[Holy Warrior Azar]

Originally Posted by SnappleMan

we just got Master Hatchet onboard

That rocks.

[Master Hatchet]

Happy to be aboard! (whoa it's been a while since I've posted on the OCR Boards)

[k u n g f u c h i c k e n]

Originally Posted by SnappleMan

Okay folks, we just got Master Hatchet onboard. He'll be doing Flying Battery and (maybe) an acoustic gutiar rendition of Game Select.

He's a very good musician, you can check out some of his work here:

http://www.vgmix.com/song_view.php?song_id=3846

Data Select... I'm doing data select...

Anyway, yeah SnappleMan getting on the project was just what the project needed. Welcome Aboard Hatchet.

Note - I might not be here for awhile, I'm having computer problems.

[Xenon Odyssey]

Goodbye to Hydrolocity

Ok, I tried to take advice from the criticisms I recieve. I'd like to know how it sounds now. Yes, I believe there are some EQ problems (if not a lot). If anyone could please give me some helpful advice in that department, I'd greatly appreciate it (I use FruityLoops 4). Oh, and I'm trying to get the song to sound good, and then expand on it, without having to worry about going back and EQing it (because apparently I suck at picking up those kinds of things, unless they are REALLY obvious). This way you (the public) won't know how the rest of the song sounds like until I release it.

Rant Rant Rant.

[Mr. Fox]

Xenon, I will divide my feedback in three categories:

1 - Sound quality / Technical aspects:

Most of your problems lie here. Everything seems drowned in reverb, the song indeed has a "watery feel". Some panning work would really help things to be clearer. The choice of the synths is also a complicated matter, it's pretty hard to work with synthesized brass (which seems to be the case here, but I may be wrong), so you might consider changing them (or at least working on them quite a bit). And the waterfall thing is great idea, just needs a better sample, that's all. Drums are ok, tough.

2 - Arregment:

The piece needs more original stuff. I barely see anything original going on (and come on, the Hydrocity theme is a fucking fun song to work with! ). The idea of putting the "drowning theme" (really I don't know how it is called) in the end is tasty, you might wanna go for an accelerando there, it would sound good.

3 - Overall:

I really think you need to have more fun with your remix. :D Your are working on a great song, it's quite tasty to mess around with the melody & harmony. Try new parts, solos, different harmonies, change of instruments. It's a sweet song to work with.

Hope I helped!

[ellywu2]

You need dynamics in there, at the moment it goes like this : REALLY LOUD. get some climaxes etc.
That rain sounds kind of lo-fi. Trust me, you dont want sfx unless you can make them sound high quality or unless they actually are high quality.
Its hard to hear the drums, and what i do hear needs more variety. Especially that techno part you have at the end. I think that whole part needs rethinking.

Hope that helped

[Mr. Fox]

Originally Posted by ellywu2

That rain sounds kind of lo-fi.

Is that rain? I mistaked it for a waterfall sorry...

[Xenon Odyssey]

No, it's a waterfall .wav file I found on the 'net. I suppose I'll I have to fiddle with it somehow to make it sound better.

You know, I've never really thought about the dynamics. What a complete ass I am. Thank you ellywu2 for bringing that to my attention. And I agree, the drums do need more variation. The thing at the end was the result of me randomly clicking on the buttons on the Step Sequencer .

My synths are always weird, because I use instruments that clash and aren't heard together often. That, and I don't know how to work with soundfonts too well (if it doesn't make a sound when I test it in FL, I've no idea what to do). I do agree, less reverb. And I should work more with the melody and such; I do it on my keyboard when I'm not at the comp to get ideas. I just need to get something solid and transfer it to the computer.

Thank you two for your feedback; I shall adjust the song accordingly.

[Hadyn]

Originally Posted by Mythril Nazgul

Just a recommendation of what I would do in the immediate measure before the trumpet stabs/xylo come in (hey, you wanted goofy, right): halfway through the measure, do a hard volume cutoff and insert a giggling clown laugh. Cut the volume back right at the next measure with the stabs and calliope and whatnot.

Just a thought.

lol, that would just be scary... I don't wanna give listeners nightmares here, Myth. I have another idea I might try out with adding a short build... I'll see how that works out. Otherwise, I could always do the glass shatter then silence like in the original ^^

http://66.221.70.133/hadyn/hadyn_carnivalGood2.mp3

Incase anyone else would like to give some advice - it'd be very appreciated

[defender!!]

just adding my half-cent, since i don't really have the requirements to add a full one.

i'm really liking the remix. speaking as a breakbeat enthusiast, the drumline is superb. everything gives me a "bloated-but-broken" feel, if that means anything. it feels inspired, considering you had to jump all over balloons in the level.

the only thing i would change now would be the xylophone. i don't know if it fits the mood entirely and i'm almost certain you could probably find something just a little more in-place.

what that would be, i have no clue. that's just my half-cent.