Song Title: Silicon Gene
Artist: Son of Rust (www.sonofrust.com)
Genre: Industrial
BPM: 124
Length: 2:58 (cut version)

Step File and Graphics: Spectere
"Foot" Ratings: -/2/5/9/12
Pad/Keyboard: Both
Game Type: DDR
Creation Date(s): May 24-25, 2004

This is the first serious step file that I made that wasn't based on a song
from one of the Bemani series games (or, to be more specific, from IIDX).  My
main objective with the heavy steps was to be a stamina drainer for pad players;
the sim being hard to read was a pleasant side-effect.  I considered giving the
steps the coveted "10-footer" rating but there are several parts where the
player can take a break.  It is, from what I can tell from playing Carpet Carpet
Revolution (my actual mat is too crappy for words) it's a hard 9.  Because of
the 16th note runs, I'd strongly recommend using at least a 2x speed mod.  If
you can't do MAX 300 without bar hugging you might not want to try it.

The challenge steps were designed to give me a challenge, and that they did!
Those are the hardest (possible) steps that I have personally ever made, edit or
otherwise, and probably my overall best.  These steps took me the longest to do;
probably around three hours between two days.

The steps were made completely in the StepMania v3.9 alpha 13 editor (it's old
but it works great).  All audio editing was done in Cool Edit Pro v2 (yes, I
know it's Adobe Audition now).  The banner and background were done in Paint
Shop Pro 8, and the stupidly simple CD title was done in Photoshop 7.

I hope you enjoy this step file!  If you want to give me any comments about it,
I can be found on the arch0wl.com forums, username: Spectere.

-Spectere

P.S. Yes, the gap I picked is 0.  Yes, I know this is frowned upon.  No, I don't
care.  The gap for this file *is* zero.  If it's anything else then you need to
adjust your simulator (decent ones will let you in some way, shape, or form).
For those who shun 0 gap files without really knowing what the gap is: the gap
basically tells the simulator where, in milliseconds (DWI format) or seconds (SM
format) the first beat of the song is.  In some songs/cuts it, such as this one,
can be zero.  If you don't believe me, open this MP3 in an audio editor and find
the first beat.