Table of Contents

• Note of the week
• TODO list
• Updated Flavor Arts

Note of the Week

This is the result of what we were talking about last week!

Unlike in any of our visualizers, this one uses MIDI data exported from FL Studio instead of directly tampering with the audio amplitudes (levels). With MIDI, we can have some cool features such as precise percussion hits, or animations related to note's pitch and velocity. As you see in the video, the particle generation rate and brightness vary from each note's velocity. The only problem we have currently is when multiple notes are in effect in one frame. After trying to program the After Effects expressions, we can deal with the case when multiple notes are triggered (e.g. chords). Then, what about when a note is triggered while another note is being held (think guitar arpeggio)? It happened within this video, too, when an arpeggio occurs in the middle and the particle origin flickers to the left. Even if we manage to cover that case with expressions, it would be too computationally expensive and add too much render time to the project. That is because of how expressions work.

Well, we will stop here since this conversation gets technical really fast. Anyway, if you are interested and have any questions, feel free to ask in this post.

Note: Our manager made that piano short back a few months ago.

"Off topic, I also discovered TiddlyWiki this week and found that it can be very useful for writing my game designs! I would like to spend this week for experimenting with it. I'll open a new post for the next renovation note to talk about this. Oh! And I'm still doing fine on the piano lessons. Still spend 1-2 hours practicing every day. :D" — The Manager

TODO list

This list is updated weekly but the actual changes are not.
+ : New ← Newly added entries are marked as new for one week
- : Plan
= : Design
* : Implement
# : Finished

New Default Theme
ㅤㅤBanner Overlays (16:9 base ratio) *
ㅤㅤIcons #
ㅤㅤBackground Arts *
ㅤㅤAnimated Jingle #
ㅤㅤFacebook: Story Banner -
ㅤㅤYoutube: Channel Trailler -

CGs
ㅤㅤWallpaper/Animated Wallpaper Template #
ㅤㅤFlavor (Cover) Templates (Regular, 16:9, Youtube Thumbnail) #
ㅤㅤIcon Badge Template #
ㅤㅤReplacing Flavor Cover with Cropped Wallpaper (for menus released with wallpapers) -
ㅤㅤUpdating All Flavor Covers (Completed: 6 / 10) ######----
ㅤㅤㅤㅤAir Flavored
ㅤㅤㅤㅤDerivation Flavoredㅤ(was Remix Flavored)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤMajesty Flavoredㅤ(was Majestica Flavored)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤMetal Flavored
ㅤㅤㅤㅤPiano Flavored
ㅤㅤㅤㅤPixel Flavored
ㅤㅤㅤㅤRandomness Flavoredㅤ(was Unnamed Flavored)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤVanilla Flavoredㅤ(was Classic Flavored)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤSpace Flavored
ㅤㅤㅤㅤVelocity Flavored

Text
ㅤㅤMenu Description Template #
ㅤㅤUpdating Existing Description (incl. grammar fix) #
ㅤㅤUpdating Additional Texts in Each Branch #
ㅤㅤUpdating File Tags (Metadata) *

Sundae
ㅤㅤChanging Base Format from WAV to FLAC *
ㅤㅤNoisysundae Audio Watermark *
ㅤㅤRemastering Bestsellers *
ㅤㅤThe Noisysundae Anthem *

Other Updates
ㅤㅤMake the menu (a playlist with all main releases) for all branches #
ㅤㅤThai Language Support *

Noisysundae Visualizer 3.0
ㅤㅤTemplate Base
ㅤㅤㅤㅤThe 10-second intro *
ㅤㅤㅤㅤVisualizer Section *
ㅤㅤㅤㅤEnd Screen *
ㅤㅤㅤㅤBPM, Key Signature Indicators *
ㅤㅤArt Styles *

Noisysundae HQ (Noisysundae.com) & About 3.0
ㅤㅤLoading Screen & Jingle *
ㅤㅤMenu Header (After Jingle, Top of the Page) *
ㅤㅤPosts =
ㅤㅤDownloads -
ㅤㅤAbout =
ㅤㅤInfo -
ㅤㅤSettings *
ㅤㅤPlayer -

* There will be no more changes on Blogger, MySpace, and YourListen since we are going to close them after we finishes the renovation.

Updated Flavor Arts
(Click to view in full resolution)

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