A huge reason why so many of the current FFR classical files are offsync is because there is no easy and straightforward way to sync classical files. The most efficient way to do that currently is to use DDReam, which itself has issues.
The best method right now is to find someone who has the ability to take a MIDI and remaster it, such as Ren did with the Gaussian Blur mp3 you all are so familiar with, because MIDIs are electronic and have no rhythmic errors. There is an unimaginably enormous number of MIDIs that have music suitable for rhythm games (FFR, Stepmania) but have not been remastered. I think we should find someone that is able to do this--it would help FFR develop in the long run.
The three best sites I've seen for classical MIDIs are http://www.classicalmidiconnection.com , http://kunstderfuge.com and http://www.classicalarchives.com in that order. With those three you literally have tens of thousands of public domain MIDIs at your disposal, which is an immense number of songs that could potentially be in FFR.
Obviously, though, someone is not going to convert every MIDI that comes along. What I think we should do is find a converter that would easily convert MIDIs to MP3s, and then afterwards file creators would make the file to the MIDI and find several performances of the MIDI to give the remasterer both reassurance that the file can go on FFR and an idea of what the piece should sound like when actually played. Then, the remasterer would provide the file creator with the MP3 and the file creator would simply sync/adjust the steps to the MIDI to the remastered MP3.
The best method right now is to find someone who has the ability to take a MIDI and remaster it, such as Ren did with the Gaussian Blur mp3 you all are so familiar with, because MIDIs are electronic and have no rhythmic errors. There is an unimaginably enormous number of MIDIs that have music suitable for rhythm games (FFR, Stepmania) but have not been remastered. I think we should find someone that is able to do this--it would help FFR develop in the long run.
The three best sites I've seen for classical MIDIs are http://www.classicalmidiconnection.com , http://kunstderfuge.com and http://www.classicalarchives.com in that order. With those three you literally have tens of thousands of public domain MIDIs at your disposal, which is an immense number of songs that could potentially be in FFR.
Obviously, though, someone is not going to convert every MIDI that comes along. What I think we should do is find a converter that would easily convert MIDIs to MP3s, and then afterwards file creators would make the file to the MIDI and find several performances of the MIDI to give the remasterer both reassurance that the file can go on FFR and an idea of what the piece should sound like when actually played. Then, the remasterer would provide the file creator with the MP3 and the file creator would simply sync/adjust the steps to the MIDI to the remastered MP3.
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