Liontamer

My Lady likely loves the Nina Simone version (she's a huge Nina fan), but the Michael Bublé version beats it IMO.

* Your ReMixer name: The Cecils * Your email address: cecils.the@gmail.com * Your website: http://myspace.com/thececils Submission Information * Name of game(s) arranged: Final Fantasy IV * Name of individual song(s) arranged: "Illusionary World" by Nobuo Uematsu * Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc.: Each track was a live preformance with zero editing (no sequencing was used). The drums are accoustic with a delayed mic amped in the room. The lyric was written by The Cecils. --------------------------------------------------------------- http://snesmusic.org/v2/download.php?spcNow=ff4 - "Illusionary World" (ff4-38.spc) The mixing needs some work; not enough high-end frequencies and the lyrics just bled over the instruments. I'm sure it's purposeful, but the execution doesn't work effectively regardless. The lack of realism with the sampled bowed strings didn't sound great, but they were very low in the background, so they didn't stand out too much. The lead guitar ended up sounding pretty dominant, but the supporting instrumentation basically washed together. Once you've heard the first 1:05 of the arrangement, the rest is just repetition with nothing new, and it didn't sustain interest. The interpretation also wasn't particularly creative beyond the adaptation to these instruments and adding some vocals; it follows the structure of the original too closely without injecting enough personal creativity into the picture. A lot more could be done with this. A shame too; if this were 2000-2001, this maybe could have made it. I really like the mood of the piece; that's definitely good. But the arrangement's a one-trick pony, and that's not gonna do it when your track is 5 minutes. Even if you maintain a very steady energy level the whole way, you can still develop and evolve the piece in other ways. Get more interpretive and varied with the interpretation of the theme as well as your instrumental textures/combinations. Hope we hear more music from you guys. NO (resubmit)

Original Decision: http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2586 Remixer name: Colin J. Stewart Real name: Colin J. Stewart Email: colinjstewart@gmail.com Website: http://www.aquestionofextremes.com UserID: 24598 Game arranged: Final Fantasy VIII Song arranged: The Extreme OST link (archived PSF version is missing the first 20 seconds): Remix name: Extremism Remix link: (will re-direct to the mp3 file) This is actually a resub of something I made almost four years ago ( -- here's a link to the original remix -- ). The original remix had atrocious sample quality and non-existent production values, and was rightly rejected. I took a three-year break from composing after finishing it before deciding to take another stab at it. This time, I was going to do it right, so I picked up FL Studio and some decent samples, and then put almost nine months into it (off and on -- but mostly on). There were so many things I'd never done when I started this remix -- working with drums and electric guitars, humanizing a track, using effects like reverb and distortion, EQing, writing harmonic lines ... to name just a few. The amount I had to learn was staggering. And it didn't make it any easier that this is something of a kitchen-sink remix -- the combinations of instruments changes almost every four bars, and hardly ever repeats -- not exactly the best remix to start learning about production. But I'm happy about the results. And I'm going to take a break from remixing for now. Probably not for three years though. I should mention that this is a remix mostly from the introduction (0:19 to 1:23) of the original -- the acoustic guitar, harp (?), piano and voice parts. If there's any concern that this has too much new material and not enough of the original, let me know -- I'd be happy to give a breakdown of how each part is linked to the original. Cheers, -Colin PS An alternate (and rejected) title was "The Extremix" ... -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.tzone.org/~llin/psf/packs2/FF8_minipsf.rar - 409 "The Extreme" (no effects) The mixing was a weak point here; lots of muddiness here, but I can somewhat understand why you went that route. Several of the parts were pretty thin, so adding some verb did thicken up the texture. Still, the FL Slayer-ish electric guitar, the piano, the bowed strings, and the snare drum all sounded pretty thin despite the effects. Except for the guitar, they're not terrible samples, but they do lack body. The synth guitar sequencing was very mechanical sounding as well, which always exacerbates the weak, unrealistic tone of the synth. Definitely some really crunchy stuff around the 5 minute mark; 5:07 sounded like some bad clipping/distortion. Arrangement wise, the concept is good overall. I thought there were some points where the piano would be the only major connection to the original, yet the other parts were burying it, but that could be tweaked. Still, I think this would have a ways to go to get the execution/production up to par. If you wanna keep at this (and I think you should), don't be afraid to wade into our ReMixing and Works forums. NO

Original Decision: http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18441 Hey Larry. Here’s the resub and I hope you enjoy it. Cheers, -Derek- ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://tzone.org/~llin/psf/packs2/FF8_minipsf.rar - 103 "Blue Fields" Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack - 101 "Liberi Fatali" Still not feeling the abrupt transition at 3:16; again, a pregnant pause would have worked a lot better than this quick gear change. Also, the second half should have been louder; it literally sounds like the same intensity of the more delicate first half, which is head-scratching. Without messing up the biggest volume moment of "Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec", you need to create a proper dynamic curve. The levels of the second half makes no sense compared to the first. The main issue last time though were the samples being used poorly in the first half, but that's been fixed the whole way through, and now everything sounds strong. Still put off by the conservative take on the first couple of minutes, but, as I said last time, it's eclipsed by the rest, and the overall package was strong. Raise the levels post-3:16 before this goes up, but otherwise, this is what y'all should have sent the first time around, and now it's showing off much more of its potential. TEAMWORK! YES (conditional)

You fucking n00bs. Expert Village does awesome tongue-in-cheek help guides. (i.e. they're fake, and you guys have never heard of the channel)

Awesome stuff, José! I know Dave has some ideas on doing more the current OCR color scheme so that the vids look more like the homepage's style. I like the color change techniques to keep the video interesting. I'd love to see the text says OCREMIX.ORG to further pimp the URL, and I think one of the annotations needs to be a credit for you doing the graphics. Dave has his own comments, which I egg him on about so he posts that soon. Thanks Chris for the help on the technical specs we need to use to properly take advantage of HQ!

As far as automating video and embed codes, that's cool. I'd love to get educated on that. Audio quality is not a huge issue, because we can always put a disclaimer and/or encourage people to download the full quality version.

I listen to more VGM than mainstream music, but VGM encompasses all genres. Video games are just a medium for music; VGM is not any particular style.

The song names will eventually by synced up, so that'll be fine. We list tracks submitted and approved as individual OC ReMixes. Tracks on albums aren't necessarily OC ReMixes, and albums are their own entities.

Why can't anyone capitalize the name correctly? OC ReMix OverClocked ReMix But yeah, hopefully for the next torrent I can take care of this issue, since it's something that's easily fixed up.

Nah, but only because that was one of the first issues I addressed. But glad you're looking out.

As much as I'd rather not do static image videos on a mass scale, it's the easiest option, they get views and people don't really mind. Example: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7442470460B27C15 I'd much rather do a bunch of videos given the results there. EDIT: Also, I believe there's a way to amend the embed code to use HQ as the default, but I need to look into that.

Not yet. I'm still working on some stuff. Even then, who knows if it'll make it into an updated torrent yet. But I'm certainly working towards that. EDIT: Updated the first post with details on what's been done so far.

Definitely appreciate the suggestion. Never heard of MP3 validation before now, so this helped. Grabbed MP3val after finding out about it here: http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/24/validate-your-mp3-collection/ Very lightweight prog, and it creates backups of any files it fixes just in case something gets fucked up, which is a handy feature. I'm listening to files it fixed and everything sounds perfectly intact. The one issue it had was removing tags from 99 of the files it fixed. Just glancing at it, I didn't see anything in the preferences or documentation on why it did that, and that'll be a bit tedious to fix, but it's not a huge deal. There were only 7 mixes out of everything that are currently unrepairable, but considering that 279 files had problems, this was a great find. Thanks, Ad!

The "Taking a Leak" name in the parentheses is obviously fake, BUT...I love it. So if anyone arranges this Final Fight CD track by T's Music into a passable mix and names it "Taking a Leak", I'll definitely fast track it.

HAHAHAHA! I hope people get the joke, because that sprite's been reused like a MOTHERfucker.

Original Decision: http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18231 Attached is a submission of mine called Snowboardin' Sonic My ReMixer name is: Willrock07 My real name is William Harby The game arranged in my remix is: Sonic the hedgehog 3 The individual song arranged is: Ice Cap Zone This was the first mix I made using newly discovered production techniques. I subbed it, it was rejected, and I have subbed it again having made adjustments to my remix. Special thanks goes to the people that helped me at the WIP Board, and the judges for the feedback I received when it was originally rejected, without which, this piece would not be as good. --------------------------------------------------------------- http://project2612.org/download.php?id=61 - IceCap Zone 1 Too much treble, but that could be fixed pretty easily I'd think. Still not feeling the sound design or mixing here. I thought the lead was too loud at the expense of the background. For example, the synth bassline brought in at 1:37 was interesting, but was a bit too understated. The textures still felt very basic, sparse despite the volume and not that interesting. Wasn't feeling the bland snare pattern, but I did like the shift to a kick pattern instead from 2:34-2:43, and the more varied patterns from 2:46-onward. I'm not saying make everything crazy, but keep the drum more interesting with more cool fills. I'd scale back the foreground writing a bit, make the supporting writing louder and more integral to the mix and spice up the percussion. That's the short of it for me. NO (resubmit)

Of course torrents would have to be redownloaded.

Sure, I'll use iTunes and see what the effect is. EDIT: Ah, it writes them to the "unsynced lyrics" field. Excellent. As far as the other issue of track #, I suppose just doing the 5-digit # sans OCR in front of it is best. iTunes definitely doesn't parse/recognize "OCR01815", so I'd have to use 01815.

Deia, how about some lyrics? (!!)

Keeping in mind that Last.fm embeds no longer work, and we won't sell music on iTunes, I'm taking suggestions on where to add OC ReMixes. YouTube's something I've wanted to do for a while (but making custom videos for mixes is tedious, so we'd probably have to cop-out with a basic still image), but there's also stuff like imeem. Spotify's also been recommended on the Euro side. Are there any other major services we're neglecting where we could share the ReMixes? We're primarily looking for a service we can embed on the writeup pages to serve as previews like we used to have with Last.fm. Thanks for your help! Edit:

I do see all the OCR ID #s in the tag "set subtitle". This is using MP3tag. http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html May need a better way there. EDIT: Also, is there a special field to tag lyrics. I'd probably just put those in the general comments field.

Contact Information * Crawletas * Rafael Queiroz * rafaelqueiroz@msn.com * http://br.youtube.com/user/Crawletas or http://crawletas.googlepages.com/ * Forum ID: 26908 Submission Information * Game: Sonic & Knuckles * Remix: Fire * Original music name: Lava Reef Zone * * This music is a remix of Lava Reef Zone from Sonic & Knuckles, made with Cubase SX3, Guitar Rig 3 and M-Audio VSTis. I used to play a lot of Sonic when I was younger, and always thought I could improve that amazing songs, so this is not my first remix, but it's one of my best! There's a video of me playing it on youtube, added recently, so you might be interested on viewing it, here is the link: . --------------------------------------------------------------- http://project2612.org/download.php?id=61 - "Lava Reef Zone (Act 1)" & "Lava Reef Zone (Act 2)" Weak changeup at 1:53. It wasn't totally abrupt per se, but it felt like a completely different song started up. Levels were getting up there from 2:16-2:24. The mixing for that section was really mushy and overcompressed. I couldn't tell much apart from the lead guitar. Somewhat a good thing, only because the countermelody was noticeably late behind the melody from 2:01-2:16 & 2:31-2:53. 1:33-3:09 needed more interpretation to stand apart from the original. The melodies were the same, the countermelodies were the same; it didn't stand apart from the original enough at all. Do your own thing more, don't copy parts wholesale. Again with an awkward transition at 3:16. You tried to segue into it, but it didn't flow at all. The brief soloing (3:31-3:46) in the last section felt really aimless, and the timing of the beats & countermelody was off again. Tweak these more minor timing & production issues. But mainly focus on writing more cohesive transitions and developing the arrangement in a more interpretive way. The overall execution was OK, Rafael, but the arrangement was too cover-ish for the most part, and we're talking mimicking several parts 1-for-1. It's not interesting enough. NO (resubmit)

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Hello! From TaylorMicha * Your ReMixer name: TaylorMicha * Your real name: Joshua Luke * Your email address: joshua.ebay@hotmail.co.uk Submission Information * Name of game(s) arranged: Tales Of Symphonia * Name of individual song(s) arranged: Lloyd's Theme * Additional information about game including composer, system, etc. (if it has not yet been added to the site): For the Nintendo GameCube, by Namco * Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc. I thought of this, not surprisingly, sitting on the beach, with one earphone in, and listening to mp3's on my mobile phone, when Lloyd's theme came on, I thought how nice it sounds with the sea in the background, so sure enough I dusted of the Piano, removed all of my brothers possesions from under the cover (>) and got to work, Sure compared to some of the WONDERFUL remixes on oCRemix it doesn't sound like much, but its my first "remix" and my first ever submission, so I poured a lot of time into it, to get it sounding just as I liked, I used a very old piano we have in the house, which ive just had serviced, as it was terribly out of tune, I remastered it on the computer to give a bit more life to it, especially the lows, and put it some nice effects, chopped it, and changed it a LOT! I had to rerecord it several times, over the course of the 2 weeks it took to finish this little track, I listen all the time to the great mixes on this site, especially FF7 VotL I thought id have a try myself! And besides, one of my favorite games of recent years is Tales of Symphonia, so its only fitting my first submission is from that Happy remixing, TaylorMicha --------------------------------------------------------------- Give the mix a creative title. This ain't gonna do it! Tales of Symphonia Original Soundtrack - (104) "Lloyd" Lovely atmosphere, with a nice melancholy piano. Unfortunately, the ocean SFX sounds pretty pasted in; didn't even sound stereo. See what you can do to make it fit the soundscape more. At :56, the arrangement just loops. Anyway, I paneled it because it's lovely, but there's little interpretation to speak of beyond adapting the piece for piano. 3 loops and it's over. That not gonna get it done either! Needs more everything! Get more interpretive and develop the arrangement into something unique compared to the original. NO