So my next song is done. Father’s Day special and all that. Unfortunately, I can’t upload it right now, and here’s why.

So it’s actually quite simple why I can’t upload it in its current state, and it’s because FL decided that my manual sidechain (manually automating the volume decreases since it would be way too fast otherwise) would be impossible to render correctly SPECIFICALLY with my new song. I have no idea why it’s doing this, but basically, every time there’s a kick drum, the song goes completely silent. I’d love to show you what I mean but NG doesn’t let you have audio clips so I can’t. But basically this completely ruins the song’s drops, and it’s a shame, because I’m quite proud of this one. What’s supposed to happen is that every kick drum, the volume of each instrument decreases and then immediately increases to give the kick more impact.

I have tried exporting it into different formats, reducing the intensity of the sidechain, everything, and it didn’t work. At this point I have a few options:

1. Remove the sidechain from all instruments, leaving me with a very messy song that would have to be completely reworked and take several days more to make decent and it would still never sound as good as the original
2. Change the lead instrument (which I think is the one causing the issues). This would also take a while to find a replacement but I think it is the best option to fix the issue.
3. Scrap the song entirely.
4. Upload the version with the weird audio and fix it later (I really don’t want to do this).
5. Upload the current version now on my SoundCloud for those who are interested, then fix the audio issue, then upload the fixed audio version (of which would involve the first or second options).

The only feasible way for me to accomplish everything I wanted is to go with option 5. It would allow me to still have a Father’s Day special and still keep the standards for my Newgrounds account. However, it comes with a big caveat: you’d all be spoiled and hear the bad version first. I really don’t want you guys to get a bad impression, and so I don’t know what to do at this point. Advice?

Update: I have figured out a solution:

6.Screen record the entire song using Apple’s screen record feature within FL mobile itself to avoid the rendering issue causing the weird audio, convert the video to mp3, and upload that file instead. I tried it with the audio clip, it’s worked perfectly. Thanks everyone for your help!