Zandres

It should be done sometime tomorrow - been cutting music all day today, and I'm pooped...

Allo! and if you ask if I said hello, I'm going to quote Labyrinth and say, "No, I said 'allo' but that's close enough" in a British accent... 😃 lol I'm currently cutting music from FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH that's right - the 2nd game in the Remake Trilogy. Let met just give you a snippit of this process. When I first learned how to cut music from the game, @Fyrewolf5 told me that it's best to use music that repeats - that's the easiest - doesn't matter what the track sounds like, if it repeats, it's super easy to cut into the game. That has served me well for all the music packs I have made thus far..... However, a new question has popped up during this process...... what happens if the music is just beyond anything you can imagine for beauty, awesomeness, and sooooo damn cool BUT it doesn't repeat....... like AT ALL...... what do you do then?? I've thought a lot about that as I've been cutting music... do i just fade out and back in and just play whole tracks over again with a teeny pause in the music....... I tried that.... HATED IT.... For those of you who have enjoyed my music packs over the years... I can't believe that it's 2024 already, and almost 1/3 over... gad - May 1 is next Wednesday..... crazy And I made my first Music Pack in 2022... so, for the last two years that you've been enjoying my music, would you say that the reason it sounds so good is because 1: I use high quality music to start the process of cutting into the game, and 2: I always, and I mean ALWAYS make my cuts sound seamless, perfect, so when you're in game, the music just goes on and on and on and on and on and you never can tell where the music repeats because the cuts are basically invisible? Wouldn't you say that's why you guys love my music packs? Well, what do you do when the music is beyond amazing, you want it in the game in this very specific spot BUT CRIPES, IT DOESN'T REPEAT!!!!! What do you do when you want to deliver that super high quality that people expect from you??? That's the question I've been dealing with during this process... Let me just say this.... It's going to take me a couple maybe 3-4 days to finish this pack - could be longer. But, I promise you this: This music pack is going to be so fricken amazing with music from VII REBIRTH, it's going to have wonderful seamless cuts, and it's going to sound so good, you won't be able to tell where I put my cuts in - even in music that doesn't repeat.... I solemnly swear that to you now. I'll post the pack once it's finished, and @MBogdanovic94 I know how much you love Final Fantasy VII... I think you're going to love this new music pack with music from Rebirth. Also, for everyone else..... What would you guys think - once the Remake Trilogy is complete, and I have the soundtrack from the 3rd game in the remake project - What would you think if I made a Music Pack using music from all three games, and kind of a "The Best of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy?" Would you guys like that, for me to use music from the WHOLE TRILOGY of FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE? Lemme know in the comments, or message me here on the forums. Cheers! -Z

That seems like an inordinate amount of work....I think I'll just stick to making music packs and if I need monos to raise a mag, I'll hunt them in the wild.

Why did you have to lock the doors to the lab and to the planet? Just standing around waiting to feed my mags is boring....why can't we visit the planet and kill stuff in this quest??? It would make it loads better....but you'd also need to have the shop keepers and the tekker back in his little kiosk area

Glad you like it! I had a lot of fun making this one!

Hello again my friends! With Halloween quickly approaching, I figured it was time that I make a music pack for this spooky holiday. The spookiest music I have is from my Castlevania albums of Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness. To be quite honest, I've not listened to these albums in 20 years, but I found tracks to replace the music in the game for all the tracks I can replace. Making this music pack was very interesting as the loops this time around was so complex that it took a lot of time to find the perfect places to find where to loop the music so it's seamless. But, I was able to do it, and this music pack is of the highest quality that you've come to expect from me. The reason I chose to use the Castlevania music is because it's medieval horror, while still being fun and engaging. Also, for Halloween, the most iconic instrument for the holiday is the pipe organ - my most favorite instrument because I play the organ. The most famous Halloween music for the organ is "Toccata and Feuge in d minor" by Johan Sebastian Bach - you know the one, it sounds like this: Anyway, the music of Castlevania has a lot of organ in the various pieces, and the toccatas for the boss fights, especially Falz has a LOT of Pipe Organ in it. There's also some tracks that has distant church bells ringing while this ghostly, spooky melody is playing. There are also tracks where there is a counter melody playing at the same time as the foreground melody making a very dissonant but hauntingly beautiful harmony. I hope you enjoy this creepy, spooky music pack, and that it helps you celebrate Halloween in the best way possible! For the music tracks, you'll see initials at the end of each of the track titles. LoI is Lament of Innocence, CoD is Curse of Darkness, and KH is Kingdom Hearts. There is only one track I used from Kingdom Hearts, and that's "This is Halloween." I had several people ask me if I would use that track in my Halloween pack, and I told them I would try. It didn't fit in the game with the other Castlevania music as the vibe of "This is Halloween" is very different from Castlevania's genosequa. But for lobby music, it works. The music I used for this Halloween Pack is as follows: TITLE: Title “Prologue – LoI” ADVR: Character Select “Prologue to the Black Abyss – LoI” CHARA: Character Creation “Prologue – CoD” CITY: Pioneer 2 “Ghostly Theater – LoI” MEDICAL: Hospital “Garibaldi Courtyard – CoD” SHOP: Stores “Rinaldo’s Cabin – LoI” GUILD: Hunter’s Guild “Cordova Town – CoD” SOUTOKU: Principal’s Office “Fog-Enshrouded Nightscape – LoI” LABO: Lab “Despair – LoI” Areas Slbgm_forest: Forest 1 & 2 “The Forest of Jigramunt – CoD” Slbgm_cave: Caves 1, 2, & 3 “Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab – LoI” Slbgm_machine: Mines 1 & 2 “Eneomaos Machine Tower – CoD” Slbgm_ancient: Ruins 1, 2, & 3 “House of Sacred Remains – LoI” Slbgm_ruin: Temple Alpha / Beta “Abandoned Castle – CoD” Slbgm_space: Spaceship Alpha / Beta “Lament of Innocence – Leon’s Theme – LoI” Slbgm_seabed: Seabed 1 & 2 “Aiolon Ruins – CoD” Bosses DRAGON: Dragon “Followers of Darkness – The Second – CoD” DELO: De Rol Le “Elemental Tactician – LoI” VOL_OPT1: Vol Opt phase 1 “Followers of Darkness – The Third – CoD” VOL_OPT2: Vol Opt phase 2 “Legendary Belmont – CoD” Slbgm_dark: Meadow before Falz “Statue Enchanted by the Darkness – LoI” DARK1: Dark Falz phase 1 & 2 “Dark Night Toccata – LoI” DARK2: Dark Falz phase 3 “A Toccata Into Blood Soaked Darkness – CoD” DELO2: Barba Ray “Followers of Darkness – The First – CoD” DRAGON2: Gol Dragon “Stone King Golem – LoI” GRYPHON: Gal Gryphon “Melancholy Joachim – LoI” PROTO1: Olga phase 1 “Prison of Eternal Torture – LoI” HALL: Room before fighting Olga 2nd time “Dracula Appears – LoI” PROTO2: Olga phase 2 “Snake Head Medusa – LoI” Slbgm_boss9: St. Million “Bizarre Room – LoI” Slbgm_boss9b: Shambertin / Kondrieu “Bizarre Room – LoI” Special Events T1: Rico Tyrel “Devil Forging – CoD” T2: Heathcliff Flowen “Water Prison – LoI” clear: Quest Completion “Bloodstained Demise – LoI” ENDING_LOOP: After you kill Dark Falz “True to Your Dreams – CoD” CUBE_ENDING_LOOP: After you kill Olga Flow “Endless Sorrow – CoD” EP4_ENDING_LOOP: After you kill ep4 final boss “Joachim of the Clear Blue Riverside – LoI” LOBBY: The game lobby “This is Halloween - KH” **DISCLAIMER - As much as I would have liked to make music for the Jungle, Mountain, Seaside, CCA, Towers, Crater, Crater Interior, and the Subterranean Desert, the way the game is coded screws up the custom music for those areas at best, CRASHES IN A GIANT FIRE at worst, and the custom music just won't work for those areas. ** If you would like my music pack - here's how you install it to change the music of PSO Open your UltimaPSOBB folder on your hard drive .... the default location for install is: C:/ProgramFiles(x86)/UltimaPSOBB. In your PSOBB folder you'll find a DATA folder, and in that DATA folder you'll find a folder called OGG. *****MAKE A COPY OF THAT OGG FOLDER******* Rename the copy of the folder to something like Music Backup so if you ever want to go back to original PSO music, the files are there and untouched. Then, click this link for the music pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file/sot79nvilln5xgr/Halloween_Music_PSO.zip/file Download the Zipped folder of the Halloween Music PSO (there are 38 .ogg files plus one .pdf of the track listing) After you download the Zipped file, right-click it and say "EXTRACT HERE” This will decompress the folder and give you access to all the .ogg files inside. Now, select all the .ogg files and copy them over into the OGG folder in the PSOBB directory. When your computer asks if you would like to REPLACE all the files SAY YES! this will change the music of your game to the music listed above! If you would like me to make special music for you - just let me know - I'm always happy to help. Cheers! -Z PS: I really hope you have your subwoofers hooked up, because there is A LOT and I mean A LOT OF BASS in this music pack, especially in the organ tracks! ENJOY!

Mine too friend!

Hello again my friends!!! Over the past couple days - October 1-4, 2023 - I've been working on a very special music pack using the soundtrack for Final Fantasy X. Final Fantasy X is not only my favorite Final Fantasy game, it's my MOST FAVORITE game OF ALL TIME!!!!! There are soooooo many iconic tracks in Final Fantasy X, like "To Zanarkand" "Someday the Dream Will End" "Besaid Island" and "Suteki Da Ne." One of my most favorite tracks in all of Final Fantasy X is "Men Staked on Blitz" and I really hope you have a subwoofer because many of the tracks I used for this music pack have a LOT of bass in them. The music of Final Fantasy X is just incredible - and while I wasn't able to use all of it, what I did use will make PSO sound incredible too! I also wanted to let you know: In Final Fantasy X where Suteki Da Ne is sung, in the game the lyrics are in Japanese. However, I have been fortunate enough to find English versions of both Suteki Da Ne arrangement - one for the underwater date scene, and the one for the ending credits. I used both of the English versions in this music pack. If you've never heard the lyrics for Suteki Da Ne in English, here they are: Wind and my heart swimming in collected words, Moved by the wind, in through the world. Clouds like a voice that we all recognize, Carry the holding future. Moon on the sky as a trembling heart, Shown on the glass unsteadily. Stars shedding tears in an overflowing stream, I see the night all around me. Suteki Da Ne - being together all alone, Walking hand in hand. And I want to go to your city, to your home, into your arms. That is all, inside your body, from those conflicted nights, As from my dreams. Wind died away and I feel all the words, Led by a gentle illusion. Clouds are the future that cannot be attained, Told from impossible distance. The moon fill with night as it flowed through your heart, Such far away reflections. stars ripe like tears like fruit falls from a tree, I wipe my dreams off the nighttime. Suteki Da Ne - being together all alone, Walking hand in hand. And I want to go to your city, to your home, into your arms, To feel your face, the touch of memory. And now that I awake, as from a dream. Suteki Da Ne - being together all alone, Walking hand in hand. And I want to go to your city, to your home, into your arms, To feel your face, the touch of memory. And now that I awake, as from a dream. To be completely honest - when I first heard Suteki Da Ne in English - the lyrics were so moving that I was brought to tears - that's how incredible Final Fantasy X is! Nobuo Uematsu is a fucking genius!!! I used the following tracks for this music pack TITLE: Title “To Zanarkand” ADVR: Character Select “The Splendid Performance” CHARA: Character Creation “The Prelude” CITY: Pioneer 2 “Luca” MEDICAL: Hospital “Illusion” SHOP: Stores “Spiran Scenery” GUILD: Hunter’s Guild “Men Staked on Blitz” SOUTOKU: Principal’s Office “Tidus’ Theme” LABO: Lab “Brave Advancement” Areas Slbgm_forest: Forest 1 & 2 “Chocobo Jam” Slbgm_cave: Caves 1, 2, & 3 “Thunder Plains” Slbgm_machine: Mines 1 & 2 “Normal Battle” Slbgm_ancient: Ruins 1, 2, & 3 “My Father’s Murderer” Slbgm_ruin: Temple Alpha / Beta “Besaid Island” Slbgm_space: Spaceship Alpha / Beta “Blitz Off” Slbgm_seabed: Seabed 1 & 2 “Someday the Dream Will End” Bosses DRAGON: Dragon “Hurry” DELO: De Rol Le “Enemy Attack” VOL_OPT1: Vol Opt phase 1 “Start” VOL_OPT2: Vol Opt phase 2 “Raid” Slbgm_dark: Meadow before Falz “The Deceased Laugh” DARK1: Dark Falz phase 1 & 2 “Seymour’s Ambition” DARK2: Dark Falz phase 3 “Seymour Battle” DELO2: Barba Ray “Unwavering Decision” DRAGON2: Gol Dragon “Confrontation” GRYPHON: Gal Gryphon “Crisis” PROTO1: Olga phase 1 “Challenge” HALL: Room before fighting Olga 2nd time “Ominous” PROTO2: Olga phase 2 “Summoned Beast Battle” Slbgm_boss9: St. Million “Decisive Battle” Slbgm_boss9b: Shambertin / Kondrieu “Decisive Battle” Special Events T1: Rico Tyrel “Yuna’s Decision T2: Heathcliff Flowen “The Truth Revealed” clear: Quest Completion “Victory Fanfare – FFX Version” ENDING_LOOP: After you kill Dark Falz “Suteki Da Ne – Orchestrated Version” CUBE_ENDING_LOOP: After you kill Olga Flow “Suteki Da Ne – Isn’t in Beautiful? EP4_ENDING_LOOP: After you kill ep4 final boss “Ending Theme” LOBBY: The Game Lobby “Silence Before the Storm” If you would like my music pack - here's how you install it to change the music of PSO Open your UltimaPSOBB folder on your hard drive .... the default location for install is: C:/ProgramFiles(x86)/UltimaPSOBB. In your PSOBB folder you'll find a DATA folder, and in that DATA folder you'll find a folder called OGG. *****MAKE A COPY OF THAT OGG FOLDER******* Rename the copy of the folder to something like Music Backup so if you ever want to go back to original PSO music, the files are there and untouched. Then, click this link for the music pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file/k9prd7a6w430qln/FFX_Music_PSO.zip/file Download the Zipped folder of FFXIV Music PSO (there are 38 .ogg files plus one .pdf of the track listing) After you download the Zipped file, right-click it and say "EXTRACT HERE” This will decompress the folder and give you access to all the .ogg files inside. Now, select all the .ogg files and copy them over into the OGG folder in the PSOBB directory. When your computer asks if you would like to REPLACE all the files SAY YES! this will change the music of your game to the music listed above! If you would like me to make special music for you - just let me know - I'm always happy to help. Finally, I would like to express my deepest gratitude for Jasmer for inspiring me with the idea to make a music pack from Final Fantasy X. Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy it! Cheers, -Z

You're very welcome!

Hello my friends! For the past month I've been making a music pack from the soundtrack of Final Fantasy XVI - and let me tell you, the music of Final Fantasy 16 is amazing! The soundtrack has music for all occasions, from light and happy to icky and scary and creepy. There are even tracks that are electronic with unsettling vibes in the music. If you pay close attention to the Vol Opt phase 1 fight, the Seabed levels, and the Olga Flow fight as well as the Ruins levels - you'll see what I mean. The music I used for each of the areas in the game are as follows: TITLE: Title “Land of the Eikons” ADVR: Character Select “Return of the Archduke” CHARA: Character Creation “Into the Mire – Stillwind” CITY: Pioneer 2 “The Grand Duchy of Rosaria - Unused” MEDICAL: Hospital “Idylls of the Empire” SHOP: Stores “Our Terms” GUILD: Hunter’s Guild “Histoire – The Holy Empire of Sanbreque” SOUTOKU: Principal’s Office “Final Farewells” LABO: Lab “The State of the Realm” Areas Slbgm_forest: Forest 1 & 2 “Lovely, Dark, and Deep – The Greatwood” Slbgm_cave: Caves 1, 2, & 3 “Hamartia” Slbgm_machine: Mines 1 & 2 “Catacecaumene” Slbgm_ancient: Ruins 1, 2, & 3 “Furor” Slbgm_ruin: Temple Alpha / Beta “Against the Wind – The Eye of the Tempest” Slbgm_space: Spaceship Alpha / Beta “Color and Crackle” Slbgm_seabed: Seabed 1 & 2 “Heavensbound – Reverie” Bosses DRAGON: Dragon “Find the Flame” DELO: De Rol Le “The Parting Sea” VOL_OPT1: Vol Opt phase 1 “Where it All Began – The Apodytery” VOL_OPT2: Vol Opt phase 2 “On the Shoulders of Giants” Slbgm_dark: Meadow before Falz “One With God” DARK1: Dark Falz phase 1 & 2 “Logos” DARK2: Dark Falz phase 3 “Ascension” DELO2: Barba Ray “To Sail Forbidden Seas” DRAGON2: Gol Dragon “Army of One – The Einherjar” GRYPHON: Gal Gryphon “Away” PROTO1: Olga phase 1 “Titan Lost” HALL: Room before fighting Olga 2nd time “Time and Death” PROTO2: Olga phase 2 “Heart of Stone” Slbgm_boss9: St. Million “Mid-boss Battle – Unused” Slbgm_boss9b: Shambertin / Kondrieu “Mid-boss Battle – Unused” Special Events T1: Rico Tyrel “Where the Heart Is” T2: Heathcliff Flowen “Cut from the Cloth clear: Quest Completion “Fanfare” ENDING_LOOP: After you kill Dark Falz “Faith” CUBE_ENDING_LOOP: After you kill Olga Flow “My Lady” EP4_ENDING_LOOP: After you kill ep4 final boss “Aligned” LOBBY: The game lobby “Forevermore – The Grand Duchy of Rosaria” **DISCLAIMER - As much as I would have liked to make music for the Jungle, Mountain, Seaside, CCA, Towers, Crater, Crater Interior, and the Subterranean Desert, the way the game is coded screws up the custom music for those areas at best, CRASHES IN A GIANT FIRE at worst, and the custom music just won't work for those areas. ** If you would like my music pack - here's how you install it to change the music of PSO Open your UltimaPSOBB folder on your hard drive .... the default location for install is: C:/ProgramFiles(x86)/UltimaPSOBB. In your PSOBB folder you'll find a DATA folder, and in that DATA folder you'll find a folder called OGG. *****MAKE A COPY OF THAT OGG FOLDER******* Rename the copy of the folder to something like Music Backup so if you ever want to go back to original PSO music, the files are there and untouched. Then, click this link for the music pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file/6xlj7lveot5jpmj/FFXVI_Music_PSO.zip/file Download the Zipped folder of FFXIV Music PSO (there are 37 .ogg files plus one .pdf of the track listing) After you download the Zipped file, right-click it and say "EXTRACT HERE” This will uncompress the folder and give you access to all the .ogg files inside. Now, select all the .ogg files and copy them over into the OGG folder in the PSOBB directory. When your computer asks if you would like to REPLACE all the files SAY YES! this will change the music of your game to the music listed above! If you would like me to make special music for you - just let me know - I'm always happy to help. Cheers, -Z

Would anyone like me to make a music pack to use for spooky times like Halloween and day of the dead? I'd have to look for spooky music but I'm sure I can find Halloween-esque music. Would you guys like that from me? Also, as a minor side note, would you also like me to make music for Christmas and maybe Easter events?

You're gonna kill me.....I found another error I need to fix in my maglopedia when I was raising a mag for someone....it just irritates me after taking careful measurement and great care in making my .pdf .... Sigh. I'll get it fixed eventually....

This is the best format for seasonal events! I remember years ago when the event started and there was an excel spreadsheet that was updated AFTER players got drops. This version showing what's available and where to go looking for said item is infinitely better!!!! Thank you!!!

It's done, and you can get it right now!

have you had a chance to try out my zelda music pack yet? Have you had a chance to try out my zelda music yet? It's finished and posted!