Mel Choyce

  • Chrono Cross ~ Lofi ~, a new video game remix EP released today on SoundCloud

    Chrono Cross ~ Lofi ~, a new video game remix EP released today on SoundCloud

    Since the pandemic started, and I wasn’t able to take drum lessons in person, I’ve pivoted to learning music theory and composition. I’ve noodled with a bunch of songs, some of which you can hear on SoundCloud, but this past March I decided to work on my first EP: a collection of remixed, lofi Chrono Cross songs.

    Chrono Cross has long been one of my favorite videogame OSTs, and it felt like an OST that would fit well into the lofi genre. I selected a few of the chiller songs from the first disc, grabbed some midis or the original audio to edit, and dropped them into Ableton Live. This was a good chance for me to practice adding effects, as well as mixing and mastering my tracks.

    You can give my new EP a listen below, or directly on SoundCloud!

    mel

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  • WordPress 4.0 “Benny”

    I’m a little late to the party, but I wanted to mention that WordPress 4.0 “Benny” was released last week. As of writing this post, it’s been downloaded a total of 2,527,700 times.

    The release revolved around polishing the way we manage and create content. There are a lot of things to love about 4.0, including my favorite new feature: previewing of embeds within posts and pages.

    I played small role in a lot of different small design tasks during the release, including:

    • The design for the new plugin “cards”
    • Minor design tweaks to the new media grid and media grid attachment modal
    • A small Dashicons update
    • The design for the “About” page

    If you’re already running WordPress, be sure to update your sites to 4.0.

    mel

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