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ROFL at the background of the last-minute DoD submission; I wonder if there's a hall of fame for entries where some critical detail got f00ked up. Sounds fucking AWESOME! Absolutely love how Psamathes' vocals were produced here; lots of cool & varied effects on 'em throughout. The source tune's already pretty cool, but this definitely took it in an even darker direction. :-) YES

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Voted on the last version, so I just wanted to see what was up with this one. Nitpicks: The bassline from 1:10-1:53 was SO QUIET, not sure what the point of that was. There were still some piercing highs during 2:06's section as well. Definitely more attention paid to varying up the instrumentation, with 3:48's area being the most standout example of that. Thanks for the effort to remove the non-melodious cruft as well. Solid improvements! YES

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I always try to present the fullest picture possible of what the artists have said about their tracks. :-)

Some YouTube replies of yours from 2 months ago. :-D

HA! Gario put that in our #judgechat and it requires being shared with the world. :-D "ChroNES Trigger" would have also been an acceptable title too. :-) Dropoff at 1:09 was "WTF", so nice way to catch me off guard, then shifting to Game Boy-style instrumentation at 1:18. I put a hex on you for 3:28-3:56's section, but the slow de-sync to re-sync was a fun idea. :-P Nice deconstruction at 4:07; not the mooooost engaging thing to listen to, though I'm trusting it to go somewhere, so I'll let it simmer. The track filled out the most at 5:00, and to me the way it essentially crescendoed here is disappointing. 5:35 though had a nice textural change to start winding down (not really, as it spun right back up). It'll sound like I'm saying I didn't enjoy it; to me, this is good, but the track plateaus in energy too early and then some sections feel like they go a while without saying anything new for too long. When the texture changed up at 6:27, I love it, but it also should have happened, say, at 5:00 instead and you wouldn't have lost anything, IMO. Though I wouldn't be shocked at a NO for basic production, the creativity is there for me. :-) YES

I thought Shea's Violin somehow got hired for FF7 Remake when I heard 2:07's violin solo in the source; wow. Onto the arrangement, just as Hemo's noted, this was very conservative tone-wise, but nicely done figuring in some new instrumentation choices and writing ornamentations. It's a perfect example of an arrangement that, energy and tone-wise, deceptively sounds more like a close cover. Kev's drums together with Andre's bass give this pure sophistication and depth, while Michelle's vivacious vocals expertly set the mood. I enjoyed Ronin's vibrant take on the violin and then newmajoe's stylish sax afterward into their leading duet at 3:20 was awesome! And jnWake's keys are luxurious with a capital LUX. Nice job on the performances, everyone, and nice job to TheManPF on steering the ship. Smoove personified! YES

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The panning's way too wide here. Perhaps on monitors/speakers it's no big deal, but it sounds awful on headphones, too many elements predominantly on one side or the other, which isn't a natural way to listen to music, and the overall sound feels substantially lossy and dull, which is a dealbreaker. The sound design's meaningfully improved, though I'd argue the core beats (1-2-1-2) still plod from the start despite more interesting stuff going on around them and some more variations; it could partially be a sound design thing. Writing-wise, finally some more interesting stuff going on with the dropoff around 1:21 and using that a rebuild into picking the beats back up at 2:01. Good job trying out different textures and sound design for the verse at 2:03; these ideas may have been introduced in some earlier revision, I'm not sure (there've been quite few), but the main point is that over time you've picked up on a lot more ways to vary up the presentation and keep these same verses & choruses fresh, which definitely wasn't happening in earlier versions. IMO, the beats still drag, so I'd love some musician Js thoughts on why they're still underwhelming and any creative suggestions on giving them more of a spark without needing an overhaul. Good progression though in terms of creativity and quality, it's moving well in the right direction, Eric. :-) NO (resubmit) EDIT (11/8): Saw the revised version in the submission thread comments. Definitely an improvement where the panning issues are done away with. Still need to get the plodding beats worked out a bit more, and the overall mixing cleaned up. Much better section at 2:03 with the newly-added belltone ornamentation. I'm still not there yet, but tt's definitely coming along gradually.

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You either have the string "s e l e c t" or "c o n v e r t" somewhere in your copy. Find it and remove it, and I believe that should solve your problem.

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Would need a unique title if approved -LT Artist Name: Seveneyes I'm a big fighting game fan, so a lot of my musical choices are based on them. This theme from TEKKEN 2 has always been a favorite!! I joined the server in late August because it's a goal of mine to compose music for games. The sages have definitely helped me a lot and everyone has been very welcoming. I've sat in on the Office Hours sessions where they will review tracks and thats become one of my favorite times of the week. I was inspired to at least TRY a remix, since that's what this collection of producers is all about. I'm grateful to contribute in any way I can. Thanks for all the hard work guys!! Games & Sources Hello! Here is my first remix submission. The source track is from Tekken 2, and here is a link to the original work -

What a ride! Fun (read: miserable & nihilistic, just the way I like it) lyrics that take me back to being depressed as a college student. :-D The only thing I'd say could have been tweaked was not having the source melody on guitar so quiet relative to the lead vocals during the verses, because the source melody felt too obscured. Aside from that, this was extremely creative; love the transformation and expansion of the theme via the lyrics. minusworld's got a mainstream songwriting career in the hopper if he wants it bad enough. :-) YES

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Sorry, I could have sworn I'd already voted on this, since I paneled it, my bad. The thunderstorm really picked up at 1:34, get your umbrellas out! Lovely soloing at 1:49 over the top of the theme's base progression. Great instrumentation, lots of subtle expansionist writing, as well as melodic ornamentation for quite a lovely personalization of the theme. Greg's performances crushed it, and Rebecca crafted what sounds like a genuine treasure. YES