Archive for December 1st, 2006
FFRSiggy aka FFR Banner and Editor
Some of you may have already noticed.
For those that have not, we have created an early beta of a Signature Editor or Banner Editor. This allows you to create a customized banner for you to paste into your forum signatures, post to your blogs or myspace / facebook profiles.
We are working on adding to the available banner themes and increasing the amount of layouts available. Also we hope to add more variables to the displays to make it snazzier.
Take a look, let us know what you think and do give us suggestions regarding site banners or site buttons in the forum.
The Games We Played, Part 5
It’s been one hell of a week, not just for me, but for all of FFR. I’ve spent probably 10 hours just getting these files ready for FFR, but I got it all done, and you all have 5 new simfiles to play.
Tonight, we put TGWP part 5 in the game. The last part of the song. I was wrong when I said that part 3 was the longest part. Part 5 is just a few seconds longer. The other parts have been really nice and emotional, and this one is even more so. The ending blows me away…it’s almost too epic. You guys probably know what to expect, with the other simfiles.
The whole song is just over 17 minutes long, and has 2000 (Yes, two thousand) manually found bpm changes. What is manually found? I found all of the bpm changes using nothing but my ears. It took me two months from start to finish to make this file. Over 40 hours in the editor in stepmania, which is unheard of… Making a file like this, synced so nicely was so hard to do. I almost thought I would go insane when I was at the end. The last 40 seconds of the song was VERY hard to hear and sync, but as you can all see, I did it.
Why would I make such a file? I wanted to make a simfile that matched what I felt towards the girl I love. To do that, I would have to make the perfect simfile. With The Games We Played, I think I did so. There is no other simfile that is like this. She gave me the will to start and finish this simfile. It was an intense two months, but I finished it and the results are outstanding! She is the one person that gave me the ability to do this. Sadly, right now we’re having a little trouble with our relationship. I don’t know what will happen right now, if she’ll leave or if she’ll stay. All I can do now is hope for the best.
And with that, I give you all The Games We Played Part 5. The last part of the song.
Enjoy!
EDIT:
Well, tonight I found out the truth. Me and her were on a “break” from each other as of two weeks ago. I found out tonight that it wasn’t just a break, it was a complete break up. This sucks…really bad. I put so much time into perfecting TGWP because of her, and she’s probably gone. It almost makes me feel like I wasted my time.
But…I know I didn’t completely waste my time. I know that even if it was or wasn’t made for her, it’s still one of the best simfiles ever made if not the best. I accomplished one of my ultimate goals in this game: to make one of the best simfiles ever.
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I also wanted to thank all of you guys for your amazing feedback regarding not just this song, but for all of the recent SotW’s AND for Shash’s fixing of many other songs. Originally, we planned to release only Part 1 of TGWP with MAYBE adding another part or 2 a few weeks or months down the road… but the response we saw from everyone made us realize that we needed to add in the entire song. And look where that has led us.
Thanks again guys,
Spring Fever!
***Chardish Edit***: The new song this week is called Go Go Go Power Rangers…you can find it in Misc. Enjoy!
Spring Fever brings many new things, mostly babies and pranks…. But at FFR it brings changes in the way we do things around here. We have started filling permanent positions to tackle specific tasks. We have many to fill but need to start simple. If you think you can bring specific talents to FFR, please contact one of the admins. The first 2 spots that have been filled are:
Chardish – In charge of bringing new artists to FFR, obtaining legal rights to use songs, general communication with artists. (If you are an artist looking to get your work on FFR contact Chardish! He is the man!)
lightdarkness – Conversion and prep of all stepfiles and songs for inclusion in FFR, general php coding for new site features, secondary artist scouting.
As many of you know, lightdarkness and Chardish have taken over adding new songs to FFR. This meant that 6 new songs were added last month alone. You can expect this duo to continue weekly releases indefinately.
The first song this month is already up and is called “Force of light”.. Good luck finding it. 
Cheers,
Synthlight
***LD EDIT***
Keeping up with our one song a week promise, we have introduced a new song! It’s called End Night by DJ Lain, and it was stepped by one of our forum moderators Kilgamayan. Enjoy!
We also fixed a bug in Balloon Fever that made some of the arrows too dark to see! Thanks for your feedback in helping us fix bugs.
FFR League – Last day for week 4!
Hello all, this is just a very short reminder from us at the FFR League Headquarters, reminding you the submission deadline for week 4 is tonight at midnight (eastern). Get your entries in quick!
– LD, Freak83, Kilgamayan
First Music CD on FFR For Sale.. SGX to be Shipped to Your Door for $10! :)
Music@FFR Note: This CD will be produced and shipped exclusively by
FlashFlashRevolution.com. The CD and associated artwork are 100% complete. We
are awaiting our duplication and printing machine to arrive. The CD’s will be
duplicated on "true-silver" CD’s and graphics printed directly on the CD (no
cheapo stick on labels) All CD purchases will begin shipping on March 14th and
will take approximately 3-4 days to arrive. The shipping is INCLUDED
with the price of the CD to residents in the US. Proving that once again we are
on the side of the artist and not greed. Thank you in advance to the people who
help support our artists and the wonderful game we call FlashFlashRevolution.
You can purchase the CD now by CLICKING HERE. Below is a description of tracks as described by SuperGreenX himself.
Synesthetic is the culmination of a little over a year’s worth of music writing for me. I always try to write in a variety of different electronic styles and to convey a variety of different feelings with my music. I hope that listening through the album is a fun ride for everyone! Thanks to all those who listen. If you want more info or more music, check out
www.supergreenx.com.
1)
Tell Me a Story - Melody, beats, awesome bass synth, great atmosphere. One of my best. If someone asks, “What does SGX sound like?” point them to this song. Heavily inspired from the group Hybrid.
2)
Activity Unbroken - Good, driving, techno with a hot lead synth and sweet sounds. You might recognize the loop played in the FFR menus; it’s from this song.
3)
Halcyon - Nice, chill, ambient groove. It’s quite short, but sweet.
4)
Burnout* - Oldie but goodie. Fast, intense, agressive, energetic hard trance.
5)
Adjusting to Reality - Atmospheric, dark, slow groove in 5/4 time. Features a bunch of strings and interesting synth textures. This is one of my personal favorites.
6)
Soul Shift* - This is a chill song with a calm trance beat, dreamy delayed piano, and nice pads. Relaxing and nice. It’s pretty old, but the FFR fans have been requesting it, so it’s on the album.
7)
Contradistinction - This piece is crazy! Starts out with some nice orchestral chords and then some chill beats. Very atmostpheric. Then, halfway through the song speed on everything is doubled and a phat bassline busts out. Two different interpretations of one theme. Check it out. It’s chill, atmospheric, orchestral, agressive, hard, and energetic all in one track!
When I Close My Eyes* - Ambient soundscape created entirely from heavily edited bits and pieces from most of the songs on this album.
9)
Unsteady Unsure – Orchestral melodies, effected drums, and some weird synth textures combine for a somewhat experimental song.
10)
Multiple Worlds - Song I did for a (weird) class project. The assignment was to create a representation of multiple worlds theory through some sort of art. So, I began with a really simple piano and string intro, built three different songs off of that and then brought them back all at once at the end. It combines a lot of different styles. Its got some happy hardcore-ish stuff, some groove, some orchestral.
11)
Thinking Different - Hot beat, cool pads, interesting stuff. Somewhat unorthodox sounds in this one. Check it out. It’s jammin’.
12)
soulsight - Somewhat a sequel or “sister song” to Soul Shift. You’ll notice some dreamy delayed piano and pads somewhat like Soul Shift. Cool atmospheric sounds and ambience with nice, legato string melody.
13)
Synesthetic (featuring Russ Anderson) - This is a big, energetic, melodic trance tune with a tight breakbeat section in the middle. My friend Russ Anderson agreed to do a little scratching on the track which spices things up considerably.
14)
Saved* - A bonus track for those who bought the CD. This is a cut down version of my ICO remix “Save Me” with all of the material from the song in the game cut out. Everything you hear in this is original material by me.
* – Exclusively on Synesthetic.
Total time: 68:18
Several tracks have smooth transitions between eachother. Hope that sounds cool!
Enjoy!
-SuperGreenX
Danny Adler
ALL TRACKS COPYRIGHT DANIEL ADLER 2004
The Simfiles
We are currently working on the simfile section and will be adding features to it all week long. Please excuse any strangeness that you may see during this time.
Everyone should be able to upload their simfiles if you have some that you think are worthy. Uploads will be checked for quality by the admins.
Cheers,
Synthlight
DJ CyniSpin on the Turntables Live Tonight
For those of you who have not caught DJ CyniSpin’s live performances, this is your chance. He will be on FFR Radio tonight (hi-bandwidth version) from 8pm to 10pm Eastern time.
As always, do not miss it.
Cheers,
Synthlight
*Edit* sorry about the late post Cyni
Pictures Pictures Pictures
Well.. We finally decided to open a “user photo gallery” sparked by a certain thread on the forum. The gallery is open to all registered members. Just enter via the link on the left menu (FFR User Gallery) and created a nested album in the Users section. You can then upload photos for that album. Just remember.. Nothing offensive or nude is allowed in the photos. Not even a picture of Nestlekwik’s nipple.
Have fun!
40,000+ Registered Users!!!
Just wanted to say thanks to all the 40,000+ people who have cared enough to register here at flashflashrevolution.com. It still amazes me that we continue to get between 500-1000 new members per day.
Thanks to all the people who report bugs and come up with suggestions. We do listen and implement as many of these as possible and will continue to do so in the future as we work hard on R2.
I would also like to thank the many sites that link to us everyday like http://www.addictinggames.com and http://www.techtv.com. There are MANY MANY more that I cannot even begin to list.
Please feel free to post comments with the URL’s that you linked from to get here. I will be building a list of sites that link to us and putting them on a seperate page where you can link to those sites.
Cheers,
Synthlight
