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Also congrats to Evktalo, i need to catch up on my voting, there's so many rounds i'm missed! Evktalo - Really nice laid back sound. Great beats and bass. Sounds like it has some cool slides, that belong to a western, even though it's a synth piece. The wonky melody was a lovely addition. There's a lot of the original source that has been taken away in favour of the melody. If you get a chance to expand on this, adding other elements from the piece, would really add a touch of sparkle and atmosphere to the whole thing. But what i heard was lovely, minus the abrupt end. Well done! Souperion - Really liking the key change and the melody, it's also kind of laid back, maybe a bit more happy. I love the guitar work in this, really gives it a change of pace. Some of the sounds can be a little muffled, but nothing like a touch of mixing could elevate this. You said you scraped this together, so i am aware this was done in short notice. Still though, sounds lovely, really vibrant and you know...lively lol. Well done!

Happy new year HLEET!

6 Day's ago was the beginning of 2023! For those who had a great new year, i hope you enjoy this one, and for those that didn't then....i'm sorry. Were going to kick it off with a new year special! To see what you have to do, just ready the stuff below. Ok so for this round, i'm gonna get you to pick any source from ANY PAST MNP ROUND. Specifically one that you have NOT YET REMIXED yet. If you've remixed the source, then it won't be allowed. Simple as that. There's nothing else to it really. Go through the past MnP rounds, and if you like what you hear, and you've not submitted a remix for that round? Go for it, i'd love to hear it! There is no rules for the source selection, other than what's on the MnP round that hasn't been submitted. For this one, i am ok if one person does Source A and another person does Source A. Just as long as they haven't remixed that tune yet. All the MIDI's you'll need are on the round pages, so it shouldn't need to be a problem. Here's the list of past rounds: https://compo.thasauce.net/compos/view/MnP Any questions? I'm always here to help. Make sure you write down the game and source in the description, to help us when voting! THE WINNER WILL JOIN SOUPERION IN A DOUBLE DOSE OFF FOR ROUND 139. Deadline: 3rd February @ 1PM Closing Date: 5th February@ 1PM Vote Ends: 12th February @ 1PM MnP ARCHIVE - made by Trism submit: https://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/MnP138 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 - Not applicable this round, but will be in normal/future rounds. Guidelines: Modifying the Source is fine, so long as it doesn't sound completely separate from its original intent. If you're gonna do a genre change, at least make sure the original aspect of the source is not lost. Tempo changes are fine, as long as it's not a big change. I'm talking like, going from 80bpm to 140bpm. Submissions must be at a maximum of 20mb (keeping in step with ThaSauce's file size max), and submitted as a MP3 file. Only 1 entry per participant. Previous winner cannot participate but can submit a BONUS entry. Try to avoid making quality-based comments on submissions until after the Round is concluded. It is to avoid a Bias in Votes. For this round you can remix more than one source. Do make sure you let me know which source(s) you've picked in the submission notes. MISC/TIPS - When picking a source tune, make sure it has a MIDI to make people'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) Edited January 10, 2022 by TheVideoGamer

Happy New Year everyone!

Congrats Souperion! Next round is up!

Ok Souperion is the only entry. So congrats to Souperion for winning by default! Please send me your source pick for Round 139! Ideally for next week (Roughly the 13th January). I say 139 in this case, as Round 138 is gonna be a New Year's special!

Thank you sggod89 for thoughtful vote comments!

Gratz, Evktalo. Nice work, all.

Happy New Year !

Nothing like an anniversary round to bring some old skool remixers out the of the woodwork. Been a long time since I've tried my hand at anything game-related, I'll see if I can get something put together!

In my personal experience, having a midi gets in the way too much. Not only does it push you stay close to the original when it comes to the notes (because you’ll likely end up using the same chords, same chord progression, etc) by design (because the material is already there), it also pushes you to stay close to the source when it comes to the structure (as to your point with the midi running out and making changes in part A and B). For me, not using a midi helps in a few ways. The first way, not sticking to exactly the same notes and making up my own chord progressions and basslines I already elaborated. The second one, structure, is equally important. I like to think out of the box with it. Who says that part A in the source needs to be part A in my remix? Why shouldn’t I make part C the verse, part A the chorus and use part B as a bridge or foundation for a solo section? Structure is for me always on a case-by-case basis and a bit of an interesting puzzle and a neat challenge to think about and play with. And looking at track writeups from my mixposts, that approach seems to be appreciated. In general I’d like to think of my arrangements as bits of legos that I can move around in different orders until I have a structure and arrangement that I think works. And there’s no single good answer Lastly, this approach works very well whenever you’re trying to create a remix that uses more than one source. I can’t imagine the hassle of having to wrestle with 2 (or more) different midis in one project and trying to make that work, sounds too cumbersome to me. TL;DR: I’m lazy and this was the easiest method method for me to work (as counter intuitive as it may sound to some of you).

awesome!