Music
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Requirements
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- Vorbis OGG -q4 or above (-q7 or above preferred), or a format good enough for being able to be converted to that (e.g. FLAC, WAV)
-- GPL v2 compatible *\_
- \* About 3 to 10 minutes
- \* Preferably with matching ending and beginning*(so the track loops smoothly)\_
+- GPL v2 compatible _(for more information see our [legal](legal) page)_
+- About 3 to 10 minutes
+- Preferably with matching ending and beginning _(so the track loops smoothly)_
Music Style
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### Overview
-While we don't want to tie us to a specific genre, the music must match the visuals of the game. As it is being discussed on [this thread](http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=81) seems that we are about to use a futuristic ambient for the game, so its more than likely that the kind of music that we want will fit within the Electronic genre.
+While we don’t want to tie us to a specific genre, the music must match the visuals of the game. As it is being discussed on [this thread](http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=81) seems that we are about to use a futuristic ambient for the game, so its more than likely that the kind of music that we want will fit within the Electronic genre.
### Track Duration
In spite of having longer tracks its more than likely that a track gets played at two or more times during a match, for this is important that the end and beginning of the track can be matched without disruptions, giving a sense of continuity.
-For this the ideal way is to find a start and end sample index, so that that region is perfectly (clickless) loopable. These can be set as LOOP\_START and LOOP\_END tags in the Vorbis file, and the engine will seek back to LOOP\_START when reaching LOOP\_END.
+For this the ideal way is to find a start and end sample index, so that that region is perfectly (clickless) loopable. These can be set as LOOP\_START and LOOP\_END tags in the Vorbis file, and the engine will seek back to LOOP\_START when reaching LOOP\_END. Here's the [thread](http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=359&pid=5602#pid5602) with details, as well as a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWZH5cYTCU).
### Complexity
-As this game is extremely fast we don't want to have overly complex tracks at the point of being distracting or that one can't even understand while playing (e.g. a mad breakbeat tune)
+As this game is extremely fast we don’t want to have overly complex tracks at the point of being distracting or that one can’t even understand while playing (e.g. a mad breakbeat tune)
### Variations
Following tracks could be taken as a reference of the style that we want
-[Forgotten Tides](http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/145959)
-[Foregone Destruction](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNrI6N2jQCk&feature=related)
-[Skyward Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bFUNKg0mzg&feature=related)
-[Botpack 9](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gwdsQDwAb8&feature=related)
-[Stairs](http://blkrbt.googlepages.com/stairs.ogg)
-[Rabble Rouser](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki71pm8yDKI&hd=1)
+[Forgotten Tides](http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/145959)
+[Foregone Destruction](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNrI6N2jQCk&feature=related)
+[Skyward Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bFUNKg0mzg&feature=related)
+[Botpack 9](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gwdsQDwAb8&feature=related)
+[Stairs](http://blkrbt.googlepages.com/stairs.ogg)
+[Rabble Rouser](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki71pm8yDKI&hd=1)
Links
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- http://freepats.zenvoid.org/olpc-sounds/
- http://lopho.org/xonotic/olpc\_sound\_samples\_v2.torrent
-How-To's
+How-To’s
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**How to add a sound track to Xonotic?**
-- Copy the track file to the *data/sound/cdtracks* folder
-- Add the name of the track (without the extension) at the end of the cvar *g\_cdtracks\_remaplist*, on the file *defaultXonotic.cfg*. Count all tracks and remember the position of the added one, this information will be used on the following step.
-- Open the file <name of map>.mapinfo (*on data/xonotic-maps.pk3dir/maps*) and add a line with the text "cd loop x". This x should be the position of the track within the cvar *g\_cdtracks\_remaplist*.
+- Copy the track file to the `data/sound/cdtracks` folder
+- Add the name of the track (without the extension) at the end of the cvar `g_cdtracks_remaplist`, in the file `xonotic-common.cfg`. Count all tracks and remember the position of the added one, this information will be used on the following step.
+- Open the file `<name of map>.mapinfo` (on `data/xonotic-maps.pk3dir/maps`) and add a line with the text `cd loop x`. This `x` should be the position of the track within the cvar `g_cdtracks_remaplist`.
**How to add a sound track to a non official map?**
-- Copy the track to the folder *sound/cdtracks/* (inside the pk3 file)
-- Open the file *<name of map>.mapinfo* and add a line with the text "cd loop <track filename>"
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+- Copy the track to the folder `sound/cdtracks/` (inside the pk3 file)
+- Open the file `<name of map>.mapinfo` and add a line with the text `cd loop <track filename>`
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