Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening: Threshold of a Dream - History

[prophetik]

Thats like a weekends work for any competent composer. The reason this album is taking so long is because the guy heading up this project has such a horrible attitude about things. Hes all like "I dont care, whenever it gets done. Dont worry if you go several months without contacting me, or updating me on your progress. Ill wait as long as you need" Stop being such a wimp, and take control.

no, i'm not going to just sit back and ignore this damn thread. that's not a normal response. i skipped a class when i recorded my song in order to get it done. is it all that much to ask to give some extra time when you could be doing something else and work on music? your stuff ain't hot shit, aetherius, regardless of what you think. your track for bota wasn't really all that earthshattering - i thought it was a joketrack till i saw the artist. and, your job can't be taking up THAT much of your time. if i can take time out of a 19 credit semester/40hour work week/intercollegiate sports/six different travelling ensemble schedule, you can take some time out of that worthless piece of shit life you've got and write some damn music, for christs sake.

[Dafydd]

This way we might even get some martyr points from some people. Works just as well as the whip as far as my sources of inspiration are concerned. Aeth, do you want me to make a midi of "inside the egg" or not?

[Aetherius]

Edit: yes please, Dafydd, that would be great.

I consider my social life more important than my "internet 'community' based on video game music re-arrangement" non-life.

Remixing is not a career for me, it's a hobby.
I prefer to WRITE original material (as opposed to remixing. I HATE when people refer to this re-arranging as "writing").

My BotA track has terrible mixing, and I really didn't want to finish it, not that that's an excuse. My music is only as good as it can be. Not that that's at all relevant, or that you, taking time to even mention that you don't think my music is all that great is at all useful or helpful in getting the project done.

I'm not holding out on you guys because I think I'm awesome, I'm not holding out at all. I'm simply taking a laid back approach, because my priorities lie outside of spending in excess of 3 hours a night trying to work someone else's source material into something that a bunch of people (judges)-- that I have little respect for, musically-- will think is super great, so that a bunch more people will listen to it, and think "Man, this originally great song has been made to sound another way which is only marginally more or less interesting by that guy whose name I can't pronounce."
Furthermore, it is not my responsibility as the coordinator to complete tracks, it is my responsibility to coordinate. Failing that, it is my responsibility to attempt to coordinate that which will allow itself to be coordinated.
I realize that I took on the responsibility to complete a track when I took on a track, but I have not set any deadlines for any of you (barring that first month and a bit where I set deadlines, and you all failed to meet them,) apart from "As soon as possible."
That said, it has not been possible for me to complete, nor make much progress on my tracks, because I have not had much in the way of creative ideas about the piece coming to me, and if I want to make something better, and more well thought out than my BotA track, then I will continue to wait until I do have more creative ideas coming to me.

That said, MY inability to complete my track does not somehow excuse the inability of others to stay committed. I check this thread more than once daily. I have given the go-ahead to at least 4 mixers in as many months, and after receiving a "Heck yes I'll get right on that!" response, they are never to be seen nor heard from again.

So, mephistopholes, if you really can't hold it any longer, submit your remix, and get it posted.
Know, though, that if you do, I will not include it on the project (What would be the point?) thus hindering the progress of the project further, which doesn't matter much to me, as I'm willing to let this project go on until I'm at least 30 (or at least until I lose interest in Link's Awakening, which probably won't happen.) Complete tracks are over and done with. It's the incomplete tracks that matter, and while (as usual) your indignant response is "Well, why aren't you doing anything about your incomplete tracks?!" one more complete track by me doesn't ASSIGN the UNASSIGNED tracks to COMMITTED REMIXERS who will COMPLETE THEIR OBLIGATIONS which they are NOT ACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO DO, and WHO ARE NOT YOU.

Your ability to complete tracks with such speed is admirable, but it is not a template with which I would feel comfortable forcing other artists-- who do not have your work ethic, your facilities and methods, or your education-- to fit into it.

That said, either drudge up some patience, or go away.

[Dafydd]

Taking the above post into consideration, I'm willing to take on Animal Village when I'm done with Turtle Rock (and after I made a midi of Inside the Egg), if no one else has grabbed it by then.

[Koelsch1]

I'm simply taking a laid back approach, because my priorities lie outside of spending in excess of 3 hours a night trying to work someone else's source material into something that a bunch of people (judges)-- that I have little respect for, musically-- will think is super great, so that a bunch more people will listen to it, and think "Man, this originally great song has been made to sound another way which is only marginally more or less interesting by that guy whose name I can't pronounce."

Wow. If that is your attitude, then I have completely lost interest in ever listening to this project when it is completed. If you dont have the time and dedication to head up a project, maybe you shouldnt?

[Aetherius]

Wow. If that is your attitude, then I have completely lost interest in ever listening to this project when it is completed. If you dont have the time and dedication to head up a project, maybe you shouldnt?

Not that this helps other people in assessing my attitude, but I am not concerned with your patronage.
You are a troll.

[Koelsch1]

Wow. If that is your attitude, then I have completely lost interest in ever listening to this project when it is completed. If you dont have the time and dedication to head up a project, maybe you shouldnt?

Not that this helps other people in assessing my attitude, but I am not concerned with your patronage.
You are a troll.

Troll? Just pointing out the fact that you are dissing remixing and dissing the judges. You pretty much said that remixing is pointless and tallentless.

[Xenon Odyssey]

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h99/divisible_by_waffle/Forum%20Images/omgdrama.png

No Zelda project is complete without it (http://olremix.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=574&sid=7e808068a1e7c897996a9b6aa708afe4)...

[Dafydd]

Wow. If that is your attitude, then I have completely lost interest in ever listening to this project when it is completed. If you dont have the time and dedication to head up a project, maybe you shouldnt?

To be honest, I'm not sure I understood what you said there, either. I don't care much for the judges' opinions, either, (unless I'm asking them to give their opinions on my music, of course,) but I would care for an explanation of the above quoted post. I guess what you were trying to say was that you're not remixing to satisfy the judges, but...
"Man, this originally great song has been made to sound another way which is only marginally more or less interesting..."
If you're not criticizing remixing in general, then what? How are out remixes different from the ones that you apparently don't like? How's e.g. my remix more than marginally more interesting than the original song?

[Aetherius]

...why does everyone quote koelsch's posts, and then respond to me?

Dafydd: I AM; The fact that I like them differentiates; More than marginally more interesting is a rare occurrence when it comes to source material which is already quite interesting. I would say that MORE than marginal is reserved for original material, but then you'd be comparing apples to oranges.

[The Joker]

Hell... I guess i'll have a look at the tracks left & see if I get some inspiration. If I do, I'll pick up another track.

[Dafydd]

...why does everyone quote koelsch's posts, and then respond to me?

Dafydd: I AM; The fact that I like them differentiates; More than marginally more interesting is a rare occurrence when it comes to source material which is already quite interesting. I would say that MORE than marginal is reserved for original material, but then you'd be comparing apples to oranges.

So... these remixes are, unlike other remixes, not pointless, because the source music is so cool to start with? :whatevaa: Well, no matter - the game at hand deserves some remixing whether the coordinator likes remixes or not.

[Koelsch1]

But if you dont like remixes, or remixing in general, WHY ARE YOU HEADING UP A SITE PROJECT?

[chthonic]

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[Eposhark]

* Epo^Q3A np: chthonic - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Agahnim's Curse

This song owns. sup thnocotic?

[Aetherius]

Hey, epo, where have you been, sweetie?

Also: *high fives chthonic*

chthonic's mix for the project is pretty awesome, it's been done for a while now.

[The Joker]

I've yet to hear from Aeth regarding my other track. Is it done, or is it... not done?

[Aetherius]

I keep forgetting to listen to it because it is cleverly hiding on my desktop, and I've grown so accustomed to seeing it there that I don't bother to listen to it in the meantime. I'll get right on that.

[Eon_Blue]

Does everyone still like my cover?

Do we still need a website - because I can get on that. Something visual might help breathe a little extra life into this project...

[Aetherius]

Website is required. I still like the cover art you made.

[prophetik]

Website is required. I still like the cover art you made.

it'd also help people who might be considering doing something for the project and haven't decided yet. it'd show movement towards a finished project, if nothing else.

[Monobrow]

Honestly, I am pretty appreciative of Starky being so lax...I can understand the frustration of the people who have finished tracks in this project, and are waiting...But I have the same predicament in the Kirby Superstar Project. My song is 99% done...But I have been waiting for months on the artwork to finish so the project can be released. My song was finished back in March...As well as many other people's music...but I don't see any drama in that thread regarding the wait.

So guys, if you REALLY want this project to fall apart, then keep up this angry, angsty ranting you're doing (Koelsch) and it will all crumble to pieces. It has been precariously on the edge for so long, and either we accept how Starky runs this project, or we walk.

A lot of people have walked from being committed, I myself have had so much shit that I've barely worked on ANY music in over six months, because I don't have the means, my computer sucks, and I haven't had much computer or internet access whatsoever.

At this point, I don't care if I get kicked off of the project for not having a song done, and I apologize that my song isn't done at this point...But at least it isn't the only one...And there are still a lot of unclaimed songs...Unclaimed because from the get go, this project has been an underdog and the "established" remixers in the community showed little or no support for something that could have been incredible within half the amount of time. The theme is great, the source material is awesome, so what the hell? I really appreciate the people that have stayed on and have been dedicated. I just wish you guys would be patient.

It just goes to show you what has happened to this site, honestly. I can't really put my finger on what exactly HAS happened...but it does show you...somewhat...yeah.

And Starky, I do wish that you'd uh...show that you care just a little more, I know you do, but I don't think it's coming across as much on the screen as it could, honestly, too much may be left up to interpretation for these guys.

[The Mutericator]

Remixing is not a career for me, it's a hobby.
I prefer to WRITE original material (as opposed to remixing. I HATE when people refer to this re-arranging as "writing").

(...)

my priorities lie outside of spending in excess of 3 hours a night trying to work someone else's source material into something that a bunch of people (judges)-- that I have little respect for, musically-- will think is super great, so that a bunch more people will listen to it, and think "Man, this originally great song has been made to sound another way which is only marginally more or less interesting by that guy whose name I can't pronounce."

Why the fuck are you even on OCR?

That said, MY inability to complete my track does not somehow excuse the inability of others to stay committed.

Yes, it does. Ever heard of a "role model"? If the project head doesn't seem to want to get shit done, there's no pressure on anyone else to do anything.

Your ability to complete tracks with such speed is admirable, but it is not a template with which I would feel comfortable forcing other artists-- who do not have your work ethic, your facilities and methods, or your education-- to fit into it.

Because you aren't pushing them to work. Communism worked in theory too, you know.

To be honest, I'd almost rather see this project fall apart, so that maybe in a year or so we can have someone else try again, so it will be done two years from now. At least it would get done quicker.

[Aetherius]

Some naughty words

Hush Child.

Katie: I care DEEPLY for this project, mostly because I care even MORE deeply for the game and its music, as opposed to the 'art' of remixing.
However, I do not care much, if at all about the people on it. (excluding you, because I love you forever and always). Not to say that I dislike them, or feel that their contributions are invalid, but if it comes down to brass tacks, i'll point to the first page of this thread, and say: "Hey, I said from the get-go that this project's for me, not you, or for OCR." And you basically all agreed to be my sexy (?) music slaves. So, That's where we stand.

I'm pretty sure I didn't perpetuate any illusions that I'm not a contrary, selfish, elitist, bastard.
So, don't go running around like I pulled a rug out from under you.

[Koelsch1]

Some naughty words

Hush Child.

Katie: I care DEEPLY for this project, mostly because I care even MORE deeply for the game and its music, as opposed to the 'art' of remixing.
However, I do not care much, if at all about the people on it. (excluding you, because I love you forever and always). Not to say that I dislike them, or feel that their contributions are invalid, but if it comes down to brass tacks, i'll point to the first page of this thread, and say: "Hey, I said from the get-go that this project's for me, not you, or for OCR." And you basically all agreed to be my sexy (?) music slaves. So, That's where we stand.

I'm pretty sure I didn't perpetuate any illusions that I'm not a contrary, selfish, elitist, bastard.
So, don't go running around like I pulled a rug out from under you.

I really dont get it. Why are you even on OCR?

[Aetherius]

some more words

I never thought I'd have the opportunity to use this, but here goes:
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3647/stopposting4vrsf1.gif

[V___]

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3647/stopposting4vrsf1.gif

Oh hell yes....

[The Mutericator]

some more words

I never thought I'd have the opportunity to use this, but here goes:
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3647/stopposting4vrsf1.gif

Hey look everyone, an ad hominem.

[Aetherius]

It's not ad hominem, it's me trying to give this project some elbow room in between actual progress, and the two of you questioning my motivation.

You have no prior association with this project, and no current association with it, aside from antagonizing me.
If you want to antagonize me, do it from elsewhere. Your posts hinder progress.

[CC Ricers]

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3647/stopposting4vrsf1.gif

Oh hell yes....

Haha. That's probably my most-used contribution to UnMod.

[prophetik]

If you want to antagonize me, do it from elsewhere. Your posts hinder progress.

stop trolling, please. if you want to help with the project by doing a track, then do it. if you want to troll, go to unmod. we don't care about your opinion at all, fuckheads.

[The Mutericator]

Your posts hinder progress.

What progress?

[Aetherius]

Exactly. Shh.

[prophetik]

bump. progress?

[Dafydd]

lol

the "inside the egg" midi is under way. That's all I can honestly promise. :)

[ShinnyMetal]

IS there anything that needs help on, I kinda wanna do something other than just sit in wait...

[Aetherius]

you could do a little dance...and/or rework your mix.

[prophetik]

so, its been several months since i've heard from prizm, and he just emailed me and said it'd be several more months. i don't think prizm's ever going to mail me back.

should i have someone i know re-record his guitar parts to make them cleaner, and master it myself? or should i continue to try to email him? or should we just roll with his wip, after i clean the mastering up a bit?

[Aetherius]

hmm, well, depending on how good his original part is...

I don't know. If 'someone you know' is actually someone you have in mind, who could do it without disappearing, go for it. If not, I guess we'll opt for cleaning it up.

[prophetik]

hmm, well, depending on how good his original part is...

I don't know. If 'someone you know' is actually someone you have in mind, who could do it without disappearing, go for it. If not, I guess we'll opt for cleaning it up.

besides the part where i could totally synth prizm's part and no one would know thanks to a great electric guitar sampler i got the other day, there's a great guitarist in my old dorm who could do it.

[Monobrow]

Well I am happy to say that I actually worked on and hopefully improved my song...Except I still suck at drums...but progress!

[Aetherius]

Well, here's your reality check for the year:

Recently, every thing in my personal life has sucked, really hard.

As a result, I am feeling much more musical. Hurrah.


In other news/questions/accusations:
Monobrow, that's great. My offer to rework your drums for you still stands.

Dafydd, any progress on that midi?

Prophet, anything new on the guitar front?

Everybody else: where are you?

Is sixto still signed up? Cause I've seen him online, and I've only got one wip.

Didn't Dhsu and tensai want to be on the project? I haven't seen hide nor hair of them.

That is all.

It is canadian thanksgiving (the one that doesn't celebrate the massacre of a bunch of friendly indians)...(rather, the one which celebrates having food by eating excessive amounts of it, right before those ads where the kids with the flies in their eyes sing depressing songs by john lennon at us).

Anyway, if you're not busy, do something productive for the project. I will be trying to do so within the coming weeks.

[MarioSunshine]

Well, here's your reality check for the year:

Recently, every thing in my personal life has sucked, really hard.

As a result, I am feeling much more musical. Hurrah.


In other news/questions/accusations:
Monobrow, that's great. My offer to rework your drums for you still stands.

Dafydd, any progress on that midi?

Prophet, anything new on the guitar front?

Everybody else: where are you?

Is sixto still signed up? Cause I've seen him online, and I've only got one wip.

Didn't Dhsu and tensai want to be on the project? I haven't seen hide nor hair of them.

That is all.

It is canadian thanksgiving (the one that doesn't celebrate the massacre of a bunch of friendly indians)...(rather, the one which celebrates having food by eating excessive amounts of it, right before those ads where the kids with the flies in their eyes sing depressing songs by john lennon at us).

Anyway, if you're not busy, do something productive for the project. I will be trying to do so within the coming weeks.

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[prophetik]

no news from prizm.

tensai's giving me guitar parts sometime soon, and then i'll record the sax, and then we'll be done with that one.

[The Joker]

... Holy crap Aeth, I've still yet to hear from you about my mix. So... yeah, get on that. pip pip & cheerio & all that good stuff. Bye.

[Dafydd]

Midi's coming along, Aeth. Gimme a few more days - it's a lot of identical measures and uneven pauses to count... :)

[Aetherius]

Oh god, joker. I'm a loser. I promise, I super-promise-magic-swear that I'll listen to it...sometime.

[Aetherius]

hmm, Joker, I still think that string in the intro (up until the beat kicks in, mostly) needs to be filtered, so that I can't hear that "*waaaaahn* I'm a string sample" sound, which gives it a kinda unpleasant edge to my ear. I'd prefer more of a "wooo" sound than a "waaahn" sound...if you get my meaning.

Otherwise...I don't think there's really any more I can say. You can keep messing with it, but I'll probably always find some issue with something, won't I?

[Aetherius]

huh, 3 posts in a row, for me.

I talked to sixto the other day. He said he still had plans to finish his mix, he just needs to finish some other songs first (don't question the man's prioritizing).

[Dafydd]

Well, here's the MIDI - an accurate rip-off down to the 320/9th note drills... It's a step on the way for anyone who remixes it, even though it's not much fun to listen to in its own right. But hey, it's not a remix, it's a midi rip, and one as good as I can make'em.

DOWNLOAD / LISTEN (http://phytrepighlet.googlepages.com/egg.mid)

EDIT: Hey, while I'm at it, here's a first wip... What was the deal with this song, you wanted a collab, Aeth, or was this one all yours? Of course, I'm sure you'll have opinions about it either way...

DOWNLOAD / LISTEN (http://phytrepighlet.googlepages.com/egg.mp3)

The distorted synths at the end are absolutely horrible, I know... does anyone have a good Scream4 preset to share with me? How do you create non-horrible distortion in Reason? Anyone? Please?

[prophetik]

what are you using for your original sample? that's really important if you want a good output. i've done everything i've ever done with the 'americanlead' preset for 2.5, and one other one i can't remember.

[Dafydd]

What kind of sample should I use, then? I found some aggressive synth. Are sawtooths better than squares, etc? What kind of original sample is best to use when distorting? I tried the "american lead" and it was much better - thanks. I think the synths could be replaced with guitars, though. That'd be nice.

[prophetik]

What kind of sample should I use, then? I found some aggressive synth. Are sawtooths better than squares, etc? What kind of original sample is best to use when distorting? I tried the "american lead" and it was much better - thanks. I think the synths could be replaced with guitars, though. That'd be nice.

if you're replacing it with guitars, then use the ovd/dist sample that's included with Reason, with the 'americanlead' or 'eazyfuzz' (or something like that) and it turns pretty good. i've got an example that i can email you, if you want.

[Fishy]

If Sixto is on your project you could always ask him.

[Eposhark]

Bump of the gods.

[Aetherius]

Hmm, sorry it took me so long, dafydd.

The midi's pretty decent...
Your demo, is...well, a demo.

I'd collaborate with you on it, but it's a bit of a stretch to collaborate between Reason and Fruityloops (particularly if you're like me, and refuse to get a newer version).

If you're willing in spite of that, perhaps we can discuss the technicalities first, and then see if we can actually do anything with it.

[Dafydd]

That might be difficult. I could always try using FL instead, but I'd a complete newb there :/ I don't have to be part of this song, I made the midi for you. If you can't find someone else to do the collab with, I'd be happy to help, but the reason I made the wip was that I wanted to get my ideas out there and perhaps give you some inspiration. What version of FL are you using anyway?

[Aetherius]

I'm using FLStudio 4

[prophetik]

oh, the good old days...

[Aetherius]

I'm a traditionalist, yo :P

(actually....I'm not at all.)

[Dafydd]

I'm a traditionalist, yo :P

(actually....I'm not at all.)

Lazy is more like it. Haha :) I got version 6... atm.

[Liontamer]

Please update the first post with more info on the progress here. Now that you're in GD, shill, shill, shill for more people!

[Aetherius]

First post updated.

Just so everyone knows, I begrudgingly(ish) cut Chris McGee, Spc1st, and ShinnyMetal out of the project.
It's not that I have a problem with them, I just could not accept the latter two's submissions for the project with respect to the style restrictions, or the quality.

Specifically, ShinnyMetal's was too long, too repetitive, and ultimately, he showed a lack of inclination to accept criticism or change his song.

Mcgee is unfortunately AWOL, and I 'd have liked to have kept hoping he would submit, but he's pretty much gone.

[Aetherius]

guh, I knew this would happen.

bump

[suzumebachi]

Wow this thing is still going? If I had some free time Starky, I'd try and help you out (again) but I'm pretty much loaded down at the moment.

[Aetherius]

Less Ashamed of Self will be taking Mabe Village (I think)

...nobody's ever lasted more than a day on that track, let's see what happens.

[Aetherius]

d'you think there's a limit on bumps in one thread?

[The Joker]

Not if the bumps give some kind of update, or somthing pertaining to the project. That said, I'm working on the string, &'ll have a new version of my track up when I get around to rendering & uploading it.

[Dafydd]

I didn't realize this thread had been moved. So...

[Aetherius]

Another bump.

It occurs to me that most of the mixers attached to this project are not aware of our being moved back to general discussion.

It also appears that being moved to general discussion has caused our thread to fall to the bottom of the page within minutes...and therefore is not a positive boone.

Ah well. Newbs go read the first page.

[The Joker]

You should change the thread title.

Maybe "Zelda LA - Mixers needed, power/fame promised" or something like that. Yeah, hollywood uses the old Ad, lie combo all the time.

[prophetik]

since prizm's not able to do it, and i can't find a guitarist to redo his part...

if you're a guitarist, i need you. please. it's not a difficult part at all. you just need to be able to listen to what prizm did, and somewhat duplicate it. kinda.

thanks.

[Aetherius]

I am a guitarist of sorts, but prizm is better :/

[prophetik]

yeah. i might just ask fishy to do it, but he's already got too much on his plate.

[prophetik]

yeah. i might just ask fishy to do it, but he's already got too much on his plate.

i decided to ask him to do it anyways, and also do acoustic guitar for tensai's mix. i'll hopefully have stuff from him soon.

[Aetherius]

I also got an extremely short wip from Kung Fu Chicken.

The guy works almost as slowly as I do.

[Dafydd]

Where in the game does song #08 play, and why isn't it in the project? :? It sounds like some kind of variation of animal village (#11)...

[Chickenwarlord]

That's the Rapids Ride theme.

I have some work done based on a VGmusic arrangement (I would give the original arranger credit) of Mabe Village and Mr. Write's theme if you want to hear it.

[Aetherius]

...there's no remix of the rapids ride music allowed because it's the same little annoying bleepbloop 4 second loop. It's not worth it.

[Aetherius]

Well, looks like project chaos is done.
Perhaps even we will manage to squeeze this project out our musical sphinctres.

Edit: I think I'll post a little of the PM I replied to Dragon Avenger with anyway, just so that anybody looking can pick up on some of the things I think are important to the project.

"I'm not really a fan of narratively appropriate lyrics to videogame music. (I figure they'd have lyrics already, if they were meant to.) I don't mean to discourage the practice, but I just want to explain why I'd choose not to use that for this project.

I suggest that you all play through the game. It's good. Quite good. I think it's necessary to see/play through the ending and credits to be able to really understand the mood I'm going for with this project.
I'm not going to make it a prerequisite, but I'd like everyone on the project to have a high appreciation for the game and music, so that this project showcases the emotional attachments that the participants have, because I think the music could capture that rather well."

I changed some wording, so it applies to everyone. I just want to make sure you all know why I'm so picky with this project. It has to be reflective of a love of the game (Link's Awakening) and its music, and not just "games and music" in general. I can't afford to have someone with a casual interest just toss off remixes of music that I think ought to have some care and actual emotion invested into it.

It's important to me, and I'd like for it to be important to the mixers, and the listeners as well.

[DragonAvenger]

I'm not a mixer, and I PMed Aetherius about this, but if anyone's looking for vocals, I'm certainly available. Check out the sig for samples, if you'd like.

Good luck to this project if I'm not needed!

[Aetherius]

It's probably worth mentioning beforehand that Dragon Avenger is a lady, with a midranged voice. (Somewhere around alto, but maybe a little higher).
She's a little shakey at times in her samples, but I'm sure you could whip her into shape with some prodding.

I figured some of you would prefer to know that in advance, before checking out the samples she has.

(actually, I can find no evidence of DragonAvenger's ladyhood apart from the voice, so if in fact DragonAvenger is a castrated or prepubescent young man, I apologise in advance...)

[prophetik]

It's probably worth mentioning beforehand that Dragon Avenger is a lady, with a midranged voice. (Somewhere around alto, but maybe a little higher).
She's a little shakey at times in her samples, but I'm sure you could whip her into shape with some prodding.

I figured some of you would prefer to know that in advance, before checking out the samples she has.

(actually, I can find no evidence of DragonAvenger's ladyhood apart from the voice, so if in fact DragonAvenger is a castrated or prepubescent young man, I apologise in advance...)

she's a girl. at least, she sounds like one when i talk to her on aim...and i know a girl who dated a guy from her college's school of music, which she attends as well, and she knows him, and he knows her. so therefore, she's a girl. really. not the old dude in family guy.

[DragonAvenger]

It's probably worth mentioning beforehand that Dragon Avenger is a lady, with a midranged voice. (Somewhere around alto, but maybe a little higher).
She's a little shakey at times in her samples, but I'm sure you could whip her into shape with some prodding.

I figured some of you would prefer to know that in advance, before checking out the samples she has.

(actually, I can find no evidence of DragonAvenger's ladyhood apart from the voice, so if in fact DragonAvenger is a castrated or prepubescent young man, I apologise in advance...)

she's a girl. at least, she sounds like one when i talk to her on aim...and i know a girl who dated a guy from her college's school of music, which she attends as well, and she knows him, and he knows her. so therefore, she's a girl. really. not the old dude in family guy.

Lol, I did forget to mention that I am (fully) female. And yes, some of the samples are shakey, though most of those are the earlier (IE started singing around 2.5 years ago) singing. Check out my ocr submission, Summoner's Love(nervous!) if you want something closest to what I can do now.

[ShinnyMetal]

Alright well looking back through the forum a bit...I see that my song was cut..which I do understand...

even I knew t had to be changed but I was stuck on how to do it...My creativity with it had become non-exsistant.

so I would like to ask for a Second chance at a another song... Key Cavern might have not been the best song for me to remix...I had a feeling it might not in the begining, but it was one of the few soungs I could do at the time, where there were only a few availible songs. Now that there are some openings, I might be able to produce a better remix using a new song.

If you want I could work a little something up of another song and then give you a little idea of what I can do with that, then you can determine weather or not to except me once again intot his lengthy project of yours.

-Shinny

[Monobrow]

Sorry Shinny, about not having time or energy to do anything with your song, I feel bad about that, that I couldn't help.

I'm glad you understand where Starky came from with the cut.

Anyway, bump.

[ShinnyMetal]

that is no problem at all, and if you still need any help on yours IM always here to do it...woot?

[Arias Serathe]

Spam.

... They're invading pre-existing threads now?

[prophetik]

ghey

[prophetik]

bump.

[Aetherius]

Anybody got updates?
LAOS claims he's been practising, but hasn't recorded anything (which is less sad than it sounds coming from others).

I haven't got anything new from KFC.
Monobrow hasn't shown us her wip.
We need replacement mixers.
I need to get started on my junks.

[prophetik]

i think i said this before, but i asked fishy to do the guitars that prizm had to give up for our song, and he's doing some acoustic guitar for tensai's song as well.

[Monobrow]

Believe me, I've made a lot of progress on this song, but I am uh...currently (acquiring) better samples to continue...I JUST got my new computer yesterday, it is very nice. If you want a version from around a month ago I will pm it to you, but be aware that it's going to be completely revamped with better quality in the near future.

[Dafydd]

I've gotten started on an animal village mix, but it still blows massively, so I'll post something when I think it's worth listening to.

[Aetherius]

that "blows massively" bit is the main reason I didn't want it mixed...
The original blows massively too.
You're best off trying like...a calliope version.

[The Joker]

I feel I must add... that... even though I only had a minor tweak to do to my mix... I haven't touched it in months. It's like I've been married to it for the last 50 years... The End!

[Aetherius]

bumparoonie.

having nothing to do but play games and play piano over the christmas break, I MAY just come up with something to use as material for my long-awaited/doubted mix... but...well...you guys know me.

[Aetherius]

'nuther bump.

sup, guys?

[Less Ashamed Of Self]

I am practising... and it IS going well...

if I pick up my guitar these days it's to practise my Link's Awakening song.

I STILL have a ways to go though, if it's gonna be any good.

It will be worth the wait.

[Zero Rei Maru]

Hello. I am entering your thread today to offer my services.

I am willing to mirror the project as long as it's good. If you guys need hosting/mirroring.

[Aetherius]

I've had an offer from someone whose remixer name is too hard for me to remember off hand... there are a lot of Zs in it. Anyhoo, I provided a list of available tracks, and we'll see how that goes over :D

p.s. someone stand over me with a whip until I open up FL and make something musical.

[Dafydd]

I'm really too busy to help motivate a project coordinator do some work for his own project. Besides, I have similar motivation problems of my own.

Anyway... haven't people nagged on you enough as it is?

Either way, I'm not currently doing any work for the project, myself, either.

[Aetherius]

generally, when I'm nagged, I tend to be less motivated.

[prophetik]

the track formerly being done by me and prizm, which now is known as the track that fishy and i did (richard's villa) is 99% done. he's sending me the guitar track, done, today, and i might or might not fool with it.

[prophetik]

generally, when I'm nagged, I tend to be less motivated.

hey aeth, do some damn music for your damn project. i've got two of my best mixes chilling on my hd because you haven't gotten off your lazy ass and finished remixing the soundtrack you say you love so much. it's not even like you've got a life, you just are too lazy to make a frigging mix.

[Aetherius]

Suddenly I feel less inclined to do my mix!

[The Joker]

generally, when I'm nagged, I tend to be less motivated.

You know what, guy. Take all the time you need. We're in no rush.

[Dyne]

Suddenly I feel less inclined to do my mix!

Eh, know what? Just take a month off. Really, it's okay. We can wait for your musical genius. Really...no rush. Have a cookie.

[prophetik]

Eh, know what? Just take a month off. Really, it's okay. We can wait for your musical genius. Really...no rush. Have a cookie.

musical genius? lolz. no one in this project has musical genius. now, paul hindemith, he had musical genius.

besides, aeth took a month off for, like, the last two years. so it doesn't count any more.

[Aetherius]

don't worry guys. I'm working on music again, so I'm not saying I'll be done or doing this mix for a while, but at least I'm doing music again.

edit: once again, me finishing my mix does not indicate that the project is finished. If you really want the project finished, find me some decent people to finish the remaining 3 or 4 tracks.

[prophetik]

does this mean that you're going to be working on your mix, or music in general?

[Aetherius]

so I'm not saying I'll be done or doing this mix for a while, but at least I'm doing music again.


that looks like it's an answer.

[prophetik]

that looks like it's an answer.

fair nuff.

[Petara]

Quicker!!!!

[prophetik]

how the hell does this project have 87 pages? we haven't said anything in like 30 or so.

[prophetik]

bump, again. how's everyone's songs coming?

[Aetherius]

Unfortunately, the fellow I had tried to rope in earlier dropped out.

I haven't been able to catch Less Ashamed of Self on AIM lately, but I have faith that he'll work out...

Once I get some time on my hands (it's paper/midterm season), I'll sit down at my piano and try to work soemthing out.

[linkspast]

So this probaly has been asked a few times, but is there an ETA on this or is when it gets finished.

[Petara]

Oh, man... I would trade every remix project in, just so this one would be finished.

[prophetik]

So this probaly has been asked a few times, but is there an ETA on this or is when it gets finished.

nope, unfortunately.

[Aetherius]

So this probaly has been asked a few times, but is there an ETA on this or is when it gets finished.

There is no ETA because nobody except the prophet can be trusted to meet a deadline, myself included.

I am comfortable with that.

edit: blah blah blah, I'm sure some of you can make deadlines, but most of you didn't.

[The Joker]

Hey now... i'm more than capable of meeting deadlines! Take it back... or I'll punch you in the face.

[prophetik]

according to the little icon next to my subscription window, i've got 142 posts in this thread (before this one). i think that's probably pretty close to the most in this one, probably.

[prophetik]

bump. because no one else did.

[Aetherius]

Has anyone seen or heard from Trenthian?
Has anyone seen or heard from LAOS?

(unrelated: has anyone seen or heard from shael riley?)

I've been messing around with ideas in FL, lately, but I haven't got anything worth showing yet (and nowhere to put things I'd like to show, for that matter).

My world is topsy-turvy upside-down shit these days. On the bright-side I got myself a new piano/controller, so, once I figure out the workings of that jobby, I may or may not...somehow...do something...with that.

[prophetik]

don't know if you noticed, but fl7 just came out. it's HOT.

[Aetherius]

turns out LAOS broke a guitar string, and has to order them from somewhere, cause he doesn't use standard style... ah well.

[prophetik]

wait, he hasn't been around in weeks because he broke a guitar string? someone's gonna die.

[Aetherius]

not absent for weeks.
He works differently...

[herograw]

I've been messing around with ideas in FL, lately, but I haven't got anything worth showing yet (and nowhere to put things I'd like to show, for that matter).


you know, I've been offering free hosting for music for like.... ever

[prophetik]

i lolled, really.

[Dafydd]

Well, here's an early and ugly wip of the last boss music... if you think this could make it with some (a lot of) work, give me some directions. I was thinking this would be one of the more intense parts of the song. Oh, and I played the drums on my keyboard, in case anyone is wondering why they're so horribly off beat... this was all done rather quickly.

http://home.student.uu.se/dahe9761/music/zelda4boss.mp3

And no, I never intended to finish the "Inside the Egg" mix that I got started on - that was mainly meant to get Aeth to pull his finger out of his butt... too bad it didn't work. Oh well.

[suzumebachi]

I'm trying to track down some older works of mine. Does anyone happen to have my song from the first incarnation of this project?

[Aetherius]

I'm trying to track down some older works of mine. Does anyone happen to have my song from the first incarnation of this project?

It doesn't look like I've got it.

[prophetik]

was epo around the first time? he seems to be the kind of person to never throw something away.

[Ichitootah]

Gee, I haven't thought about OCRemix, or this project, in a veeeery long time. Feel kinda guilty.

Want me to finish my track?

Edit: and listening to it for the first time in months, oh jesus does it need fixing!

[Dafydd]

Yaaay, a returnee!

[Aetherius]

Oh sweet monkey-jesus, finish that song.

[prophetik]

holy shit, ichitootah!

[prophetik]

bump, because no one else cares enough.

[Escariot]

I'm trying to track down some older works of mine. Does anyone happen to have my song from the first incarnation of this project?
EDIT: LINK REMOVED.

[prophetik]

bumporama...

[Escariot]

Bumpity. Uhm...

Aeth - I'll try to get ahold of you via AIM or something

[Aetherius]

Whatchu suckas want?

[suzumebachi]

EDIT: LINK REMOVED.

son of balls :banghead:

[Aetherius]

It wasn't up there, anyway, dude. I might have it on a backup somewhere, but I doubt it. Sorry.

[Escariot]

son of balls :banghead:
No, Suzu, yours was not on there. I quit managing the site before you submitted a WIP. I thought so, and posted a link without thinking. And upon checking my site stats, I realized that there were a lot of downloads on OOOLD WIPs...

[Aetherius]

I'm pretty sure that suzu is referring to the track he started 2 years ago, before I'd started this incarnation, and asked people to host things.

[Chickenwarlord]

Does anyone on the project use GarageBand? I have an arrangement of the Mr. Write theme, but I'm not at all good with polishing. Perhaps someone would like to collaborate?

[Aetherius]

Does anyone on the project use GarageBand? I have an arrangement of the Mr. Write theme, but I'm not at all good with polishing. Perhaps someone would like to collaborate?

The Mr. Write theme is already done, by Ichitootah.
Also, PCs win.

[Chickenwarlord]

Whoops. Sorry about that then.

[Aetherius]

Whoops. Sorry about that then.
I'm just being a jerk.
If you want to contribute to the project, great, but as I said, that particular song's been done, so, if you want to participate, select a different track, and garageband will be fine, so long as you can meet our standards.

[Chickenwarlord]

Well the point is that I didn't think that my mastering ability would be at a level ready for the project. I'll come back when I've worked on something else that hasn't been taken.

[Aetherius]

I've been stupidly lazy with this project, and contemplated shutting it down several times, but as my school year draws to a close, I have hopes that I will gain time and creativity, and finish this fucker.

[The Joker]

... well then, get on it. Cham on!

[Antipode]

No way, this is still on? I forgot all about this project...

Is the list on the front current with who's taken what?

[Aetherius]

I don't even know anymore. I haven't heard from half of them in months.

[The Joker]

i'm still in. Though, whenever the project gets rolling again, I'll be tweaking my mix a little. Making it sound all gorgeous & crap.

[prophetik]

i don't have tensai-san's files anymore because my computer was stolen back in february, so cancel that one. you have finished files for my solo piece and the collab that was between me and prizm and is now between me and fishy.

want me to do another one?

[Fishy]

the collab that was between me and prizm and is now between me and fishy.

You mean its now between you, me AND Prizm (I really don't want to take credit for the guitar part, he wrote it.)

[prophetik]

good point. i wrote the chords, but he wrote the stuff.

[Ichitootah]

Will submit my final mix shortly after AP Tests...

[chthonic]

I've been done since before this project started

I had a pet dinosaur when my mix was finished

I sent in the final version from a cave because it was in the distant past

additional joke referencing something that happened a long time ago

[prophetik]

i only took two weeks to finish mine. this project's been going since september of 2005, which was 80 weeks ago as of today! rejoice!

[Dafydd]

Is kfc still working on his mix?

[Aetherius]

He claims to be....

I've got a heck of a load on my plate right now.

[prophetik]

i've got a heck of a load in my butt right now. it's called poop.

[Dafydd]

Ahh, cuz you've eaten it all up. The pun will never end, will it?

[prophetik]

quoted from the rd and pkmn project threads...

my finals are done as of today, and i should be having a decent working computer soon, like monday or tuesday (barring my fifth bad mobo or third bad psu in a row) so i'll be working on stuff too.

aka, i'll take another track if i feel i can do it justice.

[Aetherius]

Starky sleepy...no more 7-3 shifts, please...
Still pianoing around... nothin' yet. where all my mixpimps at?

[The Joker]

Well, I'm keeping my pimp hand strong. You know, for the mixing.

[Petara]

Quicker!!!!

[prophetik]

Starky sleepy...no more 7-3 shifts, please...
Still pianoing around... nothin' yet. where all my mixpimps at?

i worked 4am-1230 today. i hate all morning shifts.

[Chickenwarlord]

Could we possibly get an updated tracklisting? A while ago I worked on an arrangement that had 'already been done' but the main page said that nobody was signed up for it. I think that it would be nice to see what's still available/needs attention.

[Aetherius]

the tracklist is still up-to-date. Ichitootah is not listed because he pretty much disappeared. I have a version which I consider mostly finished, but recently he returned to say that he'd like to work on it more. So, there you go. Technically, I should put him back up there, but it seems like a waste of time, unless he can demonstrate his commitment to the project somehow.

Likewise, I'm less concerned with filling the four or five tracks that I said I didn't want to use in the album, than I am the four or five tracks that I have in the main tracklist.

where the hell is sixto?

[Tensei]

Kind of checking in, I sent a pretty much complete Midi/ WIP version of Tal Tal Heights to Prophet(a long time ago), so he could get the acoustic guitars done, but I haven't heard anything about it since.

[prophetik]

well, you didn't record the guitar parts for months, and then the parts you sent me were out of time. i haven't worked on it in a while - i think i have it somewhere, but i don't even know, to tell the truth. i'll check later today to see what i've got.

i might just do the whole thing myself, i've got Steinburg Virtual Guitarist so i might just fake those guitar parts. you're still the arranger, but i'll try and record/synth everything.

[Tensei]

That's ok, but only if you're sure it will work. I've got some new recording tools, and only a 5 ms latency now, so if necessary, I'd be happy to re-record the electric guitar parts.

[prophetik]

That's ok, but only if you're sure it will work. I've got some new recording tools, and only a 5 ms latency now, so if necessary, I'd be happy to re-record the electric guitar parts.

do it. you've still got my email address, right?

[PriZm]

I hope it all goes well Prophet. Sorry for canning our mix.

[prophetik]

fishy and i finished it, for what its worth. i'll send you a link if you want it.

[prophetik]

wow, bump?

[Aetherius]

link me!

Hm, I have little to say. I'm quite busy lately.
LAOS's guitar mix of Mabe is apparently coming along, but he likes to change stuff, and since he does one-off recordings, it's unlikely that I can steal an "unfinished" version, and use that. Oh well.

what ever happened to Ichitootah?

Just for the hell of it, I cut Sixto and KFC.
Sixto's demo was good, but he seems to have given up or forgotten us. Same goes for KFC.

[Dafydd]

Ooooh, so Mysterious Woods is up for grabs, then? Also, which song is #8/96? I can't place it...

[Aetherius]

Ooooh, so Mysterious Woods is up for grabs, then? Also, which song is #8/96? I can't place it...

...ignore it. It's not in the list, it's not do-able.

[Dafydd]

Not even if included in another remix?

[Aetherius]

didn't I already state that I hate medleys?

edit: you know what? I think I'm going to cut 'inside the egg' from the tracklist. It's not much to work with.

[prophetik]

link me!

Hm, I have little to say. I'm quite busy lately.
LAOS's guitar mix of Mabe is apparently coming along, but he likes to change stuff, and since he does one-off recordings, it's unlikely that I can steal an "unfinished" version, and use that. Oh well.

what ever happened to Ichitootah?

Just for the hell of it, I cut Sixto and KFC.
Sixto's demo was good, but he seems to have given up or forgotten us. Same goes for KFC.
i sent it to you months ago, i thought. i think he wants to re-record the guitar solo again, but its been 'done' for AGES.

[Dafydd]

didn't I already state that I hate medleys?

edit: you know what? I think I'm going to cut 'inside the egg' from the tracklist. It's not much to work with.

You might have. Inside the egg is probably better off as a gbs than as a remix, yeah.

[k u n g f u c h i c k e n]

well damn............. i've been super fucking swamped........im sorry? it just... wow... ok, i've been gone awhile it seems lol

[Dafydd]

WiP. Comments?

www.ngst.nu/lostwoods.mp3

[Chickenwarlord]

Sounds like the backing track for a rapper.

[Dafydd]

Yeah... the forest themes from both Zelda 3 and Super Mario World have been remixed into Hip-hop (or whatever the genre is called). I think this one might have as well. Must be a Koji Kondo thang. Aeth, you could always take one of the already finished mixes of this track if you want...

[Aetherius]

Hm, the only thing I'm particularly keen on in that wip is the that wavery backing synth that you've got doing the two-note repetitious echo dealie. Thyat said, if you dropped the beat, lost the pseudo-ragga pizz, and added a piano, I think that could be potentially... good.

[prophetik]

month bump?

[Aetherius]

now that the FFVII project is done, everyone has no excuse not to join our shitty project. go spread the poop.

[Dafydd]

There are lots of other shitty projects, too.

[prophetik]

yeah. i'm like five of them. and three are nearing completion.

[Chickenwarlord]

yeah. i'm like five of them. and three are nearing completion.

This one, Tetrisphere, Pokemon, Radical Dreamers and SM64 right?

[prophetik]

correct. a few outside of ocr, too.

[Aetherius]

really, mephisto, your other involvements are of little consequence, as you've done enough already for this project.

[prophetik]

thanks, aeth.

[Escariot]

now that the FFVII project is done, everyone has no excuse not to join our shitty project. go spread the poop.
You lazy shit... Why isn't this done yet? You'll be hearing from me shortly

[Monobrow]

And then there is Tales which is pretty much complete.

Kirby is not far behind.

Man a lot of projects are gonna be released soon.

[Chickenwarlord]

Ugh, the one decent arrangement idea I've had was for an already taken track.
I'm going to see if I can get anything going for Key Cavern.

[Dafydd]

So, who's doing the Windfish theme?

[prophetik]

And then there is Tales which is pretty much complete.

Kirby is not far behind.

Man a lot of projects are gonna be released soon.

dreamers is wrapping up, and pokemon should release by christmas at the latest. we're honestly only a few songs away for that.

[Subz1987]

dreamers is wrapping up, and pokemon should release by christmas at the latest. we're honestly only a few songs away for that.

I was thinking about how slow 2007 was in terms of Site projects, but it's going to be insane in 2008

[prophetik]

that's a good point, forgot about how many are coming out.

[The Joker]

Maybe, just maybe, this project will release & be all types of goodness.

[case]

Bump 'o the month.. I'm going to give this a shot, see if I can produce something that isn't entire crap. Does anyone have the desire to collaborate on Key Cavern (22/96)??

Also, I scanned through several pages, but... there's 96 of them (same number of songs in the chip for this game!), but it's tough to find a good list of the WIPs released so far. I wanted to make sure I was writing something close to what's been done and wasn't going off on some tangent. Any chance we could get an edit on that first post in this thread with the WIP links? If hosting is needed, I can provide...

[schrage]

I might be interested in trying something for the Key Cavern. I know I don't have any tracks up on OCReMix yet, but give me a few days and I can probably have a WIP if desired.

[Dafydd]

I hate that song. If you can make a nice remix of it, I'll be impressed.

[prophetik]

i'm willing to give advice (technical and otherwise) if anyone wants it.

[The Joker]

In the event that we don;t really make any more progress in the next few weeks, I think we should be the first Remix Project EP. Take all the songs we have that are done, & make an EP. Well, you know, we should wait until Starky get's finished. Plus, we'd be the first to relase an EP, as opposed to a full length album.

[Dafydd]

we shoudl wait until Starky get's finished.

Whatever :roll:

[prophetik]

i don't mind releasing an EP. i'm just sick of waiting. i wanted to submit these mixes a year and a half ago when i wrote them, not now.

[Dafydd]

Why don't you submit them, then?

[schrage]

I hate that song. If you can make a nice remix of it, I'll be impressed.

I'm new to OCReMix in general.

What I was thinking for Key Cavern was something ambient and mellow, sort of more similar to the temple themes in Twilight Princess or something.

[schrage]

Here's a brief WIP demo of my "Key Cavern". I've worked on this much only for the past few hours.

http://www.freewebs.com/monkeygra/schrage-Key-Cavern-WIP-1.mp3
(right-click it for maximum power)

Please tell me if it's suitable, and I'll keep working on it.

(I'm using Reason 3.0)

[Monobrow]

well this link ain't working for me

is it working for anyone else?

[schrage]

It works. Freewebs is a bit off with links like this for some reason. Right click > Save as, or copy and paste the link to another window.

http://www.freewebs.com/monkeygra/schrage-Key-Cavern-WIP-1.mp3

[Chickenwarlord]

Here's a brief WIP demo of my "Key Cavern". I've worked on this much only for the past few hours.

http://www.freewebs.com/monkeygra/schrage-Key-Cavern-WIP-1.mp3
(right-click it for maximum power)

Please tell me if it's suitable, and I'll keep working on it.

(I'm using Reason 3.0)

Well it's certainly got the ambience part down. The synth entering at 1:00 is a little too mood destroying. I'd work on making it flow more with the background parts. I think I know what you want to do there with that entrance, but it needs to be a little less jarring for the mellow mood you've got going for everything else.

[schrage]

The synth entering at 1:00 is a little too mood destroying.

If you're talking the main slow melody, it's more of a placeholder sound until I figure out something better on that part.

[prophetik]

only had crappy laptop speakers to listen, which doesn't do this genre of music justice, really.

i think this is definitely headed in the right direction. your drums sound pretty poor at this point - i understand the feel you're going for but what you've got isn't really working for me right now - and that synth obviously needs to be changed. i like the sound of the synth, it's just too edgy...some filtering would probably make it fine in all reality.

good start.

[case]

Hey, the threads alive again! Well.. it's kinda shameful, but I haven't been able to work on it much since I got it started thanks to life. Here's the beginning WiP for Mysterious Woods, http://www.dcmperformance.com/music/Links_Awakening_-_Mysterious_Woods_ReMix_3.mp3 - towards the end of the song is where I always test, so it might seem like the song is jumping around a lot. Feedback is appreciated. ;)

[Aetherius]

*sigh* I hate you guys.

No time to listen to wips right now, but I'll check'em out on monday.

[Dafydd]

Now what? 10 char

[Electric ZerøBit]

We'll take you up on it. You think an acoustic medley would work out for you?
--
Shane

[Aetherius]

We'll take you up on it. You think an acoustic medley would work out for you?
--
Shane


I HATE medleys... but pick a song, and that's cool

[polar-]

Hey, the threads alive again! Well.. it's kinda shameful, but I haven't been able to work on it much since I got it started thanks to life. Here's the beginning WiP for Mysterious Woods, http://www.dcmperformance.com/music/Links_Awakening_-_Mysterious_Woods_ReMix_3.mp3 - towards the end of the song is where I always test, so it might seem like the song is jumping around a lot. Feedback is appreciated. ;)

For me the drums doesn't work for this style of music, it sounds very midi'ish while still it sounds like you try to emulate a real drumkit. In several of the fills/breaks, the crash was way off target. The bassline in the intro had some potential but lacked the extra touches to really groove. Keep working on it man.

[case]

The drums are pretty much placeholders, but the kit used was actually the FPC straight from FL. The crash is intentionally where it is, but maybe its a drummer thing. The bassline is direct from the original song, as is the piano piece, its just done with the chosen samples, I used it as a lead-in and starting point, and I don't think the song would really work without it due to the style. I'll see what I could do about beefing it up a little though! Thanks for the feedback, and yeah... lots of work to go still. ;)

Ath, you're the guy heading up this project, so itd be good to know what you think too. Feel free to PM me on it if you don't want to make it public.

[Aetherius]

Well, case, I like that guitary wah wah thing going on, but I've gotta point out that the bassline you've started out with is not actually in tune with your piano.
Second, the synth lead is creating a lot of discord with that delay on it, and whatever that stuff is.

It has potential in the later sections, but it's kinda messy, and you need to be sure that all of the parts are in tune with eachother.
Right now it needs a lot of work.

[Aetherius]

schrage,
I'm liking this one lots. It's got a good groove, and it's got the atmosphere.
However, I found the lead that comes in at 0:58 secs was a bit jarring, in comparison to what we had going on in there. It sounds too close, in terms of reverb, and too crisp in terms of eq, which is to say that it could use a bit of muffling, and a bit more 'room.' Otherwise, I'd say you should keep it up. This is looking good.

[prophetik]

WlPS! OMG!

[case]

Well, case, I like that guitary wah wah thing going on, but I've gotta point out that the bassline you've started out with is not actually in tune with your piano.
Second, the synth lead is creating a lot of discord with that delay on it, and whatever that stuff is.

It has potential in the later sections, but it's kinda messy, and you need to be sure that all of the parts are in tune with eachother.
Right now it needs a lot of work.

Sweetness, thanks for the feedback! When you say out of tune, you mean on a different octave, right? Or am I messing up notes? As far as the synth lead, is it clipping for you, or is it just too chaotic from the rest of the song? Thanks guys!

Meph, you've had winning songs, mind sharing some thoughts with me as well?

polar: totally forgot, i went and listened to the song and realized what you meant about MIDI drums... the intro actually -is- MIDI drums, lol. iunno, maybe my style is a little weird.

Finally saw the fixed link for shrage's WiP... I like it a lot, I couldn't figure out what to do with that song myself, but I really like what you've done with it!

[Dafydd]

No, when he says out of tune, he means that the piano notes are playing somewhere in between 2 bass semitones. An A on the piano sounds like something in between an A and an Ab (or between an A or an A#) on the bass. Listening to a piece of music where this is the case is generally rather unpleasant. Pitch the piano so that it's in tune.

[Aetherius]

Actually, I meant BOTH that the piano and the bass are not playing in the same key, AND that the bassline isn't changing with respect to the chord changes in the melody as much as it should.

[Dafydd]

Fair enough. I didn't really listen to the wip, but I did notice that the bass seemed to be playing random notes.

[case]

Are you talking about the intro or otherwise? The bass isn't playing random notes, it's direct from the original, as is the piano piece. I think what I'm going to end up doing is running my own bassline for it, I'll talk to one of the guys I know who plays bass for suggestions. I tried changing it to be more in tune to the piano's octave/notes, but it sounds ridiculous, loses any smoothness it had (and my opinion of why a bass is... a bass). Another curiosity I had, is talking about keeping the song in tune.. Maybe I'm not getting it, but I don't want everything to be one pitch, cause then it all clashes against itself and becomes redundant. I'll keep working on it though, a few good things have come with the testing. I think the song is a little more streamlined now, it has a semi-finished ending, and a little more work has been done on the drums, but they're still placeholders.

(editted for the above)


Sorry if I'm over-doing this, but making progress is nice.

[about:blank]

I know it's probably a little late to ask, but would I be able to join this project? If you want to hear what I can do, I have an Earthworm Jim mix up on the site:

http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01568/

For something more recent, here's an original song that I finished making about a week ago:

http://boosherd.googlepages.com/Purgatory.mp3

If you think I have what it takes to be a member of this project, just hit me back with a PM or something.

-Chris

[prophetik]

just write music, no one else is

[Aetherius]

at the moment, two people are.

[case]

Who all is currently working on this anyway, if ya don't mind my asking. :)

[prophetik]

after a decent amount of deliberation, i'm removing my tracks from this project and subbing them. i've sat on my first track since almost two years ago, and the track with prizm/fishy for over a year...and i simply haven't seen any progress happening on ANYONE's part, particularly the project coordinator's part. sorry, guys, but i'm getting sick of just sitting around. if you guys ever finish, more power to you...but i don't ever see that happening. i mean, aeth never even bothered to do an arrangement, and said quite plainly that he didn't intend to anytime soon even back when people were actively working on this one.

have fun. if you ever finish, i'll download. other than that, peace out.

[Dafydd]

I'm going to keep mine on the project. I made it for the project and it wouldn't pass the judges panel anyway. That said, I have no hopes for this project to ever finish, especially with TPoM removing his tracks (which make up, like, half of our progress). Aeth, have you ever considered the possibility of suffering from ADD?

[Aetherius]

I'm going to keep mine on the project. I made it for the project and it wouldn't pass the judges panel anyway. That said, I have no hopes for this project to ever finish, especially with TPoM removing his tracks (which make up, like, half of our progress). Aeth, have you ever considered the possibility of suffering from ADD?

Dafydd, the problem is that I do not suffer from ADD, and am too focused on my real life, and my studies at University to care about this project, video-game remixes in general, or this community like you folks do.

If it would make people happy, then I'll declare the project dead. I figured if we let it sit long enough, someone would finish a track.

[Dafydd]

Someone as in e.g. you? If you had the intention to do your track, you should have at least gotten started by now. If you're not going to do it, at least give it up and let someone else take it.

[Aetherius]

Someone as in e.g. you? If you had the intention to do your track, you should have at least gotten started by now. If you're not going to do it, at least give it up and let someone else take it.

Note that me not finishing my ONE track has nothing to do with the fact that there are only 5 (minus 2) of 20-ish tracks complete for this project.

This project is dead because it has no mixers, and never did.

[Dafydd]

Note that me not finishing my ONE track has nothing to do with the fact that there are only 5 (minus 2) of 20-ish tracks complete for this project.Keep telling yourself that if it makes you happy. I can't pretend it's a fact, but if you as the project leader had finished your own mix, you might have inspired others to do the same thing. Likewise, Prophet just pulled out and he mentioned your lack of... dedication... in his reason why. Sorry to bring it up, but there it is.