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Length: 1:45<br>
Length: 1:45<br>
Genre: PSYCHEDELIC<br>
Genre: PSYCHEDELIC<br>
VJ: [[Tomochika Moroe|MORO]] (beatmania), [[Yuji Takahashi|VJ YUZ]] (beatmania IIDX), ? (DanceDanceRevolution)<br>
Movie: [[Tomochika Moroe|MORO]] (beatmania), [[Yuji Takahashi|VJ YUZ]] (beatmania IIDX), ? (DanceDanceRevolution)<br>
First Music Game Appearance: Dance Maniax 2ndMIX<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC DMX 2nd|Dance Maniax 2ndMIX]]<br>
Other Music Game Appearances:
Other Music Game Appearances:
* [[AC bm THE FINAL|beatmania THE FINAL]] / [[AC bm III THE FINAL|beatmania III THE FINAL]]
* [[AC bm THE FINAL|beatmania THE FINAL]] / [[AC bm III THE FINAL|beatmania III THE FINAL]]
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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
[[Image:Quickening banner.png|thumb|256px|Quickening's banner.]]
{{Gallery}}
[[Image:Quickening ULTRAMIX banner.png|thumb|256px|Quickening's DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX banner.]]
* According to dj TAKA's song comments on [https://web.archive.org/web/20161117062719/http://www.konami.jp/am/bm/final/music/quickening.html beatmania THE FINAL's official website (archived)], he was requested to write Quickening by [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]], who was the sound producer of Dance Maniax 2ndMIX.
* According to dj TAKA, he was requested to write Quickening by [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]], who was the sound producer of ''Dance Maniax 2ndMIX''.
** dj TAKA was stubbornly against Quickening being crossed over into beatmania IIDX since [[AC 6th style|6th style]], but included it in beatmania THE FINAL, since it was the final game in the series.
** And according to his comments on the official song page for Quickening on [https://web.archive.org/web/20161117062719/http://www.konami.jp/am/bm/final/music/quickening.html beatmania THE FINAL's website (archived)], TAKA was stubbornly against Quickening being transplanted into beatmania at first. He allowed it to be in beatmania THE FINAL to "challenge players", in his own words.
* Quickening's Single HARD chart was created by DJ CIVA.
*** TAKA also got requests to put Quickening in beatmania IIDX as early as [[AC 6th style|6th style]]. VJ YUZ himself offered to make the video for Quickening when it finally appeared in 9th style, which made TAKA happy.
* According to dj TAKA's song comments on [https://web.archive.org/web/20150507131309fw_/http://www.konami.jp/am/bm2dx/bm2dx9/songs_quickening.html beatmania IIDX 9th style's official website], VJ YUZ created the Quickening video in his own time, and asked for it to be included in beatmania IIDX 9th style.
* Quickening is the last Dance Maniax song to date to appear in beatmania IIDX.
* Quickening is the last Dance Maniax song to date to appear in beatmania IIDX.
* Despite that in the beatmania III THE FINAL, the BPM of Quickening's Double ANOTHER chart is shown as 149-150 on the song selection screen, it actually is a constant 149 BPM.
* Despite that in the beatmania III THE FINAL, the BPM of Quickening's Double ANOTHER chart is shown as 149-150 on the song selection screen, it actually is a constant 149 BPM.
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* Quickening received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2, different from its beatmania IIDX video. This video was carried to the arcade releases in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
* Quickening received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2, different from its beatmania IIDX video. This video was carried to the arcade releases in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
** This video is played full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers.
** This video is played full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers.
* Quickening received a new Single BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
** This chart was previously found unused in the DDR FESTIVAL -DanceDanceRevolution- data.
* Quickening was one of 30 possible picks for songs for [[AC RB groovin'!! Upper|REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper]]'s 7th Set (Users' SELECTION) of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS unlocking system.
* Quickening was one of 30 possible picks for songs for [[AC RB groovin'!! Upper|REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper]]'s 7th Set (Users' SELECTION) of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS unlocking system.
* Quickening is unlockable in [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]] from October 4th, 2017, after purchasing its NORMAL, HYPER, and ANOTHER charts for 5000, 8000, and 10000 BITs respectively.
* Quickening is unlockable in [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]] from October 4th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with [[CS INFINITAS/BIT unlocks|BITs]].


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
Untranslated.
=== beatmania ===
==== dj TAKA ====
Quickening was a song I made during Dance Maniax 2ndMIX, at the direct request of sound producer NAOKI.<br>
Being a rare opportunity, my idea was to employ a lot of techniques that would be awkward in typical beatmania, due to how the game works.<br>
Even while getting numerous requests from players and the production team to bring the song over to IIDX, I was able to stubbornly fend them off, but...<br>
I got a request this time begging me to put the song in beatmania since it's the last one, so I decided to challenge myself to put it in the game.<br>
With all that background, there were a lot of particular struggles, but thanks to help from CIVA, who did sequence support for the chart, it ended up being satisfactory.<br>
Thank you, CIVA.
 
=== beatmania IIDX ===
==== dj TAKA ====
I created this groovy, one-shot, happy tune by changing the scene with undulations without adding modulations.<br>
It feels as if it's somehow gradually changing.<br>
I created this song in a style which was very difficult to implement in "button pressing games" such as beatmania and pop'n, and I've been asked to crossover this song to the IIDX series since 6th, which I continuously refused....<br>
During that time, I probably had strong personal beliefs and obsessions about it.
 
The reason why I finally included it in this game is actually because VJ YUZ liked this song very much when it was initially released, and personally created a movie for it, completely unrelated with work.<br>
He told me that it was possible to refine that movie to include in 9th, if only this time, and I unintentionally gave him the OK!!<br>
This movie is cool.
 
=== Dance Maniax ===
dj TAKA has created many famous numbers throughout the history of the BEMANI series. "Quickening", his first appearance in DMX, is a trance song with undulating sounds which clash with each other. The combination of sampled voices, electronic sounds, and mechanical drum rhythms, invites the listener into an unreal space. The impressive last part fades out at once, as if the tuning had malfunctioned.


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
=== beatmania IIDX ===
=== VJ YUZ ===
==== VJ YUZ ====
I heard this song a long time ago and it moved my heart, so I secretly made a movie of it which is able to see the light of day now.
I heard this song a long time ago and it moved my heart, so the movie I was secretly making was able to see the light of day now.


== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.<br>
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.<br>
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ in 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.<br>
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ in 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.<br>
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from [http://kani.no.coocan.jp/bm/bm.htm KANI KANI CRAB] and [http://bemaniwiki.com/ BEMANIWiki 2nd].)
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.<br>
Dance Maniax difficulty rated from 1 to 9 in 2ndMIX onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from [http://kani.no.coocan.jp/bm/bm.htm KANI KANI CRAB] and [http://bemaniwiki.com/ BEMANIWiki 2nd].)


=== beatmania ===
=== beatmania ===
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{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS|-|5|9|10|-|5|7|10|-}}
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{{DDR Chart Notecounts|110 / 0|161 / 24|224 / 25|267 / 31|333 / 13 / 0|139 / 20|223 / 21|265 / 21|- / - / -}}
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{{DDR Chart Header|
{{DDR Chart Header|
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{{DDR Chart Notecounts|111 / 0|161 / 24|224 / 25|333 / 13|- / - / -|139 / 20|223 / 21|265 / 21|- / - / -}}
{{DDR Chart|DDR FESTIVAL|-|3|5|'''8'''|-|3|5|7|-}}
{{DDR Chart|DDR FESTIVAL|⁑N/A|3|5|'''8'''|-|3|5|7|-}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA&rarr;SuperNOVA2|1|3|5|8|-|3|5|7|-}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX|3|6|7|11|-|5|6|8|-}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA&rarr;SuperNOVA2|'''1'''|3|5|8|-|3|5|7|-}}
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{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution X&rarr;Present|3|6|7|11|-|5|6|8|-}}
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⁑ Denotes chart is unused and cannot be accessed through normal gameplay.
=== Dance Maniax ===
{{DMX Chart Header|
{{DMX Chart Notecounts|355|416|383|362}}
{{DMX Chart|Dance Maniax 2ndMIX&rarr;2ndMIX append JPARADISE|6|8|6|8}}
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