Remix NieR Automata JPN Weight Of The World feat. 星尘Minus
7So, as I'm almost done with bringing all Jobs in Final Fantasy XIV back to maxlevel - at the moment, only the new ones a ka Reaper and Sage remain - I decided to indulge in a few other hobbies.
Which means (apart from writing some notes for possible text-projects down): Getting this fairly old remix FINALLY out!
To give you some context, my "Endwalker Footfalls" arrangement is in fact younger than this tinkered music here. Several roulette-runs of the YoRHa-raids had originally inspired me to try "Weight of the World" with Minus - an idea which quickly developed from a mere cover to an arrangement after finding an almost fitting Midi for piano. Implementing good old Vocaloid-buddies SeeU and Merli for the chorus-sections was also easily done thanks to this amazing VSQx made by 混乱P on YouTube; this file had already been the perfect pick in Synthesizer V as our Chinese girl went smoothly with the lyrics.
》Welp, and that was the instant when the official lyrics of Footfalls were released. The rest is obvious history on my channel (as well as my AO3-account because of releasing a small chapter ere Endwlaker dropped). x'3
Uhm, I hate to address the next topic, but what has to be done... simply has to be done.
Apart from FFXIV stealing my leisure-time, there is also the problem with the mandatory vaccination hanging above my head. As a German who lives in Austria, I unfortunately have to keep an eye on the situation.
》'Thanks' to local politicians / paid media keeping lots of information about the sickness plus vaccination under the desk - facts which would normally be necessary to have a full picture - I'm forced to read articles from Germany, Austria and around the world on my own, since I refuse to be a blind sheep going naively into this horror-show. (Karoline Edtstadler said in German a very interesting phrase - "Mandatory vaccination is the only way out of the democracy" - which sounds too true to be a mere verbal error.)
Anyways, a nasty flu had me recently knocked out for a few days, which sadly paused my drawing-process of the cover-art. An aching throat is whatever, but when my nose doesn't get much oxygen, I'm always in a bad shape.
(There was also juggling school-stuff with my child, as her class was this week settled on Distance Learning, but fortunately most tasks weren't difficult for her.)
In order to save in the finishing process some time, I went with an edited screenshot from FFXIV for the background. Being lazy is bad, I'm really aware of that, but it's frustrating to be even more of a slug due to all these tiny things getting in my creative way. I'm mentally quite tired of all the politically overblown stress, yet can't look away as nescience would punish me later.
I'd say I'm now looking forward to writing a bit more, though I'm undecided which project to prioritize, whereby enthusiasm isn't all to present.
Details:
-VSQx made by 混乱P on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAbBpn5MnVU
-Remix based on a Midi made by Vun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_pklCWFyNw
-Download for my Midi-Edit: https://www.mediafire.com/file/4phek6a9n0o5l9d/NieR_Automata_-_Weight_of_the_World_Vun-Midi_Edit_for_Strings_by_MelodyCrystel.MID/file
-Synthesizer V Studio Voicebank: 星尘Minus / Stardust Minus
-Vocaloid Voicebanks: SeeU & Merli
-VST:
-Soundfont by Bauerklos (Fiddle ; Strings ; Viola ; Cello)
-Edirol Orchestral (Violin Vibrato ; Full Strings ; Viola Warm Section ; Cello Warm Section)