Comments on: Tools of the Trade http://mochiland.com/articles/tools-of-the-trade for(developer in flash_games){ this.mochiland = _root } Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alan http://mochiland.com/articles/tools-of-the-trade/comment-page-1#comment-81990 Alan Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:32:31 +0000 http://mochiland.com/?p=330#comment-81990 I'm with you on hating sound effects. I love writing music, but sound? Not so much. Cakewalk Home Studio (now Sonar Home Studio) usually runs around $140 you get great drum, synth, orchestral VSTs and effects. For most of my retro 8-bit sounds I use the Dream Station DXI- for orchestral I use Garritan Pocket Orchestra. For electronica, I use the Dimension LE, not to mention loads of free VSTIs (http://www.kvraudio.com/) and soundfonts (check out http://hammersound.net/). Also get yourself the free Kore player- awesome instruments. http://www.freesound.org/ hosts a ton of free sound effects. Just give them the credit they deserve and they're happy campers. I’m with you on hating sound effects. I love writing music, but sound? Not so much.

Cakewalk Home Studio (now Sonar Home Studio) usually runs around $140 you get great drum, synth, orchestral VSTs and effects.

For most of my retro 8-bit sounds I use the Dream Station DXI- for orchestral I use Garritan Pocket Orchestra. For electronica, I use the Dimension LE, not to mention loads of free VSTIs (http://www.kvraudio.com/) and soundfonts (check out http://hammersound.net/).

Also get yourself the free Kore player- awesome instruments.

http://www.freesound.org/ hosts a ton of free sound effects. Just give them the credit they deserve and they’re happy campers.

]]> By: Zenhiser http://mochiland.com/articles/tools-of-the-trade/comment-page-1#comment-19726 Zenhiser Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:14:56 +0000 http://mochiland.com/?p=330#comment-19726 For further exclusive Pro Audio Samples catalogue, check us out www.zenhiser.com You won't be dissappointed For further exclusive Pro Audio Samples catalogue, check us out

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]]> By: innercircus http://mochiland.com/articles/tools-of-the-trade/comment-page-1#comment-13100 innercircus Thu, 15 May 2008 17:31:42 +0000 http://mochiland.com/?p=330#comment-13100 Hey Dogen, glad to hear you found particle illusions useful. What I end up doing is compressing the frames in flash separately from the project (right-click on the png in the flash library -> properties -> select JPG compression and uncheck "use default compression"-> set your own compression for that frame). It can be a bit tedious on larger sequences, but you almost never notice if the png is compressed to even 30-40%. This gets your files sizes for effects down to a reasonable rate. Hope this helps! Hey Dogen, glad to hear you found particle illusions useful. What I end up doing is compressing the frames in flash separately from the project (right-click on the png in the flash library -> properties -> select JPG compression and uncheck “use default compression”-> set your own compression for that frame). It can be a bit tedious on larger sequences, but you almost never notice if the png is compressed to even 30-40%. This gets your files sizes for effects down to a reasonable rate. Hope this helps!

]]> By: Rowland Rose http://mochiland.com/articles/tools-of-the-trade/comment-page-1#comment-13096 Rowland Rose Thu, 15 May 2008 16:46:29 +0000 http://mochiland.com/?p=330#comment-13096 Great article, but here's a great free resource that I use: http://www.soundsnap.com/ It's a great library of sound effect and music loops that are free to use in your games, even for commercial purposes. Great article, but here’s a great free resource that I use: http://www.soundsnap.com/

It’s a great library of sound effect and music loops that are free to use in your games, even for commercial purposes.

]]> By: Dogen http://mochiland.com/articles/tools-of-the-trade/comment-page-1#comment-13094 Dogen Thu, 15 May 2008 16:43:20 +0000 http://mochiland.com/?p=330#comment-13094 Thanks for the tip on particle illusions! I've been looking for a good particle engine that can be imported into Flash. Any tips on getting the file size down? I've been experimenting with it and it appears that importing an avi to a movieclip timeline gives you the smallest files but I'd love to hear how you import things. Thanks for the tip on particle illusions! I’ve been looking for a good particle engine that can be imported into Flash.

Any tips on getting the file size down? I’ve been experimenting with it and it appears that importing an avi to a movieclip timeline gives you the smallest files but I’d love to hear how you import things.

]]> By: innercircus http://mochiland.com/articles/tools-of-the-trade/comment-page-1#comment-12879 innercircus Wed, 14 May 2008 05:41:16 +0000 http://mochiland.com/?p=330#comment-12879 Awesome voidskipper, I haven't heard of those, I'll have to check those out! Thanks for posting! Awesome voidskipper, I haven’t heard of those, I’ll have to check those out! Thanks for posting!

]]> By: voidSkipper http://mochiland.com/articles/tools-of-the-trade/comment-page-1#comment-12846 voidSkipper Tue, 13 May 2008 22:54:03 +0000 http://mochiland.com/?p=330#comment-12846 Nice article! I'd recommend Amplitube2 and REAPER to anyone who's looking to record guitars on a budget, too. Nice article!

I’d recommend Amplitube2 and REAPER to anyone who’s looking to record guitars on a budget, too.

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