The Hardest Part of Making a MPC Video for YouTube

[JohnFreeman]

song choice for me. It's hard for me to find a song that's going to sound impressive in Mario Paint

[tommy73]

chords. CHORDS ARE MEAN STUFF (In my current MPC)

But yeah doing a song isn't as hard as trying to find a song (like JF said), or trying to start of a song, and also finding motivation to continue it.... for me that is

[TheBatdorTrogman]

For me, it's committing to a song. I tend to get bored after about five minutes of work most of the time, so finding a song and style that will keep my attention long enough to complete it is a challenging task.

[jaggedsky17]

I think for me its trying to make a song more interesting/unique. I want it to stand out and want people to notice me.

[bally]

Having free time

[Smario32]

It's starting a song for me. I have a million goddamn songs on my PC just waiting to get done, but when I finally get everything set up, tempo done, soundfont set up, I'm just like "fuck it, let's go play some Zelda."

[Mr. Sub]

Putting it all together and getting it to sound right is a hard part. But currently, avoiding procrastination and staying motivated is the hardest part- I've been working on a composition for over a year now, and barely touch it.

[Cheer]

For me it's either song choice, or staying interested enough to actually finish it. Usually if it's not one of those finish-in-less-than-24-hours songs, it'll never be finished.

[RehdBlob]

Continuing on something is the most annoying part. It'll be like, "Yes, I can do this, but I can also do ____"
And then I just end up not doing the MPC )=

[Jamie]

Some of you might know that I'm really fast when it comes to MPC. I think it's because when I'm making a song, I focus on efficiency. If I'm not working on something at a certain speed, I feel like I'm doing something wrong. Rehd's file splitter has helped me a lot for this sort of thing, but I think the hardest part for me would be figuring out how to do things so I can do it with optimal time. I could spend hours figuring out where to split a text file, what part to do first, etc.

[tombobblender]

My method for recording Mario Paint arrangements have gone through MANY different methods. My earliest was capturing directly from my Super Nintendo directly to the computer using HyperCam. This was back in the day when my arrangements only consisted of a single battery save. My next method used video editing software (can't remember the name at the moment...) that didn't do very well with precision of accuracy when combining sections of my arrangements, making the transitions somewhat clunky, such as my Punch Out!! Medley and Mega Man 2 Dr. Wily's Stage 1. Some of my captures even caught a bit of my desktop background (Robo's Theme). Many of my arrangements suffered issues with audio lag spikes due to iffy emulators. Once I became more efficient with recording software, I developed my current method, which includes the following:

Once I created all the save states of my arrangement...
1) I record just the audio into a single, large raw recording (PC).
2) I load it into Sony Sound Forge and edit out the gaps to create seamless playback (PC).
3) I loop the arrangement at least once, then fade out the second or third phrase (PC).
4) I transfer my states and audio recording to my MacBook for video recording.
5) Using Snapz Pro X, I capture the video of each individual state (MAC).
6) Using iMovie, I load the audio and layer it over the silent video and begin to edit the video to pair up with the audio (MAC).
7) I compile it into an MOV and/or MP4 and upload it to YouTube.