Softbit
By Robert J! Lake
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Released 10/16/2011.
Duration: 3:32.
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Artist commentary:
Robert J! Lake, Nick Smalley, Luke Benjamins, and Erik Scheele: (album audio commentary)
GFD: Wait, what song is this? I've never heard this.
RJ!: This is Softbit.
GFD: This is Softbit?!
RJ!: Yeeah, man. Nick: [unintelligible] RJ!: I completely rechanged it, reworked it, whatever. Words.
GFD: Holy crap! This is really... this sounds like something from Cave Story now!
GFD: It IS from Cave Story, you just took a song from Cave Story and stuck it in the album, you jerk. Nick: I like it a lot.
RJ!: Yeah, I did, I'm sorry. Nick: Yeah, good job, now we can't sell this.
RJ!: Copyright Studio Pixekel. It's not like we haven't done that before. Nick: Pixekel? GFD: Pixel.
RJ!: Pik, Pick, Pic Skull. Nick: No, don't say it, don't say it.
Jit: Is this really from Cave Story?
GFD: No, it's not. RJ!: No, it's not actually from Cave Story. Jit: Okay, good.
GFD: Just like RJ actually made Bars. [laughter] Oh, wait... Man, it's missing all the oomph that it used to have. It's all uh—
RJ!: It's more... Nick: YOU'RE missing the oomph. RJ!: Softer than—
GFD: It's wimpier.
Nick: You're wimpier.
RJ!: It's softer.
Jit: Wait... this melody sounds familiar GFD: It does. RJ!: I wonder, is it because I wrote it?
[laughter] GFD: Why did you redo this song?
RJ!: I didn't like it before. GFD: Can you upload the old version as a bonus track, 'cause I liked it that way.
RJ!: OOOOKAY... GFD: Okay. Nick: No! GFD: Yes.
RJ!: But only because, I'm gonna call it: "Softbit (GFD's Surprise Mix)". [laughter]
Nick: "Softbit (This is Why I Changed it Remix)". [laughter]
GFD: Excellent.
Jit: I swear this sounds familiar, like it's a Homestuck track.
RJ!: Because it is a Homestuck track!
GFD: It is, it's the...
RJ!: It's, uh, it's a rearrangement of Softly from Volume 5 that I wrote.
Jit: Oh, okay... I hardly remember that track, unfortunately.
RJ!: It's okay, most people don't remember my songs. [fake sniffles]
Jit: I doubt most people remember my songs either, but I mean, Volume 5 was massive.
GFD: I doubt anybody LISTENED to my songs.
Nick: People listened to my song on Volume 5.
[song imitation noises]
GFD: No, you know what, nono, no, this is, like, this is one... The difference between your old version of this song and the new one is like, the old Cave Story soundtrack to the new one on WiiWare. That's the difference.
RJ!: That was mean. You're mean. You're being mean to me.
GFD: It, it's, it's, it is, that is how it sounds like, even some of the instruments sound the same.
Jit: Wait, are you saying this one's the new one or?
GFD: The new one.
Jit: Oh... you're mean. GFD And.— RJ!: That was mean.
Jit: I don't even know what the new soundtrack is, but, I mean...
GFD: It's okay.
Jit: It's like thinking about the new Spelunky soundtrack or something because I played the original and I played this great mod of it called "Tastes Like Spelunky". And then it's like, oh, there's a new one! And I'm like, oh great, will Buzinkai do the music? [growling] Nooo.
GFD: What just happened to your voice?
Nick: [imitating growl] Nooo. GFD: It sounded really scary on this end.
RJ!: It sounded like when I used effects with DigiTech, with my DigiTech vocalist.
Jit: That's just me, going all deep in voice for some—
[everyone imitating growl] [laughter]
Jit: 'Cause I mean. Oh, I dunno. I get this feeling that I don't actually know how high my voice is normally, but I can go pretty low.. 'cause I'm like, a bass, in choir speak.
GFD: My voice. My voice is just weird, I hate it.
Jit: Yeah, I hate my voice too. I tried to record some singing the other day—