Alrighty... If it is DROD music samples you demand, it is DROD music samples you shall receive!
A few things, just to get them out of the way:
1) All of the samples I will be posting will be in Ogg Vorbis format. This is the format we'll be using for DROD, and I simply don't have the time to go out and encode everything in mp3 just for sound samples. I have well over an hour of music to produce for this game, and converting stuff to mp3 would just take forever. I hope this is okay with you folks.
Fortunately, there are applications that will play Ogg Vorbis all over the place. Head over to
http://www.vorbis.com and see what you can get your hands on.
2) None of the samples that I post will be finished works. They're hints of what's to come, what I'm working on at the moment, et cetera. Consider them pieces from my scrapbook, if you'd be so kind. Also, a lot of them will be played 'live,' which means that I'm just cranking open the synthesizers and playing. They will not be polished works. They're just ideas, so please take it easy on me.
3) DROD is a different kind of game. The music will therefore be different, as well. In fact, one of the motifs I'm using at the moment is a waltz. A waltz in a computer game? Well, yes. This isn't just another computer game; This is DROD.
4) Please feel free at any time to drop me questions about the process of writing music for this game, or composition in general! I love talking shop (I fear I've already talked Erik's ears off), and I love hearing from people.
It was a wise man that said 'Enough jibba-jabba!' You can go get yourself some DROD samples at:
http://www.funkbunny.com/caravel/
As time goes by, I'll drop more samples into that directory, and I'll post here when I do. Thanks!
[Edited by Emmett on 11-22-2003 at 03:07 PM GMT]
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Emmett Plant, Composer
Funkbunny Studios & Caravel Software