Patrick Burns

for that lonely despondency: Sines - Beej for that "don't be sad it's over but be happy it happened" feeling: Celestial Winds From the East - McVaffe for that pseudo-masochistic, self-induced rush of a cry: Closed-Eyed Astronomy - Binster for that unexpected, post-cry sense of wellbeing: All the World in One Girl - The Wingless for that older & wiser, occasionally nostalgic, spring-in-your-step, future-self: Brinstar Bonsaid Garden - Red Tailed Fox for that years-later flashback, reflecting on the reverence of briefly-recovered memories and your younger self: Visions of Kin - James George for an old and tired heart, lost in ponderance of loss and the cyclical nature of existence: Green Amnesia - Disco Dan

you know I have metal joints . . . are you ready? so les go

I too have enjoyed some of Peach vgmusic work. Reminds me of Dr. Fruitcake in the sequencing quality.

Handling the dynamic range is a basic task in mixing/mastering. Search for articles on "compression" or "limiting."

Yeah, I'm feeling like getting Jedi Outcast out and running around Nar Shaddaa with Lando.

Very pleasant. The source, instruments, sequencing, and mixing all work together to create this feeling . . . like it's all saying, "you don't have to be listening to me, but if you do here's a cookie"

Same here. I played this game a few years back through emulation, and Narshe just has a very unique mood. At the risk of sounding pretentious, it's almost got this cognitive dissonance feel to it -- eeriness, calm, fragmented memory, mystery. And I'm glad to see so many treatments of it. Having gone the ambient, spaced-out route with my mix, I think some of the nostalgic impact is missing. Congrats to all. Also, after an incomplete listen-through, I'd like to give kudos to jnWake, Joe Griffith, Crypto, Adam Kirby, and Anti-Syne for arrangements that obviously required a great deal of care and tinkering. I would also like to thank reverb, delay, and whooshes for making my mix possible.

I like this idea. : a nostalgic yet ambivalent lover succumbs to the embrace of his love, knowing he's continuing a dysfunctional cycle : a lover angrily laments the dysfunction of his dissolved relationship, remembering the last time he was in his/her arms and blaming his lover for 'too many shades of gray'another . . . aaaand another one. . . : John Lennon goes emo after losing his girl : Demi Lovato unwinds an emo kid

Not sure how many people this is interesting to, but... That background music is The Glasshouse with Butterfly by Floex from Machinarium. Cool!

One of the prerequisites for submitting seems to be that you need to be selling physical copies of the work through Amazon. (If I understand correctly.) http://help.pandora.com/customer/portal/articles/24802-information-for-artists-submitting-to-pandora Not to mention OCR LLC doesn't own the rights for the original tunes, meaning they don't have the authority to authorize Pandora to incorporate the music into their for-profit venture. (If I understand correctly.)

what bothers me is the lack of forwards compatibility. it seems like each time a new generation appears, I suddenly find out about the current generation's lack of forwards compatibility. and what about sideways compatibility? and don't get me started on vertical compatibility. the only thing console manufactures care about is making a thing that only plays the hundreds of games designed for it.

I'm imagining the GPU as a homunculus with a paint brush. You have to take care of him like a tamagotchi. Instant launch title.

1:19 roses are red violets are blue all my feels are belong to you

Wish I'd seen it then. Now every Joe Blow from Kokomo can do these chops

holy cow. pretty top notch orchestral sequencing you've got there. the legato strings in the B section are drop dead gorgeous. really the only thing I can contribute is praise, cause I don't know how to orchestrate this well. I think the judges would probably ask for more arrangement though (if submitting is your thing)

It's a great cover -- for a first attempt it really is a good job. If you're looking for ways to improve it, as a piece of music on it's own . . . it's hard to tell where things are going. There are different sections, but there's no movement within them or direction. Try sculpting the flow, finding the juice of the source tune and building too it, wandering from it, etc. Also, the drums feel a little dry, reverb-wise at least.

Wow that's a lot of music It's a mixed bag here. You've obviously using good samples, but I think you would get more mileage if you focused on a couple tunes and worked on getting the best out of the samples and, if you'd like, more arranging. In "Into the Thick of It" for example the attacks on the flute and violin just don't keep up with the melody at all. It almost feels like the instruments are tip-toeing across the melody like a barefoot guy on sharp ground. They're all interesting for nostalgia, but you'll move people more with one great arrangement than twenty ok ones. Happy sequencing

Thank you One Wing -- reading your narration of it makes me happy. Your criticisms basically confirm some of my thoughts. I get pretty self-conscious and when recording and I have a hard time not getting angry having to start over, so by the time I record a take without too many 'mistakes,' all the energy is gone, energy that's there at the beginning of the session when there's no pressure. Basically I should probably just practice more, slowly and expressively -- no pressure. I also agree that maybe a speed increase would be best -- I slowed it down a little hoping to improve my chances of getting something not too sloppy. Of course you can dl the wip

remix: www.patrickburns.us/just/Chai_Kingdom_WIP.mp3 source: This arrangement is from waaay back in 2007. I just never got around to finishing it. Solo guitar, fingerstyle. It's hard for me to record a really good performance -- so I'm not too keen on re-recording this. I might submit it, but I mostly just wanted it off my to-do list.

It's very interesting to hear about some of the challenges -- I have no technical insight to contribute, but I would like to offer a suggestion about the more human challenges facing OCR. I think certain aspects of the site's functioning could benefit from revised visibility/accessibility. I am not suggesting more visibility simply to satisfy the curiosity of outsiders like me -- I have faith in OCR's staff and deeply appreciate the time everyone puts into the site. I suggest this because I think, from reading this thread, that the staff might feel more appreciated and effectual if their efforts were more . . . socially permeable -- both in visibility and, in some cases, feedback. As a rule, if you want volunteers/donors to be more active, turn the lights on, let the cameras roll, let the actors be seen -- lauded, heckled, loved, and hated. In truth, though, you can stop reading here because, as has been pointed out, we've got no shortage of ideas in this thread, and I personally don't have any skills to actually get some of this done. It looks like you guys have more pressing things on your to-do list than what I might suggest, but -- I'll outline a few ideas in case it's helpful in any way. • I'm not a judge, so I can't speak from experience, but the Judges Queue seems like a very lonely, de-motivational place to me. As a judge you post feedback, it may be weeks before anyone in the community sees it, and you don't get interaction with the artist or see how other people in the community might feel. Sure, a lot of that feedback would probably be hate, but . . . maybe a contentious atmosphere would be conducive to activity. Maybe not. I can't think of specific suggestions that don't cause worse problems, but there's got to be a way to make the Judges panel feel more live -- for the judges' sake. • I'm sure nobody needs a lecture on this, but web design is like architecture; it's about giving certain spaces the right human weight and interrelation as much as it is about navigability. Placing the following areas in a visible left-to-right progression might ease some problems: Workshop --> Inbox --> Judges Panel --> Showcase More than anything, I think this would make the workshop feel more valuable to people. There could be some nice symmetry there with the Workshop and the Showcase as clickable lists on each side. Maybe the 'submit' button on the arrow/boundary between workshop and inbox, a 'view decisions' button on the arrow/boundary between the judges panel and the showcase. (Of course, the Showcase should continue to dominate everything at the end of the day). • This would take a lot of work, but have simple, elegant stats visible next to each area: how full each area is, how many were passed/denied at each step in the past 6 months, average wait time for the entire progression, etc -- submitters will immediately get a better sense of what is at stake (and hopefully utilize the workshop more), community members will appreciate how much fluff there is to sort. • Allow other people in addition to djp -- judges or designated mods -- to post write-ups. Dave posts an Overclocked Week In Review. This both speeds up posting, allows the masses to stay in-touch with the guy at the helm, offers mixes another chance to be in the spotlight . . . Anyway, those are my thoughts. A big thank-you to the people (read: pretzel) who actually get the stuff coded around here.

here's one I saved: http://youtu.be/G5VDDpWa_pY

There's no sense in being upset with Square Enix. Each department within a corporation is just going to go all out with their responsibilities -- there's rarely an integrated mastermind against whom to inflame the villagers. Also, the less we appear to be an angry mob of fans and the more we appear to be a cooperative community with knowledgeable representatives, the less protective they're likely to be. This sounds like an important, precedent-setting interaction.

I'm still hoping to donate too -- I can't remember if I caught last year's support OCR month or not. It would make me really happy to see remixes on this project entitled "the decisive kickstarter" or "save them pledges!"

somebody had to do it, Brandon -- you just represent the little freak-out hidden inside us all

the last few pages of this thread are so much more compelling when read while listening to "under martial law"