Somewhere to get good music?

[Sheep_Quest]

Ok i was wondering if anyone of you know a great side to get soundtracks for maps...

I am not looking for anything that violates the Copyright laws.

Just some nice cool Freeware Music/Sounds (if you can say that about music)

 

[Im_On_56k]

Don't import music into your map its a waste.

 

[Korolen]

Well, you can get MIDIs, wich are music files that don't acually store the music, but when each event happens, and the computer then uses built-in sounds... They usually sound like crap, but they won't increase your file-size by much, as they are small. You can also import a mp3 (i think), I would reccomend Garbage, just remember to put lots of text saying "This music is from this band, at http://www.TehBand.com, from tis albem, ect" so that way you are advertising the song, instead of stealing it.

 

[Kuroikaze]

if you use a song in your game, you'll have room for one, at the most.
The song files are injected into your map, and most high quality MP3s are about 3 megabytes each. It's too bad Warcraft doesn't support OGG Vorbis format, songs are much smaller.

You could try re-encoding them to MP3Pro format, and sacrifice quality for smaller size. I've seen full songs get compressed to 300-500 kilobytes without sounding like you're hearing the song over the phone.

A good idea might be a short, looping song in MP3Pro.

 

[Im_On_56k]

Warcraft only supports MP3 and WAV none other.

 

[Korolen]

Warcraft III doesn't support MIDIs? I thought i heard songs that REALLY sounded like MIDIs...

 

[AceHart]

> That way you are advertising the song, instead of stealing it.

Nonsense.
The song is in the map and, unless the band actually agreed to that, it's piracy.

 

[Im_On_56k]

Nope, but there is something that makes war3 to beable to support midi's but its like 4mb to import it into your map which is a waste.

 

[Sheep_Quest]

Yea well on the format front i an covered cuss i have adobe's wonderful sound editor

but still im not looking for actual "songs" just some cool music

Thansk for all the reply's so far

The song is in the map and, unless the band actually agreed to that, it's piracy.

and that not what i want ^^

 

[Im_On_56k]

The song is in the map and, unless the band actually agreed to that, it's piracy.

In canada we are allowed to download and share music music legally, unless your not selling it.

So i could legally put a song in my map and it would be legal.

 

[Korolen]

Also, if there is a downloadable demo on thier website, then you can probably use it, as they are offering it for free anyway.

 

[Sheep_Quest]

In canada we are allowed to download and share music music legally, unless your not selling it.

So i could legally put a song in my map and it would be legal.

Yea well in Denmark where i live i can get my computer confiscated for importing music into a map and releasing it on b.net

 

[AceHart]

In canada we are allowed to download and share music music legally, unless you're selling it.

So i could legally put a song in my map and it would be legal.

That may well be so.
However, make sure that I never get your map... (or anyone else "outside").

 

[Korolen]

but still im not looking for actual "songs" just some cool music

"Songs" have copyrights, but most "Cool Music"s are free.

 

[OverlordMond]

Don't import music into your map its a waste.

Why is music a waste? Background music is an important part of most real games, so why wouldn't it be important for a Warcraft map?

 

[AceHart]

> Why is music a waste?

It takes up too much space.
And big maps are very difficult to pass on bnet.

Besides, not everyone has the same taste... even more so if you're hearing the same song for the 10th time.

 

[Korolen]

He means it is a waste of space. The music would be like, 95% of your map size (assuming you optimize it)

 

[Sargon]

Two reasons. One, Warcraft III already has lots of good music. Two, it uses up tons of space. Remember that battle.net has a 4 MB max, and most people won't bother downloading a 3 MB map (which is silly of them, but that's their problem).