Sonic 1 - [Marble Zone - Lost Marble Mix]

[cynicmusic]

Chill/slightly minimal remix of Marble Zone with piano. The chorus features a mandolin patch I programmed with some interesting reverse delay effects. I'd say this was a WIP but I know full well my next Marble Zone remix will be in progress soon =)

http://sonic.tcpmusic.com/music/lost_marbles.mp3

This is my 3rd Marble Zone remix, as usual, my sonic mixes/speedrun video remixes are here: http://sonic.tcpmusic.com

Alex Smith / The Cynic Project / cynicmusic.com

[ocremixfan]

Marble Zone remixes are always welcome! :D
I liked this! calm and simple... though a bit more of "life" would be nice!
And... you're thinking of starting another mix already? why not finishing the existing WIPs first? :?

[cynicmusic]

Finishing tracks just isn't my strong point at the moment. Mostly becuase I tend to make 'em worse the longer I work on them. I'd certainly be interesting in collaborating with anyone who's interested in Sonic remixes, to help finish/expand some of these mixes. I have a ton of spare ideas, mostly in the form of piano reductions I've arranged.

Though I don't know if anyone is much interested in my style, I've submitted 6 of them to OC and so far no bites..

[ocremixfan]

If that's que question, try talking to someone to start a collab... I personally like DistantJ and his superb Cryptic Marble remix.
Even if you couldn't start a joint work with someone, give a try to take a remix to the end... seek some experienced advices from people around... they always do a great job guiding remixers! ;)

[Lostinthamusic]

Very chill. I really like what you've made so far.

Keep it up! Nice website BTW.

[Robotaki]

Chilled stuff. I'm curious to know what you use to make your music. Especially the drum programming and effects you put on them (for other songs also, not just this one). Very cool!

[cynicmusic]

Percussion -
I have a ton of loop libraries, I will usually pull one or two loops from a set and drop them in Native Instruments Intakt, chop them up into individual MIDI note triggers and trigger them by MIDI. A little rearrangement of the MIDI gets me some variations and fills. I typically remove the kick and snare, opting to program those in NI Battery. I frequently bounce percussion tracks down to audio and then chop them up further, of fx process just a few parts, simple tricks like an extra long reverb/delay effects tail on just one hit. I do alot of processing of rhythmic elements in Antares Filter, sometimes desiging a filter set specific to a loop, and then automating filter parameters over the course of the song to make gradual changes.

Plugins you will see in all my projects are
Waves RVerb
Waves 6 tap delay
Waves Mondomod
Antares Filter
NI Battery
Novation V-Station
Ohmboys quad fromage

I also have a buncha hardware that I use for the rest of the instruments, though its not a big deal to work entirely in software

Pads/Strings - Roland XV-3080 (Factory Presets)
Piano - Roland XV-3080 Supreme Piano Expnansion
Pads/Leads - Roland XV-3080 (Modified Presets from Vengeance-Music.de)
Arpeggios - Novation Supernova 2 (hardware) or V-Station, again I own all the patches from Vengeance for both these instruments)
Basses - wherever


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Also, All these songs have sega genesis samples from the sonic games in them! :)

[metaphist]

Nice mix, im a fan of the style. Seems like it could use another instrument, maybe a synth of some sort, to take the lead or just accompany with some interesting patterns. But like you said, if overdoing it makes it worse don't bother.

[gliyw1thdabangs]

cynicmusic/Alex Smith,

I know you put out a marble zone trance sketches, but I remember the breakbeat remix, which was simple but had a really interesting sound in it from 0:13 - 1:20 as it fades into the back. I heard it very quietly in your marble zone trance sketches, but I thought that either the breakbeats or lost marbles were really awesome explorations that in my mind were in the direction of manifest.

I don't know if you're still planning on following up with a resub of lost marbles or if you're going to try to submit breakbeats or sketches, but I would be ecstatic to hear a reinvigoration of these pieces.

Either way, I respect your skills as an artist. Props on your music.

[Sengin]

Decidedly nice. I think it's a real nice laid-back track. What were the reasons none of your mixes were accepted?

[gliyw1thdabangs]

I know for the judge's panel, there were complaints about the percussion being too unvaried. There were also questions about the minimalist approach to the remix.

[GorillaMatic]

very clean sounding. Hope it gets past the judges