Dewey Newt

I know this is pretty late. Even though no one's probably gonna read this, here are my thoughts! I did all songs for rounds 5-8.
ROUND 5
-Ballade v King Knight-
Dewey Newt - 100% Epic. This arrangement uses the themes in a way I never would have thought of. The parts are well used and wow does it sound good. The last part especially sounds really good. Not much to say other than well done. Gario - I love how the atmosphere is immediatly set here. The synths are well used, although the lead is a bit jarring when it first comes in. There's a lot more of the sad sound of Ballade than the epicness of King Knight, and yet both are very clear. Very well-arranged. It seems just a bit repetitive, but not really enough to bother me. The robot sounds were really good too, along with that beginning arp they set the mood of the piece very nicely. -Uranus v Wandering Travelers-
JohnStacy - FIESTA! The themes here are so well integrated it's crazy. The arrangement is really good, and I love that piano part and the big brass parts. I like some of the reharmonization, it gives the piece a really nice, jazzy vibe to it. Chiwalker - The themes weren't very recognizeable at first, but as soon as the arp came it with the power saw lead, the arrangement seems to fall more into place. It's a bit simplistic at times, but overall this is a very nice dance take on the two themes. -Saturn v Polar Knight-
TheShaggyFreak - There is a lot of dissonance here, although a lot of that is due to the original composition of Polar Knight. I like the intro here, it's one of the best parts for me. It may be just me, but I feel like there's a part missing for most of the song. Although, it's a very somber take on the themes which is very unexpected, so props for creativity. ROUND 6
-Enker v Specter Knight-
PlanarianHugger - Pretty good integration of the themes, although sometimes a few things sound slightly off-key, probably problems with the chords not matching at times. The melodies seem to work well together for the most part, and there are some really good parts here, like when the arp part takes the lead, and the harmonization of the melody soon after. Sometimes the switching of leads is a bit jarring, and not each part transitions very smoothly, but there's a lot of variation and a lot of it is pretty good arrangement wise. Starphoenix - There are a lot of really cool sounds here, and each part transitions well, but I can't get a grasp on the key. It seems like it would be a really good arrangement if each part was kept in the same key as the others. More than half of the song seems to have parts that clash with each other and although this does start to get a bit better as the song goes on, it repeats the intro which was more jarringly off-key than any other part of the song, so even with the cool glitchy outro, the end just sounds weird and unresolved. If the key was the same across all parts I'm sure this would be a really good entry. -Pluto v Shield Knight-
GCJ - Too much 80s. What were you thinking? -Punk v Mole Knight-
Xenonetix - I like the piano arrangement idea and it's done really well here. Maybe it's just me, but I hear a lot more of Mole Knight than I do of Punk, but the themes are integrated well and flow together nicely. I don't know if it's just reverb, but it sounds like the pedal is down the whole time and is never brought up to make sure notes don't last into the next chord if they don't mesh well. This isn't a problem for most of the arrangement, but when the left hand part is doing the super fast arp-sounding part, it's a bit messy. That ending slow-down part sounds really nice though. ROUND 7
-Mercury v Propeller-
Thirdkoopa - The parts were confusing. I couldn't tell if they were in different keys for half of it, or where the beat was, and the arrangement seems kind of all over the place. I'm not really sure where each piece was played, although I could hear the lead from Mercury playing very quietly at the background at one point which sounded nice. -Venus v Shovel Knight-
Jorito - I love the integration of the themes here. Even if most of the background is just chords, the melodies are mixed so well and I love the instrumentation. I don't know what that sound is at 3:08, but it just sets such a nice atmosphere. This arrangement is really good and gets better as the song goes on. Also those lyrics are pretty good. Megadrive - A good dance beat. I like the arrangement here, these melodies flow pretty nicely together. Also I really like those bell sounds. A little more variation in the bass and drums would have been nice, since the bass playing almost the same rhythm the entire time, and the drums only seem to vary in whether the snare is playing or not, even if there are a few tom rolls that keep it from getting too stale. ROUND 8
Chiwalker Knight v Mars - These songs fit really well into a dance song! It's not always very complex arrangement-wise, but I like the use of the arp during the less complex parts, and when it builds up with all the different parts it gets really good. Xenonetix Knight v Saturn - A bit on the repetitive side, but delicious and groovy. That was pretty long. Anyways, lots of good entries! Very fun and enjoyable to listen to all of them.

Last round of Robots vs. Knights started this week, so I'm out this round. As always, will be around to vote and listen to entries!

SURE, the one round I choose to experiment, so does everyone else
I really liked the range of compositions this round, and I am quite surprised I came out on top in the end.
NinjaPenguinDan, I *did* humanize the piano! Oh well, I guess it wasn't enough, and listening to my track again I can hear some parts that feel a little too stiff. Argh. Oh well, it's all part of the learning process, isn't it?
RonaldPoe, I agree with the others who say that you need to turn up the bass lines in your work. There's something interesting going on there but it's really hard to hear. Maybe it sounds good to you but it's not translating - in other words, maybe there's something wrong with your audio monitoring setup. Personal story along those lines: for the first few months I did remixes people would always comment about the lack of low end in my work even though it sounded fine on my end. I was mixing with headphones with a nice and flat low-end frequency response, so what could the problem be? It turns out the problem was that I was plugging them into my speaker's headphone jack instead of directly into my computer's headphone jack, and the speakers were applying a bass boost before passing the signal along! I thought it was just a pass-through connection but I was wrong. So now I just plug my headphones directly into my computer and things are...well, not ideal, but at least much better.
 
 

Submitted. Very experimental with 5 different time signatures just because.

Got my entry in with 12 hours to spare!

A little over 9 hours left. I uploaded Dewey Newt's track. No extension this time.

awwww yeeeee
Some words:
King Knight vs. Ballade
Dewey Newt: The orchestral score take is something I could imagine being played by a professional symphony, easily recognizable themes from both sources and nicely directed energy towards the end.   Gario: I love the 95(?) bpm rhythm and patterns, also recognize parts of both themes - some of the synths are (kinda) simple but overall enjoyed it.  
Wandering Travelers vs. Uranus 
JohnStacy: You have found a better fit for the Uranus theme than I have.  I say good job, I like the thickly colored take on both themes (and that sexy piano.)  FIESTA!  
 Specter Knight vs. Enker
PlanarianHugger: I love the title, you definitely take the trophy for best named track in my book.  This one mixed the high energy from both tracks into a pretty high energy arrangement itself.  I think some of the transitions from theme to theme were a little sudden or harsh, but the appropriate switch-ups and direction in the rhythm section held it together. Starphoenix: Lots of cool effects and manipulation of both themes into what I believe would've been a coherent arrangement...had they been in the same key  
  Shovel Knight vs. Venus (I feel like shovel knight is an overture of sorts for some other themes I've heard from the game hmm)
Jorito: Combines both sources better than any track I've heard so far in this compo. So smooth, although I must admit I found the voice distracting. MegaDrive: I liked the funky take on themes, with some cool color provided by the celestial sounding thing.  However, a bit repetitive.

I'm gonna have to sit out on this one. I've been rushing the last couple out so I'm gonna take some time to finish up other work and hopefully I'll be able to make something real good next time! I'll still vote this round though, no doubt about that.

This is screaming out for a rock remix, but I'm going to try to step out of my comfort zone a bit and take in a totally different direction.

Results time.
PlanarianHugger did another song for PRC, a bonus mix this time (as winner of PRC346).
    
GCJ did a short but interesting song. Still he only got 12 points, ending with the last place wooden spoon.
Dewey Newt was the winner of PRC347, but now ends with 15 points and second place.
And the winner of PRC348 is Dex with the maximum 21 points.
Dex congratulations. A strong way to start PRC. You may select the source for PRC350. Send the source to me (with a MID/MP3 file, otherwise send a second source with a MID file) by PM, other options are PM me @ ThaSauce or by e-mailing to bambombim@gmail.com (I prefer a PM @Ocremix). Send your source as fast as you can, but before next Monday (29 May), 10:59 AM ThaSauce time (18:00 UTC, 19:00 GMT).
You may select any source for any game, but not a source with an OverClocked remix or a source which has been used in PRC before. An overview of the past PRC's can be found in the following links:
http://sites.google.com/site/bambombim/prc
http://bambombim.googlepages.com/PRCRemixList.doc (also downloadable via the link above).     Check the ThaSauce Page for the results and votes. PRC348 already started: check the link. http://ocremix.org/community/topic/45778-prc349-time-to-put-the-turbo-on-in-this-tunnel-battletoads/

On vacation this week, so I had to get a bonus mix done early. Looking forward to what everyone else comes up with! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8-q7hg2GtQPZzRReUxFYmktcUU/view?usp=drivesdk

Aaahhhh snap, I love Kirby songs! Gonna have to figure something out for this one.
EDIT: Think my enthusiam got the best of me again. I have a few too many other responsibilities at the moment to make an entry, but I'm looking forward to see what the other entries are!

Had an extra minute to throw some notes down for this. Really short (again), but an entry nonetheless!

Voted. Those remixes are some good stuff. *Insert thumbs up here*

Well done to everybody! Good number of votes this time.  I've already got a source picked out for this one, should be fun!

The ThaSauce thread is already up. So if something bad happens to me or my internet connection, the round can still start. Only admin's can see the thread and source yet. Hopefully HoboKa doesn't abuse this advantage to create an OC-worthy song. For me, even if I would use this advantage I would still end up with the wooden spoon.

Well done to everybody! Good number of votes this time.  I've already got a source picked out for this one, should be fun!

Well done to everybody! Good number of votes this time.  I've already got a source picked out for this one, should be fun!

voted! also I only had a few seconds of bonus mix 
 

I decided to return to this contest and make a remix for this entry. The theme and its accompanying video remind me of an ancient tomb so I took that direction (to an extent). Good luck everyone. 

I entered something. Not sure why I did it but I did.

Got an entry in! I'm glad I was able to triple the loop time. Still didn't make it over 2 minutes lol.

(this quote was from PRC345)
I've signed up for the Discord group today, didn't get around to it earlier. I'm going to post small announcement over there in the #comps page, linking to this thread and/or ThaSauce.

I should finally have some time to throw an entry together! Think I have a pretty solid idea as well. 

May not have had the time to enter, but I did submit a vote. I should be able to enter this next round, though!