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I'm going to change my email signature at work to that.

Those evil bastards, taking a yearly series and only releasing it every few years.

Why don't I just send you my bank account and you take what you want? And I don't even make any money off this hobby.

My 64 controller is more than a decade old, the control stick may be a little loose but it still works. granted it was never my favorite controller by a long shot, but the official version is still better than the third party crap.

The last third party controller I bought was for Nintendo 64, it was such an astonishing piece of shit that I learned my lesson, from then on nothing but official controllers for me.

If you need some more drum samples here are some. They're from a very old issue of Computer Music mag, not sure there's any harm in sharing them, and they've served me well over the years.

tumbs up on the news.

One of my favorite DK64 themes. I'm working on a version of it for the DK64 project. Hmm, I dunno... I think you can do a lot more with this theme. I'm sensing a lot of low end energy, and these headphones aren't that great. Synth bass is much too powerful compared to the other elements. Arrangement seems sparse. I think you can build up more energy. Look forward to seeing what you can do with it.

Damn you're old. Careful you don't break a hip.

Yeah, I mean, you just listen and if the drums don't sound right, they aren't right. Admittedly it can be hard to take an objective view if it's your track. Sometimes you need other people to tell you the straight dope. Larry rejected one of my tracks the other day cuz of wimpy drums, which I totally hadn't noticed, but when he pointed it out it became obvious to me.

hahahahaha. Oh for fuck's sake, I just bought Trine 2 the other day at a lesser discount.

I'm new to Steam and was able to get some games I've had my eye on for awhile, the two Arkhams, Trine 2, Rayman Origins.

Hey, Mabe village. I have a Mabe remix in the works. I should finish it. Some thoughts of what stuck out at me. - Drum sounds seem out of place. They're like, dubstep drums, but they sound too heavy for the rest of the instruments. I keep waiting for the wubs. - Sustained bass sounds pretty uninteresting. How bout some more groove? - Speaking of which, song in general feels empty, lacking something. I think it's the lack of a discernible bassline. Feels disconnected. Hope this helps.

I dipped my toe in the Steamy waters the other day, and I'm afraid I have no idea wtf these cards are for.

Excellent! Many thanks.

OnePingOnly is a good VST. I don't know any others, but I've had good results with that one.

The mixing is ok. Bass is kind of boomy, cut the right frequency on it and the whole mix will clear up. The main thing that would get you rejected is the sounds, which are all pretty bland. You could give them more movement, maybe some vibrato on the leads. Think about some reverse cymbals or something else to create buildup and release between sections. Also, would be cool to filter and saturate the strings at the beginning to make them sound old and scratchy like a mellotron. Then the noticeably fake articulations as Chimpzilla pointed out wouldn't be a problem.

I have to back you up on this. The level of atmosphere and creepiness in the music is amazing considering the SNES sound chip. Maybe it's because I played it first, but I've always preferred it to Secret of Mana. Which puts us in the minority, but there you have it.

Anyone taken a look at the B&R entry in the Dynamic Range database? It's interesting to see the stats. They have a lot of other albums from OCR as well. Something I've been mulling over the past few days, doesn't ReplayGain sound the death knell for the Loudness War? In fact, the louder a track is the worse it'll sound when the gain has been compensated by RG, since the transients are all gone. The only problem with RG is it's not ubiquitous yet, and a lot of people aren't aware of it. Once any serious mp3 player on any platform supports it, not only playback but analyzing your library, I reckon the loudness war is dead. In fact I'm giving serious consideration to easing the fuck up on my own music in anticipation for that day, which I don't think is far off.

I always retag albums as "OCRemix", otherwise my mp3 player would be a complete mess.

Are the Mario RPG games actually a JRPG? I always though of them as... something else. That reminds me, I need to play the first Paper Mario. Bought it on the virtual console since I never played it back in the day.

damn, Rexy beat me to it.

It's not just this album. All posted mixes get much fewer responses that mixes from years ago. I'm not sure YouTube can explain it, since the older mixes have more responses there as well.

The Impressario: the album featuring Overclocked Remix

I must say, one of the tracks I've enjoyed the most is There's Nothing Like Flying by DDRKirbyISQ. It's got such a great happy feel, reminds me of Star Salzman's airship track on VotL. The flurries of chip tones are expertly done. Excellent!