Liontamer
02-22-2009, 10:53 AM
Original Decision: http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18757
Contact info:
Remixer name is Jabond23.
Real name is Joe Nichols.
Email address is jabond213@gmail.com
Website is http://www.myspace.com/nintenjoe64
UserID is 25151
I did a rock remixed version of the dungeon theme from the original Legend Of Zelda for the NES. It also includes very small parts of the magic whistle and the item discovery theme but the overall song is the dungeon theme.
Its an awesome song that always brings back the days of old.
I used a keyboard with a virtual instrument found in Mixcraft 4 called Square Lead that has an old Nintendo sound to it.
The virtual instrument has an almost identical sound to the old nintendo games. When i was making this song I really wanted to do an almost epic version of it by taking the original and making the riffs and solos soar. This is actually the 3rd submission for me for this exact song, so hopefully my mixing has dramatically improved enough for you guys to pass it! I completely revamped the song all the way through. So please let me know what you think?
Thank you,
Joe
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http://www.zophar.net/download_file/14178 - Track 4
Opened up with the 8-bit style. Melody sounded a bit flat. Rock stuff kicked in at :19. The lead synth was mostly panned hard left while the rock stuff was mostly panned hard right. On headphones, it sounds awful, and you really shouldn't be doing it that way anyway. :-) The lead synth didn't mesh with the rest of the instrumentation either. It's got to be better couched in the soundfield.
Not sure why it goes into big chugs that bury the synth melody & vox countermelody at :38. Same issue at 2:52. It's trying to be a wall of sound, but there's still no attention to balance; you need to be able to easily hear how all of the parts contribute.
Still think the transition at 1:55 just sounds goofy and out-of-place, but at least it's brief.
Somewhat better balance at 2:09, even if the texture was still really messy. You could at least here the soloing a little bit.
Really weak programmed drums at 3:31. The snare was weak and the drums didn't fill out the background at all. Ending at 4:09 was sudden and anticlimactic.
Arrangement-wise, the overall energy is good, particularly the guitars, and obviously this expands upon the source material. More attention to production and balance would really help this, as well as properly padding out the background; right now it just sounds like the drums are the only element in the back.
This was still mixed extremely sloppy, and the most cluttered parts (:38/2:52) sounded like a bad bootleg recording. I'd put this on the shelf and revisit it when your production chops improve; as long as you stay hungry and improve on that level, you'll come back to this in a couple of years and realize this is really poorly mixed.
Don't be discouraged though, you're showing some potential with this piece and these resubs were an improvement. If you're not participating in Dwelling of Duels (http://dod.vgmix.com), you should be. Just keep at it and use the resources here and in other communities to improve.
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Contact info:
Remixer name is Jabond23.
Real name is Joe Nichols.
Email address is jabond213@gmail.com
Website is http://www.myspace.com/nintenjoe64
UserID is 25151
I did a rock remixed version of the dungeon theme from the original Legend Of Zelda for the NES. It also includes very small parts of the magic whistle and the item discovery theme but the overall song is the dungeon theme.
Its an awesome song that always brings back the days of old.
I used a keyboard with a virtual instrument found in Mixcraft 4 called Square Lead that has an old Nintendo sound to it.
The virtual instrument has an almost identical sound to the old nintendo games. When i was making this song I really wanted to do an almost epic version of it by taking the original and making the riffs and solos soar. This is actually the 3rd submission for me for this exact song, so hopefully my mixing has dramatically improved enough for you guys to pass it! I completely revamped the song all the way through. So please let me know what you think?
Thank you,
Joe
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http://www.zophar.net/download_file/14178 - Track 4
Opened up with the 8-bit style. Melody sounded a bit flat. Rock stuff kicked in at :19. The lead synth was mostly panned hard left while the rock stuff was mostly panned hard right. On headphones, it sounds awful, and you really shouldn't be doing it that way anyway. :-) The lead synth didn't mesh with the rest of the instrumentation either. It's got to be better couched in the soundfield.
Not sure why it goes into big chugs that bury the synth melody & vox countermelody at :38. Same issue at 2:52. It's trying to be a wall of sound, but there's still no attention to balance; you need to be able to easily hear how all of the parts contribute.
Still think the transition at 1:55 just sounds goofy and out-of-place, but at least it's brief.
Somewhat better balance at 2:09, even if the texture was still really messy. You could at least here the soloing a little bit.
Really weak programmed drums at 3:31. The snare was weak and the drums didn't fill out the background at all. Ending at 4:09 was sudden and anticlimactic.
Arrangement-wise, the overall energy is good, particularly the guitars, and obviously this expands upon the source material. More attention to production and balance would really help this, as well as properly padding out the background; right now it just sounds like the drums are the only element in the back.
This was still mixed extremely sloppy, and the most cluttered parts (:38/2:52) sounded like a bad bootleg recording. I'd put this on the shelf and revisit it when your production chops improve; as long as you stay hungry and improve on that level, you'll come back to this in a couple of years and realize this is really poorly mixed.
Don't be discouraged though, you're showing some potential with this piece and these resubs were an improvement. If you're not participating in Dwelling of Duels (http://dod.vgmix.com), you should be. Just keep at it and use the resources here and in other communities to improve.
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