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Bringing in the new year, the music section is going to go under a slight remoderation. This has been in the talks for a couple months now, and
There's a few main objectives we're hoping to achieve with this remoderation:
Quality control + obsolete songs. Don't worry, it sounds more harsh than it actually is. We want users here to have the best music resources they can possibly have for the section, while trimming the fat of old clutter that might have been good in 2008 but just don't hold up to today's standards. Obsolete songs, on the other hand, are rather cut and dry. It's not a new practice to keep only one or two ports of the same song, and unfortunately there are just clearly inferior versions of some submissions. Obviously, quality can be subjective, so rest assured that between five moderators, I firmly believe we can make fair assessments on these songs.
Dissolution of music packs. There are a few music packs in the music section that don't have much reason to be bundled together. This was a user request, and it's a pretty good idea - for organizational purposes, it's better to have these songs separate. This doesn't include soundtracks, though, just packs of songs with little more coherency together than being uploaded by the same author.
Converting .bnk sampled ports to use BRRs. This is more of a personal preference thing between a few music mods, but I believe it'd open up the door to more accessible BRRs for the people that like to comb through songs for good samples.
Tagging. A quality of life alteration to our existing ports, all this encompasses is applying fitting tags to songs that may come up short on that front, potentially going unnoticed. There's a bit more on the subject of tagging, read further below if you want to know more of that.
If something in the remoderation gets removed that you really want access to, don't worry because we've got your back. As with the last remoderation that happened like a billion years ago, each song will be archived in its original format. As soon as remoderation is complete, a .zip archive will be uploaded containing each port that was removed. If a mistake is made and something is mislabeled or omitted, let us know and we'll rectify it ASAP. Additionally, if you feel something was removed in error or you disagree with anything done to your works, let me know and I'll address it.
In other news, the old SPC thread has been archived after 5 years. A fresh new thread has been launched, with a focus on feedback, especially for newcomers. If you're just starting out porting, don't forget to visit and post there to get feedback!
Lastly, some slight alterations will be made to upload guidelines in the near future. A rule was recently (albeit, quietly) added to follow the "Game Name - Song Name" format when uploading and titling your songs. Other quality of life changes will come shortly, such as potential alteration of the tag list. If you have any tags you think the section is missing, feel free to suggest some!
That's about it. Feel free to discuss stuff here, as well as provide any feedback you want to provide. Happy New Year!
Bringing in the new year, the music section is going to go under a slight remoderation. This has been in the talks for a couple months now, and
There's a few main objectives we're hoping to achieve with this remoderation:
If something in the remoderation gets removed that you really want access to, don't worry because we've got your back. As with the last remoderation that happened like a billion years ago, each song will be archived in its original format. As soon as remoderation is complete, a .zip archive will be uploaded containing each port that was removed. If a mistake is made and something is mislabeled or omitted, let us know and we'll rectify it ASAP. Additionally, if you feel something was removed in error or you disagree with anything done to your works, let me know and I'll address it.
In other news, the old SPC thread has been archived after 5 years. A fresh new thread has been launched, with a focus on feedback, especially for newcomers. If you're just starting out porting, don't forget to visit and post there to get feedback!
Lastly, some slight alterations will be made to upload guidelines in the near future. A rule was recently (albeit, quietly) added to follow the "Game Name - Song Name" format when uploading and titling your songs. Other quality of life changes will come shortly, such as potential alteration of the tag list. If you have any tags you think the section is missing, feel free to suggest some!
That's about it. Feel free to discuss stuff here, as well as provide any feedback you want to provide. Happy New Year!