Musician Archive

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Groovymarlin wrote:

Well it has kind of a spaghetti western sound to it. Also the mandoviol part sounds awesome, as usual.

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It does! When I first listened to the full band, I was kind of wondering what this song was about.

It's when I listened to the mandoviol solo that I really took to it. I mean, I'm not sure how Star Wars-y that sound is but I could nearly conjure up the image of Clint Eastwood wearing Mandalorian Armour having a drink at the bar while the band plays that song.

I loved the Nalargon part as well.

The Xantha has an interesting sound. Hard to comment on it yet though.

Thanks for posting this. I'll be looking forward to completeing the quests for those.

These stored differently or something? First thing I did with the new patch was try and find the new music in it. I've already got all the other music, but when I checked for the same thing in patch 10, didn't see it. I didn't bother looking very hard, though.

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Muria wrote:

Ok, what episode had the place where they walk into a bar that was dark and had blue lighting? I seem to recall this song being similar to what was played in there. Anyone know what I am talking about?

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Are you talking the time in Ep 2 where Annikan and Obi-wan chase that shapeshifter into the bar? That the bar you're thinking of?

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Groovymarlin wrote:

WHAT THE HECK IS A XANTHA???

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A quick check reveals the following:

Xantha
this Gorothite instrument combined the elements of a 24-string lute and a bassoon into a single instrument. The player simulateously plucked the strings while stopping the holes along the goose-necked body. It required incredible musical skill to play. (GSE)

A stringed instrument for master musician perhaps?

I don't know for sure where the new music and dance are going, but it is not going to entertainer anywhere. TH has stated as such when asked about it. The devs feel any new rewards should go to the elite profs.

Re master entertainer, personally I'd love to get everything out of there and put in something that benefeits all professions (Yes even ID) equally. Look at master brawler for a good example; warcry2 and intimidate2 are useful for any brawler, no matter what weapon they weild. Entertainers currently have no such binding ability, the 3 professions might as well be different. If you look to the elites, that's not the case. Musician and dancer have register with location. By all rights, ID should be able to register in the salon as well. Advertising and promotion is a common theme among all entertainers. I think advanced promotional tools would be something very worthwile to get. (Fixing the existing basic promotional tools as well, of course.)

The new dance would be more difficult to pick out. While the music is just simple audio files in a well known format, there isn't really a standardized format for animating 3-d characters. So even if someone could pick out where it is, they probably wouldn't be able to make head or tail of it without a client-side hack.

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Groovymarlin wrote:

Fabulous!

However, if master musicians get a stringed instrument, why would they need to master entertainer anymore? Just for Cermonial?

And speaking of songs...Tiaga do you know if master entertainer will have access to the new song and/or dance? Or will it require at least novice musician/dancer (or maybe even higher)?

And as much as I love the new song, any word on the new dance? Like even a name? LOL!

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Because I love my mandoviol, and I love Ceremonial, and I love being able to play *any* song in the game with *any* instrument. Just cause I might love the Xantha as well doesn't mean I won't still love my Mandoviol (plus, I have pretty decent damage mods on my Mandoviol that are worth keeping for dueling, if nothing else ).

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Groovymarlin wrote:

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Tiaga wrote:

A quick check reveals the following:

Xantha
this Gorothite instrument combined the elements of a 24-string lute and a bassoon into a single instrument. The player simulateously plucked the strings while stopping the holes along the goose-necked body. It required incredible musical skill to play. (GSE)

A stringed instrument for master musician perhaps?

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Fabulous!

However, if master musicians get a stringed instrument, why would they need to master entertainer anymore? Just for Cermonial?

And speaking of songs...Tiaga do you know if master entertainer will have access to the new song and/or dance? Or will it require at least novice musician/dancer (or maybe even higher)?

And as much as I love the new song, any word on the new dance? Like even a name? LOL!

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Here is what I was able to dig out about dances in publish 10 .tre files:

all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_1.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_2.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_3.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_4.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_5.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_6.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_7.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_8.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_8_t2.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_loop.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_loop_novice.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_mistake.ans

There are also a lot of emotes hidden here, not seen any on test center yet...

Theselooks interesting:

all_b_emt_tandem_handshake.ans
all_b_emt_tandem_hi5.ans
all_b_emt_tandem_hug.ans
all_b_emt_tandem_kiss.ans

Could we finally get some synchronised animations between two players with these? If these works, maybe tandem dances are within reach sometime as well?

As allways, this information should be taken with a pinch of salt...so far neither dance nor music has appeared within the game on Test Center as far as I know...

Message Edited by StarWorker on 08-10-2004 01:46 AM

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StarWorker wrote:

Here is what I was able to dig out about dances in publish 10 .tre files:

all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_1.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_2.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_3.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_4.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_5.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_6.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_7.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_8.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_flourish_8_t2.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_loop.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_loop_novice.ans
all_b_dnc_jazz1_mistake.ans

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So the new dance looks like it will be called Jazz1. Interesting. The only thing that annoys me is that "mistake" animation. Hello....? Haven't we said about a million times no more falling please? Oh, and edited to add - at least there are eight flourishes listed! Let's just hope they're all different.

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There are also a lot of emotes hidden here, not seen any on test center yet...

Theselooks interesting:

all_b_emt_tandem_handshake.ans
all_b_emt_tandem_hi5.ans
all_b_emt_tandem_hug.ans
all_b_emt_tandem_kiss.ans

Could we finally get some synchronised animations between two players with these? If these works, maybe tandem dances are within reach sometime as well?

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Very intriguing! Could this be the new emotes they've been hemming and hawing about for months now? Weren't some of them rumored to be "veteran rewards?"

Message Edited by Groovymarlin on 08-09-2004 08:54 PM

Message Edited by StarWorker on 08-10-2004 03:12 AM