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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!

I had to go back and listen to the original to realize a whole bunch of the elements in this remix are not present in the original, which is very simple, yet they FEEL as if they should be. That's the sign of a great remix.

Excellent choice of source! The original Rayman is such a fertile ground for remixes, I'm surprised more people don't do it. In fact this inspires me.

Try ShortCircuit.

What about Metal Gear Peace Walker HD? I don't own a ps3, but god damn did I love it on PSP. I can only imagine it's better with dual analog sticks.

I'm still waiting for that song.

Studio One has ARA (Melodyne integration). Very cool. Sort of what Sonar has done with V-Vocal for years, but Melodyne is actually good. A large point in Studio One's favor. Hopefully it comes to other DAWs.

I think most of the "traditional" daws can do it. Except, bafflingly, Sonar. And that was just one item out of a laundry list for me. The exceptionally clunky and limited key binding. The even more clunky way to configure control surfaces. No macros (ok there's CAL, lol). Slow and painful automation. No multi-out midi tracks. General feeling of inefficiency. Ok there is one thing I miss from Sonar, the track inspector. You can rig up one in Reaper, at the expense of the full mixer. Ok, another one - tempo automation feels less risky. Every time I do it in Reaper I feel there is a potential fuckup on my hands. Maybe I'm not doing it right.

I used Sonar for 7+ years, but eventually there were too many deal breakers for me. No batch rendering... really, Cakewalk? I'm much happier with Reaper. I honestly can't think of any feature i miss from Sonar.

I hope everyone doesn't have to match this level of quality for ReMixes going forward.

As of Wednesday, over 100 gb. Don't thank me, thank my employer.

I definitely feel strongly about Santa rangements.