Great lineup. Could I make a request to add something though?
Serenata Immortale

Do you know where the "Space Marines" track originated from?

Just wanted to make a special request. If possible, being this song list is an accumulation of works by Hans Zimmer as it relates to the Blade Runner Soundtrack...another soundtrack to consider may be X-Men: Dark Phoenix. I don't remember the extent of Hans Zimmers' works for that movie, but the orchestral suite is pretty good.

Just an idea :>)

While you are at it, please remove the empty entry from line 120ff. Don't think it breaks anything but gives a warning in the log.

In "music/sempmusic.asset" is an extra dot that makes the music get stuck. Otherwise, the mod seems to work fine. @Gourmet Tide Pods: Would be nice if you fix this tiny problem.
music = {
name = "MythFox - Oriana."

doesnt work

@Sycoperson The piece you suggested is good as well :)

I agree with @Karlyan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv16hKExUto should be included in this mod. :)

Does it work in 2.1 people?

I think I can help you out

@Dracarys: Can you add this song? My Name Is Barbossa (From "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales"/Audio Only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv16hKExUto . Please :)

"Mythfox - Oriana" glitches out on 2.0.1

Mod has been updated for 2.0.1

you should add in this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcKGN_lTdyM

Love this mod! Thank you for making this great and awesome mod!

Hell yea, thanks bro and good luck with the job

@Mr.Makk: I've been super-busy with a new job, but I will update and add more songs probably when Apocalypse comes out later this month.

Any plans to update?

Really awesome music mod, I think your music selection complements the game and the sci fi genre of it. My favorite moment was when my fleet was about to take on a FE fleet and "No Time for Caution" comes on. Keep up the good work and maybe add more songs.

Great mod but there seems to be quite a lot of clipping on some of the tracks. Any chance of a fix? You've selected some really good music but the clipping ruins it.

BTW Thanks again for your mod I hope you can fix the issues finally

Let see:

- Bad news: the problem persists, all smeems corrects but still there are cracks in the sound (only in game) >> "science and religion" is a nice example of this

- Good news: I take that songs to check all was right ( it was) and tried to convert to mp3 and then to ogg again and IT WORKS and the filesize is lesser than original !!

Really I don't know what its the cause but this could be the solution a doble MP3 > OGG conversion

Nice catch, thanks!! New files uploaded @44.1KHz. Please let me know if this resolves the issues.

I checked your files and the problem, as I supossed, its the bit rate:

>>>> Your files are 48 kHz and THEY MUST BE 44.1 KHz <<<<<

Thats the porblem:

From: https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/Music_modding

>>> Next, put music files in Ogg Vorbis format (.OGG) in this same "music" folder. If you have music files in a different file format, convert them to Ogg Vorbis (44.1 Khz) first <<<<

Thanks for the feedback.
I can confirm lonelyknight ...
- using your mod-music inside the game -> cracks!
- using your music files outside the game -> no cracks and fine quality
Now I ve disabled the music inside the game and using an external player ... works for me :-)

I have the same anoying problem. I almost sure its a bitrate problem
Are the files in 44.1 KHz bitrate?

>>> If you have music files in a different file format, convert them to Ogg Vorbis 44.1 Khz (mod music guide)

Thanks for the reply. I may have a hint for you: I listened to the original files of your mod outside the game (the two tracks I mentioned before anyway) and could not hear any crack. I've then checked in game again and could distinctly hear the cracks again. I'm not imagining it, and my hardware is not faulty. I have other music mods that work flawlessly. But maybe there's some kind of file conversion going on when it's used in game and that messes up with the sound. I suppose your 1) might be another answer, but I'm not conviced.

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At this point, there is nothing further I can do, and it may just be that this music pack is not for you. It may be that:

1) You're either hearing something that only people sensitive to a certain range of frequencies can hear.
2) Either the music, game files, etc. are corrupted.
3) There is something going on with your specific computer or an issue/bug that only affects 1-2% of people.
4) You're hearing something that isn't there.

So at this point, I can't keep chasing ghosts that I can't hear here. If someone can put a song from SEMP in a program like Audacity and can show me where these artifical peaks are, or if someone can record a sample of the audio from their game in which these distortions are appearing, I can take another look.

@SolidKeeper, @Timmmm, @lonelyknight:

I really don't know what to tell you here. None of this is intended to be rude or dismissive, but let me tell you what I've done in response over the last couple of weeks:

- I completely re-downloaded new versions and re-converted to in many cases. I've found the highest quality versions of each song I could, and the uploaded versions are all 320kbps/48000hz.

- I have taken each song and put it into Audacity, looking for any valleys/peaks that would indicate crackling/popping, especially during quiet sections of the music. There are *none*.

- I have asked people who have not downloaded the mod previously to download SEMP and listen for these distortions; so far I have not heard one report that confirms these distortions.

- I do not hear anything like you are describing, and judging by the 2k+ subs and 75+ favorites, the overwhelming majority don't either.

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Good music choice, really.
But the clicking is eating at my sanity. It's the first time I hear "clicks" in Stellaris music mod packs, by the way. Try to ask guys who made fresh top music packs, maybe they can help you out.

@Bleach No, it should not affect it.

Does it affect achievement acqusition?

Hi Fire and Blood
Great collection, but many cracks in the songs I've played so far. Its like lissening to a song collection from the 80s on tape or record player ... but its a SiFi-Game.
Sorry to say, that this is a NoGo for me.
If you are able to fix that quality issue, I would love to use your mod again.
Cheers

Hi mate, thanks for this mod. I like your choice of songs, but I have to point out like others that many songs are crackly. "First Step" and "One Year Later" are examples I wrote down. It's kinda killing the immersion for me, so I'll pass for now, but will happily resubscribe if you manage to solve it for your playlist.

I wish there was music that would change upon ocasion, like playing turmoil songs on battle and some more tranquil songs on the manegement side of it

@[OCG] Rhalkim (Moderator) I'm glad you said something, because I wouldn't have even noticed that the files downsampled when I first converted them. Thanks again for the feedback.

Any music suggestions, btw?

Sounds much better, but it still does have some crackles/pops. It actually sounds as though it's rhythmic, approximately every half-second. Personally, it's well into the 'good enough' category.

-Re-uploaded all music with higher-quality files. All .ogg's should be 320kbps.
-Added 2 new songs.

Please let me know if this has helped with the issues some people have been encountering with the music quality.

The Hans Zimmer songs have significant popping

Any Gustav Holst music? I.e The Planets? (Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Etc)

@Fire: It's no worries, mate, no offense taken nor meant.

It might not be you 'not hearing it', happened intermittently to Apple and SanDisc back in 2008, which is why it came to mind. Try adjusting it up a notch to 224kb/s.

I'm also noticing some songs having really bad quality and crackling. For example, Philip Wesley - Racing Against the Sunset does it quite often throughout the song.

@[OCG] Rhalkim (Moderator): I wasn't trying to be rude with #3, I was merely stating that there are some people who are better at hearing these things and some people - like me - who are oblivious.

I looked at that song, and it looks like you're onto something. The original file was 320kbps, but when I converted it to .ogg, it downsampled to 192. Personally, I can't tell the difference at all, but I'm going to re-convert the files and make sure it keeps the 320kbps, and try to find other files for the ones that are lower quality.

@lesmurf I couldn't find high-quality versions for the Angels and Demons soundtrack, but I'll keep looking for those. And thanks. :)

To add sonething positive, I really like your choice of songs! :)

Can confirm 'crackly', but have listened only to some of the tracks. Try '503 Joshua Bell, Hans Zimmer' for example. It's very obvious, I'm afraid. It's also in '160 bpm - Hans Zimmer', if you listen closely.

1) Already tried. Hasn't improved it, I'm afraid.
2.1) Already checked. Thought at first it was something going wrong with the headset, but it's just the music layer. I will double-check my end, but given it's only a handful of songs from this mod causing the issue, not my music playlist, series, vanilla music, vanilla sounds, nor even music from other mods that are having issue, that seems unlikely. More below.
2.2) Redundant response about not hearing about it.
3) What even, mate. You asked for feedback.

My considerations:
What codecs are you using, and what bitrates? "Look to the Stars" would be a good startpoint. Vorbis by any chance?

@[OCG] Rhalkim (Moderator): I just listened to each of the songs from Man of Steel, in-game and can't detect any of what you're talking about. It's probably one of three things:

1. The files Steam downloaded were corrupted or in some way bad - try un-subbing, and re-subbing.
2. It is local to your computer. I haven't heard anything from anyone else about this.
3. You are hearing something others aren't. I know some people sometimes hear distortions in music that 99% of other people don't hear, and if that's the case, I can't really do much for you here.

If none of this help and you want to keep using the mod for other songs, simply disable the songs you don't want using the in-game music interface.

@Burn: No worries. For starters, some of the Man of Steel ones, by Hans Zimmer.

SEMP updated for 1.8 and 5 new songs added.

@[OCG] Rhalkim (Moderator): I haven't noticed this with any of the files, but if you can post which specific song(s) are doing this, I can take another look at them and either re-convert/upload them or find alternative versions of them to use.