That is, if he decides to use the track... 

I'd like to hear it first. :P 

Will there be a nice poster of all the maps in that jam ? Would be cool ! 

dumptruck gave me a listen. I thought it was going to be an ambient track like the one you did before; this is more suited for an ambient_genericpurpose/play_sound. It's good stuff though, but I don't think I'm going to use it for this map.

Something that would work is if you took snippets of that track without the background hum so they can be used as one-shot sounds, much like how the wood creaking works in AD. 

I'm too impatient to hear that. 

I was just about to post the download link. It comes in two versions: normal and volume reduced by 6db (I thought the normal one was a bit too loud ingame). It's OK if you don't use it, I'll find a use for it anyway. Told you it would be more suited to a full library map! ;) The idea behind it was that the writing sounds you hear are actually invisible ghosts of ancient copyist monks who follow you everywhere through the map, hence their constant volume. The hum/rumble (humble?) was for extra eeriness.

I could upload the multitrack if you want to make point ambient sounds out of it, let me know (it won't be mastered, though). Or you could DIY - the samples I used are listed in the readme below, though I modified them.

If you, or anyone else for that matter, decide to use it anyway, please add this to your readme:

MUSIC:
Filename: trackXX.ogg
Title: The Infinite Library
Time: 4'26"

Composed by Guillaume "Mugwump" Perez a.k.a. The ?uestion Mark.
Mastered by David "dumptruck_ds" Spell.
Released on 07-27-2017 under Creative Commons license CC-BY 4.0.

Samples used from freesound.org:
book-close-03 by koops
flipping-through-pages by vladnegrila
psani-brkem by 6polnic
readingroom by bulldozia
room-tone-large-room-library by lwdickens
turning-book-pages by et-graham
writing-with-pen by jasonelrod
writing-with-pencil by jasonelrod

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

You like The ?uestion Mark's music? Explore more!

https://thequestionmark.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/the-question-mark
https://www.indabamusic.com/people/thequestionmark

As before, replace the XX with the track number of your choice and rename the file accordingly.

PS: Sign of Koth wasn't exactly ambient. This one is. 

Yeah when I say ambient track I meant background music. If you have something lingering around that's similar to and a bit slower than Sign of Koth I'm game. I really really like Sign of Koth but it's not really suited for the map (might be a bit repetitive given how big the map is). 

If you have something lingering around
Sadly, no. I have bits and pieces of unfinished tracks but nothing completed, or even close to completion yet. If there's something on my Bandcamp that suits your needs, I could ask Dumptruck to give it a quick mastering polish. There's a 5-ish-minute drone section in To Infinity & Back that I believe wouldn't sound bad in Quake. 

is anyone actually using (or planning to use) my first submitted track? 

Sounds like it might be an interesting ambience for a small area, maybe the start map or something that isn't actiony. I wouldn't personally use it for a full map. 

if the start map is libraryish enough, it'd be fine by me. Who's making it again? 

may work well as an ambient for my final area 

Just crept back up the comments and looked at the start map screenies. Looks like it could fit. Skacky, what do you think? 

Heh, PuLSaR published his comment while I was typing mine... Honesty, I don't mind which map uses it in the end, but I did like Fifth's idea for the start map. 

 

Maybe not as a background music, but more for a play_sound that plays in a few areas.
I'm going to use Sign of Koth for something by the way. 

If Infinite Library is going to be used as a play_sound, I'm gonna ask dumptruck to make the looped version he offered me to. And both you guys could use it, how neat is that? Do you need a version without the rumble? Actually, there's 2 constant sounds: the rumble and the background library ambience. I can remove both if need be, though the writing & page flips might sound a little "naked" without the library ambience. 

One with the rumble and one with the library ambience.

You can then place them in suitable areas (for instance putting the library one near bookshelves). 

I can make them loop. It will take a bit longer than simple mastering FYI. 

As stressful as the process was for a lot of people, i still think this has been the most succesful jam since ive been on the forum. Good stuff everybody. 

Making the files right now. You still have the original master or do I have to send it back to you? 

But please give me a list of everything you are expecting back. 

I'm gonna send you 3 files in a moment: the track without the rumble, without the library ambience and without both rumble & ambience. These 3 will need to be mastered with the exact same settings as the original (for consistency), then you can loop the 4 files so that Fifth, skacky or anyone else can use them as they see fit. Is that OK for you? 

Yes. Can do! The issue sometimes is looping. Sometimes tricky to get without clicks but IIRC you have a fade up and out so should be okay.