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Auld Lang Syne​

Stats.

2 out of 2 solos TAKEN.

2 out of 2 quartets TAKEN.

4 out of 4 duets TAKEN.

Chorus CLOSED.​

Notes;

★ This is our New Years song, so feel the spirit!
★ Please don't take duets in a row. It would be awesome to have a new person singing on the duet part each time they pop up. In other words, I'd rather it not be "Jayn singing with Fuzzy" "Jayn singing with Heart" "Jayn singing with Ryan" ...etc. Variety is nice. xD Not all of it can be helped, but you know.
★ There is no original for this one, so you'll have to wing it. Sing in the tempo and pitch of the instrumental. I'll sing a reference later. The main song starts at 0:12. Google/Youtube Auld Lang Syne to listen to it sung.
★ I'll be reverting back to our normal pictures. Also, short and simple song. Not a lot of slots this time around.
★ Your lines are due BEFORE the listed date. BEFORE the 1st. I know that sign ups usually go quick, but please. If you have to drop out, drop out TWO DAYS prior at the latest. This is a new requirement. I'm tired of late minute drop outs. Please help me out by giving me enough time to work with your dropping out, if you must do so.

What is this?

It's just a collaboration type musical thingy with KHV members. Anyone can join. ANYONE. All you have to do is post the lines you want, record them, and send them to me on time.

If you weren't in the previous choruses, I need you to find a picture for me to edit for you. High quality anime pictures can be found here: http://www.zerochan.net

It doesn't have to be anime, it can be anything. It just has to be HIGH quality, and LARGE enough for me to work with. Not giant. But a nice size. Bigger than our avatars. I need a picture for future ones. Once you turn in a suitable picture, you'll never have to again unless you want to for future chorus stuff.


So yeah, if you want to find another picture for me even if I have one, let me know. Otherwiseeee, for anyone who -hasn't- given me a picture yet at all, please do so.


There are no auditions, no microphone restrictions. It doesn't matter if you think you're an amazing singer, or if your mic is fuzzy, all I ask if that you have fun with it and turn your parts in!


The Song?

Spoiler: Original Song

[video=youtube;7YrtkA8grW4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YrtkA8grW4[/video]

Spoiler: Instrumental

Same as above.

How to Record.

For those of you who aren't sure how to go about recording yourself singing it, there are several different programs you can use. Audacity is a free program. I use Reaper, which is also free for evaluation.

What I'd like to ask if that you sing along with the instrumental/main track for timing, but your finished track not have the instrumental. For example, if you make two different tracks in a program, and record yourself singing on one track and have the instrumental on another track or playing on youtube or something while you sing your part, when you send it to me I would like to just hear your voice and not the instrumental. It is MUCH better for you to be too quiet than too loud. If you're quiet, I can turn your volume up. If you're too loud and your mic peaks, I have to turn your volume way dowwwn.

You can sing along with the instrumental, and it's okay if the instrumental/main song is heard faintly in your recording, so long as it doesn't overpower you. For those of you who decide to use Reaper, I can show you a detailed tutorial on how to do it.

Here's an Audacity tutorial written by P for Mulan, but whatever;

Spoiler

How to Use Audacity

Getting the Stuff

Go here and download the version for your computer. (Use the 1.3 series.) Install it in the manner appropriate for your OS.

Go here to download and save the Mulan instrumental to somewhere on your computer. (Or whatever instrumental you may be using.)


Opening the Instrumental

Open Audacity. You'll should see this.

Open the Mulan instrumental with Audacity. In a Mac, it's File>Open. Navigate to where you saved the Mulan instrumental, and open it.

You should now see this. There are two tracks, for the two stereo tracks.


Recording

Open the Audacity preferences and look under the 'Recording' tab for the Overdub option. Make sure it is ticked, so you can hear the instrumental as you record. Mine looks like this, but yours may be slightly different.

Press the red button up top. A new track will begin to record, as can be seen here

Listen through the instrumental until you get to the part with the lines you need to sing, at which point, sing them. When the song is finished, press the yellow, square stop button. You should end up with something like this.


Fixing Errors

Of course, you'll probably screw up somewhere. That's why you can do it multiple times. Click mute on the mistake'd track, as in here. Next, click before the area where you made a mistake and press the record button. You can now sing the part again. When you're done, press the stop button. You'll end up with this. You can do this procedure as many times as needed, until all lines are correct on at least one track.


Editing

Now we have to delete everything except the lines you're gonna use. (You can now unmute any muted tracks.) We want to use the Split Delete tool. You do this by selecting the unwanted lines, as in here, and using Split Delete on it. On a Mac, the shortcut for it is Option+Command+K, but on a PC, at a guess, it would be Alt+Control+K. It will yield this result.

Continue doing this until you've only got your lines left. Mine looks like this.

Now we remove the instrumental track too, by pressing the X on the top-left of those two tracks. We're left with this.


Sending to Jayn

Now the hard work is done, we just need to export it. Go File>Export, and choose where to save the file. Make sure it is in WAV format. It'll look somewhat like this.

Ignore this metadata thing that pops up. Just hit 'OK'. Likewise, hit OK on the Mono Channel warning.

You're done! Now go and upload your file to some filehost, or email it to Jayn.

Rules?

• Have fun!
  
• Send your lines to klairecross@gmail.com in MP3 or WAV format OR provide a download link for me in this thread, PM or VM.
  
• You may have FOUR parts (FOUR lines), and a maximum of FOUR people can sing one part together--EXCEPT for the lines in [brackets]. Those are solos, so only one person can claim those. This rule may be changed depending on how many people are interested.
  
• These Kawaii Desu things here --> { ♥ } <-- are for duets. Only TWO people can claim those.
  
• The lines in black should be recorded by everyone.
  
• First come first serve for lines, but the deadline is December 31st. That means turn in your lines BY then. The video goes up at midnight.
  
• Once a line is striked out, it means it's not available anymore.
  
• Please RESERVE your lines before you record. You can post here with what lines (FOUR max, but not three solo parts) you want. I will update the thread with who's singing what part, and what lines are all reserved out.
  
• When you send your lines to me, you can either have your lines timed to the instrumental in ONE long file !TIMED TO THE INSTRUMENTAL!, or you can record all of your lines separately and send them to me that way in a ZIP or RAR file.
  
• Once again...TIME your vocals. Sing to the TIMING of the song. Sing to the song.
  
• Remember that I don't actually want to hear the song behind your vocals. If you sing along, wear headphones so your mic doesn't pick it up OR have the song really low while you record. If I hear it, the audience will too and that makes it sound bad.
  
• Please help fill out the song. If you have the time, please pick four parts. REMEMBER to record the BLACK LINES. Otherwise, when the chorus sings together, your voice will not be included.
  
• Anyone can sing the black lines, but I'm less likely to fit you into the video if the only thing you sang were the black lines. (When it's much harder to fit everyone in to begin with.)

Lyrics/Parts:

Black Lines = EVERYONE records that part.
{ ♥ } = Duets. TWO people can claim that part online.
[ ... ] = Solos. ONE person can claim that. Only ONE solo per singer. This MAY change depending on how many people join.

{ ♥ } Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind? [Feenie, Spunk Ransom]

{ ♥ } Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne! [Midnight Star, Fearless]

{ ♥ } For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne. [Spunk Ransom, Esther]

{ ♥ } We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne. [Jayn, Feenie]

[Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?] [Clawtooth]

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne! [Jayn, Feenie, Fearless, KH2man13]

[For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.] [Mish]

We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne. [Feenie, Midnight Star, Andrew, Ryan]

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne. >PaW, Excasr

Lines In

Jayn
KH2man13
Ryan
Spunk Ransom
Feenie
Dr. Doctor
Andrew
Clawtooth
Mish
Fearless
Esther
Midnight Star
Excasr

Mixing Progress.

❅ Jayn, KH2man13, Ryan, Spunk, Andrew, Feenie and Dr. Doctor are mixed! - 12/29

❅[/SIZE] All received are mixed. 12/31

Video Progress



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