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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
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* According to dj TAKA, he was requested to write Quickening by [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]], who was the sound producer of Dance Maniax 2ndMIX.
* 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.
** 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.
** 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.
*** 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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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>
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.
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 received requests to crossover this song in the IIDX series from 6th, while also continuously refusing them....<br>
During that time, I probably had strong personal beliefs and obsessions about it.
The reason why I 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>
If it was only this time, he told me that it was possible to refine that movie to include in 9th, and I unintentionally responded with OK!!<br>
This movie is cool.
=== Dance Maniax ===
dj TAKA has created many famous numbers throughout the history of the BEMANI series. "Quickening" is his first appearance in DMX, which has an undulating sound clashing with trance. The combination of sampled voices, electronic sounds, and mechanical drum rhythms, invites the listener into an unreal space. The last part impressively 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 the movie I was secretly making was 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.


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