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Over the last few days and weeks, I have made a major update to my main post for this thread. Since some interesting new studio monitors have come onto the market or some studio monitor speaker series have been given the latest generation of studio monitor models, while the production of some older models has been discontinued and these are often no longer available at all, I have finally made this way overdue update. The update in my initial thread post contains the following main points: 1) newly released as well as time-tested studio monitor speakers made for accurate mixing in home studio conditions as well as for professional endeavors in audio engineering 2) new models within a studio monitor series (whereby I generally only took the new models as a basis for a more detailed description if they were actually better than the older models - if the old models were obviously better than the newer versions, on the other hand, I took the older models as a basis for a more detailed description and rather mentioned the newer models only in passing) 3) have slightly expanded the information in the descriptions of the studio monitor models, categorized it accordingly and standardized it (so that the frequency range, sound impression and build quality are rather high up in the description of the respective studio monitor speakers and somewhat less important aspects such as design, power consumption, price and further information can be found at the bottom of the description) 4) updated links with the currently available studio monitor models as well as additional helpful information on older studio monitor models (which are sometimes even still available on the market) 5) a slightly adjusted personal rating for the larger and the smaller studio monitor speakers, which is primarily based on my personal sound impressions of the speakers in the music store as well as through comparative sound test videos, personal mixing experiences with some of these speakers, certain product characteristics such as build quality, frequency range, linearity of the frequency response or at least a frequency response that is advantageous for mixing, intensity of inherent noise, various buyer and user feedbacks, power consumption, price-benefit ratio as well as current availability on the market (whereby the sound characteristics and mixing suitability are the most important factors for my rating - although this should only be a rough assessment and I am not yet completely sure about some of the sometimes pretty close positions my personal ranking) 6) a link to a YouTube channel where you can roughly compare the sound of a large number of studio monitor models even far away from specialist music shops (whereby the sound impression of the studio monitor speakers in the specialist music shop and even more so in the corresponding rooms at home should be the final factor, without prioritising the first sound impression over the much more crucial mixing suitability - because what ultimately counts for composers and sound engineers is not the pleasant sound of these speakers, but the impressing sound of the final mix that you have created with the speakers and which can be reproduced very well on all other playback systems) 7) a brief summery of my personal speaker search over many years (from the simplest desktop speakers to professional studio monitors with corresponding background information to better understand why I have taken certain steps in my home studio planning and why I do not always find larger studio monitors necessarily better and more suitable in terms of mixing suitability than slightly smaller models) Maybe this can help some people in their search for suitable studio monitor speakers for their room conditions. ... In addition, I wish you a happy Easter. Don't forget to bring rich offerings of ecological natural products (food) for the fluffy hares and bunnies to the radically sacred Long 'n' Floppy Ears Shrine to appease the gentle and wise rabbit gods. (\_/)

Hello!!! Although I'm quite unfamiliar with this place, it is nice to meet people who enjoy remixing VGMs and OSTs! Although I usually make original tracks, I also make remixes. I met this place a few days ago, and I forgot introduce myself. I hope all is well!

Definitely loved listening to Klonoa! So many twists and turns in the soundtrack and so much variety!

thank you!!! first post rn but cool beans :D

The sound selection for this mix is not too shabby. I like the lead tones chosen to anchor the mix; the bass tone has a nice subtle glide when not in staccato; and most of the instruments feel clean enough in the presentation. Two obvious things were louder than they should have been - the snare when in play and the organ for the Ganon sections. As usual, I back up Kris's suggestion for side-chaining, though that should also expand to having additional pads outside of the Ganon sections, also going under the side-chain effect. Anything to soften the blow of that organ would benefit it well. The arrangement also leaves a lot to think about. A simple 16-bar intro with elements getting slowly added over time is one thing, but so is hearing your Nightmare presentations with the same notation as the original and similar synth tones. Credit where credit is due for putting the Ganon fight BGM into 4/4 instead of 7/8 (there you go, Brad!), and with all the little cameos thrown in - but it veers so heavily into conservation and similar tones that it doesn't feel personalized enough. You can add some additional textures, change up backing patterns, give the main melody a personal touch, and so on - anything to make it sound less like Minako Hamano and more like you. Ultimately, I have more problems with the conservative arrangement than I do with the organ balancing, and so I can't see myself passing it until this gets further personalization and a presentation that moves further away from MIDI-rip territory. It's still a bold effort, so I hope you have the project files so you can continue working on it. NO