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Hey Xaleph, I think you've pulled some of my VSTs from the Discord server anyway, but here's a list of some stuff I use commonly: VST Instruments u-he's Zebra2, Hive, Diva. All the u-he synths are notable for having free versions with very limited paywall restrictions; the free versions don't limit settings at all, they just play static or randomize notes intermittently after 20 minutes of rendering/use. This can be worked around by reloading the instance, and it's obviously an easy workaround for final mixdown. FM8 by Native Instruments - goes on sale a lot FMDrive - very cheap Genesis/Mega Drive synth that can read the original instrument files Roland Sound Canvas - not free but essential for a lot of GBA/SNES type sounds. A lot of them make up GBA soundfonts unaltered; Golden Sun, Pokemon, etc. Sforzando and Samplelord are both worth bringing up as soundfont interfaces; the former is free and the latter can notably read some proprietary instrument files used in E-mu kits like the Proteus. Performance Samples has paid VSTs but also a lot of freebies; I use the strings and percussion a lot. They just require a certain version of Kontakt. VST FX Guitar Rig - I use Guitar Rig 5 specifically. Its amps/cabinets are really diverse and convincing and I use the reverb effects on pretty much everything. Convology XT has a free version with a lot of convolution reverb presets. I use them in conjunction with these Impulse Responses a lot to emulate how reverb effects were achieved on the PS1. EliteReducer 2 and CMT Bitcrusher are both free bitcrushers. MeldaProduction has a lot of versatile free FX; I use MCompressor for sidechaining and MVibrato for gated/tremolo effects. ToneBoosters has a lot of free legacy FX i.e. Barricade. Tokyo Dawn Records has some good free/paid FX like Kotelnikov; I use the paid version on my master bus pretty much all the time.    

Oh man, you gotta add Famisynth to the list! Not only is it 8-bit heaven, it's 100% free. http://mu-station.chillout.jp/plugins/FAMISYNTH-II/index.html

The opening lead is really buzzy; it adds a lot of trailing mud in the high-end frequencies that ends up crowding the soundscape, even though, texturally, there's not much going on. Same with :19, that other line is too muddy. The dropoff at :33's probably my highlight. There's care put into varying the textures, but the overall timing of things still feels stilted and locked to grid, so the energy of the writing is undermined by the rigid timing. Even the stutter synth from :58-1:13, the effect feels passe pretty early on because of the overall timing feeling too robotic. I'm sure prophetik explained it best, as an experienced musician, but despite all the activity going on with the beat-writing, the beats also plodded. Consider examining tutorial or workshopping videos on beatmaking in FL Studio, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHOI0c-w_sE The sound design is an improvement from many iterations ago, yet it's going to need some further leaps. You actually can make strong stuff with FL presets, so you don't need different sounds, just better use of what's already available. Listening to something like Rellik's "Mirror and Transparent" from way back, it's all default FL sounds and effects, yet the flow of it all is so much more vibrant: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01475. It'll sound like I'm saying Rellik's the bar, when that's well above it, or that you need to adopt his specific writing style. That said, this is still very far from having the writing or production sophistication to get this close to the bar. Keep doing more research & workshopping, and keep learning.   NO (resubmit)

If this ever passes, I'm pretty sure it will be the most-resubmitted remix in our history. Sadly, I don't think this is the time. The sound palette is still very vanilla, and still sounds like you made it with stock synths from LMMS. FL Studio supports dozens of really great VSTs that can give you richer and more varied sounds. Not that you didn't use a large number of different synths; it seems like it changes leads every couple of measures, but all of them are simple and generic-sounding. I agree with proph about the snares being underwhelming, but I have honestly no idea what he's talking about regarding hats, crashes, and kicks. There are hats used all over the place, keeping the 4/4 time everywhere that isn't a break; cymbals are often used as transitional elements; and the kick has an easily adequate amount of bass. The instruments that aren't leads are mostly pads and sweeps, but I hear perfectly fine amounts of reverb on everything else. I think the arrangement is suitable, and the production isn't bad, but your sample choices are letting you down. Using a hundred basic ones is not going to get you where using a dozen good ones will. Hit up our workshops, either on our forums or on Discord, and get some recommendations for free VSTs, and presets for them that will do what you want. I think this will get you most of the way there. NO