Hi All, Welcome to the first major update to the Musical Nexus website in 5 years-ish. I completely re-wrote the website from scratch this time around so it could accomodate all the features we need.. As many of you know previously we were on the Invision Power Board community software (Forum software) and while it served us pretty well overall, it was expensive (yearly paid license for updates) and it was becoming more difficult to modify due to it being within the bounds of their framework. Finally after mustering enough motivation I decided to develop a new version of the website from scratch that automates generally everything that required manual work before. The submission forms have been upgraded to be easier to use, but aside from that I have added a lot more options to give you more choices in how you display your song submissions. I also added auto-processing on the server, so once you submit a song, the server analyzes it and fills in all the fields for you. We now support submitting songs via .MNE files (Musical Nexus Editor), .MMI (Mabiicco editor), .MML (3MLE Editor) and of course we still support manual code input blocks as well (for Mabinogi). Now that the server processes everything manual intervention from approving staff is no longer required, we no longer have to use additional outside tools to generate or verify files and attach to the submissions. The server does it all and reports back to the moderation queue, it is now as simple as an approve or reject button for all game databases. Our visualizer has also been upgraded to include a proper piano roll, as well as better seek capabilities, better soundfont management and it also supports showing measure numbers. It will also auto adapt to time signature changes, and tempo changes. Because of this automation we no longer limit how many songs you can submit at once, and the amount of parts you can submit has been upgraded to 16 for Mabinogi since this is technically possible in the game. We have re-processed all 9000+ submissions on the website through this new automated analyzer system and so all pages are now upgraded and in the same format. No longer is the website split between 4 different format changes from across the years. Also, in addition to MML clipboard copy we now show (on all songs) project file downloads for .MNE, .MMI, .MML and .Midi files as well. We are currently testing MusicXML files as well for notation software. Some of you with astute eyes may notice that your reputation number is different, the formula is different for the new website and it was recalculated based on your song submissions, comments and reacts. Forum related posts and information was not migrated (as the forum has been in archive mode for years anyways) and so it may look slightly different based on that as well. Aside from that we now support a "My Library" view which will show you all songs you have across all game libraries on the website, it will show their visibility status, mod approval status, and more. You can edit all your songs from one place instead of having to search for them on the website database first. Songs can now be private in your library, unlisted (a link you share), shared with specific members, or public (listed on the database). We have also added a point shop system, you can read about how it works here, and see the general point shop page here. You will also see unlock options within your song submissions when you edit them. Also we created over 40,000 301 canonical redirect links, so any time someone uses an old link from the old website format, or comes here from a search engine listing it will auto-redirect them to the new correct link. So this should reduce frustration from the website upgrade when coming from a search result. Aside from that we also migrated over all comments, reactions, profile information, profile followers, profile views, song submission views and reacts, song submission fields and author comments, and more. If you find something missing that you would expect to have been migrated let me know in Discord and I will take a look. We will be keeping a live backup copy of the old website around for a bit in case we need to convert data from it that was missed. I will probably create separate information posts for some upcoming features or releases like the Musical Nexus Editor, or visualizer embedding, our upcoming Discord bot, and more so be on the look out for these separate posts as this post is already overloaded. Also coming soon we will be adding the game Black Desert support to the Musical Nexus Editor and our website as a new game database as I have managed to decipher the encryption block on the song files and reverse map how the notes and such are assigned. Our editor and website will handle decrypting and re-encrypting the files for usage with the game. Aside from that we will also finally add support for FFXIV as well. Other games are to be determined as we go. Mabinogi Mobile will be added when I have personally been able to get more information about how its composing system works.

Hey everyone, Welcome back. Please excuse any weird layout issue or miss-aligned items etc that you may see as I update the website. There will be quite a few changes coming to the website over the next few weeks. The entire theme, as well as the music submission areas will receive a face lift among other things. The website backup was completely restored successfully, so if you had an existing account with us you should be able to log back in like normal. Note: For those of you that are still at your submission pending limit, the submissions won't be approved until most of the task list below is finished. Once these various tasks are done submission approvals should be faster going forward. Task List | Key: Not Started, In Progress, Complete Update General Website Related Things Apply the 30 updates we have missed to the framework and then fix new errors Update Terms / Privacy Policy / Guidelines Remove Broken Ads Update Login Methods (Facebook, Twitter, Discord, etc) Update overall theme, port some things from old theme Switch to a cleaner / more legible font Update Third Party Plugins Remove Old / Archived / Broken related things to clean up database structure Reconnect Web Hook Notifications + Role Sync to our Discord Bot & Server Fix our Sitemap and Website Verification on Google Search Engine Console / Webmaster Re-Initialize our Google Analytics Update Friendly URL's in Mabinogi Halls to be more descriptive Update the Activity Stream to be more descriptive Move 3MLE Downloads to our CDN Apollo Allow Composers, and Pro Members (+Staff) to change their own Display Name once every 30 days Allow Users not in the above groups to change their own Display Name once every 120 days Allow users to deactivate or delete their own account. Allow Members and above to delete their own Submissions without Mod Action (The first rank, Initiate cannot) Fix the Email Template(s) CSS Coloring + Text Coloring Update Various Images / Logos / Reacts / Emotes Reaction Emojis Menu Layout and Imaging Main Logo & Email Logo Update Submission Layout & Design Re-Arrange overall layout to accommodate for the below two changes Mabinogi Hall Change Mabinogi Hall from images to button style from MS2 Hall for Listing Display Port Pro Member options from MS2 Music Hall to make sure they are par with each other Port Listing Image Display | Composer & Pro Add Visualizer Image Background Display | Composer & Pro Add Pager Background Image Option | Pro Only Implement 2 column layout on record view with Instrument Panel / New Song Previewer  *Note - Not all previous songs will be updated to the new layout, but all new songs will use it. Solo Hall 2 Person Ensemble Hall 3 Person Ensemble Hall 4 Person Ensemble Hall 5 Person Ensemble Hall 6 Person Ensemble Hall 7 Person Ensemble Hall 8 Person Ensemble Hall Maplestory 2 Hall Implement 2 column layout on record view with Instrument Panel / New Song Previewer Switch to new file download system and update template to show new download tracking data Implement New Music Preview Piano Roll Create Custom Web SoundFonts (Progress Report) Mabinogi Layout Testing in Progress: Ex1, Ex2, Ex3 Add 3MLE Instrument ID Map Add Mabilcco Instrument ID Map Maplestory 2 Attach to our CDN Apollo for Note Delivery Implement Final Fantasy XIV Hall Create Final Fantasy XIV 3MLE Version Setup our CDN Service | Apollo Setup a REDIS caching server Separate the Database into it's own server group for scalability. Update Music Hall Listings With Better Filtering & Sorting Merge each games music halls into 1 for each (Reliant on the above being finished) Mabinogi - Merge 10 Halls into 1 MapleStory 2 - Merge 10 Halls into 1

  We have updated the MapleStory 2 3MLE version to include the most recent 4 instruments they added to the game. Koto Shamisen Shakuhachi Taiko Drum You can download the updated version here.

Hi All, The new Drum Kit is out on Mabinogi so we have updated our 3MLE for Mabinogi to include support for it! Here is a handy key guide below for what each note is for the drum kit. This key was put together by @Blargel.   Drum Kit Key Octave 2 F : Bass Drum G : Tom (Low) A : Snare Drum (Normal) B : Snare Drum (Rim Shot) Octave 3 C : Stick Tap D : Snare Drum (Ghost) E : Tom (Middle) F : Tom (High) G : Hi Hat (Open) A : Hi Hat (Closed) B : Hi Hat (Foot) Octave 4 C : Crash Cymbal (Normal) D : Crash Cymbal (Choked) E : Ride Cymbal (Normal) F : Ride Cymbal (Cup?)   I have also updated the instrument drop down list in 3MLE to be similar to how we do it for Maple Beats so that the instruments are more closely grouped with their instrument "family".

  The Submission Limit System and Auto Unapprove system have been completed and now implemented. Below is an explanation of what each one accomplishes.   Submission Limit System This allows us to set a cap on how many submissions you can have pending at any one time. Once you reach the limit you will not be able to submit anymore songs until some of them have been approved. There is a counter in the top right that will let you keep track of how many you have pending as well as their approval/rejection status. Your current submission pending limit can be found in the top right bar to the left of the notifications.   If you click on the Pending text it will drop down a window similar to the notification window. Here we can see that my first submission of Megalovania was removed or rejected. If it is removed or rejected you will get a private message about it from an SSR Member with a reason. For the most recent submission we can see it has a flag, this means it is still pending approval and has not been touched yet. When an submission is approved the flag will be replaced with a green check mark: You are able to click on the song title and it will take you straight to the submission. The list will only show about the most recent 15 submissions, if you want to see previous ones then you can click on "View All" to see the entire history list.   Here are the current group limits for submissions: Default Group Limit: 8 Submissions Composer Group Limit: 10 Submissions Retired Staff Group Limit: 10 Submissions Pro Group Limit: 12 Submissions This system also helps us to keep the submissions pages mixed up instead of having one user across 5 pages in a row because they were submitting many at once. But aside from this it also helps us and our staff keep the queue in check instead of letting it get to upwards of 600 submissions pending.   Auto Unapprove System We now have an automatic unapproval system. This means that when you edit certain fields in your submission that require a manual check or intervention from the SSR team that the record will unapprove (be hidden) until it has been checked and updated. Yes, this does mean you no longer need to report your post for an update. The system will detect that certain fields have been edited and notify us automatically for an update! The following fields will always unapprove a post temporarily for reapproval: 3MLE Save File Uploads (MapleBeats) MML Code Box (MabiBeats) Recommended Instrument Choice Piano Roll Preview (Pro Member Option) If any of the above fields are edited in your submission after approval then it will temporarily unapprove it until it has been updated by us.

Hi everyone, The maintenance and server / database move went without a hitch so this issue is not related to that.   What Happened Unfortunately during the maintenance I realized that I made a mistake a week back or so with some of the file storage. Some of the older MapleStory2 song listings were using a different format for the MS2MML file download than we currently use. I mistakenly thought we had updated them all already but it turns out, this was not the case. Unfortunately I was not able to find any backups of this particular storage block either. I was able to get a count of the songs that were lost in this process, and due to the MS2MML files no longer being available nor the MML code in general I have removed all of the listings associated with the broken MS2MML files. Solo - 695 2 Person - 45 3 Person - 10 4 Person - 10 5 Person - 7 6 Person - 7 7 Person - 2 8 Person - 3 9 Person - 1 10 Person - 0 Those numbers are the exact counts of the amount of songs that were lost in each section for MapleStory 2. I greatly apologize for this blunder, it pains me as we lost a lot of GREAT music submissions from users who do not even visit the site any longer. If you are still an active user from back in the days of MapleStory2 beta you will have to resubmit those songs. All of the above songs that were lost were from early May - August 2018.   How will we prevent this from happening again I have actually already solved this issue. Previously before the site maintenance we were on a lone dedicated server box with a lot of inefficiencies and old back end set ups. I did not just clone the server hard drive and move it to the cloud, I redid the entire back end of how my websites are setup as well as the databases, search service, etc. I then moved over all of the data separately and re-imported the databases from scratch. An added benefit of now being in the "Cloud" is that our data no longer lives on one lone hard drive either, it is split up and duplicated in the "Cloud". We also have automatic scheduled back ups now that shoot off into a separate backup storage block in a different datacenter that the cloud provider has.

Hey Everyone,   Website Maintenance Edit: Website Maintenance is now complete, no hiccups have been found during my testing. If you find anything wrong with certain website sections please let me know right away.   Hello Japan I just wanted to throw in a quick shout out to all of our new Japan visitors, I am not sure where our website got shared at but for the first time ever Japan has taken the spot for #1 visitors to our website for this month. Japan is at 2.6 million visits this month and rising while the USA is at 1.9 million. If you are a native Japanese speaker, that can also speak/type English well then please send me a private message on here or in Discord if you would like to contribute translations for the website so that system text can be in Japanese if the Japanese language option is selected.   @ADirtyCouch Retirement Couch has now retired from the website after years of service. Couch started as an SSR (Song Submission Review) team member and worked his way up to being a website administrator. He has helped me through many situations and issues with the website as well as provided answers and training to volunteer staff and users. He has a busy real life currently and has not been able to contribute to the website for some time. He asked to be moved to the retired role, and as of this post he is now in the retired staff group. If you also have appreciated Couch's service to our website send him a note and let him know!

Hi All, Since the update came out that added Cymbals, Snare Drum, and a Bass Drum I have updated 3MLE to add these instruments plus the Celesta and Recorder. The drums in-game only play 1 note sound, no matter which note you play. To try to mimic this function I have locked the drums in 3MLE to their corresponding notes in-game. Normally with drums you can have a little bit of variance in the sounds, or since this is digital use pitch bending to achieve the same function. Nexon has opted out of this method so the drums have been locked to their 1 sound. Unlike in-game where you can play any note to hear the sound, you must keep your notes on the right note in 3MLE to hear the drum sound. The drums have been locked to the following notes: Snare Drum: D2 Bass Drum: C2 Cymbals: C3 When viewing the drum in the instrument list, it is also included in it's name what the notes need to be. These sounds are originally in the drum kit. I extracted them from the drumkit dls and spliced them manually back as individual instruments so they can be selected correctly in 3MLE. We can see here how it sounds, as long as they are on the right note as in the video: 2018-12-06 15-40-09.mp4   You can download the new version of 3MLE Maple Beats Edition on its usual download page here.

  Hi all, A new feature has been added to the site allowing you to bookmark forum posts and submissions in the music databases. This will allow you to categorize and bookmark your favorite music on the site and keep it all in one handy place.    Features You can set a bookmark as Private or Public, if the bookmark is public it will appear on your profile. Private bookmarks will not show up in your profile, or on the activity feed. You can "Sticky" a bookmark to the top of your list, and if it is public to the top of your profile. You can create categories for your bookmarks, break them up between solos and ensembles, your favorites, or maybe a playlist for Halloween, Christmas, Touhou, Undertale, Meme, Etc You can export your bookmarks to XML or HTML format for external sharing.   Where To Access You can access Your Bookmarks anytime by clicking on your username in the top right, and then clicking on "My Bookmarks" Once in that area, you will be able to see your bookmark categories and view them all at once or filtered by categories only.   Profile Bookmarks If a user has their bookmarks as public you will see a new tab on their profile simply named "My Bookmarks", you will be able to see a list of their bookmarks. As an example you can see my public bookmarks here: Yasuno Bookmarks   How to Bookmark When you are viewing a submission, the "Bookmark" button will now appear next to where the Report Submission button it at the bottom of the post.   If you have any questions please feel free to respond to this announcement post, or ask in our Discord.

Hi all, Me and Couch are looking for some SSR's (Song Submission Review Team) to help us keep up with the approval queue. Now that full release for MapleStory 2 is coming we expect it to pick up even more. The queue is already usually at 60+ so if you are not able to give to much time to this role please do not apply at this time. There is not a "quota" but you should be able to spend a few hours a week total on helping us approve music submissions. The SSR role is split between Mabinogi Only, and MapleStory 2 only. This is all volunteer work obviously, but you will get a pretty color / rank in Discord and on the site. You can apply here if you are interested in helping us out: Apply Here *Note: The applications are private, only me and couch will be able to see your application submission.