Yeah! The Saints are 8-0. They can't be stopped. I wish I was back home right now. What you see above is my very own and very first fleur de lis design. This is the next design for L*O*U*D!™ . This is the amazing creation I was talking about in my previous "L*O*U*D!™" post. There will be other colorways, but you gotta appreciate that Black & Gold.
I've been extremely busy. Too busy for school so that means I've been too busy for L*O*U*D!™ as well. I was in New Orleans recently to be with my family. I had to order a new supply of 1" buttons because I ran out giving them to all my lil' cousins. I didn't have time to work on the t-shirts. However, I created something amazing. Time will tell. Remember, the store is always open.
I have been playing Beaterator for a few weeks now and ever since the first moment I played with it I was instantly surprised with the massive amount of features built into this game. They're not lying when they say anyone can make music with this game. It's that easy, but don't underestimate. It can get as complex as your average music production software. As soon as you start the game you're taken to the main screen with two options. You can either go into the "Live Play" mode or the "Studio" mode. The Live Play mode is for easy creation of music. You have 8 different instrument types with 4 loops per instrument to play with live to make different mixes as you go. You can use preloaded loops or load in your own. Live Play is fun. It's the first mode I jumped into and I was making songs within minutes. You have many options when it comes to the preloaded loops and endless options when you add your own. From there your only option is the "Studio" mode. Studio mode is just as simple as Live play. all you have to do is use loops to arrange your own song. Beaterator includes a huge amount of loops and sounds produced by Rockstar and Timbaland. When in the Studio mode you have many options to create a song. These options include the "Synth Loop" mode which allows you to tweak the synthesizer settings to create an original sound. The "Sound Editor" mode allows you to edit WAV files in many different ways, like trim, stretch, reverse, fade, silence, etc. The Sound Editor also allows you to record and edit your own sounds using your PSP system with a built in microphone. From there you have three crafters to play with. There's the "Drum Crafter", the "Song Crafter", and the "Melody Crafter". With the Drum Crafter you have a selection of pre-existing drum kits and you may also create one with a huge selection of drum sounds. The Song Crafter allows you to arrange the provided loops of your own custom loops to create an entire song. Finally with the Melody Crafter you can create custom tunes to use as loops by assigning various sound to piano keys. From there you can use neat lil' features like the Visualizer which brings nice visuals that react to your music while you listen to your created music. You also have the ability to share your songs in a few different ways. You may import MIDI files from your Memory Stick into songs, or export your songs and loops as MIDI files or you may export your songs to PC or MAC as a WAV file or directly upload your music to the Rockstar Social Club, which allows you to share songs with other Beaterator community Artists. The features of Beaterator feel endless, I'm discovering new things as I play on. Bottomline it's a definite buy for the PSP. Don't forget, it's also coming to the iPod touch and iPod touch pretty soon. For more info check out the Beaterator website for a full list of features, demo videos and more.
