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    Announcement + The Future of OC ReMix

    in Announcements

    Posted

    Wow, look at all these familiar faces showing up out of nowhere! Goes to show how much this website has been on everyone's thoughts over the years.

    DJP, I've always enjoyed reading your long write-ups for each ReMix. They really show that you care about people's contributions to this place. You have always been very thoughtful. So, thanks not only for your hard work, but also for being so passionate in the process. Hopefully, as a listener and ReMixer, I was able to reciprocate well enough.

    Joined a little late in the site's history. But glad I was able to experience a slice of OCR before YouTube and social media were a thing. Fond memories of waking up early in the morning to check for new posted ReMixes. I'd listen to everything that was on the front page. Not just from games I knew.

    Oh, OCReMix... you'll always have a special place in my heart ❤️

    Sega GT 2002 'Night Ride' goes WipEout/Ridge Racer EDM

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted · Edited by Tex
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    Oh nice, didn't realize we can embed music files like that now. Been a while since I was here, though. It's kinda bad for skipping to timestamps (in my current experience, at least).

    But yeah, I really dig your choice of using a perc organ in your version, since it's a very nostalgic sound to me. But some of the sfx here (like at 0:29 and at 0:44) feel a bit too "hi-tech" to me, personally. Thus, they don't mesh well with the organ foundation. Would have preferred some brief soul-ish house vocals clips instead and maybe some brief sexy sax samples to spice things up even further. You could also sequence your synths in ways that feel soul-ish. Right now, it feels to me that you are making a piece that starts like a house track, but then it quickly loses its identity to trance elements (the snare fills don't feel house-ish enough for me, either).

    The chord synths that show up at 2:42 onwards to support the groove are a nice addition. And so is the little triangle wave.

    Also, holy shit: my browser returned to the previous page accidentally and I thought everything I wrote here was lost. Phew...

    An OverClocked Christmas v.XVII

    in Recruit & Collaborate!

    Posted · Edited by Tex

    Coop, most of the listeners in these events are the people who are involved. So, personally, I don't think success should be measured the way you're imagining... it's not about that. It's about celebrating the release and talking about each other's entries with a cozy group (and I prefer to do so with small groups anyway).

    I participated in AOCC v.5 and, afaik, there were no song comments at all. So, a listening party is... better than that? We'd be talking about your song(s) too, Coop.

    Not really saying you have to join the event, though.

    PRC467 - Bloody Classic (Castlevania IV)

    in Competitions

    Posted · Edited by Tex

    On 6/25/2023 at 9:56 PM, Unknown Pseudoartist said:

    I wanted to register on ThaSauce site but couldn't finish the process to validate my account. Even though I specified that I'm older than 13 years old the confirmation mail I received looks like that typical thing that should be filled by a parent or tutor printed in paper and signed, which is a nonsense.

    I'm sorry, UPA. That sounds frustrating.

    If I recall correctly, the only ThaSauce admin you can contact to report any issues is Ramaniscence.

    You could try getting in touch with him in the Discord server, too.

    Post your Discord

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Meteo Xavier said:

    Hey, I recognize that name. You had that synth brass Mega Man X1 track I really liked.

    Oh, hey! To this day, I'm not sure if your username used to be "Meteor Xavier" or if I was just reading it wrong for a while back then.

    And yeah, that synth brass patch is so good. Love it.

    1 hour ago, Meteo Xavier said:

    I'm perma-banned from the OCR Discord and that bums me out as I also like the chatroom environment to cut loose with new and old friends alike

    Aw, bummer. Hopefully you've been enjoying your stay in the forums, though ?

    1 hour ago, Meteo Xavier said:

    I find Discord a rather bloated chatting experience, personally.

    Hmm, personally, I prefer smaller servers so the chat won't get too busy for me. But that's just a personal preference.

    Sample Pack Contest XI: Results!

    in Competitions

    Posted · Edited by Txai

    8 hours ago, Seth Skoda said:

    Question: is there a preferred sample rate for the output wav file? I use 44.1kHz.

    Seth Skoda! Now that's a familiar name. I like your two tracks in An OverClocked Christmas XIII from last year :-)

    16-bit/44.1kHz sample rate is perfect, yeah. It's the standard for CD-quality audio.

    Sample Pack Contest XI: Results!

    in Competitions

    Posted · Edited by Txai

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    http://zenkaudio.com/spc/

    Sample Pack Contest is a series of original music-writing contests hosted via VGMusic.com that began in 2005, originally on VGMusic's forums and now on its Discord server.

    What is a Sample Pack Contest?

    Typically, the community is first asked to submit sound samples (in WAV format) which are collected and re-released in a ZIP archive of all the sounds: the "sample pack". Participants then use the sounds in creating and entering original songs, followed by a voting/commenting phase by the community to determine placing and the eventual winner.

    In this 11th edition of the series, All-Star Mashup, the current sample pack is made up entirely of sounds from the previous Sample Pack Contests.

     

    Sample Pack Contest XI has concluded! Thank you all for participating!

     

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    Congratulations to Hunter Van Brocklin for winning with his entry "California Rose Gold Rush"!

    Full Contest Results + Votes & Commentary Here

    ( spreadsheet version )

    The entire album is available on Bandcamp: https://samplepackcontest.bandcamp.com/album/sample-pack-contest-xi

    Signatures disabled

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Bear in mind I have no saying in this decision. However, I'd like to drop a few thoughts. First because it's an interesting subject. And second, but most importantly, The Coop has always been friendly and approachable. And I wish him the best!

      

    16 hours ago, The Coop said:

    getting rid of them entirely just seems a bit much in my opinion.

    As someone like you who is known for using sigs as means of showcasing visual prowess, this change feels like cutting down a long time beloved tree, doesn't it? Still, you're very talented. And I do hope your involvement with DeviantArt and alikes has been filling the void OCR couldn't fill for you anymore.

     

    17 hours ago, The Coop said:

    So why take such a large chunk away from the personality of the forums and its users?

    Unfortunately, it's been years since there was a present and consistent sig making community on these boards. All you could witness recently were a bunch of untouched "June is Boss Month" sigs and such, which honestly gives the forums a sense of lack of updates and abandonment. Sure, sigs used to be a huge thing in the past. But you can't say they've even been a thing in the past 6 years or so.

     

    17 hours ago, The Coop said:

    Maybe it's just me and my old school ways, but a forum that celebrates an art form, yet provides its users little in the way to use art on it, seems off.

    You're aware that in the past, there was no such thing as custom avatars. Everyone had to choose one from a curated gaming/anime/TV-film collection. But now not only you can have your own custom avatar (which can be a closer artistic expression of yourself more than ever), but it can even be animated if you wish. By this perspective, don't you feel this is a fair trade-off?

     

    17 hours ago, The Coop said:

    I get that the "clean" look is what some want. Lots of businesses do. But OCR isn't really a business in the typical sense of boardroom meetings and company-use-only forums. It's a site about video games, video game music, and the remixes of said music.

    But you do post in another forum where its community, which fostered sig culture like no other, grew older and don't use sigs anymore either. And that didn't stop you from being a part of it. In the end, our primary way of strengthening relationships and camaraderie is the exchange of thoughts. Although I admit making new friends here throught my own sig skills, this alone could not provide such strengthening.

     

    17 hours ago, The Coop said:

    It's a site that sets out to celebrate the personalities of the music that's used to help create the moods, moments and scenes we'll remember experiencing years from now.

    You're right. This is a music site. And that's how you've been labelling it all the way. Which means it's not a sig site, nor a visual arts site. Sigs do, however, bring memories associated with its posters and to a certain period in time you've been here. With that in mind, newer posters won't be able to have the experience of shaping said memory like you or I. Yet, this is a completely new community now with these social media platforms (come join us in the OCR Discord server, Coop!) on the side. So OCR members might be shaping other kind of experiences lately and sigs haven't been a part of it. I'm as nostalgic as you, though. And I'd love to witness a new bunch of artists making neat looking sigs to new other regulars. It would give me warm goosebumps!

    OC ReMixer DJ Redlight passed away

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Txai

    It's with profound sadness that I announce the passing of DJ Redlight (Ashley Carr) on October 26th of 2016. He was from Australia and only 30 at the time. I was recently informed of this news after stumbling across his Facebook Artist Page. Here's an excerpt written by a personal friend:

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    I know this is the one page where his true passion was, music production and composition (particularly the electronic genre, although he dabbled into some DnB and such a while ago). He had been working on a new album for the last 2 years which he never got to release, but once the shock and the denial I'm in subsides, I will speak to his family to see whether there are any other tracks we can release to you guys. He always spoke to me fondly of the people around the world that would send him messages of support and admiration on Facebook, SoundCloud and various other music sharing platforms for his undoubted talent in music production.

    Although I never spoke to him, I do have warm memories of burning CDs with a couple of his remixes in.

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    Both were also used in Extra Credits episodes here and there.

    His existing work is already formidable enough to make him a relevant name in the world of fan game music communities. Thank you for being a part of my early years at OCR, Ash.

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