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    Legend of Zelda - OoT - Requiem Of Spirit Remix - March Against The Three Flames

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    From a processing perspective:

    You need a lower threshold and a lower ratio on your master bus compressor - at the moment the peaks are cut out, totally. Orchestral music is meant to be dynamic, but you sucked alot of the emotion out w the processing.... pull the threshold down another -6db maybe, but reduce the compr. ratio by at least half - give it a bit of room to breathe.

    Arrangement perspective:

    Its not overly complex, fairly straightforward. Honestly its fine to me, as a listener, but I dont think this would get past the judges. Theres no definable interpretation, its more re-interpretation than remix.

    When Does it Become About Samples?

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    It also depends what you want from your productions (note, I play synthetic stuff mostly so if you apply my comments to piano or orchestral sounds you're retarded.. plus I write for myself, I dont rely on it for an income)

    Theres a song - 'Babara Streisand' by Duck Sauce - that I hold up in these cases. Its an entertaining song, its popular on MP3 players, in clubs, on radios... I'll dance to it when smashed off my nipples. But fuck me, as a musician, I hate it. Its made of four layers at best, and three of them are samples of other peoples work (Vengeance samples, Boney M, etc). How can you release that and say its YOUR track?!

    For me, I make sounds because I love CREATING the sound - the detail in building the right sound from scratch, balancing 2-3 OSC's with the right envelopes and effects... when you get the sound you were working towards, after hours of work... Well, being able to take something completely intangible from your head and make it physical its... orgasmic.... and thats an understatement

    But sometimes I just want to make a track to show a friend or something, and samples give you that extra freedom and speed. Its not as satisfying, emotionally, but its a Babara Streisand - its fun easy and accessible.

    You can make a free violin sound like $1m if you want to spend the time processing each sample. Its a matter of whether the time and enjoyment you get from that process is worth the cost of a better library.

    Drums separately or in the same pattern? (FL)

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    Depends what youre making and how you want to make it. You COULD...

    Split the samples by type;

    Clean and easy for management, but it gets difficult to manage individual dynamic variances and scapes

    Each sample gets a separate layer;

    Excellent control for sounds and balance, but it'll get messy real quick and tone may be inconsistent if you dont manage your sends well

    Divide by group:

    Most logical and consistent for overall processing, but you really need to think ahead and know the track before you start making it. Ends up messy if you change halfway through.

    Also, note that I use Reason and not FL, so managing automation in a track line is easier (imo)

    Personally I prefer to divide samples by group because of post processing. But if I'm making a track without a sound/style in mind, it ends up sounds TERRIBLE.

    PRC246 - Battle in the Battlefield (Battlefield 1942)

    in Competitions

    Posted

    Just listened to your entry for 213 SirNutz, a good winner there! We both had the same idea w the constant bass, great minds... Wouldve been awesome to hear your secondary take on this.

    Between PRCs 213 and 246 we have enough tracks for a Battlefield Remix EP - who wants to approach EA for some potential currency?

    Also, I'm gonna keep working on my version of this track; it'll never get onto OCR (or OLR) but its damn addictive.

    PRC246 - Battle in the Battlefield (Battlefield 1942)

    in Competitions

    Posted

    Ok so I got 3 responses for you, each one real (in a way) -

    The honest and apologetic:

    Whoa, seriously? Havnt heard the B3 theme

    [Listens] Yeh, they're the same song... sorry PRC people, didnt know...

    The snide and dismissive:

    [Listens to Battlefield 3 theme] It sounds like I'm listening to the '42 theme on a speaker with a blown sub. Besides, '42 came out first, so if anything SirNuts submitted a REMIX for PRC, so mines legit and like.. yeh.. howya gonna act, yo [high fives a passing bro]

    The Irish minstrel:

    It looks like a repeat to me,

    of P R C 2 4 and 3

    The themes are the same,

    And on paper its lame,

    But it might make some listeners squee.

    I'm looking forward to hearing the winners,

    As we rapidly approach the finis',

    I'll be back in a day

    For now I'll be on me way

    To go fuck a sheep and drink Guinness

    Super Mario RPG: Window to the Stars - History

    in Projects

    Posted

    so, since i won the prc round for this, should i claim the "hard working moles are good moles " track then ? :D

    Not without auditioning and going through the usual process. I'm just interested in the project, I dont represent or act on any persons behalf. The PRC was just an unsponsored ad for a great project cos its AWESOME.

    But yeh... where was I.. yeh! Audition, its not my decision (or privilege, depends how you see it)

    PRC244 - RESULTS - ALBUM SPECIAL - Who is the Mole?? (Super Mario RPG)

    in Competitions

    Posted

    whoa whoa whoa wait up, I dont represent anyone on the album, I was just doing some advertising for an awesome project!! You'll have to audition / try out, etc like anyone else (tho hurry w that, cos I might be tempted to start a creepy clown remix of the mole theme myself) (probably not tho) (it was a good idea on your track, but can you get that up to album quality?)

    wait a sec, I didnt say congrats to Esperado for winning!! Congrats!!

    Update: I have opened Reason

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