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I'm in this year. I now have an office job that gives me a buttload of free time to work on projects. BTW finally got a ReMix accepted

obsessed with this mix! the small world chorus is the icing on the cake. Grunt's artistic voice is so strong and it amazes me how cohesive it is between his visual art, his games and of course his music. long live transfatylvania!

This is hilarious and super fun. I could imagine Diddy and Dixie sneaking onto this ride while trying to get to the other side of Kremland only to be equally amused and horrified by a kremling rendition of small world. Very well done with all the singers together and the performances with the pre and post ride announcers. Great idea, great execution, fantastic ReMix.

I may or may not have unfinished horror music projects to cook until at least medium well. I'm definitely interested, though!

Will try to come up with something again this year, always happy to see this thread :)

Pretty passionate and energetic stuff. Have a listen and enjoy the little gems, guys: Lufia 2 - Battle #1 (Standard Battle Theme) Remix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lufia 2 - Battle #2 (Boss Battle Theme) Remix ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lufia 2 - Battle #3 (Sinistral Battle Theme) Remix ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lufia 2 - Triumph Remix ----------------------------------------- Lufia 2 - The Earth Remix ------------------------------------------- Lufia 2 - The Prophet Remix ----------------------------------------------- Lufia 2 - Peace Of Mind (Song Of Love) Remix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... The remixer's name is Mystwalker. Maybe I'll ask him later if he wants to take part in OCR. ))

Yeah, definitely. )) And I found another really interesting Lufia 2 remix by Mystwalker, which I also added to the remix list in my main post (right after the three battle theme remixes). Check out the Triumph remix: Really impressive what a driving and energetic remix he has composed out of the little fanfare theme from Lufia 2. Kinda love the electric guitar passages after minute 1:33. ... There are also two more modern Lufia 2 remixes by him, but the themes don't really appeal to me that much – just in case you still want to hear them: - Lufia 2 - Cave Remix >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCfsnPX6YQ8 - Lufia 2 - Labyrinth Remix >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfU99NdOD2o

Project update: Album's done, there are no more loose ends (When it was submitted in October there were one or two items that I was tying up behind the scenes). It's now entirely up to OCR and their staff to create the package, trailer, etc., and deliver some fantastic music for y'all. Thanks for your immense patience, it will be worth it!

Oh man, this was a blast to write for sure! I think I spent the leisurely year to write this, actually. I definitely had to take my time to get the treble mixing just right amongst all the aux percussion, the "electrical" bass, and electric bass all potentially competing!

Yeah I will make a new link and catch-up on this / people's PMs very soon! I sincerely apologize for the delays on my part -- been fuckin' hectic and exponentially crazy trying to catch up with my album projects in-between falling ill (or, apparently, fucking up my knee) as I'm doing so. 😅😓 But this is still on-going! ...I'll need to start my own AOCH tracks very soon, too. D:

@The Vodoú Queen Count me in for this, have a WIP based on Infuscomus from the 1997 game Blood. Also the Discord link seems to be expired, any chance you can make a new one?

Howdy everyone! Just wanted to announce that my Mana Cinematica album project is now launched on Kickstarter! If all goes well it will be a 3-part album with tracks from across all the various games in the Secret Of Mana series. I've partnered with Mango Mage Records to make some cool vinyl variations, and while the Wax Mage set sold out instantly, there are still some special versions available like the one shown here. And of course CDs and downloads, plus a stretch goal to get a vinyl release for my Chrono Trigger & Xenogears albums- if you'd like to join for some of these goodies you can check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samostudios/mana-cinematica-epic-symphonic-album And if you know anyone who might be interested please help spread the word! I have historically always sucked at advertising and we can use all the help we can get to let folks know this is happening! Thanks for listening!

Thanks so much! Yeah to be honest I'm actually already planning to do a Xeno Cross follow up, but first, Mana! XD

I'll use my words, since no one else will! BACKED, Sam! I have pretty much all your stuff. Metroid Cinematica & Recharged, Chrono Cinematica, actually listened to Xeno Cross this week (I would also back a WHOLE-ASS 10 disc album of that idea BTW). But I've always adored the Mana soundtracks, especially Kikuta's SD2 and 3. I hope you get this off the ground, and I'm so looking forward to it!

Definitely inspired. Thank you so much for sharing those. They seem like they would fit right in here.

Wow, I like it a lot! You really chose a fitting genre for this, haha. Love your ensemble, too, especially the minimoog-ish synths.

I have almost all the songs from the PRC rounds, luckily I have all the ones that have your name (There are other entries of yours that you can easily find on the vgmixarchive website): Decap_Attack_SEGA_GENESIS_speeedmixx.mp3 Fantasy_Zone _ARCADE_life_inside_a_soda_bubble.mp3 Final_Fantasy_Tactics _PLAYSTATION_FF_Battlecrap.mp3 Interstate_'76_WINDOWS_I76_On_Acid.mp3 Lagoon_SNES_Lagoon_Bonfire.mp3 New_Ghostbusters_II_NES_Gathering_of_the_Ancient_Noses.mp3 Suicide_Express_COMMODORE_64_Suicide_Bounce.MP3 Teddy_Boy_SEGA_MASTER_SYSTEM_Mein_Kleiner_Sprutzenbubfel.mp3

Done I made 6 versions of the Valley song. Maybe I will submit one for the official submittal remix here.

We have an update to metadata/ID3 tags planned before we put out new torrents. We’ll try to get a move on with this.

how would you feel about uploading a zip file of all of that somewhere?

Artist Name: Lucas Guimaraes Arrangement, Production, Mix, Master - Lucas Guimaraes Vocals - colorado weeks Bass, Additional Drums, most Guitar - Sly Man The source is plastered like, all over this 0:16-End - The rhythm that's played in the background on the bells 0:32-1:35 - Section A 1:36 - 2:08 - Section B 2:08 - 2:40 - Section C 2:41 - End - Section A I don't have a whole lot to say about this track. I'd been in the mood for making Vaporwave for a while thanks to Ridley Snipes. I've already been doing Synthwave for a while (with mixed results... but hey, I'm learning!). I was listening to some Vaporwave, heard this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYb57fJzV7k and thought "Wow, Thwomp Volcano fits with that!" So I worked on it in October... and then it hit my draft folder. DoD came up with DS/3DS Month and I was like "I guess I could finally release some songs I've been working on." so I recruited colorado for vocal chops and sly for bass. Honestly, it was one of the most fun collabs we had. We were a bit deadline tight, but I had a blast. I don't have much else to say about this track. If requested, I'd be glad to talk about the process in-depth more for the post, or to anyone interested in listening. The biggest thing I focused on here is making sure I got a good mix/the best sounding vaporwave *while* remaining true to the aesthetic... so some of the stuff you hear that might not be the cleanest mix (e.g. drowned in verb) are intentional Enjoy! Games & Sources

Discord is definitely a better way to ping me, lol. I looked, and pretty much everything I have is shared publicly in one way or another. Essentially, if it's not on OLR, Compo, or VGMix Archive, I probably don't have it :( These are the Nase tracks I have:

I have gotten a nice start on a Halloween-ish version of Mines of Narshe going on. It's going better than I anticipated. This is going to be fun:)

When I have time, hopefully tomorrow, I'll send an A-B example. It's startling. Fiddling with ADSR settings..and in the case of Harmless in FL Studio, the pluck control..is irritating compared to using the free KHS trance gate.

This topic title is ridiculously long, please edit it down to something around 10-12 words.

I see I was batsignaled here! I think the other two judges assessment of the track as it stands is right on the money - I see what you were trying to do with the EQ here, but actual lofi production is a lot more nuanced than that. I'm not going to harp too much on that issue, and try to focus my vote on suggestions for tools, resources, and techniques that will help you get closer to your vision. I do want to say that, when comparing this to the source, I like the sounds that you chose and feel like you've got a good ear for sound selection, especially given the high-energy nature of the original track - this approach totally brings something new to the table that, when executed to its full potential, could be really cool! I particularly love the bass sound that seems to have some resonance sweeps going on, it's really unique! So, to recap - conceptually, this is a strong idea and you've got some good building blocks to work off of, but compositionally, it's still structurally too similar to the original track and needs more of your own flair to the arrangement in order to clear OCR's bar. However, the production quality is the main hangup, as there's a few major things that need addressing. I'll bullet point a few primary ones and then share some resources below: Remove the master EQ cuts that you have on your track - I sometimes do apply a very gentle EQ reduction to my lofi tracks to help with tone shaping, but they're usually a high shelf, not a high cut, and I'll apply them much closer to 10kHz and reduce by maybe 3dB - definitely not a full blown cut of almost all of the high frequencies! Instead, I would put EQ/filters on each of your instruments or instrument groups and shape them individually. Play around with using filters that have a resonance built into them too, rather than just a plain EQ cut, which will help character and personality to the track. It will sound much more natural and full if you apply these filters at different frequencies depending on which instrument you're working with. Other ways to achieve that lofi sound is with tape effects like pitch wobble and saturation - lofi production isn't just about cutting out frequencies, but also about doing more to warp/degrade the frequencies that you DO have. You want to make sure that your bass frequencies are still present - right now, there's not much in the way of bass, and the kick drum is much too subdued to fill that role either. This is where comparing with reference tracks will help. The drums and bass feel weak overall, as if you also applied a low cut to the track that removed a lot of the sub frequencies, or just mixed those elements far too quietly. Add textural layers - things like foley sounds, vinyl crackle, or even room noise, when mixed *very* subtly, can give your mix a sense of space. You don't want to overdo it, especially with vinyl crackle samples, but a tasteful dash of it will go a long way. Use reference tracks with a spectrogram plugin. I can't stress this one enough - download some of your favorite lofi tracks and load them up in your project file, then, using a plugin like SPAN, look at how the frequency spectrum is filled up by those tracks and then compare it to your own. You can learn a lot just by comparing your track to a finished track that already sounds good to you. There's a lot of resources you can use to help execute this - there's a few plugins I'll suggest, but I would avoid trying to throw more plugins at your track to fix the problem. The issues I'm hearing stem more from experience and methods rather than not having good enough plugins. Izotope Vinyl - this is an "all-in-one" lofi plugin that you can apply to your master track (again, I STRONGLY recommend not going overboard with this) that can do EQ shaping, tape wobble, and even introduce mechanical noise/hiss/scratches to emulate playing your song off of a record player. It's very easy to overdo it with these sounds, but this is a good starting point to show you how these different techniques will impact your sounds. SPAN - this is a free monitoring plugin that shows a visual representation of how the frequencies in your song are distributed. You can't solely mix with visual cues - eventually, you've got to use your ears - but when you're troubleshooting, this can be a great way to diagnose problems with your mix, and compare them to reference tracks. Lo-fi Reference Tracks - there are a number of songs published on OCReMix that are free to download and use as reference tracks. These have all passed the Judges Panel, so it should give you a good idea of where your track needs to be in order to pass that same bar. OCR Workshop - when in doubt, we have an active Workshop discord that you can use to get additional community feedback or participate in Office Hours events where you can submit your track for realtime critiques from the panel of Sages. I hope this is helpful and you continue to grow your skills and take advantage of the community resources we have available to help you get there :) NO

Hey guys. Long-time forum lurker here. I noticed the links died in the post, and as Disco Dan has done an amazing job with his compositions I would hate for access to get lost. Please see the link for a compilation I put together, artwork and all, incorporating the track list of forum member Zen Frazier. Enjoy newcomers & longtime fans of Disco Dan's! https://www.mediafire.com/file/5xq10vx4sbhw7db/Mega_Man_-_Disco_Dan_Redux.zip/file P.S. - In digging through my archives, I noticed that one of the versions "Magnet Man Goes West" has a different production style than the usual one. Thus, I've added that on as track #22 as an alternate version.

Hey! Honestly I didn't read 100% of what you wrote yet, but I seen you posting similar walls of text regarding concerns on music production, and the kind of crussade you are going is interesting, to say the least. People may agree or disagree with your thoughs, and may like or dislike your own mixes and stuff. But at least you are questioning these things and going your own way with them, rather than simply pretending to fit the current trends on whatever works or sells best, and that's an attitude I personally applaude. My own concern with the so-called loudness war as a musician now is more about a simple fact: to make mixes that sounds good and clear can be hard enough, but to make it to sound good and clear AND also loud as heck... definitively not a comfy thing. I'm not fond of mixes that are too much dynamic either, since it can be annoying (as a listener) to listen to music that can be totally quiet at a moment and extremely loud at another moment. It's just not a pleasant experience when you have to keep fingers at the volume buttons to adjust it. But everything sounding hella overcompressed and loud can be a headache for real, and so I totally understand and even relate to the special charm on older productions, even though oftentimes that might be a bit too raw. Funnily enough I see the exact opposite trends on other media forms, like movies, series, animes, etc. When people is talking you have to rise volume because you can't hear the words right, but when action happens your ears are screwed and have to decrease it. It's like they assume everyone watches stuff in a home cinema, but that's a pain when you just use an ordinary computer in a small bedroom with regular 2.1 speakers and living with more humans at home in near rooms.

i'll let you know when i get around to finishing it!

I saw this the other day and wanted to comment. Spread the good word, folks! AOCC is coming back again! 19 years... wow. I'm a proud papa. LOL. Good luck to everyone, do your best!

I'll endeavour to throw my hat into the ring this year. :)

I just made a Christmas tune, a version of Gloria. I'll send it your way when I get a moment:)

(hacker voice) i'm in see you in the update PMs!

I'm 100% in! The only question is, what source am I going to do. I have a couple of ideas.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! OC ReMix = 25 YEARS OLD! 4,500 ReMixes later, video game music is STILL an art form! We've got a celebratory Zeal mix by JSABlixer from the upcoming anniversary album TimeShift, and we'll be doing lots more over the course of the next year to celebrate the creativity and impact of this powerful community! Thank you to everyone -- past, present, and future -- who have made OverClocked ReMix what it is. Please share some positive memories on how you discovered OCR, artists and tracks you love (original VGM OR ReMixes), let's go! :-D

Congratulations! I missed an epochal event( I joined OCR sometime in 2010. It was an unexpected discovery! In fact, I got access to the Internet at the end of 2009 (I live in a village). The first thing I started looking for on the Internet was music.. I came across this place through tindeck when I was looking for something like covers for Contra Hard Corps. And Google gave me an artist like "Death by spoon" (AMT). My search led me here. What I found here blew my mind. I didn't even imagine that such a place was possible. Ironically, at that time I didn't find any CHC remixes on OCR, but I did find Sixto sounds, goat, Snappleman, lvl 99 and many others (sorry if I didn't mention you). I've learned a lot here. I'm thankful to this place and people who helped me in advice and direction(Rozovian is the best BOSS ever!) Of course, I had some complaints. Something I still don't understand here) But I liked this place and I hope to come back to this stream.. Thank YOU OCR PEOPLE!

I have submitted Star Fox: Double Wing Damage to OverClocked Remix project panel. Now all we must do is wait and see what's next! Great job, everyone! I am so proud to have worked on this album and I'm appreciative of all your support and hard work! Everyone did awesome! We did Fox McCloud proud!

Yeah, things got quieter for djp on the site because…*checks notes*…some guy who posted on PPR a lot decided to leave. Sure. The ego you have to have to come back to OCR, comment on a year-and-a-half old goodbye thread from our site’s founder, and somehow make it about yourself and your dumb grievances is astounding.

I made a list of 25 ReMixes I really like. Certainly not a favorites list (but many of them are favorites. Maybe it's a partial favorites list.). There's something special about each of them to me. Can't put it into words for many of them. They just resonate, you know? 137: Super Mario 64 – Liquid Mario (MkVaff) 469: Final Fantasy VII - Seven Degrees of Judgment (Rosencrantz & guildensternN) 511: Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Mud Mix (Scott Peeples) 814: Final Fantasy IX - dubnofantasyaloneman (DJ Pretzel) 821: Perfect Dark – Air Force One is Down! (Danny Baronowsky) 1008: Final Fantasy VII - Of Transformants and Brevity (zykO) 1403: Pac-Man – Glass Cage (Israfel) 1527: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 – Walk on Water (housethegrate) 1642: Super Mario RPG – Leafcutter (Radiowar) 1657: Shadow of the Colossus – Wanderer on the Offensive (Live Edit) (B33J, Cerrax, Juan Medrano, nonsensicalexis) 1759: Donkey Kong Country - Lost in Jungle (Johan Krafft) 1770: Super Metroid - Samus Bubblebath (Shnabubula) 1984: Secret of Mana - Step Off My Flower Bed (Nase) 2000: Donkey Kong Country 2 – Re-Skewed (David Wise, Grant Kirkhope, Robin Beanland) 2982: Metroid – Cancer (Redg) 3068: Super Smash Bros. Melee – S-Tier (Flexstyle, OceansAndrew) 3119: Dark Souls II – Like a Dream (RoeTaKa) 3203: Donkey Kong Country 2 - Ocean Lanterns (Emunator) 3393: Skies of Arcadia – Undervalued (Kylok, Bree) 3831: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Pajarito Paiso (Audio Mocha) 3851: Sonic CD - Dream Current (Rebecca E. Tripp) 4118: Power Drift – Velocity: Fueled by Sake (Katajun, Manny, Sagnewshreds, Trohnics) 4429: Mario Paint - I have Seen the yellow paint (jmr) 4585: Pokemon Red Version – Look at All the Ships! (ZackParrish, Pearl Pixel, Jeff Ball) ????: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Animal Counterpoint (prophetik music; not on OCR mix technically but it's on an album so I count it)