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MindWanderer 02-02-2012 10:00 PM

My comments:
  1. Magnus Divinicus Chiptunicus: Amazing production, and a very enjoyable piece. The combination of chiptunes with the background soundscape was excellent and memorable. My one gripe is that the Wily themes and Magnet Man were so dominant. I caught Schala's theme and a hint of Dust Man, but I'm not sure where Blizzard Man was. In any other round, that would probably have dropped a piece out of my top 3, but since everyone struggled with this, it gets a pass, and my #1 spot.
  2. Bubble Man's Requiem: Despite the unabashed dominance of Bubble Man's theme, this piece makes exemplary use of all 4 themes. It's like Wily Battle 10 and Bubble Man were the original pieces to be used, and Elec Man was used as a binding agent. Snake Man is a little forced, though--if you intend to submit this, it might be worth considering just taking it out. It's not bad, per se, and given that you had to use it, it's fine, but it's kind of unnecessary taken independently of the compo. On the other hand, once the production is cleaned up (the one thing keeping this out of my #1 slot), it might sound better.
  3. Amp: Q: What happens when a remixer who normally goes all over the place is asked to work with 4+ sources? A: Not a whole lot--this is clearly a pH piece, with all that means. However, a bit of schizophrenia is par for the course this time, so he's in his element, and this is perhaps his best submission of the compo. Good soundscape, solid use of all 5 themes, although Charge Man is in the forefront most of the time and Needle Man seems to be in the back seat. I'm not a fan of glitches, but there aren't many. Overall, a challenge accepted and met.
  4. Sweet Wet Nectar: Hornet Man and Splash Woman domimate, but all 4 themes can be clearly heard and work reasonably well together. I'm not a big fan of the synth samples used here, and that's probably the one thing that kept me from enjoying this more. Also a minor thing: the soundscape felt shallow and a bit busy; pulling something out to a lower register might have sounded better.
  5. In the Reading...: Classic Willrock, with the Air Man jams I've been waiting for this whole time, and the Rock of Halc, hard to go wrong. So why didn't I rank this higher? The opening and ending are pretty weak, IMHO, with an odd choice of instrumentation and some dissonance. It also suffers from a lack of coherence, with several awkward transitions. There's a lot about this piece that I liked, but it just didn't come together as a whole for me.

orlouge82 02-02-2012 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Rexy (Post 840447)
I don't know, with there being less mixes to think about, I think my vote is most likely going to be more concrete this time. :)

Well, then it looks like I owe you an apology:smile:.

WillRock 02-02-2012 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MindWanderer (Post 840455)
The opening and ending are pretty weak, IMHO, with an odd choice of instrumentation and some dissonance.

While I'm perfectly happy with people having their own opinions on tracks, I am interested to know why you say there is dissonance in the intro and outro of the remix :)

I've had a look at the source file and found no dissonance in either parts so I'd like to call you out on that one :D

If you can explain what you mean, then i'm happy to hear it :P

orlouge82 02-03-2012 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by chthonic (Post 840381)
I was

so wasted

oh, also: if anyone is interested, I put all four of my entries into convenient "mini-album" format with artwork and all that. so if you want high-quality (320 kbps) versions of my tracks, get em free here

http://bbriggs.halc9bit.com/album/sn...n-vs-the-world

These sound great as lossless (FLAC). Is the bitrate capped out at 320 kbps even for the FLAC, or is there a difference in quality between the 320 kbps MP3 and the FLAC?

Also, more people need to put up links to lossless versions of their songs!!!

Benjamin Briggs 02-03-2012 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by orlouge82 (Post 840480)
These sound great as lossless (FLAC). Is the bitrate capped out at 320 kbps even for the FLAC, or is there a difference in quality between the 320 kbps MP3 and the FLAC?

Also, more people need to put up links to lossless versions of their songs!!!

FLAC is lossless; 320 kpbs mp3 isn't, though you can't really hear the difference. still, FLAC is technically higher quality

MindWanderer 02-03-2012 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillRock (Post 840459)
While I'm perfectly happy with people having their own opinions on tracks, I am interested to know why you say there is dissonance in the intro and outro of the remix :)

I've had a look at the source file and found no dissonance in either parts so I'd like to call you out on that one :D

If you can explain what you mean, then i'm happy to hear it :P

Perhaps not technically dissonance, but when the two parts play together, they make some, to my ears, unpleasant harmonies. They probably technically aren't dissonant, but the unusual harmonies combined with the, frankly, obnoxious sample instrument made for a pretty unpleasant combination. They might have sounded smoother given prettier instruments, and the instruments might have sounded better if they were used in a more traditional combination, but as they were I couldn't go for it.

That's be best I can do with the language I know. Perhaps someone with a more technical background can put better words to what I'm trying to say.

Neblix 02-03-2012 10:28 PM

He doesn'tn'tn't liek ur frequenciez bro

SectorZ 02-06-2012 02:09 AM

Round 10 scores (minus DarkeSword vote)

Let me know if anyone notes any errors.

Gario 02-06-2012 03:12 AM

Wow.

Hey Darkesword, you have absolute power over how this match will end. This is easily the closest match in the competition, with nearly a three way tie. Not that it matters point-wise (as the first three places are awarded the same, this time), but it's still quite awesome how it turned out.

Nice way to end the compo, everyone. :-)

Phonetic Hero 02-06-2012 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gario (Post 841007)
Wow.

Hey Darkesword, you have absolute power over how this match will end. This is easily the closest match in the competition, with nearly a three way tie. Not that it matters point-wise (as the first three places are awarded the same, this time), but it's still quite awesome how it turned out.

Nice way to end the compo, everyone. :-)

I'm honored to be among such sexy musicians :D


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