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I dare anyone to make it to 1:30 and not get sucked in. Wow does this thing get going - cinematic and amazing stuff here!! 2:25 with the bells and the flute. 3:25's sick music box. On top of that, the voice work is excellent and seems like the song was made around it, not the other way around. What the hell did I walk into?! I'm in a daze. Stylish, immediately memorable. A definite listen!!

Compo: MnP (Meat 'n Potatoes) Round 52: NieR - Grandma Midi: http://compo.thasauce.net/files/materials/MnP52_Grandma.mid Youtube: Deadline: April 14 Thurs 1PM Vote Ends: April 16 Saturday 11PM Submit your remix Here when completed. **If you have technical difficulty with account activation at ThaSauce, please contact me via PM and I will submit your track and will also tally your vote** MISSION STATEMENT The goal of Compo:MnP is to promote that "meat and potatoes" conservative approach to remixing: this includes the mood and composition of source tunes. It is up to the remixer to create their own personalization, or to simply give it a sound upgrade. Moreover, the compo is a great opportunity to hone your remixing skills and give video game music the respect that is due. SOME reinterpretation is recommended, but not required. MnP Instructions/Guidelines 1. Covers and Sound Upgrades are permitted. 2. Most or all of the source notes must be present (but not necessarily in the exact same order), secondly the mood (energy, pacing, feelings being conveyed etc) should also be retained. For example, a source tune that is fast-paced and energetic that's remixed into a mellow/chill-out theme would be a hard sell. 3. If you decide to do a genre swap (i.e. symphonic to techno), make sure that the conditions of #2 are met. 4. Submissions must be at a maximum of 20mb (keeping in step with ThaSauce's file size max). 5. Only 1 entry per participant. Previous winner cannot participate but can submit a BONUS entry. 6. All competitors and voters must adhere to the rules stated within: Competition Code and Conduct MISC/TIPS - When picking a source tune, make sure it has a MIDI to make ppl's lives easier. - In-game sound FX are permitted, so long as they don't comprise the whole track (i.e. replacing entire MIDI tracks with just sfx)

Definitely hearing the bLiNd influence here, this reminds me quite a bit of his old Gradius remix but with a healthy dose of modern production techniques and flair. This does an exceptional job of bringing this "old-school major-key dance anthem style" into the modern age with lots of synth processing, layers, and rock-solid production work. I also appreciate the heavier melodic focus on this track compared to some of your recent fare - it's cool to hear the old melodic Chimpazilla style paired with her leveled-up EDM production sensibilities. It just works! YES

I dig this. I think my brain is reluctant to accept sidechaining as a legit thing cause "ARGH ITS PUMPING MAKE IT STAAAAP" But yah, this is neat. You've basically taken the original and turned it into bright poppy EDM. Can't fault it. Super duper clean production, nice arrangement, gud stuff. Moar. Tell bLINd he's a gud teacher YES

Yes, @CyberSkull, nice job on all this. I visit MusicBrainz once in a while and I'm always quite surprised by the amount of info there's to read there. Double thumbs up!

It was a bit of work for me tracking all that down. DoD did an overhaul of their website in February which made correlating artists a bit easier.

I think the worst part is the process when it breaks. Which does indeed happen. Good luck getting that replacement without waiting forever and spending a fortune if you're not subscribed to that Zero-Downtime thing. It feels like a scam to me to be honest. I know that it's not, but seriously - Dongles are really outdated and I don't think anyone should be using them anymore.

In audio recording since the industry became a thing at all, stereo has always been simply the combination of two mono sources panned left and right. When you record in stereo, for example, you're actually using two mics on either side of the instrument/performance, and they're both running mono as separate inputs (which, yes, have separate mixer tracks, separate EQ's, compressors, gain control, etc.) into the studio set-up and are panned left and right on the mixer itself to appropriately space out the signal and the properly placed speakers recreates the stereo effect. The concept of a "stereo track" was actually pretty much exclusive to the digital era of software DAW's and beyond; they didn't exist in hardware, really. There have been some other micing techniques invented such as "Mid-Side" which aim to better capture stereo image and width through use of clever principles of wave math and geometry. One in particular uses two mics, a bi-directional (which actually creates two outputs because it picks up on both sides) facing left and right and a uni-direction facing forward. But even then, it's mixed down to a left and right channel in the end (ultimately are two mono signals that get sent separately to your left speaker and right speaker). Typical non-recording audio cables like in your headphones carry both signals at once; if you look at the tip of your headphone jack you'll notice it has 2 rings on it. Each of those is transmitting or receiving a separate signal (the single left channel signal and the single right channel signal). In recording however, separate cables are used for each and every input to ensure proper shielding, minimal interference, etc. You'll notice standard 1/4" have one ring on them, that's how you know it's mono and only going to grab one of them. You can also find cables that are two single-ring connectors on one end and one double-ring connector on the other; this demonstrates the principle more literally to show you that each ring on the double side corresponds to one of the other single ring connectors. To more practically answer your question, what you have to do is get the two channels as separate inputs (at the same gain, use your fingers, it's not that scary ) and then in your DAW or wherever you're recording to you need to have it set so the tracks are panned left and right so you hear it properly. Otherwise, like you mentioned, it's unnaturally narrow and doesn't sound good. Also, each cable needs to be the exact same length, or you'll get phase cancellation issues where one signal has some frequencies slightly delayed from the ones in the other signal and it cancels out creating a comb filter-like effect (because waves).

at first i was thinking of vince gilligan, and my mind went in a completely different direction

I'll get something done. There is still fight left in this tired Vampire Hunter...

...Holy crap. Joe, this is mesmerizing.

Wish I posted something posthaste, but I couldn't get over my anxiety and lazy-assedness. What a waste!

Welcome to the Voting Stage! There are 4 entries this round. There are 1 Bonus entries this round There is a voter bonus this round David "Cookie" has a vote worth 2x Don't vote for Bonus entries please Participants may not vote for themselves Vote ends 11pm Sunday April 17th comments: Probably won't be able to post results until monday the 18th, since I'm attending my cousin's bridal shower this Sunday.

Sorry kids, I couldn't find the energy/willpower to do anything. But thankfully there's 4 entries and 1 bonus. Gonna post the voting stage now.

With the deadline over, and assuming that there won't be an extension and voting rules are the same as usual, I already voted. Probably the fastest vote ever.

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Great and clean production. Listening now, I think the track could've used a higher tempo, but it's got plenty of energy as it is. The transition at 02:30 seemed to break the flow a little, but overall there's not much to nitpick here. Source usage seems plenty to me, as well as original material added to arrangement. Solid Track with very clean aesthetics. YES

Would hold hands on a flying carpet with him. YES

I have a separation of 3. It links me directly to Uematsu lol. Btw, I'm blown away by the amount of info in MusicBrainz. It has everything about me, even the fact that I use different names here and in DoD.

I have to say this is one of the most beautiful OSTs ever made. I've never played the game, but something tells me that I should!