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I was out of the arranging game for most of the last decade due to burnout and just not being able to harness any inspiration, and I'm back into it as hard as I ever was in the 2010s and I think I'm making my best stuff ever now. So yeah as long as the muse has grabbed you again you'll be fine!

I held off listening to any of the other tracks until after it was released. Lots of great stuff on this, and a fair bit of variety among them as well. Looking forward to participating next year as well.

I can literally smell a human sinner here. For this incredibly grave sin, you should regularly repent and synth hard! ... Dude, 15 years? Were you in a creative coma as a musician, snoring away comfortably like a huge Flemish Giant flopped into the cozy meadow, or were you somehow on the run from the Mafia or something? I mean, hey. I'm also kind of a pro at picking up an old remix from over 10 years ago and completely remixing it or rewriting the composition (simply because I've just started getting into music, composition, mixing and mastering around this time). But if you haven't done anything musically in all these years, you've really let yourself go and metaphorically left your passion in your bum bag. ... Nevertheless, welcome back to the club. ))

Just jumping in and writing is probably the best way. Work on the broad strokes of composition without focusing on details, making stuff you don't intend to polish to a 'finished product' to keep yourself familiar with tools, and possibly trying out ideas or techniques you are not as familiar with to stretch yourself. If you end up with something you particularly like the direction of, then maybe circle back to work more on it.

Has anyone got any advice for getting back into the remix game after a 15 year absence? 😂 https://ocremix.org/artist/4705/random-hero For the first time ever, (my old computer was horribly underpowered 15 years ago, let alone now) I have a computer powerful enough to properly run my music software. But it’s been over a decade! Does that muscle even exist anymore? At times, it felt like those 5 years or so when I was active on this site were like me catching lightening in a bottle. Can I do it again, with new, more user friendly tools? I’m gonna find out! So to shake off some of the creative rust, I made this. I guess you could call it ‘The Angels of Hell: 15th Anniversary Re-Remix’ https://drive.google.com/file/d/14bPcavUvStgJAfFU_TtcKjWRj1_i1Qzd/view?usp=drive_link I used the sample pack from the original. Compared to what’s out there now, it might show its age a little (like me) It’s the same song structurally with a few additions, subtractions, alterations and substitutions with a way better mix. Wish me luck! RH (Ryan)

Coming from a DKC2 aficionado such as yourself that's high praise!

Chaotic, discordant, and fun as hell

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I love this OC ReMix of the Astral Observatory theme. I'd love to hear an OC ReMix of the Final Hours theme, too. By the way, there's a whole bunch of ReMixes that have been removed from this site. You can find them at the following address: https://williamjacksn.github.io/ocremoved/. You can download MP3s from the list individually, or you can download the entire list in one go in a ZIP file. A couple of my favorites from the list are Haunted Hell, a remix of the Big Boo's Haunt theme from Super Mario 64, and Flag of Every Color, a remix of the Rainbow Road theme from Mario Kart 64. I've attached these two songs here. SuperMario64_HauntedHellIncuCujoKondoDBrosMix.mp3 MarioKart64_FlagOfEveryColor.mp3

@Zacktorial I remember modding my Super NES Mini Classic with extensions such as RetroArch a long time ago. It was quite a fiddly job, but I managed to get a lot of old games running with it. Some of them didn't run quite smoothly, though, which was probably due to the limitations of the hardware or the native emulators on the Super NES Mini Classic. On my PC, on the other hand, all retro games have run smoothly so far with emulators such as Nestopia or ZNES. But thanks for pointing that out anyway. ))

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My understanding these days is the preferred way to emulate games on Linux is RetroArch (https://docs.libretro.com/guides/install-gnu/ ) which also integrates with really neat stuff like Retro Achievements.

Absolutely 100% agreed with Argle that this mix NEEDED to exist. Loved every second!

Loved the write-up, and all of the feedback, thanks everyone ❤️

GOATed write-up, and yes, I agree. Argle, you were absolutely meant to do this track. I'd not have it any other way. The Wind Rose vibes here are *chef's kiss*. STELLAR, bangin' work, my friend! You've been on a roll lately! Can't wait to hear the next one!!!

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So I actually can't hear the kick on this at all, and I usually can make out the kick in a buried mess. It's only during the sparsest section when everything drops out that I can hear it. So it definitely needs to have space carved out for it, also a little bit of beater sound could also help it cut through some too. I have to say I felt a bit disappointed when the intro finished and we get the proper start of the piece at 0:30. The intro is a lush, fantastic, 80s feeling that sets the tone too well. I was expecting this fullness to continue, but the break happens and then the rest of the parts felt thin in comparison to the intro. Also I'm confused as to what the mood is supposed to be. Is it silly or ominous and dark? To me the lightness and short sounding synths feel more light and silly than dark. The opening gave me a different vibe than that. Structurally I feel the piece is in a decent spot, it tells a story, but it lacks dynamics and feels fairly static. Drum variations and range of dynamics are missing from this, again making this feel lacking the finishing salt on top of a fresh delicious brownie. That polish and lack of cohesion is preventing it from crossing the finish line. I can live the lack of dynamics but the sound design and buried kick are the things that stand out to me the most. NO

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Awesome brass and wind instruments from 8Dio ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was recently browsing the 8Dio website and discovered that they also produce extremely high-quality VST instruments in other areas, some of which even outshine Native Instruments' top-of-the-line VSTis – and at very affordable prices. Take a look and listen to this powerful-sounding tenor saxophone here - it'll really get you in the mood: Among other things, it is available as a small collection called Studio Sax Trio, which includes two tenor saxophones and one baritone saxophone with over 5000 sample at least for the first saxophones, requires a total of 7 GB of hard drive space (for all three instruments), and costs just 49 bucks for the collection at full price for this high sample quality: https://8dio.com/products/studio-saxophones-for-kontakt-vst-au-aax?variant=41310025941192 For such awesome VST instruments, it's definitely worth purchasing a full version of Kontakt as the required sampler. I already have a few really good saxophones and other brass instruments in my Independence Pro Suite collection, which generally sound like this (see the two accompanying audio samples, which you can play using the play button): https://producerplanet.com/us/article/saxophone-brass-2987/ And that's why I won't be buying any more VSTis that I already have in good sample quality. But in the long run, I might buy more of these these truly captivating, extensively sampled VST instruments from 8Dio. This really seems to be the next generation of VSTis, where, with the right handling, you won't be able to tell the difference between sampled instruments and real instruments. ... The trumpets are also mighty stuff: - 26 GB (???) for the new 2.0 version - just for this trumpet (guess that's why I'm going for a 4 TB SSD) - at least 11200 samples - just for the old version (new version might have even more samples) - around 30 different articulations (!!!) - for just 28 bucks https://8dio.com/products/the-new-century-solo-brass-trumpet?variant=41310103077064 ... Since I already have some pretty good brass VSTis, I'm more interested in something I don't really have yet - for example, a whistler VSTi like this one called ‘Misfit Whistling’: - just around 1 GB - over 1500 samples - at least 5 different articulations - for just 8 dollars, considering that it's probably one of the most realistic whistling VSTis around (many other whistling VSTi cost way more and are way less realistic) The only really good whistling VSTi that I once had, or possibly still have somewhere, was one from VSL (Vienna Symphonic Library): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_QkAGVNXrs However, that sounded far too professional for my taste. I was looking for a more casual whistling sound, something that sounded more like an ordinary person whistling a melody or something. In addition, despite the high-quality sampled instruments, I found it really annoying that you had to keep a USB key plugged into your computer to use the VSL VSTis. That may sound nitpicky, but for me it was a real deal breaker in terms of continuing to use VSL. I want to have all the VSTi content directly on my computer without any compromises or additional restrictions, without having to deal with any annoying procedures involving USB sticks and such. ... As far as 8Dio is concerned, it seems that you can find a lot of high-quality and sometimes really rare VSTis there (and they seem to have really taken off in recent years - I guess there's a lot more content to come). As for me, I'll probably start by getting the really awesome Studio Steel Drums, the Misfits Harmonica and Misfits Whistling once my SSD hard drive finally arrives, Windows 10 Pro and all the programmes are installed and set up, and I finally bought Kontakt 8. ))

@Zacktorial Thank's for the tip with Proton. This seems to be almost the best solution for using Windows programmes (perhaps even a Windows-exclusive DAW) on Linux systems. With Winboat, I was a little surprised in the beta versions that this Windows emulation software takes up about half of the available CPU cores (or at least it is recommended). And yes, it's really difficult to assess how tamed or open to the outside world the emulated Windows is unless you're a top-level programmer and know the program codes of Windows and Winboat. @Argle Yeah, unfortunately that was one of my biggest fears, that all the high-quality VSTis, for which you often have to pay a lot of money, would suddenly no longer work under Linux, or would only work with errors or not properly. Linux seems to have developed considerably over the last 5 to 10 years - not only in terms of greatly increased user-friendliness (so that even radical non-nerds should be able to find their way around relatively quickly), but also in terms of compatibility with various programmes. Nevertheless, Windows 10 still seems to be the best option for DAW users if you want to enjoy a wide variety of programmes and the ability to purchase and use a wide range of high-quality VSTis and plugins, while still having a relatively stable, powerful and potentially long-lasting and secure operating system. So for now, with an eye to the distant future, I guess it's up to us to transform Windows 10 Pro into a stable, nearly impenetrable fortress like Outer Heaven: ... I would certainly have continued with Windows 7 Pro for quite some time (simply because it still runs really well, smoothly and stably). But with Windows 10 Pro, I can also purchase the last VSTis I've been dreaming of and which I really wanted to have in my collection. @Unknown Pseudoartist I recently installed an older 32-bit Linux Mint version called ‘Faye’ on my old Samsung notebook (a really old thing from 2009 – I think it only had a 2-core processor system with 32-bit architecture and, to top it all off, that awful Windows Vista Home Premium operating system). The installation of the OS and the subsequent updates went relatively quickly – much faster than with a common Windows installation. Even browsers like Firefox and Office programmes were included right from the start. In terms of pure speed when working within the operating system or loading pages on the internet, I didn't notice any major differences between Windows Vista and Linux Mint in the respective 32-bit versions. Both ran relatively slowly and sluggishly. However, this may have been due to the old computer itself or the fact that around 40 faulty sectors were subsequently found on the hard drive (unfortunately, I was unable to format the hard drive beforehand, but only overwrote the OS by reinstalling it). But as a Linux emergency notebook, where at least the internet works and you can get to grips with the basic functions of Linux, it's not bad at all. ... Perhaps in the future, I'll get one of those modern, space-saving and kinda affordable mini PCs for playing PC games and emulated retro titles for NES, Super NES and the like on my larger screen in my gaming and movie corner, and then maybe install a modern 64-bit version of Linux Mint as the operating system. Steam shouldn't be a problem with Linux - according to what the guys here said. And I guess legendary emulators like Nestopia or ZNES should be available for Linux as well. ... A big thank you to all of you for your comprehensive feedback. )) Please keep me and the community up to date when there are the first groundbreaking developments for Linux in terms of compatibility with Windows-exclusive DAWs and VSTis, or when other major DAW developers offer their software natively for Linux.

i should remix the gay dancer theme song

woah!!!