually Nai! However, this annoys me more since it seems sort of OOC for Knives to be so into this idea when all of our previous flashbacks have him being subdued and dour while Vash is energetic and chatty.  I even watched this scene three times and didn’t even notice >_< which means I really was going for the vibes here.  It also makes me annoyed that for how heavy handed they were with storytelling, I admittedly never quite noticed the difference between the two of them.  This flashback further confuses me since the entire crux of the episode is the fight between Vash and Knives and it is Vash who finally shows us his gunslinger skills in action.  And that the manga really highlights the fact that Vash never goes beyond seeing himself as a simple gunslinger as opposed to Knives leveled up plant abilities.  However, my statement of the talking about the Wild West remains correct as Studio Orange is telling you they are going to a ‘Wild West’.

We see him excited about a American mythological Wild West where he’s a cowboy protecting his friends finger guns and all while Nai states he doesn’t like this concept.

This is yet another case of Studio Orange not using look and don’t tell but instead tell and look at what I’m telling you.  I’ve begun to wonder if part of the issues that I felt arose with this adaptation of Trigun Stampede is how Yasuhiro Nightow is an artist who really leans heavily into the show don’t tell type of storytelling.  He gives you a lot of visuals and it is up to you, the viewer/reader to figure out what it means.  That’s why I’m wondering if this is a sort of artistic vision/storytelling disconnect in addition to what is a rather phoned in version of Trigun.  The fact that this episode is called ‘High Noon at July’ and gets labeled as episode 0 captures all of what I’ve said.  They take an American Western Media Myth, High Noon, and combine it with a prequel concept for Vash’s $$60 billion bounty for destroying July.  I’m sure picking a Gary Cooper movie from 1952 required a quick Google for that reference from the post-WWII Hollywood media industrial complex.

Rem tells the twins that she loves them and the usual from her still underdeveloped character this many episodes in. 

The action returns to Meryl watching as - oh god, it turned out to be true, that Knives was gonna go touch that plant core and impregnate all the plants with souls so that they could give birth to independents.

Meryl tries to shoot the bullet proof glass to wake Vash up while Conrad tells her it isn’t possible.  Of course, we know that Vash is going to have to wake up from his frozen state and prevent this terrible plan of Knives.

He goes on and he penetrates that core with his long knife tendrils.  Yep, I went with the terrible pun there.

As the giant tree continues to grow, Wolfwood watches from a great distance and Zazie flees but has enough time to chat with them.  Zazie has concluded that the twins will have the entire planet and humans are done for, but is concerned enough that all of the worms are fleeing as well whatever may happen.  Wolfwood is out of smokes, so he groans implying he needs to walk back to July to help out or do something.  Meryl realizes that the only one who can stop Millions Knives is Vash himself. 

The action returns to his mind where he’s humming a song that Nai asks him where he heard it.  This must be in reference to Rem’s favorite song from the manga and what in the ‘98 anime is the song Sound Life.  The song is what allows Vash to regain control of his mind and memories as a single flower appears in his palm and he runs away from Nai realizing he used Rem’s words to manipulate him.  As he flees from Knives, Vash ages while he chases a wind like flower petal manifestation of Rem.  Rem’s voice apologizes for leaving Vash as he chases after her.

Rem thanks him for remembering her and then also says the following:

“Thank you for protecting my dreams and my hopes . . . Vash.”  that’s great Rem, but Studio Orange never actually had a flashback where you told us your dreams and hopes.  We know you wanted Vash and Nai to blend in and not be noticed at independent plants but never once did we get enough of Rem’s moral code and backstory to know that Vash was protecting it.  I’m disappointed that never once did we get Rem’s quote that “Everyone’s future is a blank [train] ticket.” Implying that no one knows what destination they will end up at and what may happen.

Vash snaps out of his trance, thus reversing the energy flow back into his black hole ability.  The higher plant dimension spits Knives back out into reality as the flower petal turns red on Vash’s heart and that of the giant plant like being also showing a red glowing heart.  With the perfect timing of things, Knives almost kills Meryl but Vash is able to save her.  He is trying to condense all that plant inter-dimensional power down into a little cube and holds it in his left hand while aiming his gun at Knives.  Now, he has his recognizable spiky hair, worthy of Wolfwood’s nickname for him, Tongari.

And for the first time in these twelve episodes, I recognize Vash the Stampede.  No, I don’t mean his spiky hair.  I mean his body language, facial expression and tone of voice.  This is the side of Vash we never saw until now and it feels like it was far too late.  At 8:30 seconds or so, the fight between Vash and Knives has begun in earnest.  We see Vash shooting at Knives and performing his rapid fire gunslinger skills.

Of course, Conrad is there to point out that the cube that Vash made is just a giant inter dimensional energy bomb which is a problem.

The fight between the brothers moves outside and Meryl and Conrad chase after them, but Meryl almost slips off the roof only to be saved by Wolfwood, who still feels like he owes Roberto for those smokes.

Here, Wolfwood is filling in for Milly, pointing out the obvious that they are no match for Vash and Knives and they need to get the fuck out of town.  We get a rather dynamic scene of Wolfwood frantically leaping out of the way which is well animated.  There is no comedy in this entire sequence save for when Wolfwood steps on the face of the nameless terrible July MP.

As the fight between Knives and Vash escalates, Vash is able to grow out a left wing, while Knives has no problem flying with his single right wing and his knives on the other half of his body.  Not entirely sure how either of them are able to fly with a single wing - in Trigun Maximum they can manifest a full set of wings for flight and the whole dramatic point at the end of the manga is how both brother’s lose a wing and have to work together to safely land after their final battle.

Vash continues to push himself and eventually manifests his angel arm on the right.

Sadly, it seems that Vash’s angel wing aspect completely lacks the creepy factor of the original for a more dark floral organic look than terrifyingly biblical.  Meryl thankfully is able to return to her quick wit and tell us that Vash is going to release the energy into space and the brothers continue to fight over the little energy cube.

Conrad then activates a sort of ship from the top of the tower to escape from the city.  Dang, I was wrong about him dying in this episode.  I guess we have to keep the scientist alive so that he can collect the badly wounded Knives and pop in him a light bulb to recharge.

As they fly up into the atmosphere, Knives continues to argue for his ideal world of independent plants and not being slaves to humanity.  He’s disappointed that all Vash can reply is that he’ll keep running until he doesn’t have to anymore.

And again, we get a visual which seems more like Vash, his dopey comedic approach to things.  Finally, Vash cries as he explains that he’s Vash the Stampede and that he only has a disappointing answer for Knives after over 100 years.

Vash yells at Knives to let go, who wants to somehow use the energy to re-enter the plant dimension.  We got a long and annoying monologue as Knives slowly burns all the skin from his body down to a skeleton that is still able to talk.

Knives appears to be destroyed as Vash crashes right back into the city where it explodes with his impact.  It is amazing that Vash was able to survive that free fall into the ground, when his past angel arm situations were all with him standing in the middle of the blast zone.

However, this achieves the original starting point, his 60 billion double dollar bounty for destroying July and 90% of the population.  Since Conrad escaped, we have room for the return of more of the Gung ho Guns.  Meryl stops by a small monument with a photo of Vash, Wolfwood, Roberto and herself as well as a pack of cigarettes likely left there by Wolfwood before her. 

As she drives off, her boss calls into let her know to come pick up a newbie who wants to work with her, Milly Thompson and is threatened to be given a new job with the Insurance Society if she doesn’t cooperate. 

Vash as Eriks plays a piano while a young lady tells him it is okay if he doesn’t remember anything and that he’s safe with her in a more traditional Western Style Saloon that is empty save for the two of them.

As the special ED song plays we get a view from one of the moons and dialogue from the space ships from earth preparing to warp to their location.  Does this mean Luida and Brad where able to ask for help?  We hear the voice of Chronica the most independent of the independents able to resist the Knives in Trigun Maximum.

However, for me with this ending my time with Trigun Stampede has come to an end and I won’t be watching whatever comes after this.  At the end of the day, this demo for Studio Orange’s technical skill did not win me over with a series that is near and dear to my heart.

I got less than one entire episode of an actual Vash the Stampede in all twelve episodes.  Just because Studio Orange went with a more serious tone, it tried to take itself too seriously and fell flat on its face.  Vash’s zany antics were how he hid all of his pain and trauma as well as sometimes him just being himself.

The idea for his hair to shift due to the shock was not unexpected, tons of people were predicting this change in him.  But, just like the removal of the white lily for Tessla from Rem, we lost the fact that Rem styled Vash’s hair like her dead significant other and therefore, Vash continued to style his hair like that with Rem in mind.

Meryl looks tougher at the end, but will we see that follow through since she was super uwu waifu in this.  I’m also afraid of what they’d do with Milly as she is a very unique character for current anime aesthetics. 

And this time, I was able to catch the graphic on the cup/ashtray!  I had noticed it at the beginning but forgot to go back and check it.  Hello there Sonic the Speed Monkey and member of Libra!  Right next to the single Derringer.

I’m now more offended since we get our Sonic reference twice in Stampede and zero Kuroneko-sama?!?!  Come on, where is god in all her elegant feline glory?

Overall opinion on Trigun Stampede

All in all, I’d rate this anime as average at best.  If I had to give it a score 5/10.  If you had absolutely know idea of the original, you’d likely rate it higher.

Was it well animated?  Yes.  Unbelievably so.  The fight sequences were fluid and dynamic.  Depending on the character, the facial expressions were great.

Was it well voice acted? Decent.  I didn’t get that sense of chemistry from other series I enjoy, but it was fine.  I’ve heard train wrecks of shows before and this was not anything bad.  It was professional and got the point across.

Music? Overall, the OP and ED were fine.  However, the OST fell way short for a number of reasons in my opinion.  1.) It would be compared to the original OSTs which are some of the top from the 90s - period. 2.) It aligned with the vision for the show more closely and drew on the Western inspiration as opposed to the sci-fi.  It is hard to top parts of the OST.  Can I remember any part of this OST or associate it with a certain character?  No.  I should be able to tie tracks to characters or situations by the end of a twelve episode series and I can’t.  Or that is how I feel about an excellent OST. 

Canon compliant? Eh, sort of.  I’ve already stated numerous times that I enjoyed the original anime more than the manga which had to do with the overall storytelling structure and cohesiveness.  I found reading the manga to be helpful in understanding more, but the anime was easier to follow and hit similar themes.  The way that Stampede approached its female characters, absolutely rubbed me the wrong way.  The original anime passed the Bechtel test with flying colors (in ‘98). The role of Meryl and Milly was much less in the manga, there were plenty of other great female characters who were just missing in Stampede.  Zazie’s non-binary-ness being absent along with the possible trans erasure of Elendira are high in my list of concerns for character changes.

Story boarding, plot, dialogue, pacing? Absolutely terrible.  This was really the nail in the coffin for me.  Lazy writing, reliance on tropes that were less established in anime and manga from the 90s, weird establishing shots from time to time, strange framing and the terrible pacing. 

It takes effort for an action packed anime to drag so heavily as this one did. For me and my partner in snark/muse, Merdopseudo, it drove us nuts how bad the pacing was.  I am not the type of person to have issues when a show will do rapid cuts between scenes or toss the viewer into something without context.  If it is done well. 

Studio Orange did not do that well.  It had so many plot points that were perfect for no reason e.g. character shows up at exactly the right time.  Or they did not understand the visual intent of a lot of elements from the manga.  The meaning of flowers, or dialogue frequently from Wolfwood, the heavy Christian themes that underlie a lot of debates and tension between Vash and the world.  How the heavy themes of the original were balanced out by humor that was either absurd or deadpan/snark.

The entire concept of establishing a character, getting to know them, realizing that there is something to reveal and then timing that reveal. This is a concept that Studio Orange completely failed at.  No payoff was earned or timed properly.

The heavy use of info dumping and telling us what we need to know from a particular scene.  Sometimes, you gotta clue your viewer into what is happening.  This alone is not a problem.  How Studio Orange did this, well it was frankly an insult to the intelligence of the viewer.  Perhaps, if someone had no idea what was going on and didn’t know the other to versions, it might make sense.  But you have a lot of viewers who certainly saw the anime and a smaller group who read the manga as well.

And this ties back to the original source material.  The ‘98 anime kept the visual storytelling style the same from the early manga to the show.  The manga continued that style, though, with some editorial issues that made Trigun Maximum hard to read at times.  What is the way that Yasuhiro Nightow arranges his works?  In a way that you need to figure out what is happening. He tosses you right in with minimal information and it is up to you to figure out what is happening.

This is likely why when you go to watch Kekkai Sensen/Blood Blockade Battlefront or read the manga it is up to you to figure out what the fuck is happening.  Honestly, after watching B3 and reading as much as the manga as possible other than gaps in the early volumes under copyright with Darkhorse, he’s gotten much better at showing us something and you fill in those gaps.

This scene here from chapter 19 is laid out perfectly.  The first page has Steven lean in and say “Annie . . .” and she replies with a concerned “Wait!”  The next panel shows his hand intertwined with hers and the USB drive.  He swings their arms out to the side before leaning in closer.  Before he turns away with his coat and the USB drive firmly in his possession with a casual thanks.  How she looks at him in surprise at how quickly he’s leaving and heading back to the office. The casual reply of “I’ll be in touch” as he puts on his coat while walking!

The following page shows Annie visibly flustered, pans out to a street and Steven walking alone.  He notices Klaus’ car and he says hi before showing him that he got the goods = the USB drive.  This serves the purpose to continue to validate his nickname of being ‘blackhearted’ from K. K. and demonstrate his absolute dedication to supporting Klaus and the cause of Libra.  He’s willing to play dirty to get the information that they need.

Does everyone want to read/watch a series that is like this?  No, we are getting into a matter of personal taste.  Do I generally like series with this sort of style?  Yes, yes I most certainly do.  Thus, when Stampede went for a very heavy handed, we’ll tell you what you need to get out of this visual style, it rubbed me the wrong way at the beginning and I couldn’t put my finger on it at first.

Yasuhiro Nightow’s works have very strong moral questions that underpin them and he leaves it up to you to figure out who is right, who is wrong and what it means to be human - or not human.  He’s also not afraid to shove those characters into situations where they struggle with those decisions and have guilt, lots of guilt.  However, these sorts of stories are not conducive to black and white stories. And black and white is what Stampede ended up doing.  Nuance was not key to their work and it showed.

This is my rather long winded way to say that the above structural decisions that Studio Orange made are why, despite the high quality product visually, I am not impressed with this anime.  It went off in a direction different that the source material and then didn’t put in their effort or homework when they needed to.  This is what led to the shift in Trigun Stampede and why many fans are disappointed. 

With that, I’ll leave things here and sigh in relief my meta time for Stampede is over.  I’ll be back with some answered asks and more metas on B3 for sure and Trigun Maximum as it catches my eye.

[invertedfate]

Hiya. I've been wondering which programs you use to create Inverted Fate's OST, and what you'd recommend for a beginner in composing? I think you've mentioned both before but it's also been a while. Thanks. ^^

I use FL Studio 12, and I use a lot of soundfonts to do most of the heavylifting. Realeight is a pretty decent guitar VST, and Guitar Rig is a solid amp, but I'm sure there are other options, like the ultimate guitar kit soundfont. It's hard to say how beginner friendly it is, since I had some musical background beforehand, but there should be a lot of tutorials, at least!

[venuskissed]

I miss when I was like 12 writing dramione fanfics at like 2am and making gifsets and illegally downloading photoshop and learning FL Studio and over all just like making silly things because they were FUN. where is that drive, girl?? we need to find her