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Why not more originals?</a></li><li><a class="toctarg" href="#tocanch26">Ever considered +doing Touhou-style originals?</a></li><li><a class="toctarg" href="#tocanch27">Commission? Collabs?</a></li><li><a class="toctarg" href="#tocanch28">Production Gear?</a></li><li><a class="toctarg" href="#tocanch29">Why +stick to hardware synths when software synths nowadays are so +powerful?</a></li><li><a class="toctarg" href="#tocanch30">Since you don’t +earn money from you production, …</a></li><li><a class="toctarg" href="#tocanch31">Can I use your music for X?</a></li></ul></li></ul> + </li> + <li style="margin-left:-0.5em"><a id="prevp" href="2022-07-23.html">Prev post</a></li> + <li style="margin-left:-0.5em"><a id="nextp" href="Privacy.html">Next post</a></li> + </ul> + </div> + <div id="content"> + <h2 id="titleh" class="TText" style="font-wight:normal;">(Not really) Musical Answers & Rants</h2> + <div id="datetags" class="TText" style="margin-bottom:1em;">2022-11-27<br>#music #midi</div> + <hr><div id="article" class="TText"><style> +details { + border: 1px solid #888; + border-radius: 4px; + margin: .5em .5em 0; + padding: .5em; +} +</style> +<article> +<p>I’ve got this <a href="https://chrisoft.org/libs/music/player">pretty +large music collection</a> on my website and sometimes I get people +asking why is it there. This post serves as an FAQ for all those +questions that I can remember, plus some bonus rant.</p> +<p>This post may be updated regularly to reflect any changes that might +happen.</p> +<h2 id="tocanch0" class="tvis">Backgrounds</h2> +<h3 id="tocanch1" class="tvis">Do you play any instruments?</h3> +<p>I use to play keyboard instruments, specifically arranger keyboard +for 4 years, and the piano for 6 years. I started when I was 7.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch2" class="tvis">How good are you at them?</h3> +<p>I’ve got certifications from the CMA (China Musicians Association) +for amateur musicians (colloquially, they are referred to as “考级” in +China), level 5 for arranger keyboard, and level 9 for the piano +<a id="n1" href="#note1" class="note">[1]</a>.</p> +<p>Do note the wording I used in the answer to the previous question: +“use to”. I haven’t practiced seriously for quite some time (5 years at +least).</p> +<p>I never spent a lot of time practicing, even I was actively learning +to play. Longest uninterrupted practice session I had was probably 4 +hours (one tenth of Lingling’s typical practice session, ugh +<a id="n2" href="#note2" class="note">[2]</a>). Clearly I was more into +messing with computers back then (still very much the case right +now).</p> +<h3 id="tocanch3" class="tvis">Any knowledge in musical +theory?</h3> +<p>The only “formal” lesson I had on musical theory was given by my +piano teacher, which didn’t touch on any of the advanced topics – just +basic intervals, chords, and progression stuff.</p> +<p>I’ve read books on music theory, namely</p> +<ul> +<li>“Introduction to Basic Music Theory” (probably the most widely used +book on this topic in China, original title 《基本乐理通用教材》, +authored by Li Chongguang （李重光）. English title is my own +translation and I have no idea what the official translation is.)</li> +<li>“Music Theory for Computer Musicians”, Michael Hewitt</li> +<li>“Composition for Computer Musicians”, Michael Hewitt</li> +<li>“The Complete Idiots Guide to Music Theory”, Michael Miller (didn’t +finish reading)</li> +</ul> +<p>But I can’t say I remembered a single thing from them.</p> +<p>I also know a few things on acoustics and computing stuff related to +music. See the “Backgrounds, computer music” section for more on +this.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch4" class="tvis">Anything else interesting?</h3> +<p>I’m quite convinced that I have (at least partial) perfect pitch.</p> +<p>Certain part inside my head reacts very strongly to notes of some +pitches (A and C are the most notable ones, E, G, and for some reason F# +are also up there). I can also sing any given notes on the chromatic +scale pretty accurately.</p> +<p>However, since I don’t react to all notes equally, and I’m quite sure +“partial perfect pitch” is not really a thing, I don’t know what +condition I <em>really</em> have. But if your instrument is out of tune +(even if the whole thing is tuned consistently), I’ll be really +upset.</p> +<h2 id="tocanch5" class="tvis">Backgrounds, Computer Music</h2> +<h3 id="tocanch6" class="tvis">How did you get into +computer music?</h3> +<p>‘Twas a typical calm day when I was browsing around in the System32 +folder (yes I was a fulltime Windows user once upon a time). I found a +file named “town.mid” in the Media folder, and it looked like a music +file to me. “How could a music file be like 20KB in size?” I wondered. I +thought it would sound like crap (low bit-rate type of crappiness, not +MSGS-type of crappiness), but I listened to it and turned out that +wasn’t the case. Later that day I sent the file to my parents’ cell +phones, and to my surprise they all sounded quite different, despite all +the devices were playing the same melody. I was deeply intrigued by this +format, and that planted a seed in my heart.</p> +<p>I searched the 2000s web for information on this format, +unfortunately being a noob as I was back then, I was only able to find +out it was a format called “MIDI”, but not any application that’s +capable of reading or producing them. I had to set it aside.</p> +<p>A few years later, in early 2009, when I was randomly going through +tech magazine my parents had piled up at home, I found a software +catalogue from the 90s. One title in the ToC read “Make your music +production dreams come true – Cakewalk Music Software”. It didn’t quite +caught my attention just yet, but when I got to the content, they +mentioned its MIDI capabilities. I realized this could be the thing I’m +looking for. And very fortunately for me, the CD that came with the +catalogue included a trail version of Cakewalk Pro Audio 5.0. There +began my journey.</p> +<p>But wait, there was, in fact, a second path to this. There was a +video (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsU3B0W3TMs">Music using +ONLY sounds from Windows XP and 98!</a>) that went viral in China in +2009. The look of the software shown in the video got my attention, and +that brought me into the world of tracker modules (and later +demoscenes).</p> +<p>There was also the whole “black midi” shenanigans that I got myself +into. However I think that should be considered “deep lore” and not +really appropriate to mention here. So let’s just leave this section as +is.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch7" class="tvis">Any formal training on this +stuff?</h3> +<p>Nope. I taught myself everything, just like most other stuff I know +in computing. One major difference is that I didn’t receive any formal +training after I’ve taught myself this topic, unlike some other topics +in computer science. The thing is it’s quite difficult to enroll courses +from the music department while I’m in a frankly completely unrelated +major.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch8" class="tvis">How long have you been doing +this?</h3> +<p>I’ve been messing with MIDI since 2009, doing transcription since +2011. However until 2014 I didn’t bother learning any DAWs with virtual +instruments support (I was only using Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.0 and a +certain Japanese application called 音楽ツクールDX back then). For this +reason everything I made until 2014 was just a bunch of MIDI files. I’ve +been collecting (mostly pirated) software synths since then. However +since 2017 I started replacing pirated software I used in production, +and nowadays I’m only using software and sound libraries the I have +legal rights to use in production, except the Unobtainium legacy +products.</p> +<p>I started programming music-related stuff in 2010, it was a random +silly sequencer for PC speaker. And I’ve been doing it ever since.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch9" class="tvis">What +specific skills do you have in computer music?</h3> +<p>(This list includes both music production related stuff and +programming stuff)</p> +<ul> +<li>Using a DAW (mostly Cakewalk of course)</li> +<li>Make random patches for synthesizers</li> +<li>Basic mixing and mastering</li> +<li>MIDI and tracker module data processing (I/O, data extraction)</li> +<li>Basic DSP knowledge, computer assisted music production</li> +<li>High-level interfacing with musical hardware</li> +</ul> +<h3 id="tocanch10" class="tvis">What computer +music projects have you worked on?</h3> +<p>(This list also includes both music production related stuff and +programming stuff)</p> +<ul> +<li>Production: see <a href="https://chrisoft.org/libs/music/player">Music Library</a></li> +<li>Experimental GPU-powered virtual-analog synth (private project): +CUDA only, pretty basic function wise, nothing special really.</li> +<li><a href="https://cgit.chrisoft.org/QMidiPlayer.git/">QMidiPlayer</a>: A +feature-rick MIDI player.</li> +<li>Modsearch (private project): Module indexing and searching +tool.</li> +<li><a href="https://cgit.chrisoft.org/fifteen-thieves.git/">Fifteen +Thieves</a>: Tools for interfacing with Roland synthesizers.</li> +</ul> +<h3 id="tocanch11" class="tvis">Is any of this fun?</h3> +<p>Yes.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch12" class="tvis">How do you find joy in any +of this?</h3> +<p>I don’t know.</p> +<h2 id="tocanch13" class="tvis">Personal Preference</h2> +<h3 id="tocanch14" class="tvis">Favorite genre(s)?</h3> +<p>Nothing specific really. However I can tell you about the genre I +loath the most: it’s … (drum rolls) … rap.</p> +<p>The thing that I dislike about rap is its excessive use of autotune +and highly repetitive trap-style drum patterns. I actually kind of +admire some rapper’s skillful rapping, but spoken words don’t really +count as music do they?</p> +<h3 id="tocanch15" class="tvis">Favorite hardware +synth in your collection?</h3> +<p>Again, nothing specific really. But I do know it’s not the Yamaha. +It’s never the Yamaha.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch16" class="tvis">Favorite production software?</h3> +<p>Considering I’ve pretty much used nothing but Cakewalk products, I +can give you an actual answer to this one – Cakewalk of course.</p> +<p>I do also find OpenMPT interesting, however I haven’t made anything +with it really.</p> +<p>Funny trivia: when Gibson announced they were ceasing all development +of Cakewalk products, I wrote <a href="https://chrisoft.org/blog/post/2017-11-25.html">this rant</a>. +Soon after that rant was posted, a couple of vendors annouced discounted +pricing for former SONAR users, one of which was Steinberg (their +so-called “competitive crossgrade”). So I got my copy of Cubase 9 Pro at +50% off (but they did not provide an e-licenser with the purchase, which +was still bundled with a normal purchase back then, which was frankly +dumb). But … before I could get used to the workflow of Cubase, Cakewalk +was resurrected by Bandlab.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch17" class="tvis">Is it “GIF” or “JIF”?</h3> +<p>Of course it’s “Graphics Interchange Format”! Wait, why is this +here…</p> +<h3 id="tocanch18" class="tvis">Genres that you listen to +most often?</h3> +<p>Okay you got me. I’ll just warn you that the list could be quite +shocking to some people…</p> +<p>Recent notable trend for me is folk music. The rest includes +classical, heavy metal, and ambient music. Also sometimes I randomly +browse through various module hosting websites where the vast majority +of the uploads are just pure turds, but occasionally I come across +hidden gems in those giant turd piles.</p> +<p>Also don’t forget about the dreaded: Touhou music…</p> +<h2 id="tocanch19" class="tvis">Touhou Music</h2> +<h3 id="tocanch20" class="tvis">The +f**k is going on with your obsession with Touhou Music?</h3> +<p>… literally 18 of 21 tabs in your music library contain only Touhou +Music!</p> +<p>Well, this has to start with how I got myself into the thing known as +“Touhou Project”. (There should’ve been an entire post written on this, +but I’m too lazy, so let me just recap here.)</p> +<p>A friend of mine was playing <em>Imperishable Night</em> one day in +2009. I sat there and watched him play for a while. He paused the game +and asked, “Interested?”, to which I replied “eh…” (Do note that I’ve +never been interested in Japanese anime or manga before, or since, for +that matter. But I did play similar shoot-’em-up before.) He offered me +a copy anyway. Not really interested in the game itself, I just left it +sitting in my hard drive for quite a while.</p> +<p>Nothing really happened until some day in 2010 when I was sorting +through files on my disk. I found the game and noted that the biggest +file inside is called <code>thbgm.dat</code>. “Must have a lot of +tracks,” I thought. And I went ahead and chose the most logical next +step – not to play the game (because I did notice the game itself was +quite intense when I watched my friend play), but to find some Touhou +track player and listen to the music. Any my first impression was +something like “holy f****** sh** this is horrible”, which was +reasonable now that I thought about it, considering ZUN’s “unique” style +(which I’ll touch on later) and his unsalvageable mixing in those early +works.</p> +<p>After that I just occasionally opened up the player, listened to +random tracks and ended up quickly closing it off. Unbeknownst to me, +ZUN’s “magic” worked on me and finally in 2012 I decided to play the +game. Unfortunately I made another critical error to play his very first +release on Windows instead (<em>Embodiment of Scarlet Devil</em>) +because I had the stupid assumption that the first one could be +easier.</p> +<p>Of course I couldn’t be more wrong about that assumption. It took me +over a year of playing off and on to clear normal difficulty, during +which I listened to the tracks hundreds of times. And my comment on the +music of that release was “interesting ideas but somehow made to sound +‘thit’ (a blend of thick and sh*t, probably because I realized he had +overdone the effects)“.</p> +<p>Being an ultra nerd myself, I extracted the game files and found the +MIDI files inside. And that’s where everything went downhill.</p> +<p>The magical aspect of ZUN’s music is that it probably sounds quite +twisted and weird on first listen. However after a few loops the charm +in the track becomes apparent. Certain easily memorizable riffs could +also played a part. But I did notice that the most highly acclaimed +tracks from him (e.g. 上海紅茶館 ～ Chinese Tea and 神々が恋した幻想郷) +usually have less of the twisted part, or none at all.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch21" class="tvis">Why don’t +you transcribe something new from him then?</h3> +<p>Nice observation. I haven’t transcribed anything beyond <em>Wily +Beast and Weakest Creature</em> because I found ZUN’s magic has stopped +working on me – I have listened to the tracks enough times that should +have already worked if it’s some earlier works of him, but up till now I +find most of the newer tracks just plain weird and uninteresting. (There +are a couple of ones that clears my bar, but that makes it like the +modarchive situation – picking out the gems in a pile of turds. And if I +have to go through the turds, I’d rather look for gems from a more +diverse set of composers).</p> +<p>It’s not just me either – I’ve heard from other people who commented +that ZUN’s composition went downhill since <em>Hidden Star in Four +Seasons</em>. I have to agree with them.</p> +<h2 id="tocanch22" class="tvis">Production</h2> +<h3 id="tocanch23" class="tvis">Do you earn money from +your production?</h3> +<p>No. I’ve earned a grand total of $0/¥0 from my production so far. But +I did earn a few complimentary remarks (either genuine or satirical, I +don’t know) from my friends.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch24" class="tvis">So why even bother?</h3> +<p>It’s fun. I’ve explained it in a previous question (not really). But +I find the process therapeutic and I really enjoy tweaking the knobs (no +pun intended I swear).</p> +<h3 id="tocanch25" class="tvis">Why +are most of your stuff remixes? Why not more originals?</h3> +<p>Because remixes are much lower effort, and no creativity +required.</p> +<p>I’m not the type of person oozing creativity. I don’t even think the +vast majority of my stuff should be called “remix” (despite I do name +the files that way) – I refer to them as “reinstrumentation” privately – +no changes to the music itself whatsoever, only with different mixing +and instruments.</p> +<p>When I do create originals, I want to be serious about it. I don’t +want them to sound crappy of course (just like most other people I’d +imagine). However it’s fairly hard for me to get inspired. The most +frequent way I get inspired is a random riff just gotten stuck in my +head for a while, usually after a solid 10 hours of rest or a shower. +Unfortunately for me, there are two things that prevent me from +transforming these ideas into productions: <strong>a)</strong> The only +keyboard that I have right now is a 32-key controller that had to be +stowed in a drawer due to space constraints, and I’m usually too lazy to +bust it out. Attempts of concretizing the ideas to handwritten notations +mostly failed miserably. So for now the only way for me to solidify an +idea is to let it stuck in there for long enough that I can memorize it. +<strong>b)</strong> Recently I’ve discovered a tendency that melodies +that get stuck in my head could just be me regurgitating stuff that I’ve +listened to but could not name (the most recent example is an “original” +I did a year ago called “Spoolka” which turns out to be just a rendition +of Säkkijärven polkka). For these reasons I’m currently refraining from +doing OCs unless I’m absolutely sure it’s really an original.</p> +<p>However there are indeed a few unfinished originals sitting in my +hard disk, snubbed to death…</p> +<h3 id="tocanch26" class="tvis">Ever considered +doing Touhou-style originals?</h3> +<p>No, not really. There are already plenty of creative people in this +space.</p> +<p>In fact I did make attempts to create Touhou-style originals quite a +while ago, but the results were deemed “too formulaic and mediocre” by +myself and never got released.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch27" class="tvis">Commission? Collabs?</h3> +<p>Commission? No. I won’t further burden myself with obligated content +creation.</p> +<p>Collabs? Maybe. Although I’m not sure who’s ever willing to do it +with me – but I’m pretty damn sure there will not be any Touhou-style +collab from me any time soon.</p> +<p>I’d be happy to write music-related code for you though. Contact me +if you think I can do something for you in that regard.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch28" class="tvis">Production Gear?</h3> +<p>Current main production computer:</p> +<ul> +<li>Framework Laptop</li> +<li>First generation, 4th batch</li> +<li>i7-1185G7</li> +<li>64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM</li> +<li>1 TB SSD</li> +</ul> +<p>(Click on the following categories to expand them)</p> +<details> +<summary> +Production software +</summary> +<ul> +<li>Cakewalk by Bandlab</li> +<li>Cubase Pro 12</li> +<li>SONAR Platinum</li> +<li>Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.0</li> +<li>OpenMPT</li> +</ul> +</details> +<details> +<summary> +Audio Interfaces +</summary> +<ul> +<li>Focusrite Scarlett Solo 2nd Generation</li> +<li>Terratec Aureon 7.1 USB</li> +<li>Edirol UA-25</li> +<li>Roland UA-101 * 2 (one Edirol-branded, one Cakewalk-branded)</li> +<li>Edirol SD-90</li> +</ul> +</details> +<details> +<summary> +Hardware synths +</summary> +<ul> +<li>Edirol SD-80</li> +<li>Edirol SD-20</li> +<li>Roland XV-5080 +<ul> +<li>SR-JV80-17 “Country Collection”</li> +<li>SR-JV80-09 “Session”</li> +<li>SR-JV80-08 “Keyboards of ’60s & ’70s”</li> +<li>SR-JV80-07 “Super Sound Set”</li> +<li>SRX-09 “World Collection”</li> +<li>SRX-07 “Ultimate Keys”</li> +<li>SRX-06 “Complete Orchestra”</li> +<li>SRX-03 “Studio SRX”</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Roland Fantom-XR +<ul> +<li>SRX-08 “Platinum Trax”</li> +<li>SRX-07 “Ultimate Keys” (Yes I have two physical SRX-07 boards)</li> +<li>SRX-05 “Supreme Dance”</li> +<li>SRX-04 “Symphonique Strings”</li> +<li>SRX-02 “Concert Piano”</li> +<li>SRX-01 “Dynamic Drum Kits”</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Edirol SD-90</li> +<li>Roland SC-8850</li> +<li>Yamaha Motif Rack ES +<ul> +<li>PLG-150 DX “Advanced DX/TX Plug-in Board”</li> +</ul></li> +</ul> +</details> +<details> +<summary> +Keyboards / Controllers +</summary> +<ul> +<li>Yamaha PSR-275</li> +<li>Edirol PCR-300</li> +</ul> +</details> +<details> +<summary> +Software synths +</summary> +<ul> +<li>Steinberg Absolute 5 +<ul> +<li>HALion 6</li> +<li>HALion Sonic 3 +<ul> +<li>Skylab</li> +<li>Anima</li> +<li>Voltage</li> +<li>Auron</li> +<li>Triebwerk</li> +<li>Hypnotic Dance</li> +<li>Trium</li> +<li>HALiotron</li> +<li>Hot Brass</li> +<li>Model C</li> +<li>Eagle</li> +<li>Raven</li> +<li>Amped Elektra</li> +<li>World Percussion</li> +<li>B-Box</li> +<li>Electric Bass</li> +<li>World Instruments</li> +<li>Dark Planet</li> +<li>Studio Strings</li> +<li>HALion Symphonic Orchestra</li> +<li>Olympus Choir Micro</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Groove Agent 5 +<ul> +<li>Future Past Perfect</li> +<li>Prime Cuts</li> +<li>Rock Essentials</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Backbone</li> +<li>The Grand 3</li> +<li>Retrologue 2 +<ul> +<li>Sounds of Soul</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Padshop 2 +<ul> +<li>Polarities</li> +<li>Granular Guitars</li> +</ul></li> +</ul></li> +<li>HALion Expansions +<ul> +<li>4Knob PopD</li> +<li>Iconica Opus</li> +<li>Cinematique Instruments Lute</li> +<li>Realsamples German Harpsichord 1738</li> +<li>e-instruments Vibrant</li> +<li>Cinematique Instruments Alto Glockenspiel</li> +<li>Olympus Choir Elements</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Groove Agent Expansions +<ul> +<li>ElekDrums</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Trilian</li> +<li>Omnisphere 2</li> +<li>Roland Cloud +<ul> +<li>TR-909</li> +<li>XV-5080</li> +<li>SRX World</li> +<li>SRX Studio</li> +<li>Zenology</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Groove Agent 2</li> +<li>Groove Agent ONE</li> +<li>HALion 3</li> +<li>LM4 Mark II</li> +<li>Edirol Super Quartet</li> +<li>Edirol Orchestral</li> +<li>Addictive Drums 2</li> +<li>Addictive Keys</li> +<li>EZDrummer 3 +<ul> +<li>Pop/Rock EZX</li> +<li>Electronic EZX</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Kontakt 5 +<ul> +<li>Vir Electri6ity</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Music Lab Real Guitar</li> +<li>Music Lab Real LPC</li> +<li>Music Lab Real Strat</li> +<li>Virtual Guitarist</li> +<li>Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition</li> +<li>Z3TA+</li> +<li>Z3TA+ 2</li> +<li>DropZone</li> +<li>SFZ</li> +<li>True Piano</li> +<li>Square I</li> +<li>Triangle II</li> +<li>Pentagon I</li> +<li>Ultra Analog Session 2</li> +<li>Lounge Lizard Session</li> +<li>Session Drummer 2</li> +<li>Session Drummer 3</li> +<li>Strum Acoustic Session</li> +<li>SI Studio Instruments</li> +<li>P5antom / Roland GrooveSynth</li> +<li>Roland TTS-1</li> +</ul> +</details> +<h3 id="tocanch29" class="tvis">Why +stick to hardware synths when software synths nowadays are so +powerful?</h3> +<p>There are pros and cons to this.</p> +<p>Pros:</p> +<ul> +<li>Unique architecture allows for exclusive sounds and sound shaping +techniques</li> +<li>Unique sound libraries that are not found elsewhere</li> +<li>While software recreations of certain hardware synths are decently +accurate, authenticity is still often sacrificed</li> +<li>Offload sound generation from the production computer</li> +</ul> +<p>Cons:</p> +<ul> +<li>Sometimes recording hardware synths can be a pain in the a**</li> +<li>They often have seemingly arbitrary limitations on the synth engine +that are no longer an issue for modern software synths</li> +<li>Aging hardware synth can become a liability, or even fire hazard +<a id="n3" href="#note3" class="note">[3]</a></li> +</ul> +<p>Of course there’s the sunk costs fallacy – why stop using them since +the money is already spent?</p> +<h3 id="tocanch30" class="tvis">Since you don’t +earn money from you production, …</h3> +<p>where’s the money that fuels your gear addiction from?</p> +<p>I have a decently stable income that covers all my daily expenses, +plus some extra that can go straight into buying more crap.</p> +<h3 id="tocanch31" class="tvis">Can I use your music for X?</h3> +<p>Maybe.</p> +<ul> +<li>Unless otherwise noted, everything in the “Original” folder are +released under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode">CC BY-SA +4.0 license</a>. MIDI data and project files will be available on +request.</li> +<li>Unless otherwise noted, everything else in my music library are +released under the same terms as their originals. This means: +<ul> +<li>For my remixes of original Touhou sound tracks, you can use them in +accordance to the <a href="https://touhou-project.news/guideline/">Touhou Project guidelines +on derivative works</a>.</li> +<li>For other works, it is suggested to refer to their original license +(would be inside its notes if there is one), or contact their original +author before using them.</li> +</ul></li> +</ul> +</article> +</div><br><hr> + <div class="TText" id="notediv" style="font-size:80%;"><span class="TText"><a id="note1" href="#n1">[1]</a>: The max level one can obtain is level 10 for both +instruments<br></span><span class="TText"><a id="note2" href="#n2">[2]</a>: TwoSetViolin reference<br></span><span class="TText"><a id="note3" href="#n3">[3]</a>: <a href="https://forums.rolandclan.com/viewtopic.php?t=56539">cough +cough</a>, Roland SR-JV80 boards, <a href="https://gearspace.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1112520-exploding-jv2080-expansion-card.html">cough +cough</a><br></span></div> + <div id="insanch" style="height:3em;"></div> + <div id="footer" style=""> + <div id="pagesw" class="TText" style="width:100%;height:0.5em;"></div> + <div style="text-align:center;" class="TText"> + Proudly powered by SSBS <reduced style="font-size:70%;">(the static stupid blogging system)</reduced> 2.5 + <br> + Content licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. <span id="purgep" style="display:none;font-size:70%;">This page has passphrase(s) stored. 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