Liontamer
01-25-2006, 09:23 PM
Original Decision: http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=68612
Whats up LT. I'm pretty sure I should be resubbing this to you, right? If not let me know and I'll email submissions.
For the panel:
I suppose I'll give a little backround on how this mix originated. This is actually the first vg remix I've done without already having it planned in my head. I stumbled upon zircon's little drum tutorial, which inspired me to work on some ill beatz, and came up with that drum loop you hear during the first half. I added the bassline and e-piano riff undereath intending to craft a simple hiphop instrumental, but then I stumbled upon Dynablade Area 2 from KSS, and I immediately knew it would fit.
Things start off with a fingered bass + rhodes soundfount to set the feel, with a squarewave synth coming in underneath. The main drumkit is courtesy FL. I ripped the Kirby SFX from the game and applied some FL Wave Traveler action. Then comes the lead, which is the jr electric piano that darkesword used to host (thanks). Strings from the Florestan soundfont collection accompany. The other synth you hear is a TS404 sound. The next section intro's some nice bongo samples I found, with a steeldrum soundfont added for a little island flavor.
After the first sub, I really didn't know where to go with this. After coming back from a break to listen to this again, I realized how the distored perc really didn't gel, and decided to axe it altogether after some futile adjustments. I went back to the source for inspiration, and realized there was a second section of the tune I never used, and thats how I came up with the new middle. The part at 3:00 is a modified pad mixture, and I thought returning to the island beat with a swing groove was a good way to close.
Whats up LT. I'm pretty sure I should be resubbing this to you, right? If not let me know and I'll email submissions.
For the panel:
I suppose I'll give a little backround on how this mix originated. This is actually the first vg remix I've done without already having it planned in my head. I stumbled upon zircon's little drum tutorial, which inspired me to work on some ill beatz, and came up with that drum loop you hear during the first half. I added the bassline and e-piano riff undereath intending to craft a simple hiphop instrumental, but then I stumbled upon Dynablade Area 2 from KSS, and I immediately knew it would fit.
Things start off with a fingered bass + rhodes soundfount to set the feel, with a squarewave synth coming in underneath. The main drumkit is courtesy FL. I ripped the Kirby SFX from the game and applied some FL Wave Traveler action. Then comes the lead, which is the jr electric piano that darkesword used to host (thanks). Strings from the Florestan soundfont collection accompany. The other synth you hear is a TS404 sound. The next section intro's some nice bongo samples I found, with a steeldrum soundfont added for a little island flavor.
After the first sub, I really didn't know where to go with this. After coming back from a break to listen to this again, I realized how the distored perc really didn't gel, and decided to axe it altogether after some futile adjustments. I went back to the source for inspiration, and realized there was a second section of the tune I never used, and thats how I came up with the new middle. The part at 3:00 is a modified pad mixture, and I thought returning to the island beat with a swing groove was a good way to close.