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Make it all Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy all the time.

The People's Remix Competition 412 PRCv17-10 Hello everyone and Welcome to the People's Remix Competition! DJ Mokram claimed the victory in an interesting round (410) with four participants and a bonus mix. He picked the source for this round. Source: Super Valis IV (SNES) - Vecanti MIDI File MP3 File Source Information ThaSauce link: Click here to submit The deadline is Wednesday August 12th 2020 at 10:59 am ThaSauce time (18:00 UTC, 19:00 GMT), check the ThaSauce page for the exact time left. Make sure that the song is uploaded to ThaSauce or that there’s a download link posted in this thread. You may enter as many mixes as you like and work with as many people as you like on each mix. You are free to create a second ThaSauce account for that if you use ThaSauce, it's needed to be able to upload a second remix if you use ThaSauce. Of course you can also upload it somewhere else and put a download link in this thread. Do not make qualitative comments on an entry until the results of the vote have been posted in this thread. Mixers cannot vote for themselves but if they vote they receive a free first place vote added onto their score. The winner of this round may select the source for PRC414, the rounds after next round. The winner of PRC410, DJ Mokram, who picked this source, can only participate by submitting a Bonus Mix. His vote is doubled in the voting stage. You can find the full rules list at this page as well. GOOD LUCK! PRC Home Page

Looking for feedback on the mixing and mastering in particular!

That's an interesting point! I actually kind of got inspiration from some PS2 horror games for this.

Just my opinion, but I don't think there's anything wrong with either of those 2 new rules you suggested. Stopping at the 6th gen makes the compo more inclusive in regard to skill ceiling, sound quality and VST/libraries requirements. PRC is already dedicated to lesser-known games, which means that if you went with popular VGM instead, it'd make both compos complementary rather than a challenge not to step on each others toes every round. Bit of advice tho: if you're gonna helm any kind of community event, it is literally your job as an organizer to plan for a successful turnout. Starting with (and I've said it a few times already) advertising your compo to make sure there is participation. In the age of Discord servers, especially when contestants come from the same artist pool in a buried forum subsection, relying on the same 3 people to carry every event, year after year, isn't realistic. Everyone's interests shift, as do life's priorities and even enthusiasm has limits.

A pleasant surprise! I like the 'desert' feel in the middle (2:02)!

(Edit 4~) Erm. Good to clarify... I meant nothing above the generation right before the xbox360, PS3 and Wii...because I've had rotten luck getting anything off the ground since 2015 from that era and the next one after it. Yeah, it's a shitty call to make, but no entry since what...2015 has been successful when a more modern piece is chosen. And a good bud of mine pointed out that this competition in particular, is unforgiving when it comes to doing justice to a source tune, when you have to be conservative AND match up to the sound quality it boasts. So roughly between 1984 to 2006. Also, for #2 (which you didn't ask for clarification, but I'm gonna elaborate upon anyways =p), I'm actually not gonna implement it. Seems a little too hard of a correction, especially since #1 is already kind of disheartening. Also, we've seen some pretty decent participation in lesser remixed games at OCR like Ducktales, Bubble Bobble, Toejam & Earl, Parasite Eve...so this is a risk I'm willing to keep bearing. But, I'm open to cancelling Point #1 if you guy's prefer that I roll with Point #2, though it does mean a bit more sacrifice in source tunes pool. Though I'd probably keep the 4 Games I linked above inside that pool, since they did well before. On a semi un-tangential point of complaining...ever since 2018...things have changed. (It might be due to a little melt down I had in the forums at OCR, but maybe I'm giving myself too much credit??) The thing that doesn't track, however, is why people stopped going to PRC. Bah... (sorry so many edits). It just sucks that participation has dipped so low... Not saying I don't appreciate the people who've come back or continue to participate - I really appreciate it! It just sucks. I totally get why Bundeslang is feeling burnt out, and I guess I've been feeling the burnout too. I was in a honeymoon stage of denial. Lmao.

I'm asking for clarification, this means that you will no longer be accepting sources from console systems released after the above, such as the Xbox360 and Wii, correct? I'm a little disappointed with this change, but I agree that some newer soundtracks can be intimidating and hard to work with in MnP. For what it's worth, I support your decision and I hope it brings more participants! BTW I'm working on my bonus and I hope to have it done by the deadline.

I had the swing cranked up to 75% , probs a bit much you're right, ive tried it lower it to 40% sounds more manageable, less stumbling in places. With the intro i wanted to give enought time for the evolving pad sound and guitar to build. The comp section i was hoping for something a touch gentler, TBh i'm not that experienced writing melodic content, so i tried to be conservative, the string of notes is getting toned down a bit for sure hahaha. Thanks for the critique. Yeah, once ive got it to an acceptable state ill submit it. In the meantime, ill make some changes, and repost.Cheers.

Pardon over 9000 edits... Yes...I'm aware, that a lot of the core participants being gone, it probably doesn't matter which move I take, but I feel compelled to do something. So when I did the homework, I realized that MnP has been suffering a similar drought as PRC since 2018. And participation seemed to peak at an average of 2-3 a round, if lucky, minus a few rounds. Bundeslang and I lost about 5-6 stalwart regulars and a bevy of part-time participants that don't show any more. Life is, right? Anyways...I wasn't rattled before (overmuch), but when Bundeslang was bandying the idea of putting his sword up and calling it quits by 2021, it sort of got the wheels turning in my head. MnP has been dying too; it's getting harder to be so gung-ho about it. So I decided to work on some 'solutions'...that will probably backfire, but DAMNIT, I'm gonna do them anyways!! So here goes!! Cut off Console Era Source Picks beyond the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube eras. There hasn't been any real interest in IP's beyond that cutoff: with the exception of a Mass Effect 2, Dark Souls and a Nier round (to which Brandon Strader was a major factor for...god I miss that madman lol) Furthermore, someone pointed out to me in a PM, that very modern soundtracks can be intimidating for those with mediocre libraries and the MnP model of "conservative approach" kind of...kneecaps whatever flexibility might have remained. Something I should have considered on the onset. Ban 'Obscure' Franchises. This could wind up hurting PRC, so I'd have to be play this one by ear and see how PRC participation is affected.

Pretty cool. Like the gating. The saxophone sample is not too shabby surprisingly. Though might want to mask it's tailing out a bit more, as it sounds a bit "loopy". Beyond that I got no real useful feedback.

Has a PS2/Gamecube era feel to it and I mean that in a flattering way. Got the hairs on my neck rising. Nice!

Haha, that sounds quite scary! I hope you can still get some sleep after this . Thanks for the feedback.