What are /r/lapfoxtrax's favorite Products & Services?

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the redbubble store is no longer utilized. the product quality is very poor. i am not using any print on demand services for the time being, with the exception of https://teespring.com/stores/halleylabs - the official apparel store.

other old merch is not returning, what you see is what you get. PSURG has not been utilized as a name for a number of years and the content that existed is no longer representational of the output of either Squeedge or myself.

i don't really collect CDs unless i can buy them new/directly to support artists (and i haven't bought anything major on CD format in a long long time), i mostly have records. https://www.discogs.com/user/renardv/collection

i'll say it again: most of the things at http://lapfox.bandcamp.com/ are free and that which isn't free can be listened to freely. there is a link up top to old stuff in MP3 format, no strings attached: https://www.mediafire.com/#aw5h7ynp4apm1

if you wanna talk piracy - as much as i don't mind it - it's a bit funny to do it under the creator's nose, and i'm not sure there's much of a need for it here.

MGDF: nope

stepmania stuff: have a project coming up, hopefully, maybe, but it's a bit out of the ordinary. no promises, don't take this as "IM DEFINITELY DOING SOMETHING", especially anything major. take it more as "i'm just fuckin around and seeing what happens"

i still write charts for a number of rhythm games for myself as a hobby and ~~may put some out publicly at some point, but it's not a priority by any means.~~

EDIT actually here's some stuff. neither of these packs are done, and i just keep adding stuff. i won't be keeping these links updated, but i figured i'll at least post what i've got. these are all designed for pad play, and i write with fun and personality in mind long before difficulty. i am interested in body motion which compliments or accents the music, not difficulty.

• BEMANI REVIVAL: https://mega.nz/#!qxYURbpT!r2L9R1MvpunHHF1RajN6EQ1BnDplUR5gWBXAUlbpY2M

tracks from other bemani games. my style of chart writing at this point definitely hearkens back to DDR 1st-3rd, which is, in my opinion, the golden era of stepcharts with personality. the banners and backgrounds are saved at high resolutions, but are created at low resolutions with low color profiles and with older BEMANI aesthetic in mind.

• RHYTHM 'N' DANCE MANIA: https://mega.nz/#!jpg0jIIQ!71tiFbI_c3p0tyVBHAIlYc_grkK94Ryn75BFmndUZIY

non-bemani tracks. as far as chart style goes, it's about what's in the above pack. graphically, same deal: low fidelity images. it's just something i feel looks particularly awesome, especially versus modern sterile rhythm games that play it painfully safe aesthetically. this pack has videos and all that as well. when a song has an official video, i trim and use that, and when not, i crap something together using DDR video loops.

i'd probably start by exploring the tracks that they sample

http://www.whosampled.com/Truxton/Alexandrian-Ricochet-Sphere/samples/

http://www.whosampled.com/Truxton/Automaton-Astrosmash/samples/

https://www.mediafire.com/?o4135k4g1wcrmsk here are all the Prismatic vocals with one exception:

Hot One's bridge section is missing because that was written in a separate file which became corrupted, so only the final render of that part of the song exists.

Ren mostly uses tracker software like OpenMPT, or renoise, much easier to lay down those drum patterns and samples, and i think he uses Sony acid pro for his audio editing.

i can provide a link to OpenMPT, it's free. it may seem intimidating at first but it's actually pretty easy to use, once you get the hang of it.

https://openmpt.org/

Here's a (very incomplete) list

I'd personally recommend Livication, which is probably my favorite discontinued album.

I'd also look through this folder, particularly in the "Very Old Albums" section. It has:

5 Step Adventure OST

D-Mode-D - Atmos Break

Emoticon v. Jackal Queenston - You're Already Dead

Most of the albums /u/Dr_Wolfie listed

A ton of old fiab releases

JAQL - Dreadnought, Monsters, and Hard Drink

MGD Extend

Renard - Love is Delicious, Love Bite, All of Life's Mystery, the Essence of the Fibre, The High Moral Fibre Album, and Livication

And some other stuff. Also check out the mixes folder, there are some pretty good ones. (End of Days, Painajainen, Hand Up Speed Up, among others).

next time ill try binaural frequencies again, sleeping more hours, it made a very weird effect. Have you ever tried it ren?

also i forgot to mention, i took a nap listening to this album and this album and i felt very very weird, i was at a long bus travel so i was seated, and all the time i was between being awake and sleeping, so i felt the bus shaking but seeing images that my brain made

idk if i will ever play 2yr while sleeping since its kinda loud

very nice tho, but sleeping while listening to music really affects dreams? I had some experiences but it wasnt much diferrent than normal dreams.

I areadly slept with binaural frequencies for few minutes (around 30 or 40 minutes) and i woke up dizzy as fucking hell and my dad said something to me but it was all fucked up, also, i slept listening to this album and i had a small dream about dragons and talking to my crush, with parts of the music playing sometimes.

1: Download to the updated,free,final build is here: https://mega.nz/#!CMkEyTTJ!95CRhkQKsdWzSRGw7mSzUTrTvGQISkjpco49758d66s

2:i dont really know but i think it got cancelled.

3:PIKE PLACE(EP) download is here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ghnuxax5uvru8kk/PIKE+PLACE+%5BMP3%5D.zip

4:i think the PSURG store's dead new-merchandise-wise.

hope i could help you in any way.

I'm pretty sure in their FAQ on the old bandcamp. They stated that they don't mind piracy or sharing their music because it will lead to more sales. If ren wants me to take it down, I will gladly do it. Anyway, here it is. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/2lx5nn78dukll/Bad_Future_Bullshit_(CD_Rip)_!!!

EDIT: I really need to read before I post.

you do not use VSTs for making chiptune at all, that would be fakebit production - chiptune as a term is defined as the stuff that actually runs on the hardware, so you'd ideally be looking to start with something like FamiTracker, a gateway to both chip and trackers for many people

tracker's draft itself appears to be Mega Drive stuff, and the best available tracker is (regrettably) DefleMask

I don't remember where I found this link recently or who shared it, but this website has a listing for Renard and a lot of their aliases and a nice number of tracks by them with lists of samples. Hope this shows you what you wanted http://www.whosampled.com/Truxton/Alexandrian-Ricochet-Sphere/samples/

i was listening to the osts of the animes that appeared on Magical Chaser Stardust Of Dreams i was listening mostly of Comet-san osts, fucking beautiful (i still cant find Fushigiboshi no Futagohime soundtrack dayum), and Pop'n Music OSTs precisely 9 and 6 since is the ones i've most played (i'm currently playing 8).

In other side James Ferraro, a great musician that started producing ambient-noise and new age, and then experimental RnB, fucking genius

OP HERE: First of all, hello to everyone. Some may remember me for doing a Pixel Art animaed logo of LFT. Well, today, in a couple of hours, I made this small modification for the game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" which includes white cap and white hoodie by Renard. Obviously, I leave the download link so that you can install yourself, so without further ado, here is it

• Original design: Renard

• Modification: BlueDragonHans, Traxoun-Shark, etc.

• Free to use!

• HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here's the one that came with Trapped in the Twerkzone.

I've got some more unofficial ones if you want.

(Starlight Has) What You Need http://www.sendspace.com/file/cpj1za Courtesy of an old Vulpvibe torrent. Cheers.

Edit: As far as I can recall, this wasn't part of any album, just free(?) standalone singles.

I talked to my brother, he doesn't have it in FLAC, just 320 like I do, however here's the other stuff you were looking for. I incl. the cupcakes 8bit too and their nsfs.

https://www.mediafire.com/?1g1vwa4w2gz17ft

I have a couple I can try uploading when I get home. Here's one of them I found online:

https://soundcloud.com/hardcordinary-gentlemen/renard-live-at-the-league-of

Not one of their better ones IMO, but still pretty good.

EDIT: Here's my favorite mix that I have: https://www.mediafire.com/?0awvknuww799dcw

Live stream mix from March 3rd, 2013.

Your headphones are probably good enough, but if you're still unsure, Emma herself recommended me the AKG K240s which I've seen her using within the last year and which I still use to this day. They are also very affordable for the absolutely amazing quality you get from them. These were recommended to me when specifically asking for what to listen to Phwoa with.

There was also a more noise cancelling brand, Monoprice or something. If I can find the model number I'll edit this comment. But the AKGs are some of the best out there.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.zxtune ZXtune will do them all, but i can't vouch for the accuracy on the IT files - should be good though! it's much better than droidsound in terms of general accuracy and file type support.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.zxtune ZXtune will do them all, but i can't vouch for the accuracy on the IT files - should be good though! it's much better than droidsound in terms of general accuracy and file type support.

Someone noticed this before, so I uploaded the intros here for safe keeping.

EDIT: It turns out that the intros are, in fact, just hidden on the Bandcamp album pages, but are included when you download the albums!

What do you mean by samples? Do you mean the songs used in the mix, or do you mean the actual samples like drums and synths and such?

Most of the time Ren uses sample packs, which can't be distributed legally. Most of the samples they can and want to distribute are located here, or here on reddit.

The vocal track used at 3:01, and throughout the song, is clipped from City Escape from Sonic Adventure 2. As for the scratch effect and stabs, your guess is as good as mine.

I got Vulpnation 1 and 2 from a CD rip collection from /u/warchamp7 posted here, I think I got Sweet-Ass Handcore Mix from a mediafire folder I stumbled across a while ago, I'll see if I can find them for you

Edit:

Vulpnation 1 & 2

Sweet-Ass Handcore Mix

I think most of the tracks can be found on Poison In a Killer's Sketchbook, which can be found here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/aw5h7ynp4apm1/VULPVIBE_DISCOGRAPHY

The Sound can be found in Eggs and Other Songs, which is also there

as for Cerberus' Breath, you can find it in the HORSESHIT FLACS zip somewhere on this reddit

makes sense, i noticed you hadn't done anything with it in a decent while.

anyway, reuploading what i had saved here, in case anyone needs it (in progress with about 8 more archives to go as i type this): https://mega.nz/#F!2xVkiJYZ!j1y8AQfK9o99lhDSx9rvaQ

would be really cool if someone could fill in the releases that are missing from that folder

~~I made myself very sad.~~

~~I can't believe I'm doing all this shit.~~

~~Blame my mental condition. I am not right in the head.~~

EDIT: I know what I must do. I'll stop spamming and I'll stop doing all the shit that's fucking me up. Starting now.

EDIT 2: Now at least I have the benefit that my Patreon isn't a complete ripoff of Lapfox in the most part.

EDIT 3: Humility+1 (got rid of the bullshit)

EDIT 4: I officially don't care if you don't pledge or do pledge, because I already have a day job for something.

Yeah re-prints do happen if enough people lodge interest, Ive lodged my interest in https://teespring.com/azrael-ii as it ended before I even knew about LFT so I missed out, and waiting with held breath that maybe one day enough people will be interested to launch a re-run

Not a CD, but Looking for someone wanting to sell a 2XL or 3XL (either can work) "AZRAEL-II D.O.S" T-Shirt from the Teespring run earlier in the year - https://teespring.com/azrael-ii#pid=222&cid=5493&sid=front - If anyone is looking to sell theirs pretty much name your reasonable price because Ive completley ran out of other options in getting one and would like one quite badly :)

Well, thank you! I was going to buzz it down recently, but our clippers were in need of a bit of oil to get the buzz back, so I had to keep it.

P.S. Here's a new one from this morning.

I know that Ren uses Sony's ACID Pro alongside other tools. It's essentially a modified version of the editing software Sony Vegas, but it's still an amazing tool. Whilst there are many DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) to choose from, only a few are really worth it.

I personally, as someone who can't really do music, like to use FL Studio. I've also used Ableton Live in the past and quite enjoy working in it, however FL Studio seems to be for me.

Another good one is LMMS. I don't know too much about it, but it's free and very versatile (Although it looks like Hell in my opinion) as it as many options that the paid alternatives do. Apple also has Logic Pro, which is like GarageBand on speed. Actually, it's GarageBand with the handicaps removed.

Anyway, I like FL Studio because I find it to best integrate with what I already know, but most DAWs are really good. It's a matter of opinion, like LoL VS DotA 2. Now I sit back and wait for mid to fall.

I haven't heard much about any policy or changes or looked into them lol. However I do like to recommend people to Waterfox, a 64-bit port of Firefox. Might be useful if you want to keep your addons since their site has older versions available going all the way back to v26 lol

right now, i'm looking at these: https://www.amazon.com/AKG-Pro-Audio-K702-Headphones/dp/B001RCD2DW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1455681299&sr=8-3&keywords=akg+k702&linkCode=sl1&tag=m0494a-20&linkId=b63a803375b62bc4f4fddde7c1ddbe86 they seem like a good pair, a bit expensive, but i'll see.