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jake d’arc
@arclighthalo.com
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Making music like Depeche Mode got beat up by Trent Reznor, or vice versa. Also playing a lot of old video games. Trans rights are human rights Want some goth synthpop in your life? I have you covered: https://linktr.ee/arclighthalo
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 2d
Let's get spooky.

New single, 2025-11-14.

Pre-save: hypeddit.com/arclighthalo...
Bandcamp: arclighthalo.bandcamp.com/album/all-yo...
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 1h
Some DOA2 on Dreamcast for Itagaki-san. Spent quite a few maddening hours unlocking costumes in Survival Mode back in the day (though I think that was DOA Ultimate).

RIP, 58 is too young.
A TV with Dead or Alive 2 for Dreamcast on it. The TV is on a stand with various consoles.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 6h
"'All the data that we see is when people use voice, they love it,' says Mehdi. Some of that data is the billions of minutes that people spend talking in Microsoft Teams meetings."

I don't think they've ever spoken with anyone who uses Teams.
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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 13h
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 9h
Yep, it's solid. I think the second one was a bit of a step backwards (and have no idea bout later sequels), but the first game did a really good job balancing fun gameplay and the almost life sim type stuff. It wasn't just "haha booby outfits".
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 2d
Let's get spooky.

New single, 2025-11-14.

Pre-save: hypeddit.com/arclighthalo...
Bandcamp: arclighthalo.bandcamp.com/album/all-yo...
All You Are - Preview
YouTube video by Arclight Halo
www.youtube.com
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 1d
Thank you so much for the article!
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ReGen Magazine @regenmag.bsky.social · 1d
News: Arclight Halo announces new single, first new release in more than two years

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News: Arclight Halo announces new single, first new release in more than two years
It has been two years since Jake Kantzer last released new material under the moniker of Arclight Halo, although he hasn’t kept idle, as evidenced by the impending release of the “All You Are” single....
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 2d
Let's get spooky.

New single, 2025-11-14.

Pre-save: hypeddit.com/arclighthalo...
Bandcamp: arclighthalo.bandcamp.com/album/all-yo...
All You Are - Preview
YouTube video by Arclight Halo
www.youtube.com
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 3d
Remix is done (and it owns). Release date imminent?
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 4d
New song's done. Remix in progress. Release date soon. :)
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 4d
New song's done. Remix in progress. Release date soon. :)
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 5d
In this essay, I will explain how “Techno Syndrome 2021” reflects a lack of understanding of what makes the original so memora-

*a group of ninjas in identical outfits differentiated only by color palette whisk me away*
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 6d
had a really big “figuring myself out” moment while playing it. like, genuinely. always wanted to say thank you.

so, thank you.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 6d
Thanks! My odds of finding one locally seem *slim* but I’ll definitely poke around eBay etc.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 6d
No problem! Any tips on shopping for one? Curious how you decided to get that one, or if you happened upon it in your travels. Another trip to Japan sadly isn’t in the cards for me for a while.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 6d
That’s a beautiful instrument. I want one. 😅

Lovely cover, as well.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 6d
Really enjoying this one. Reminds me of some stuff off Compass, in a good way.
Believe, by Assemblage 23
from the album Null
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 6d
Aside from mixing, I made a little .bat file to let me select what editor I want to use when I hit the Edit button on a sample in Ableton. Surprisingly straightforward workflow hack if you use multiple (e.g. RX and Melodyne).
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 7d
If you use anything that supports ARA2, give the new MTrackAlign a shot. It *requires* ARA2 but is only $22.

I'm on an old version of VocAlign, for what it's worth, so it's possible the newer one isn't as failure-prone. It does do an extremely good job, I was just pissed that it lost work.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 7d
tbh any plugins that have to use the "record into it because Live doesn't have ARA2" hack should probably be on that list (see also: Melodyne)
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 7d
VocAlign is officially on my "use and then immediately bounce because it can't be trusted" list.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 7d
Album cover for “All You Are” by Arclight Halo. The image is green tinted and portrays a woman made of black fog walking towards the viewer in a desert. The text “All You Are” is in the center, with “you” noticeably smaller and partially transparent where it overlaps with the fog.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 7d
Mm, let’s say mid-November instead of Halloween for the new song. It deserves more obnoxious promotion than I can manage by then.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 8d
Licensing a stock photo for the album art and the standard license only lets me print it 500,000 times. I hope I’ll be able to afford the better license if I sell that many. 😄
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 9d
Admittedly, they might want album art.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 9d
Alright, vocals are mostly done for the new song. Did an Izotope RX pass for mouth noises and other general RX things. Just a few tweaks to make and they’ll be good to go.

Then one more “fun pass” to see if I want to add anything…fun, then mixing, then mastering, then off to Symphonic. Easy.
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 10d
Spotify, later: “we never said the 30 minutes would be in a row”
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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 12d
Yeah, and I certainly wouldn’t go so far to say wages have kept up with COL because they demonstrably haven’t.

I feel like we’ve seen the $20-40 segment grow too. The “AA” game is alive and well, and that was no sure thing 10-15 years ago.
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