[halc]

Welcome to the Post Your Game ReMixes forum! If you have any questions or comments related to the workshop forum, please post them in this thread!

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Free mp3 hosting:
We have way too many wip threads linking to YouTube videos. There are free, easy to use resources that will host mp3's, and it is highly preferable that you take advantage of these resources. YouTube's poopy quality makes it difficult to leave accurate feedback regarding production values.

FireSlash's WIP Uploader
http://ocrwip.fireslash.net/
No registration required. Temporarily hosts your wip files. Allows for streaming and downloading.

Tindeck
http://www.tindeck.com/
Quick and easy registration, and will host your mp3's indefinitely. Allows for streaming and downloading.

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#ocrwip - Get additional/real-time feedback on your tracks! Join #ocrwip on irc.enterthegame.com

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Feedback checklist:
The checklist is a supplement to personal, specific feedback. Don't forget to leave personalized and specific comments that elaborate on or have nothing to do with the checklist. Positive reinforcement is great, so please use it when you want. You don't need the checklist for that. The point of the checklist itself is to guide listeners towards giving feedback that improves a submission's chance of acceptance onto OCR.

It is by no means required to include the checklist in the content of your post - it's simply a set of guidelines that can be used to address a number of issues we commonly see.

ARRANGEMENT / INTERPRETATION
[ ] Too conservative - sticks too close to the source
[ ] Too liberal - not enough connections to the source (too much original writing)
[ ] Too much direct sampling from original game audio
[ ] Borrows heavily from non-source material (eg. a theme from a movie)

PRODUCTION
[ ] Too loud
[ ] Too quiet
[ ] Low-quality samples
[ ] Unrealistic sequencing
[ ] Generic/cliche sound choices
[ ] Drums have no energy
[ ] Overcompressed (pumping/no dynamics)
[ ] Mixing is muddy (eg. too many sounds in the same range)

PERFORMANCE (live recorded audio/MIDI parts)
[ ] Timing not tight enough
[ ] Wrong notes, general sloppiness
[ ] Poorly recorded
[ ] Bad intonation

STRUCTURE
[ ] Lacks coherence overall (no "flow")
[ ] Not enough changes in sounds (eg. static texture, not dynamic enough)
[ ] Pace too plodding
[ ] Too repetitive
[ ] Too short
[ ] Abrupt ending

PERSONAL COMMENTS (positive feedback, specifics on checklist criticisms, any other thoughts)
[write here]

Using the feedback checklist:

Say you like a remix but just have a couple of complaints. To make things easy to read, put an X next to the problems you believe are there and simply delete the problems on the checklist that you feel do not apply. Here's an example:

ARRANGEMENT / INTERPRETATION

PRODUCTION
[X] Too quiet

PERFORMANCE (live recorded audio/MIDI parts)

STRUCTURE
[X] Not enough changes in sounds (eg. static texture, not dynamic enough)

PERSONAL COMMENTS
Wow, really awesome mix! Just throw it through a normalizer or maybe a little bit of brickwall limiting to get the volume up higher. Also, the drum loop going throughout was sort of bland; try switching that up once in awhile. Arrangement is great though.

[The Pezman]

I have been waiting for a checklist like that for a long time.

[Gollgagh]

dude what, we've had that checklist for like two years now

[halc]

hahahah, yeah. it's just that no one uses it (besides nekofrog?)

[Gario]

Funny, every time I see it in a thread, it's used incorrectly. Don't people read the part where you erase the things that don't apply, to clean it up?

Getting tired of seeing this, when it's used...

ARRANGEMENT / INTERPRETATION
[ ] Too conservative - sticks too close to the source
[ ] Too liberal - not enough connections to the source (too much original writing)
[ ] Too much direct sampling from original game audio
[ ] Borrows heavily from non-source material (eg. a theme from a movie)

PRODUCTION
[ ] Too loud
[ ] Too quiet
[ ] Low-quality samples
[ ] Unrealistic sequencing
[ ] Generic/cliche sound choices
[ ] Drums have no energy
[ ] Overcompressed (pumping/no dynamics)
[ ] Mixing is muddy (eg. too many sounds in the same range)

PERFORMANCE (live recorded audio/MIDI parts)
[ ] Timing not tight enough
[ ] Wrong notes, general sloppiness
[ ] Poorly recorded
[ ] Bad intonation

STRUCTURE
[ ] Lacks coherence overall (no "flow")
[ ] Not enough changes in sounds (eg. static texture, not dynamic enough)
[ ] Pace too plodding
[ ] Too repetitive
[ ] Too short
[X] Abrupt ending

PERSONAL COMMENTS (positive feedback, specifics on checklist criticisms, any other thoughts)
[write here]

The mix was prety good, exept the ending.

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Yeah, it'd be nice if it was used correctly, every once in a while. It's nice when it's used right, though.

[Txai]

Or you could just not use it and summarize everything in one sentence.

[Gollgagh]

it's for people who have a hard time formulating such a sentence, txai

like me

[Nutritious]

So is the fireslash wip page no longer working? Right now the link is just directing to the fireslash.net homepage.

[FireSlash]

Originally Posted by Nutritious

So is the fireslash wip page no longer working? Right now the link is just directing to the fireslash.net homepage.

Fixed. Was not aware it was down.

[GallenWolf]

Would this forum be the correct place to request for feedback on how my live instrument sits with the rest of the music? It's not a remix, just playing a live instrument over game midi and would love to know how to get it to sit better. (definitely not for mod review!)

Thanks!