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Source: My take: http://tindeck.com/listen/twgi Hello Everyone, I'm new here. Last Sunday I found out about this place and started obsessively listening to all of the remixes I could find. During the time I spent looking around, I realized that one of my favorite games, Disgaea 2, had received no love and no requests. I must have been in a problem-solving kind of mood, because after some research as to the expectations for a remix, I immediately started cranking this track out. The reason I chose this particular piece to remix is because anyone who has played Disgaea 2 as long as I have knows that to get to level 9999 (yes, it's possible and AMAZINGLY rewarding), it takes a lot of time in the Item World. I basically know the tune by heart from all of the hours I've poured into it, and it's a fairly good track to remix, so why not? I called the track "No Fear" because the item world seems very simple and easy at first--you breeze right through it--but when you get to level 100 and you're staring a level 2 Item God in the face, it's pretty darn scary. I'm already very proud of it. However, I'm also very critical of it, so I'm just going to mention some of the things that I don't like. What I know how to fix: -It's too short. The ending is lame anyway,so I'm planning to add another part, possibly spiraling out a little more from the source material to make some scary soundscapes, a la Devlab by Devin Townsend. It's called No Fear, after all. One idea I had was to use some material from other tracks from Disgaea for the ending. -The guitar work is sloppy and the doubled octave part is out of tune. I'm not the most competent guitar player, but I'm slowly getting better. Most likely I'm going to redo the guitar parts for that middle section altogether. -The drum beat at the beginning of the "metal section" is lame. I was thinking I would try out a different type of beat, maybe on the toms instead of the more straight ahead rock beat with the hi-hat that I have now. Any suggestions for alternative rhythm section endeavors I could try would be appreciated. -The arpeggiated bass sounds ugly. I'm currently tweaking it every chance I get to see if I can make it sound any better. That's more that I'm struggling to gain a mastery over Massive than a serious issue, I think. What I need help with: -The big thing that comes to mind is production on the drums. I know that my acoustic drum set sounds amazing when you're in the room with it. I just can't seem to get the eq levels right. The bass drum in particular sounds too "thumpy" to me, and I wish I knew how to give it more punch without overpowering the mix. Also, the snare sounds just a little bit dull compared to how colorful and powerful it sounds in real life. Once again, all of the eqing I tried just resulted in clipping or overpowering the mix. I really could use some advice in this area. -Any other production suggestions would be nice as well. I'm new to a lot of the concepts involved in production. I did some EQ and panning work on the rest of the tracks, but I have done no compression and I think it sounds fine. Who knows? I might be wrong. That's all I can think of at the moment. Enjoy! EDIT: Latest version:

This is my remix of the Mother 3 naming screen. Although there are very few parts in the song I did my very best and I liked the results. The ending product times just over 2:40. Prophecy's "Sweet Dream Lullaby" really inspired me to make this (my mix doesn't come close to reaching that level of awesome) and I think you can see how it influences the music. I hope you enjoy listening to it! Original - Begin (Remix) - http://tindeck.com/listen/tgzv

Well here's my attempt at remixing Sonic 2's Chemical Zone, I normally post a link to the source, but I doubt there's many people here that don't know it. As this is just the first version it's still rough around the edges (ignore the blip right at the very start), but i'm pretty happy with the arrangement and the general sound of it so far. So as always any feedback, what you like/don't like about it, what you would change, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

This is a quick sketch of my latest project from Chrono Cross. This time, I am remixing the Chronopolis theme. The original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8PEzZ9pqkw My Remix: http://soundcloud.com/user7666413/chrono-cross-song-of-ruin-2/s-6IMVB

A lot of firsts in this one for me. First Vocal track. First use of vocoding. First synthesizer solo. First use of synthesized drums. It's nearly finished. I just need to tighten up the solo and vocal performance, and fix some balance issues. Mix: http://tindeck.com/listen/rbxx (sorry about the bummer of a title, haha) Latest: http://tindeck.com/listen/jibu Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQTn45K4u44&feature=related Tell me what you think.

Hello!! Happy New Year and Marry Xmass!! This mix has lots of issues but arrangement is ready I think.. In first view too much reverb and may be compression. Then some bass guitar play issues. And at last I forgot to make fade-out effects in some places and of course mastering problems. I'm drunk.. This is my excuse:mrgreen: Here is the mix: And the source: Happy New Year and Xmas!! Again! And THANK YOU!! AWESOME holidays to You guys!!

It's done... It's all done... Time to see what you all think. Also, stop silently downloading without commenting so I can know whether to submit this to the judges or not. A 2 month wait needs a build up of confidence, before I invest the time... Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TJMNxWGd-Q Source:

ok guys! I've redone almost all leads: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3443029/My%2...-%20Final2.mp3 1. Piano now has a arpeggio layer underneath to sound more natural 2. Both sax re-recorded to sound as human as possible (believe me, I really tried hard to make it sound real) 3. Flute sample replaced with the one with less vibration (also added some breath effects to make it sound more real) 4. Some chords progression re-written. I hope you guys have no complains this time. I really want to move on to VROOM project after this. So, submission worthy? Source(s) Bayonetta: After Burner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY78laSGops

im not fixing it cause its in fl studio(makes editing complicated unlike ableton imo) and i have not interface and i dont want to keep rendering Wavs files to continue but heres the link http://soundcloud.com/aires/ice-cap-crater-v4-oc source is obvious, so i'll let you guies guess

I tried some new stuff with this one. http://tindeck.com/listen/lzlb Please tell me what you think! Thanks, -TGH

Hey! I've been experimenting with remixing stuff for quite a while, but I'd never get anything quite satisfying to me. I think I might finally be coming up with something good. I'd like to know what you guys think about it. It's still far from finished, though. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2IXKsYHGJ0 Remix: http://www.tindeck.com/listen/hvmd Thanks! EDIT : FINAL VERSION : Nostalgic Waters v3

Hi, Just completed my first full-fledged VG remix so I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on it before I submit it for review. I think it could probably use a little more polish and since I've listened to it a hundred or so times, it would be great for a fresh set of ears to take a listen and give feedback. I'm sure the source material should be pretty familiar to all. It's done in the David Grisman style of bluegrass/jazz fusion, so it's probably a lot different than anything else on here...not sure if that's good or not ! Hope you like! Thanks so much! http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9881504 EDIT: Since I'm in mod review status, I'll go ahead and post the source material below just in case they want a quick A/B comparison.

hy everybody, i´m new here at oc and a big fan of the music artists here on oc! great work so, i´m a music artist too (i hope so) ... and I would like to get feedback from you. I do not make a clear music still, sometimes it´s chill and ...sometimes hardcore. With this profil rpgfantasymusic i make the final fantasy/rpg´s music remix. i have one more channle ...but it´s not really a music direction for this site ...it´s more j-core. here my fav one that i made: New Aeris completely rewritten, a remix from the aeris theme. trying something completely different, here the (but i work with sheets)ps. sorry for the bad english, i came from germany

So, it's been awhile since I've posted (been pretty busy), but here's the Castle Theme from Super Mario World in a dubstep/hip-hop interpretation. I have a few questions: How do I get the drums to sound "thicker"? EQ, maximizer, stereo, what? Does anyone have any links to drum composition tutorials? I can hack out a passable drum beat in ReDrum, but here, I'm using a couple of mixed-around drum loops. Any EQ/mastering things you noticed while listening to it? Is it too quiet? Original: Thanks, OCR.

This is a remix of a particularly dark tune from HL2 that I always really liked. The original is done in an industrial/techno style and I wanted to keep that vibe while still incorporating my heavy metal style guitar playing into the mix. I am having trouble really finishing this track. I think the arrangement is pretty good, but I'm having some trouble with mixing certain parts of the song. Of particular note are a few parts where I am having trouble getting the drums to cut through the mix. I'm looking forward to hearing what any of you all think of this. here is the mix: http://www.tindeck.com/listen/brxd The file name on the mix is a little messed up. I totally misremembered song's title when i saved it and i thought i would leave it for now just for laughs. Here is the source:

Hey guys, I've scraped this together over a time period of about three to four weeks. It's of this theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrvgAcxG4nI I felt this song desperately needed some better instruments and a bit of additional touch. So here is my remix: http://tindeck.com/listen/kekn Hope you guys enjoy, and please be as harsh as possible. Thanks, TGH

EDIT: Thanks gintokipianist for playing this! Comments please? Source: And a little bit of the SNES version Here's a solo piano remix of Jungle Jitters from the GBA version of DKC3. I've honestly no idea what genre it should fall under -- I'd like to think it's somewhere between jazz and baroque [EDIT: okay it's definitely not baroque haha] (which is a pretty wide range actually), except that I've hardly listened or written either jazz or baroque, so I'm hardly a very good judge. Comments on the arrangement so far please Like whether it seems too far from the source, or if it just sounds plain bad or schizophrenic at parts? Sound is just fed through the Tascam CV piano, although it's hardly continuous velocity because they're all set to 100, so I know it sounds mechanical because well, it is. [EDIT: Well since it's played live now, the sound should be pretty much better haha] Yeap thanks

<--- Remix! Also --> If you for some reason want youtube's stellar sound Source --> This remix is entitled Shadow Puppetry for the Blind, which was ripped off from an old short story I wrote involving light, darkness, a magical grand piano, and as many biblical allusions that Google could find me. Nevertheless, I insist this remix is like shadow puppetry for the blind, because (1) it sorely lacks any sense of direction and clarity, and (2) it's utterly pointless. The source should be pretty clear throughout, it starts with a slightly mutated version if the bassline, moves into a slightly more mutated version of the source, and finally into a disfigured, degenerate and defenestrated hack of an excuse for the source. Oh and Those Who Fight is thrown in somewhere because it fit the rhythm almost perfectly, and saved me the trouble of thinking of my own buildup. Oh and I feel pleased to no end with myself for sneaking in a quote from a chinese orchestral piece (飞天, translated as Flying Asparas, and if you read that as asparagus you're not alone, and if you have no idea what an asparas is, you're not alone either). Which is pretty much the only part of the remix which made me feel clever. But that doesn't really matter very much, as does anything else I've said. Assuming anyone's even bothered to read past the words 'crunchy potato feather' up there. You scrolled up didn't you But yeah, ramble's done, comments please!

Hey all, My first true Dubstep track here. I love the music from Zelda 2 and I think I've got something worth listening to here. Feedback appreciated! I should say that I ventured off the Dubstep track for parts of this song, so I'm not interested in any genre nerds telling me this isn't true dubstep... Links: Youtubez - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy993QELIVw Download - http://www.donimusic.com/soundfiles/The-Adventure-of-Link_-_Battle-Theme_-_Doni-Dubstep-Remix.mp3 Source -

Hello everyone My name is Josh, and I work in I.T. In my spare time I enjoy learning about music production, and spend most of it jamming on drums, working on electro house, or remixing my favourite video game themes. I have been meaning to check out OCRemix for some time now (a few people on my youtube channel have suggested I come visit). I've decided to take the plunge and submit a song for critique! This is a re-arrangement of one of my favourite boss themes of all time, 'Bad Boss Boogie' from Donkey Kong Land on the Gameboy. It starts in a very melodic and relaxed manner and rocks out hard and fast at the end. I hope you enjoy it! Please let me know if you have any questions, and please provide feedback (I am VERY new to this!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv09uU4bdMg Edit: Here is the original: Cheers Josh

Remix Pretty much done, just posting it here for some final feedback. Edit: Update with live saxophone. Edit2: Final Version(possibly?) Edit3: Submitted

Hi, I actually had sent this simple acoustic ReMix to OCR submissions back on September 7. Given the long queue in the inbox, I thought I would start up a thread here for some feedback. If there's anything to be fixed, I could probably fix it before it's even downloaded for review. Didn't really work on practicing this song too long, maybe a week. This recording came out pretty nice on the first attempt, so I added some reverb and did some minor EQ and gate adjustments. Sadly, the pickup in my acoustic is busted right now, so I wound up just recording one mic'ed up track. My original intention was to record two tracks to make the sound a little more full. I was happy with how it turned out, anyway, so I figured I would just submit it. Mirror 1: https://docs.google.com/a/lagged.ca/uc?id=0B-Lfu5N2tmL4M2JjNzA2YjctMjVlZC00ZDM4LWI4NzUtZmUyYjQ4YWViNDc1&export=download&hl=en Mirror 2: http://lagged.ca/Red_Light.mp3 Source: Thanks for listening!

the remix. This song is as old as dirt. I created it with FL maybe five years ago and posted it on VGMix during one of its many incarnations. Since then my computer has been formatted a couple of times, and the loop has been lost, leaving only the mp3 behind. I stumbled across it recently and thought it might have deserved better than the fate it received. I never submitted it to OCR because I'm fairly sure it's not technically strong enough; I figured it needed some "background noise" to reinforce the empty-club atmosphere, but that sort of thing is far beyond my capabilities. Ironically, adding a layer is the only thing that can be done with it now, but I wonder if it's worth the effort. I've been away from the community for years, so it's probably passed me by. But if anyone has some thoughts over whether this is salvageable, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

yes ice cap and panic puppet ''NOT TWINKLE PARK''. no............not another icecap ... a progressive / deep house arrangement and by my self and Jabond on guitar track. http://soundcloud.com/aires/iced-puppet-mastered-album-ver Feed back would be lovely Please use headphones (moniters are cool too ) 2/25 Edit might as well mod review it .

Made a new thread so I could add the prefix thing. I followed the critiques from the last one and can't really think of anything to improve on but there are probably still some issues that i cant personally spot. Sources in order: ReMix: https://sites.google.com/site/vspaine/wips/PWmedley.mp3?attredirects=0&d=1