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== Song Information ==
== Song Information ==
 
[[Image:Quickening.png|thumb|Quickening's jacket.]]
Artist: dj TAKA<br>
Artist: dj TAKA<br>
Composition/Arrangement: [[Takayuki Ishikawa]]<br>
Composition/Arrangement: [[Takayuki Ishikawa]]<br>
BPM: 150<br>
BPM: 150 (beatmania, beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution), 149-150 (beatmania III Double ANOTHER)<br>
Length: 1:45<br>
Length: 1:45<br>
Genre: PSYCHEDELIC<br>
Genre: PSYCHEDELIC<br>
VJ: [[Yuji Takahashi|VJ YUZ]]<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]]
* beatmania THE FINAL / beatmania III THE FINAL
* [[AC 9th style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]]
* [[AC_9th_style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]]
* [[AC DDR SuperNOVA|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA]]
* [[CS DDR ULTRAMIX|DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX]]
* [[CS DDR ULTRAMIX|DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX]]


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
 
None.
Some vocal samples, including "sabroso negrito lindo".


== Song Connections / Remixes ==
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* Quickening's "sabroso negrito lindo" sample originates from Masterbits' ''World Zone 3 - Salsa Picante'' sample CD.
** It shares this sample with [[El pais del sol(GIVE ME MORE SALSA MIX)]], LATIN REMIX from [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]].
* A long version of Quickening appears in dj TAKA's first album, [[milestone]].
* A small loop of music sounding a lot like Quickening plays in the music select screen in [[AC 5th style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]].


* A long version of Quickening appears on dj TAKA's album ''milestone''.
== Trivia ==
* A small loop of music sounding a lot like Quickening plays in the music select screen in [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]].
{{Gallery}}
* Quickening shares the "sabroso negrito lindo" sample with [[El pais del sol]].
* 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.
** 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.
* Quickening's Single HARD chart was created by DJ CIVA.
* 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.
* 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.
* In DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX, Quickening's artist is credited as '''dj. TAKA'''.
* Quickening received a new Single EXPERT chart in [[CS DDR FESTIVAL|DDR FESTIVAL -DanceDanceRevolution-]]. This chart was used as Quickening's Single CHALLENGE chart in [[CS DDR EXTREME2|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2]] and [[CS DS Max|Dancing Stage Max]].
** The DDR FESTIVAL Single EXPERT chart for Quickening is used in the arcade releases of DanceDanceRevolution.
* 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 prior to [[AC DDR WORLD|DanceDanceRevolution WORLD]].
* 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 is unlockable in [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]] from October 4th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with [[CS INFINITAS/BIT unlocks|BITs]].
* In [[CS DDR GRAND PRIX|DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX]], Quickening received its difficulty change from DanceDanceRevolution WORLD on July 3rd, 2024.


== Trivia ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== 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.


* According to dj TAKA, he was requested to write Quickening by [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]], who was the sound producer of Dance Maniax 2ndMIX.
=== beatmania IIDX ===
** And according to his comments on the official song page for Quickening on [http://www.konami.jp/am/bm/final/music/quickening.html beatmania THE FINAL's website], TAKA was stubbornly against Quickening being transplanted into beatmania at first.
==== dj TAKA ====
*** TAKA also got requests to put Quickening in 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.
I created this groovy, one-shot, happy tune by changing the scene with undulations without adding modulations.<br>
* Quickening is the last Dance Maniax song to date to appear in IIDX.
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.


== Song Production Information ==
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.


Untranslated.
=== 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 ==
=== 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.
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
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>
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 ===
{{bm Chart Header|
{{bm Chart Notecounts|478|651|878|440|620|1044}}
{{bm Chart|beatmania THE FINAL|6|7|8|5|6|9}}
{{bm Chart|beatmania III THE FINAL|6|7|8|6|7|8}}
}}
=== beatmania IIDX ===
{{IIDX Chart Header|
{{IIDX Chart Notecounts|206|478|875|1062|-|440|620|1044|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 9th style|-|5|7+|N/A|-|5|7|N/A|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 10th style&rarr;11 IIDX RED|-|5|8|N/A|-|5|7|N/A|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY&rarr;Present|-|5|&uarr;9|10|-|5|7|10|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 9th style CS|-|5|7+|7+|-|5|7|7|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS|'''2'''|5|8|8+|-|5|7|8+|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS|-|5|9|10|-|5|7|10|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE|-|5|9|10|-|-|-|-|-}}
}}
=== DanceDanceRevolution ===
==== ULTRAMIX Charts ====
{{DDR Chart Header|
{{DDR Chart Notecounts|110 / 0|161 / 24|224 / 25|267 / 31|333 / 13 / 0|139 / 20|223 / 21|265 / 21|- / - / -}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX / Dancing Stage Unleashed|-|3|5|6|-|3|5|7|-}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max|'''1'''|3|5|6|'''8'''|3|5|7|-}}
}}


Untranslated.
==== FESTIVAL Charts ====
{{DDR Chart Header|
{{DDR Chart Notecounts|111 / 0|161 / 24|224 / 25|333 / 13|- / - / -|139 / 20|223 / 21|265 / 21|- / - / -}}
{{DDR Chart|DDR FESTIVAL|⁑N/A|3|5|'''8'''|-|3|5|7|-}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX|3|6|7|11|-|5|7|8|-}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA&rarr;SuperNOVA2|'''1'''|3|5|8|-|3|5|7|-}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution X&rarr;A3|3|6|7|11|-|5|6|8|-}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution WORLD&rarr;Present|3|6|7|11|-|5|&uarr;7|8|-}}
}}
⁑ Denotes chart is unused and cannot be accessed through normal gameplay.


{{stub}}
=== 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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[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:DDR Songs]]
[[Category:Beatmania Songs]]
[[Category:DDR CS Songs]]
[[Category:DanceDanceRevolution Songs]]
[[Category:IIDX Songs]]
[[Category:DanceDanceRevolution Songs with Unique Videos]]
[[Category:IIDX Songs with Unique Videos]]
[[Category:beatmania IIDX Songs]]
[[Category:IIDX AC Songs Never Removed]]
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Latest revision as of 15:50, 3 July 2024

Quickening

Song Information

Quickening's jacket.

Artist: dj TAKA
Composition/Arrangement: Takayuki Ishikawa
BPM: 150 (beatmania, beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution), 149-150 (beatmania III Double ANOTHER)
Length: 1:45
Genre: PSYCHEDELIC
Movie: MORO (beatmania), VJ YUZ (beatmania IIDX), ? (DanceDanceRevolution)
First Music Game Appearance: Dance Maniax 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
  • According to dj TAKA's song comments on beatmania THE FINAL's official website (archived), he was requested to write Quickening by NAOKI, who was the sound producer of Dance Maniax 2ndMIX.
    • dj TAKA was stubbornly against Quickening being crossed over into beatmania IIDX since 6th style, but included it in beatmania THE FINAL, since it was the final game in the series.
  • Quickening's Single HARD chart was created by DJ CIVA.
  • According to dj TAKA's song comments on 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.
  • 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.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX, Quickening's artist is credited as dj. TAKA.
  • Quickening received a new Single EXPERT chart in DDR FESTIVAL -DanceDanceRevolution-. This chart was used as Quickening's Single CHALLENGE chart in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 and Dancing Stage Max.
    • The DDR FESTIVAL Single EXPERT chart for Quickening is used in the arcade releases of DanceDanceRevolution.
  • 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 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 REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper's 7th Set (Users' SELECTION) of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS unlocking system.
  • Quickening is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from October 4th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX, Quickening received its difficulty change from DanceDanceRevolution WORLD on July 3rd, 2024.

Song Production Information

beatmania

dj TAKA

Quickening was a song I made during Dance Maniax 2ndMIX, at the direct request of sound producer NAOKI.
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.
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...
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.
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.
Thank you, CIVA.

beatmania IIDX

dj TAKA

I created this groovy, one-shot, happy tune by changing the scene with undulations without adding modulations.
It feels as if it's somehow gradually changing.
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....
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.
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!!
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

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.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
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.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
Dance Maniax difficulty rated from 1 to 9 in 2ndMIX onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Normal Hard Another Normal Hard Another
Notecounts 478 651 878 440 620 1044
beatmania THE FINAL 6 7 8 5 6 9
beatmania III THE FINAL 6 7 8 6 7 8

beatmania IIDX

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts 206 478 875 1062 - 440 620 1044 -
beatmania IIDX 9th style - 5 7+ N/A - 5 7 N/A -
beatmania IIDX 10th style→11 IIDX RED - 5 8 N/A - 5 7 N/A -
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present - 5 ↑9 10 - 5 7 10 -
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS - 5 7+ 7+ - 5 7 7 -
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS 2 5 8 8+ - 5 7 8+ -
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS - 5 9 10 - 5 7 10 -
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE - 5 9 10 - - - - -

DanceDanceRevolution

ULTRAMIX Charts

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 110 / 0 161 / 24 224 / 25 267 / 31 333 / 13 / 0 139 / 20 223 / 21 265 / 21 - / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX / Dancing Stage Unleashed - 3 5 6 - 3 5 7 -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max 1 3 5 6 8 3 5 7 -

FESTIVAL Charts

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 111 / 0 161 / 24 224 / 25 333 / 13 - / - / - 139 / 20 223 / 21 265 / 21 - / - / -
DDR FESTIVAL ⁑N/A 3 5 8 - 3 5 7 -
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX 3 6 7 11 - 5 7 8 -
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2 1 3 5 8 - 3 5 7 -
DanceDanceRevolution X→A3 3 6 7 11 - 5 6 8 -
DanceDanceRevolution WORLD→Present 3 6 7 11 - 5 ↑7 8 -

⁑ Denotes chart is unused and cannot be accessed through normal gameplay.

Dance Maniax

Game Single Double
Mild Wild Mild Wild
Notecounts 355 416 383 362
Dance Maniax 2ndMIX→2ndMIX append JPARADISE 6 8 6 8