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[FairwoodStudios]

No idea why it would think it's a nine minute song. I'm looking at the RPP now, and there is no extra time on it, and when we play tested it, it ended exactly when it does in the released version (nor did the time remaining on the magma version when it was in audition ever pop up a nine minute remaining window.)

So yeah I have no idea what caused that at all.

How long are the audio files you rendered? I think it bases it off that, even if the song ends well before the audio does. (Incidentally, the preview window setting is based off that too, so you can in theory have a preview that's not part of the song at all. Really bad idea, but still.)

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

I just assumed it set the time off when the [end] event was. That was what indicated the end of the song, but after checking the audio files you're absolutely right.

They go on (even though it's dead space) until 9:17.

I never even realized it did this, and I'll let the team know that the songs metadata is gathered from the audio stems and not the end event.

Been doing this for almost two years now (testing before TAG), and I'm still learning new stuff >_>

[atalkingfish]

Well, nonetheless it was disappointing.

[PeridotWeapon]

I downloaded the trial of Into the Black Light. I played some of it and was on the edge of buying it and then saw that it was over 9 minutes long. I thought "whoa! nine minutes! That's a great dollar-per-minute ratio!" and then bought it. I was very disappointed when I found out that it was only about 5 minutes long.

A song's file size is often a good determiner of "true" song length, too. ItBL weighs in at about 47 MB - and I can't think of a 9+ minute song that's had that small a file size, even among the instrumentals.

It's not an exact science, of course, as there are 5 minute songs out there that range anywhere from 35-50 MB in size.

[Zemanator]

Well, nonetheless it was disappointing.

I bought the song based off the full band autoplay charts that have been on youtube for 4 months. sure they changed a bit, but it still gives you a full view of what almost all of the song will look like.

[DragoonXD]

I bought the song based off the full band autoplay charts that have been on youtube for 4 months. sure they changed a bit, but it still gives you a full view of what almost all of the song will look like.

You can also just look up a video of the song.

[SyntheticBreed]

Maybe I missed this convo but why on Earth does Devin's By Your Command sound absolutely terrible compared to Ziltoidia Ataxxx!!!?

BTW, how is Hyperdrive doing?Releasing anytime soon i hope?!

[PeridotWeapon]

Maybe I missed this convo but why on Earth does Devin's By Your Command sound absolutely terrible compared to Ziltoidia Ataxxx!!!?

By Your Command was recorded at about half the volume that the other two Ziltoid songs were.

It was pointed out when the song was in "pre-Thursday" release status, but understandably they decided not to pull the song - as a stand-alone product, there was no issue with it that can't be corrected by increasing your TV's volume.

RBN songs vary in volume quite drastically all the time (just not usually this much from the same artist). If I pick a random setlist of six RBN songs, it's pretty much guaranteed I'll need to tweak with the volume at least two or three times during the set for optimal audio enjoyment.

[atalkingfish]

I bought the song based off the full band autoplay charts that have been on youtube for 4 months. sure they changed a bit, but it still gives you a full view of what almost all of the song will look like.

Well given the fact that that video has zero words in its tags, description, or title related to "Rock Band", "Rock Band Network", "RBN", "Playthrough" or anything that isn't the song title, I can imagine I wasn't the only one who couldn't find it.

[FairwoodStudios]

By Your Command was recorded at about half the volume that the other two Ziltoid songs were.

It was pointed out when the song was in "pre-Thursday" release status, but understandably they decided not to pull the song - as a stand-alone product, there was no issue with it that can't be corrected by increasing your TV's volume.

Plus, though they're required to never do it on purpose, the whole Ziltoid conceit is that he's messing with your game in various ways, so tweaking the volume on you is right up his alley.

They'll be failed if they do a near-silent/dangerously-loud song, but it's not like it can't be lampshaded away.