Singing event! The official thread!

[GM-Boomy]

Welcome! This is a little event that does not require any RO playing, so there won't be any "advantage" for anyone This event will end May 31st 2006 at 11h59pm.

All you need is a song, a microphone, a little program called Audacity (it's free) and your nice or not so nice voice You'll have to choose a song, post the song chosen here then sing over it while you record it. I'm gonna show you how to do this, it's really simple.

1- choose a song then post it here. You can't choose a song that was already took by someone (except if it's a remix and the song doesn't sound like the exact same thing as the original). You'll need the mp3/wav file fo the song.

2- Download Audacity from there: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ and choose the more recent stable version (you can use the beta version if you want, it's up to you) and install it. Also you'll need this dll file to save in mp3: http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=76285 (save it where you want, but remember where, we'll need it later).

3- Open Audacity. You'll have this window when you open it:




4- At the top of the window, under the play/stop/etc. buttons, you'll see 2 sliders. Be sure that the 2nd one is near the end (if your voice sounds distorted when you'll record yourself, lower it a little.). Then in the dropdown menu just after those 2 sliders, choose Microphone.




5- Now press Control+P (ctrl-p) to open the preference. in the Audio I/O section, in the Recording rectangle, choose the channel dropdown menu and select 2 (Stereo). Also, check the Play other tracks while recording new one then press ok.


6- Click on the Project menu, then Import Audio. Choose your mp3/wav file. This is your "song" track, the actual song who will play in the background.




7- Now you're all set to record yourself! When you'll press the record button, the song will start and a new track is created to record your voice.

8- When you're done, on the left side of each track, you'll see 2 sliders on each track. The one we need to modify is the first one of each track. On the "song" track, put the slider at -3 dB (you'll see the value when you'll click on the slider). For the "voice" track, it all depends on how loud you sang. but you should always put a positive value on this track to make your voice louder than the music. In my example, my voice track has a +6 dB value.

8b- You can try to add some effects on your voicetrack and the voice track only to make something original, but it's up to you, this s not mandatory and it's just for fun.

9- We're ready to export our file! Click on the File menu, then export as MP3...

You'll have a warning telling you that your tracks will be mixed down to a single stereo one, click OK it' prefectly normal. Your filename should have the following template:

Quote:Your forum nick (the original song name - the original artist).mp3

So mine would be:

Quote:GM-Boomy (I hate - Three days grace).mp3

Audacity will ask you to locate the lame_enc.dll file (remember the file in step 2?). Click yes then go where you saved the file. Your song is now exported in mp3!

10- Upload your mp3 there (you can zip it if you want): http://www.yourfilelink.com/ and send me the upload link by email at: boomyhero-server.net (the @ is an image, be sure to write it yourself).

You can make as many songs as you like, you won't have more prize tho, but that's up to you .

Here's my "soso" exemple of myself singing "I hate (everything about you) - Three days grace". Have fun!

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=76296

P.S. The prize for each participant (read carefully, participant, not entry ) will be 1 obb, 1 gift box and a mysterious prize (you'll love it )!

Here's all the entry so far for the event (I'll update this post everytime someone adds a song):

000- GM-Boomy (I hate - Three days grace) [Download]
001- Sheepdude (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!) [Download]
002- GM-Boomy (Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me) [Download]
003- tickyhead (Ask DNA - Yoko Kanno) [Download]
004- tickyhead (Zelda - Rabbit OCRemix) [Download]
005- GM-Jade (The Turtles - So Happy Together) [Download]
006- GM-Jade (Chanson Grivoise - Francois Perusse) [Download]
007- Alexander (Craig David - Seven Days) [Download]
008- Alexander (Save tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry) [Download]
009- Seadrake (Angel - Shaggy) [Download]
010- Seadrake (Wing my way - KOTOKO) [Download]
011- Seadrake (Melodies of Life - Faye Wong [FFIX, japanese version]) [Download]
012- Alexander (Bare Naked Ladies - One Week) [Download]
013- GM-Boomy (Chop Suey - System of a Down) [Download]
014- GM-Feith (Radiohead - High and Dry) [Download]
015- Vitor (Tempo Perdido - Legi?o Urbana) [Download]
016- Sheepdude (Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers - The Jets) [Download]
017- Xarada (Princesa - XaRaDa) [Download]
018- Marcaryn (Portions for Foxes - Rilo Kiley) [Download]
019- tickyhead (Give A Reason - Slayers) [Download]
020- tickyhead (Justice - Vandread 2nd Stage opening) [Download]
021- Vacro (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock n Roll) [Download]
022- GM-Boomy (boney m - daddy cool)[Download]
023- tickyhead (butterfly - Smile.dk) [Download]
024- Sir Aun/Ehaltar (The Cranberries - Zombie) [Download]
025- Sir Aun/Ehaltar (Fran?ois P?russe- Snack bar chez L?on) [Download]
026- Sir Aun/Ehaltar (Linkin park - In the end) [Download]
027- Sir Aun/Ehaltar (Sonata Arctica - My land) [Download]
028- Sir Aun/Ehaltar (Nani Tamaki - Realize) [Download]
029- tickyhead (What is Love - Haddaway) [Download]
030- tickyhead (100 years - five for fighting) [Download]
031- tickyhead (Spongebob Squarepants Theme) [Download]
032- Tenshi (Amazing Grace - Charlotte Church) [Download]
033- Tenshi (Close to you - Carpenters) [Download]
034- Tenshi (I Swear - All For One) [Download]
035- Tenshi (Lady in Red - Eric Clapton) [Download]
036- Tenshi (Careless Whispers - George Micheals) [Download]
037- Tenshi (Crawling in The Dark - Hoobastank) [Download]
038- Iyali (It's Only The Fairy Tale - Miyamura Yuuko) [Download]
039- Seadrake (La Tourtiere - La Bottine Souriante) [Download]
040- Ragnar and TaeKwonDude (The Hue Corporation - Rock the boat) [Download]
041- Ragnar and TaeKwonDude (Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road) [Download]
042- Ragnar and TaeKwonDude (Roy Orbison - Anything you want, you got it) [Download]
043- Ragnar and TaeKwonDude (Louise Attaque - J't'emm?ne au vent) [Download]
044- tickyhead (Testing 1 2 3 - Barenaked Ladies) [Download]
045- Iyali (Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park) [Download]
046- Sheepdude (Depend On Me - Thomas Howard Liechtenstein) [Download]
047- Tenshi (Masterpiece - Atlantic Starr) [Download]
048- Tenshi (I just called to say I love you - Stevie Wonder) [Download]
049- Tenshi (I'll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men) [Download]
050- Tenshi (Comment j'pourrais te l'dire - Marie-Chantale Toupin) [Download]
051- Tenshi (Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison) [Download]
052- Tenshi (Hard to say I'm Sorry - Boyz II Men) [Download]
053- Seadrake (Your Horoscope for today - Weird Al) [Download]
054- Tenshi (All I Need - Matchbox Twenty) [Download]
055- Tenshi (Sante Zoli Zouizeau - Cassiya) [Download]
056- Tenshi (Stand by Me - Ben E. King) [Download]
057- Tenshi (Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lewis) [Download]
058- Tenshi (When You Believe - Mariah Carey feat. Whitney Houston) [Download]
059- Tenshi (Greased Lightnin' - John Travolta) [Download]
060- GM-Boomy (Pearl Jam - Last Kiss) [Download]
061- GM-Boomy (Daft Punk - Technologic) [Download]
062- tickyhead (The Pillows - Little Busters) [Download]
063- Iyali (Beep - The Pussycat Doll) [Download]
064- Iyali (Into you - Gabrielle Destroismaison) [Download]
065- Iyali (Reason -GSD Nami Tamaki) [Download]
066- DemonicPrince (A Dying Angel-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
067- DemonicPrince (Afraid-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
068- DemonicPrince (Beautiful Shadow-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
069- DemonicPrince (Child-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
070- DemonicPrince (Crystal Planet-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
071- DemonicPrince (Falling-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
072- DemonicPrince (Fly-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
073- DemonicPrince (Lost It All-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
074- DemonicPrince (My Hands-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
075- DemonicPrince (Rebirth-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
076- DemonicPrince (Return (Come Home)-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
077- DemonicPrince (Ripped From Within-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
078- DemonicPrince (Shattered-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
079- DemonicPrince (Too Much To Ask-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
080- DemonicPrince (Will It Ever be-Shattered Dreams) [Download]
081- Tenshi (Here Without You - 3 Doors Down) [Download]
082- Tenshi (All My Life - KC & Jojo) [Download]
083- Tenshi (Save the last dance for me - Drifters) [Download]
084- Tenshi (If I Die Tomorrow - Motley Crue) [Download]
085- Tenshi (L'amour Le vrai Le Grand - Marie-Chantal Toupin) [Download]
086- Tenshi (Comment J'Pourrais te l'dire - Marie-Chantal Toupin) [Download]
087- Alexander (Craig David - Fill Me In) [Download]
088- Keele Zeibel (Live-Where Fishes go) [Download]
089- Yuukino (I'd love you to touch me - Tales of Eternia) [Download]
090- Yuukino (Torn - Nathalie Imbruglia) [Download]
091- Iyali (Billie Piper - Safe with me) [Download]
092- Iyali (Ace of Base - Never gonna say I'm sorry) [Download]
093- Iyali (Shakira - Eyes like yours) [Download]
094- Iyali (T.A.T.U. - How soon is now?) [Download]
095- Iyali (T.A.T.U. - 30 minutes) [Download]
096- Iyali (Ace of Base - Love in December) [Download]
097- Iyali (Ace of Base - Ravine) [Download]
098- Iyali (Ace of Base - Experience Pearls) [Download]
090- Iyali (Ace of Base - Edge of Heaven) [Download]
100- Iyali (Ace of Base - Wave Wet Sand) [Download]
101- Yuukino (I feel pretty - West Side Story) [Download]
102- Yuukino (Sora - Escaflowne) [Download]
103- Kaoreii (Angel - Sarah McLachlan) [Download]


To download them all at once with Bit Torrent, check this post:

http://pandoraonline.net/forum/showthrea...7#pid19457

[Sheepdude]

Sheepdude (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!)

[Kaede]

OMG Sheep ... that's SOLID GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Manifus]

Reminds me of tihs one episode of Family guy...

[GM-Boomy]

LOL I love it XD the end with all the mixed voices!! that was sooo good

[GM-Scott]

Kaede Wrote:OMG Sheep ... that's SOLID GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+1

[GM-Boomy]

here's another one from me, Dendandun sent me a challenge and here it is!
Backstreet Boys - As long as you love me

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=76746

Laugh all you want! Ridiculous doesn't kill I'm doing this to motivate more people to participate And by the way, yes you can sing as a group, I don't mind

[Manifus]

I sitll challenge you to sing System of a Downs - Legend of Zelda Theme

[GM-Boomy]

I need a good quality mp3 from this one But you should sing it

[Manifus]

I would....but....



yeah....