[S1E11] Winter Wrap Up

[Renard]

Apparently, somepony already worked on this song. Will have to get in touch with him Myke Greywolf said we could use his chart, yay!


Here's a screenshot of this release in UltraStar Deluxe:

Three months of winter coolness
And awesome holidays
We've kept our hoovsies warm at home
Time off from work to play
But the food we've stored is runnin' out
And we can't grow in this cold
And even though I love my boots
This fashion's getting old

The time has come to welcome spring
And all things warm and green
But it's also time to say goodbye
It's winter we must clean
How can I help? I'm new, you see
What does everypony do?
How do I fit in without magic?
I haven't got a clue!

Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!

'Cause tomorrow spring–
-is here!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!

Bringing home the southern birds
A Pegasus' job begins
And clearing all the gloomy skies
To let the sunshine in
We move the clouds
And we melt the white snow
When the sun comes up
Its warmth and beauty will glow!

Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!

Little critters hibernate
Under the snow and ice
We wake up all their sleepy heads
So quietly and nice
We help them gather up their food
Fix their homes below
We welcome back the southern birds
So their families can grow!

Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!

No easy task to clear the ground
Plant our tiny seeds
With proper care and sunshine
Everyone it feeds
Apples, carrots, celery stalks
Colorful flowers too
We must work so Very hard
It's just so much to do!

Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!

Now that I know what they all do
I have to find my place
And help with all of my heart
Tough task ahead I face
How will I do without my magic
Help the Earth pony way
I wanna belong so I must
Do my best today,
Do my best today!

Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!

Ressources
English track with vocals (Stereo)
Instrumental track (Stereo)
Background video

[Renard]

Before:


After:


(The starry background is added by Performous, and won't appear in USDX. The first screenshot was taken in UltraStar)


- Updated the background video with a 720p color-corrected source
- Updated the audio track, now using CaptainComedy's release (re-encoded from FLAC to MP3 VBR -q0)
- Fixed Myke Greywolf's lyrics file starting offset to match the previous assets

This track now needs two pieces of artwork to make it complete and releasable:
- Cover CD art
- Background wallpaper art
+ Golden notes (?)

Testing and feedback is, as always, much appreciated.

[Renard]

I think there might be a light latency on this track, syllables start a bit early. Not sure if that's my system or the song - do you notice it too guys?
It's more obvious with Performous.

[Smilley]

Fixed the notes, changed a few pitches (most notably "Let's finish our holiday cheers"), added a few Golden Notes and doubled the BPM for finetuning.

[PsychicWalnut]

BUG

song.mp3 appears to be missing.

[Renard]

Added it back. Thanks!

[ChiraChan]

Can you add a pause at the beginning before the song starts? You click play and the singing immediately starts, you even have to breathe in to sing before you click play.

[sleumas2000]

done

[Renard]

Not quite. :)



Also, I'm aware of such issues. Ideally this would have to been fixed not in the songs, but in Ultrastar (have a countdown before each songs, à la Rock Band) - and it's unlikely such a feature will be added in USDX anytime soon :(

[Smilley]

One workaround would be to put a second of delay to the MP3 itself, but that would mean rearranging the video and the notes files as well. While I agree that it is a problem, it's simply too much of a hastle for too little gain.

[sleumas2000]

oops - I forgot how Gap works temporarily :P.
Yeah - MP3 doesn't like being shifted specific amounts of time

[PsychicWalnut]

it's simply too much of a hastle for too little gain.

Indeed.

I can only see that happening when multi-track notes files are fully working.  Then we can give the whole song an overhaul.

[Diponi]

I think the first note could start 2-3 beats later. It's not ideal, but cutting a note short is acceptable. That's what we do all the time to make time for linebreaks, anyway.

Smilley's suggestion just needs a lossless mp3 editor and a #videogap, and I think I'll do that for my local files. But I agree, it's not worth pushing a new mp3 in an update.

(Anyone else tried a negative #start?)

[Smilley]

(Anyone else tried a negative #start?)

One of my first thoughts. Didn't work, unfortunately.