PRC96: Don't you mean Bio-Trance? (BioMetal)

[Rexy]

The mixing stage is over! And now, it's time to go to the voting stage. All voting will take place at ThaSauce through here (http://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/PRC96). This is what you need to do -


Sign up there if you haven't done so already.
Select three mixes and rank them from first to third.
Write a reasoning to elaborate on your decision.
Click "submit vote" and remember you forgot to get your dad a Father's Day present (osnap!).

You have until June 21st at 4:59AM EST to vote. The winner gets to choose the source material for PRC97!

Chickenwarlord - The Biotonic Scale (http://compo.thasauce.net/files/Chickenwarlord_-_The_Biotonic_Scale(PRC96).mp3)
FiremanJoe - Australian Idle (http://compo.thasauce.net/files/FiremanJoe_-_Australian_Idle(PRC96).mp3)
V_gasm - ULTRABIOMAXIDELICIOUSTOXICMCOMGOMGLOLENTRY (http://compo.thasauce.net/files/V____-_ULTRABIOMAXIDELICIOUSTOXICMCOMGOMGLOLENTRY(PRC96) .mp3)


The People's Remix Competition 96
PRCv4-18

Hello everyone and welcome to the People's Remix Competition! (www.doulifee.com/prc/PrcSong/PRCcommercial.wmv) PRC95 had analoq choosing a source tune from Rise of the Triad, and that resulted with a healthy turnout and a first win in the competition for Nutritious. And so it's only fair that he gets to make his first pick for a PRC source tune.

For the third week in a row he's picked something that drew a blank on me, but I know that he's got good intensions for this one. We're sticking with shoot-em-ups, though to be honest, there's not a lot in the genre for the SNES...!

http://compo.thasauce.net/files/materials/PRC96_BioMetal.gif

I was checking out Zophar's for some inspiration on the next PRC and came across a game I'd never heard of called Bio-metal for the SNES. Not to be confused with the soundtrack from the US version (which apparently includes all songs by 2-Unlimited including Ya'll Ready for This), the JP version actually has a pretty cool soundtrack. This song particularly stuck out to me, it's got a pretty nice vibe.

BioMetal - Bio-O
SPC (http://compo.thasauce.net/files/materials/PRC96_Bio-O.spc)

Somehow I'm curious over how 2-Unlimited's music style would transfer to an eight-channel chip like the SNES, but that question's best saved for another day now that we're looking at the Japanese version. Anyway...

GOOD LUCK!

Fine Print:
PRC instructions If you happen to be mixing this song already, start over in the interests of fairness.
There is no limit on entry format or file size, but length for length's sake and MIDI rips are not allowed.
Entries must be posted at the Compo ThaSauce link (http://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/PRC96) by NEXT SATURDAY, June 16th at 4:59am Eastern US Time. Alternatively, you can also email your submissions over to submission@doulifee.com, though it would also help if you put forward a reminder in the thread.
You may enter as many mixes as you like and work with as many people as you like on each mix.
Do not make qualitative comments on an entry until the results of the vote have been posted.
The winner of the previous contest may not enter an eligible mix, but his/her vote will count double.
Mixers cannot vote for themselves but if they vote they receive a free first place vote added onto their score.
Doulifée's PRC Archives! (http://doulifee.com/prc/PrcSong/prc.php) If you need help with hosting your mix, contact myself or Doulifée, and we'll help you out.

[FiremanJoe]

Nice tune =) I've got some ideas for this one already! ...'cept I've got alot of school work to do this week. I'll try and create something.. but if not.. =(

[Less Ashamed Of Self]

I'd love to contribute. Pop lyrics seem inevitable with a track like this.

[Chickenwarlord]

Blah. I don't think I'll have anything for this one.

[ambient]

Why BioMetal? There is no hope that any decent remix that comes out of this will ever get posted on ocr, since this is technically not VG music. And I have seen at least one mix make it from PRC to OCR.

Still, if you extend the deadline until 6/18/07, I will definitely contribute.

[Nutritious]

Why BioMetal? There is no hope that any decent remix that comes out of this will ever get posted on ocr, since this is technically not VG music. And I have seen at least one mix make it from PRC to OCR.

Still, if you extend the deadline until 6/18/07, I will definitely contribute.

You're probably thinking of the US version of the game. This competition is for a song from the Japanese version.

[ambient]

Oh, ok. Didn't know that.

[Kyle Nin]

Is anyone actually competing in this one? So far, there aren't any submissions. Will ThaSauce extend the time or what?

[Rexy]

Yes, ThaSauce can allow for time extensions. I can't see any chance of getting enough voteable entries in the hour left, so I've managed to add another 24 hours to the mixing time.

[Rexy]

And so another day passes. However, we STILL don't have any entries, so another 24 hours has been added. Normally in a PRC situation, this is the last rollback I end up doing, as by Monday there's barely enough time to do the voting.

If we still don't have any entries by tomorrow, then this is something that I would need to bring up with analoq if he's around.

[V___]

WHAT?!

I did a mix

FJ did a mix

how is that no entries

I say vote time

[FiremanJoe]

Yeah, we both got our entries in just before the end... what's up with that?

[Dark_T_Zeratul]

If we still don't have any entries by tomorrow, then this is something that I would need to bring up with analoq if he's around.If I may offer a possibility for the lack of entries lately... Look at the more popular PRC weeks. Most of them featured tracks that were already well-known to begin with, many of which have been remixed previously. The trend lately seems to be to pick incredibly obscure and/or older tracks to remix, and while I applaud the effort of getting less-remixed tracks to be remixed, it seems as though there may be a reason that these aren't remixed as often. Now, I'm not saying that people should pick things like Terra's Theme or Ice Cap for a PRC track (the single most popular PRC used Shade Man's theme from Megaman 7, and that doesn't have a single remix on OCR), but I think that a bit more care could be taken in picking the next track. Things that are a bit more well-known will draw more new remixers, and things that have more to them musically will be easier to remix and thus draw more total remixers.

Just my two cents.

[andyjayne]

As for me, the only times I enter PRC/ORC are when I have a bit of spare time at my workstation. The source doesn't tend to have that much of an influence.

[ambient]

Now, I'm not saying that people should pick things like Terra's Theme or Ice Cap for a PRC track (the single most popular PRC used Shade Man's theme from Megaman 7, and that doesn't have a single remix on OCR).


FALSE. Trenthian reworked his remix and successfully submitted it to OCR. Here is the link: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01443/

Still, I remember that PRC. I think it was actually my first one. PRC was a great way to practice and improve my remixing skills.

[Dark_T_Zeratul]

Well at the time it didn't have any remixes on OCR, and since the only one there now is a reworked PRC entry, my point still stands.

[Hemophiliac]

If I may offer a possibility for the lack of entries lately... Look at the more popular PRC weeks. Most of them featured tracks that were already well-known to begin with, many of which have been remixed previously. The trend lately seems to be to pick incredibly obscure and/or older tracks to remix, and while I applaud the effort of getting less-remixed tracks to be remixed, it seems as though there may be a reason that these aren't remixed as often. Now, I'm not saying that people should pick things like Terra's Theme or Ice Cap for a PRC track (the single most popular PRC used Shade Man's theme from Megaman 7, and that doesn't have a single remix on OCR), but I think that a bit more care could be taken in picking the next track. Things that are a bit more well-known will draw more new remixers, and things that have more to them musically will be easier to remix and thus draw more total remixers.

Just my two cents.

well we're certainly not going to be taking away the prize of track selection by the winner (i know this isn't what you said)...it's just the way it is. also i'm gonna say that there haven't been many entries lately because it's also during the school year, there tend to be more entries during the school breaks of the year (summer and winter).

[Rexy]

WHAT?!

I did a mix

FJ did a mix

how is that no entries

I say vote time
Firstly I weren't expecting you two to pull in right at the last minute. :p
Secondly, even with two entries, I still think it makes things slightly uneasy on the ThaSauce voting system, however we will go with you two if you two remain to have the sole entries by the deadline.

Somehow I'm also intrugued over OCR's terminology of "the typical School year". I've done my last few assignments by the end of May, so I'm under the assumption that most schools in America break out in mid-to-late June?

[Chickenwarlord]

Well to make this extension worth your while, I have cooked up a mix. Huzzah!

[Deductive Dave]

I personally just finished with classes a little over a week ago so I've been busy moving back home and getting into my summer job and such. I'm sure a few others had similar circumstances.

[Dark_T_Zeratul]

Somehow I'm also intrugued over OCR's terminology of "the typical School year". I've done my last few assignments by the end of May, so I'm under the assumption that most schools in America break out in mid-to-late June?Depending on the school, anywhere from mid-May to mid-June. I finished middle school around June 15th or so, graduated high school on June 2nd, and got out of college this semester on May 18th.

[Chickenwarlord]

Compo.Thasauce is done right now :(. Hopefully this is only temporary.

[FiremanJoe]

School year in Australia is a bit different to the USA. The year starts at the end of January and finishes just before Christmas (makes sense, really, unlike your silly system =P)
At the moment I'm flooded with work, but the term ends in a fortnight. (I'm surprised I managed to stick that mix together) Then we have a two week break and the third term starts. (So I should be able to put some good work into my next entry or two)

[Rexy]

Compo.Thasauce is done right now :(. Hopefully this is only temporary.
Strange, I went on there when there were 80 minutes to spare and I saw the mixing stage was still going. o_O I'll see if I can puzzle over that. For now...

The mixing stage is over! And now, it's time to go to the voting stage. All voting will take place at ThaSauce through here (http://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/PRC96). This is what you need to do -


Sign up there if you haven't done so already.
Select three mixes and rank them from first to third.
Write a reasoning to elaborate on your decision.
Click "submit vote" and remember you forgot to get your dad a Father's Day present (osnap!).

You have until June 21st at 4:59AM EST to vote. The winner gets to choose the source material for PRC97!

Chickenwarlord - The Biotonic Scale (http://compo.thasauce.net/files/Chickenwarlord_-_The_Biotonic_Scale(PRC96).mp3)
FiremanJoe - Australian Idle (http://compo.thasauce.net/files/FiremanJoe_-_Australian_Idle(PRC96).mp3)
V_gasm - ULTRABIOMAXIDELICIOUSTOXICMCOMGOMGLOLENTRY (http://compo.thasauce.net/files/V____-_ULTRABIOMAXIDELICIOUSTOXICMCOMGOMGLOLENTRY(PRC96) .mp3)

[Hylian Lemon]

Are the competitions after 86 still hosted anywhere? Or does someone at least remember what they were? I'd like to know what I missed. I think I'll try this out if a good song comes up this summer.

[Rexy]

All songs from PRCs 87 through to 92 are on Douli's webspace, thus they have all been linked in the individual threads for them in this forum. I still need to hoast V's work for PRC93 though. 94-96 are all at ThaSauce.

Man, I need to get a move on on hotlinking everything on Douli's web servers. I haven't done any banners beyond 87 though.

[EDIT: V, do me a favor and re-host your PRC93 entry so that I can get at it and put it up on Douli's serever. Thank you.]

[Chickenwarlord]

I have submitted my vote. Good luck my Australian competitors.

[V___]

Voted.

And I found my terrible terrible entry from PRC93. I promise, I'l try and put effort into PRC100... http://vv85omg.googlepages.com/rockcrap.mp3

[Theory of N]

I can't vote...

I find them all equally...amusing...>.>

except V's. V's made me rofl.

[realpolitik]

vote emailed to doulifee due to opera not handling r:ts well? kept telling me i wasn't logged in when i was, had no idea where to vote... ugh, lame system.

weak prc overall. very weak.

[Chickenwarlord]

Standard procedure is it asks you to log in, even if you are. Then you just go back to the compo page and the vote form is at the bottom.

[FiremanJoe]

'Weak'? What the hell are you talking about? These entries were all great! We all spent so long working on them, you should be humbled!

[Bundeslang]

'Weak'? What the hell are you talking about? These entries were all great! We all spent so long working on them, you should be humbled!
It's just what kind of music you like. If you are a trance fan, I can understand this PRC isn't your favorite (PRC53, the Donkey Kong ? is better for those). It's just style, I'm sure the remixers did a good job, I'm not telling who was my favorite because I voted.

[Chickenwarlord]

'Weak'? What the hell are you talking about? These entries were all great! We all spent so long working on them, you should be humbled!

Goooooooo sarcasm!

[Rexy]

Sadly I have to agree with Cocaine White (don't worry about your vote, I inputted yours with mine). But I don't put it down to genre preferences as I'm pretty much acceptable to a wide range of style, just that the production level of some of these entries feel as if they were more made for an OverLooked ReMiX competition than one on OCR. (no offence to any of the competitors or anyone associated with that site, I just needed to bring it up.)

I'll probably explain a little more on this reasoning tomorrow, when the votes have been tallied up.

[Chickenwarlord]

Considering that two of us are fairly active (or were) members of OLR, that statement has a lot of truth to it.
Also looking at the fact that every entry was made in less than a half hour. 3 entries with low quality is better than no entries at all, which was what we were facing.

[analoq]

that is certainly a point of view i can sympathize with.. i work full-time or longer so the only way i can participate in ORC or PRC is by making a token effort.

'course my music is admittedly lo-fi regardless, but i do try to avoid the 1-hour OLR DoF stylings when possible. ah well, a shitty compo is better than no compo at all.

[Rexy]

Either way, the results are in. Let's see what can be made out of it, ok?

Total number of voters - 8
Total number of mixes - 3
Highest possible score - 24

Chickenwarlord and V_gasm share the runner-up spot with 16 points each.

And the winner of PRC96 is Fireman Joe with 19 points!

Well done on securing your first PRC win, though given what I said earlier it sounds more like an understatement, lol. o_O Regardless, now that we're done here, I would like you to send over your source tune choice for PRC97 in my direction, whether it be through PMs or through MSN tonight.

Thanks for your input everyone, and we will meet again for PRC97 tomorrow afternoon. Be sharp, I guess.

[FiremanJoe]

Woot! =D Close match, guys. Nice work done by all. ;)
See you next round.

[Hylian Lemon]

Congrats! Now please choose something a little less obscure...heck, a lot less obscure... -_-

For my sake as well as the compo's sake, of course.

[Nutritious]

Congrats! Now please choose something a little less obscure...heck, a lot less obscure... -_-

For my sake as well as the compo's sake, of course.

Well, I was going for quality of the original tune rather than popularity of the original game, but I guess it didn't go over too well :). Hope you pick a good one, Joe.

[watkinzez]

Was that just an all-Aussie PRC? That's pretty cool.

[Chickenwarlord]

You wish watkinzez. Unfortunately, I hail from distant lands.

Edit: Wait, is V allowed to vote for himself? I thought that was against the rules.

[Rexy]

Don't worry, V's score was edited appropriately. He still gets the first place tie on his entry just for voting, like every competitor that takes part.

[watkinzez]

You wish watkinzez. Unfortunately, I hail from distant lands.

Could've sweared your location used to say it. Memory failing.

[Chickenwarlord]

In order for this to have been all Aussie, I would've had to abstain. And that's no fun.

[Hylian Lemon]

Well, I was going for quality of the original tune rather than popularity of the original game, but I guess it didn't go over too well :). Hope you pick a good one, Joe.
It's a good idea, but there definitely has to be a balance. The game kind of has to be popular enough to attract more remixers (since people tend to like remixing things they've experienced in a game), but the whole point of the competition is to recognize less-known songs, so...kind of a tough situation. Glad I'll never have to make it. XD

[Chickenwarlord]

Don't count yourself out man. I almost won this one and listen to how mediocre I am.
I for one, guarantee that there will be no mainstream source tunes being chosen should I win.

[FiremanJoe]

haha, Don't worry guys, I chose something you should all know, and at least have played the game from which it comes. Lemon, I wanna hear your skillz and watkinz, I expect you to enter this week. =P

[Rexy]

It's a good idea, but there definitely has to be a balance. The game kind of has to be popular enough to attract more remixers (since people tend to like remixing things they've experienced in a game), but the whole point of the competition is to recognize less-known songs, so...kind of a tough situation. Glad I'll never have to make it. XD

Chickenwarlord said this and I'll mimic him in return - don't count yourself out. Yes, the purpose of PRC is to recognise songs that haven't been remixed on OCR yet, but that's the thing really.

That kind of scope could go around to just about any kind of song, whether it would be a song in a popular game that hasn't received remix coverage yet (e.g. Sonic 1's boss theme) or a song that was in a game that didn't get much attention by the Western gaming public, like the previous five or so (no offence to anyone who loved Rise of the Triad, but before PRC95 I never heard of that game o.O).

In other news, the PRC archives at Doulifee's site has been updated. Now I need to get to work on those banners if I can; as I said I haven't done one since 87 >.>