The difference between demo and EP

Mentioned demo, the average player will think that the game before the beginning of the introduction of the plot animation. But today we are talking about the demo is some groups to participate in the International demo contest produced by the demo, showing a lot of difficult graphics, bring to the appreciation of a lot of praise.

"Demo is the abbreviation of demonstration, the demo on the computer is simply to show the computer graphics and music program, so the beginning of the game Animation Warrior is a demo." At a computer company, you can see a computer showing the software and hardware programs that are commercially available, and these demos are designed to attract customers with graphics and music to achieve the goal of seeking a dress.

But if the knowledge is general demo Then there is nothing to look at. Here the main introduction of the demo does not refer to the commercial demo, but in international competitions, there is a group of participants specifically for the demo game produced by the demo. The main purpose of these demos is: to bring the appreciation of the fun and play the computer in Santu and music experience. In other words, the demo combined with another person to see stunned CG and music, in addition to the demo maker's programming skills and skill, showing a lot of difficult performances. Some people say the demo is: "Dear, I turned the PC into a SGI." "The winning demo is designed to optimize the program, give full play to the PC's hardware potential, and produce amazing results, including: changeable music, Rener graphics generated by real-time operations, Fractrl, transparency, plasma,3d VECTOR space,virtual Reality,morph and so on.

To achieve these results, these demos typically have the following four features:

1. The use of assembly language, to produce a simple demo, with high-level language can be easily written out, but because some limited speed is not ideal. The use of assembly language optimization, can give full play to control hardware and software hungry power.

2. Multi-channel music.

3. Break through the traditional graphics ability: on the PC Standard VGA in 320x200 resolution can only show 256 colors, few memory pages, causing a lot of restrictions. Demos often use special patterns, usually called x mode, which can achieve 320x200 256-color multiple memory pages in these modes.

4. Real-time operations: In these demos are most of the vector space, virtual reality, or have a lot of computer color effects, as well as deformation. Because of the real-time operation of the relationship, although a demo is not large, you can broadcast 10-20 minutes.

The creator of the demo

Demo is like a game, any demo need to have program design, art staff and arranger staff. Often in the way of demo team to prepare demo.

A demo group usually includes:

1 leader organizer: Overall planning lead the team

2 Programming Personnel coder: Design Demo Program

3 Make a musician: Create music to match demo content

4 Art Graphics ARTS: Drawing demo Graphics

5 Other personnel: responsible for BBS and assist, etc.

(It's like the game development team, isn't it?) ）

Ep:extended play, slow record. EP is a kind of CD, the playback device is the same as normal CD, there is no special requirements. EP and CD slightly different, each EP contains fewer tracks than CD, there are generally 1-3 songs around, not more than 5 songs, the price is lower than the general CD.

Another: EP is a small sample

There are many singers before the company excavation, will record some songs to the record company, generally only one or two or two or three first, this is the sample. Later, many companies send an EP to a singer or band before they make an album, included two to three songs, at most five, is testing, see how the market reaction, because the EP song is less, the price is relatively cheaper, if even such a cheap EP can not sell, the record company may have other plans. Some new singers or bands only out of the EP is not on the video, most of the market reaction with EP.

Fine Disc (MCD/EP)

This is a small album, there are generally 3-7 songs (of course, may also be more), the time is relatively short, usually in 15-20 minutes or so. It is a less formal album, the band has a few mature works, need to launch in time, but also not the number of albums, so the release of such a thin disc, of course, may be purely to make some extra money. Its price is between the single and the album. To make the discs more attractive, the bands sometimes put some rare songs on the disc, such as the scene or the song. As a rock band, the album is indispensable, the thin disc belongs to the dispensable thing. In the Bakelite record age this kind of fine disc is called the EP, now of course is called MCD.