Street Fighter EX 2 - Strange Dawn (Strange Sunset Remix)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb1bbNOwERg

Almost a year ago, I believe I posted this mix when it was sans guitar solo. At the time, I was running an old Celeron with only 1GB of RAM. Basically, Reason was a resource hog and all of the effects processors I used on the drums and synths led to an error message about being unable to play the song. Now here I am with a moderately better computer. I honestly only made on addition. I crafted and played a guitar solo at ~1:05 until 1:22. At the 1:51 mark, I still need to add something there. I am currently hunting for really solid sax sounds for Reason. So at this point, I consider this a WiP.

[Jae]

I love "Strange Sunset." It's one of my favorite tracks from the Street Fighter series, and you have a nice start here for sure!

It's missing the bit at 0:59 ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axibQV5YsOk ). I think that's what makes the song really memorable, at least for me because of the build up to it and drop back down to the mellow sound. Your mix seems to stay mellow from beginning to end, so it gets a little repetitive in my opinion. I thought the percussion build-up at 1:40 in your mix was going to lead up to something more.

It took you a year to put in the guitar solo? Well, it works. I really enjoyed its sound.

Keep working at it! This is sounding great so far!

[PROTO·DOME]

Jae's right in that it does get a bit repetitive, more variation in the drums would be cool, maybe more instruments thickening up the texture a bit? I was thinking some more percussion panned both sides would be nice too, just something to make it different each time around. Admittedly, it does sound good. The samples and stuff are very nice, they work well- I thought, however, that the subbass was a little overpowering, but I dunno if that's just because I've got my subwoofer turned up loud.

As for sax sounds, I think you'll wanna get someone to record it for you, I think that a soundfont might ruin it. You could ask The Prophet of Mephisto, no idea what sax he plays though, and I play some sax too, however there might be better options on the site itself.

Keep it up!