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Very cool. And of course, for the win:

So clear your cache. You don't think Polo would have posted that animated GIF if they didn't work, do you?

April being OCR Support Month isn't just about us asking for donations; this year, we're upping the ante by rolling out some cool features. Among them, we're proud to present several in-depth interviews connecting YOU with the creators of the music we all enjoy! Making up our latest trifecta, we have: David Wise, career-long in-house composer at Microsoft’s Rare, co-composer for the Donkey Kong Country series and Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise, and composer for the Battletoads and Wizards & Warriors series Christopher Tin, co-composer for 2K Games’ Civilization IV; and Steffan Andrews, OC ReMixer and co-composer for EA’s FaceBreaker Be sure to read up (and spread the word!) on all 3 of these excellent interviews, then follow it up by checking out our other Q&A's with Beatdrop, CoLD SToRAGE (Tim Wright), Grant Kirkhope, McVaffe, Michael Gluck (Piano Squall) and Patrick Zimmerli! The OCR community's also been being giving their own interviews all around the net, so stay on top of what's been going on lately with the links below! Summoning of Spirits: Higher Plain Music / Tales Union Podcasts: Life Inside the Box / Xbox 360 Fancast (Joystiq Xbox) / Into the Score ReMixers: Game Music 4 All (Nicole Adams/injury) / GameDaily (Mazedude/McVaffe)

MASCOTS LINKED! (Thanks, djp!)

http://www.zophar.net/download_file/15745 - Track 1 & 3 http://www.zophar.net/download_file/14690 - Track 1 ("Overworld BGM") Just listening through for all of the connections, there were a lot of instances of altering the melodies while retaining the rhythms, which was pretty creative. The arrangement was definitely rocking my socks off, and I enjoyed the chiptune elements. I was thrown off on the cursory listen, but this was a great example of a liberal-sounding arrangement that was grounded nicely in the several themes. Great stuff from both Ben and Andrew; that's fuckin' teamwork! YES

Don't listen to him. http://www.ocremix.org/info/Content_Policy Read the Terms of Use section. Basically says, 1. you can't use the ReMixes for profit & 2. please give credit to the ReMixer(s) and give the http://www.ocremix.org so people can find the music if they like it.

Haha, I vaguely remember that. "Goodbye forever, OCR" or something like that. We miss you, Andy. Could have used you for HD Remix, but you never answered your mails.

Just noting that our PayPal access has been restored. It took some persistence on djp's part to say the least, but now everything's cool. That said, we did have another contest idea just for musicians that we may be able to use some prizes for, and I do like Jimmy's idea of thinking of another giveaway angle unrelated to the donations. We want to give you guys something, so I'll think of a way we can do that for this month!

Jay provided a breakdown, added to the first post. Please check whether your vote would change given this new information, and of course new voters are welcome.

I'm seeing it used in Rez in November 2001, and the other version you're referring to released on Freeland's album Now & Them in September 2003. Is there anyone who can explain when "Mind Killer" originally came out?

BTW, Dale North & "Spacecat" are win. Big favorite of mine from SquareDance.

SquareDance was a production by the now-defunct KFSS Studios and the still-going-strong OneUps Studios. OC ReMix had nothing to do with creating the album, even though djp & several OC ReMixers are on the album. You can learn more about the two versions of the album here: Standard: http://vgmdb.net/album/1591 Limited: http://vgmdb.net/album/1590 In terms of getting a physical copy, eBay, as all the copies were sold out a long time ago.

Just noting that that list is not complete, and we're not looking for suggestions until we fully populate the list with the tags we've come up with. As you may be able to see, we're going beyond genre to come up with a broader set of tags that are more useful.

The only issue I have with Newgrounds' setup is that it rebrands the MP3 tags. I'm not sure how it worked with the free downloads at Last.fm, but if Dave was cool with the tags being altered through uploading to Newgrounds, it's something we could do. I'd lean against it, no hate on Newgrounds.

We're aware of the issue, which had something to do with the encoding. Down the line we may be able to swap in a fixed version, but that will probably be months down the line. But if you just want to fix it for yourself, download the Windows version of MP3val and repair the file yourself. It may be able to fix other MP3s in your collection that don't properly play on iTunes, etc.

Opening sounds a lot like ParagonX9's Super Double Dragon "No. 5 (Snapdragon)", only his sounds were a lot beefier. The opening synths sounded thin and generic and the percussion work (generally the clap pattern) is simplistic and flimsy, so the textures are empty. It doesn't support a 5+ minute song. The lead at :31 was OK, though it should have been more upfront, IMO. Flesh out the supporting instrumentation with a little more complexity, make the leads stand out more, and make you don't clutter up the soundscape while attempting to do those things.

Some of you are fucking crazy! Who's dumb enough to not fly the colors? You all better have flown the colors!

Could anyone provide me some specs on uploading HD videos to Vimeo, and would anyone recommend we pursue that as well?

I tweeted about it. Thanks! http://twitter.com/ocremix/status/1447118905

Nice; looks like I'll have to caption stuff down the line.

Yep, if you shop Zzounds through our Zzounds link, that's a way to support!

Excellent, excellent stuff! Gun.Smoke's got some good cuts in there!

The following link leads to my submission to OverClocked ReMix, entitled Brittanian Tavern. CONTACT INFORMATION Remixer name: Olarin Real name: Bradley Mellen Email address: olarin42@yahoo.com Website: http://bradleymellen.com OCR forum userid: 23257 Please include as collaborator: Remixer name: smokris Real name: Steve Mokris OCR forumserid: 27484 SUBMISSION INFORMATION Game name: Ultima VII: The Black Gate Song name: Marketplace ADDITIONAL GAME INFORMATION Published in 1992 by Origin for DOS Composers: Dana Glover, Raymond Benson, Kathleen Jones, Herman Miller, David R. Watson, Kirk Winterrowd Original soundtrack: .ogg recordings available here: or here: original midi files available here: (the .ogg files are recordings of the midi files on the sound card they were intended for) Screenshot suitable for entry in OCR database: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ultima-vii-the-black-gate/screenshots/gameShotId,8717/ ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION INFORMATION This submission is actually a relatively old track; it's a live performance from 2002, from my high school band, pragmatic illusion (http://pi.softpixel.com). Hopefully the production won't be too much of an issue; there's a lot of ambient noise from the coffeehouse where it was recorded (including a friend of ours playing with a set of wooden domino tiles at a table in the back), but in this case I think all the background sounds lend the recording an appropriate ambiance, since the original tune was used in taverns and other sorts of social gathering places in the game (hence the ReMix title), and I wanted to give it some additional exposure so as to share it with anyone who might enjoy it. If this is accepted, please give credit in the write-up to the musicians involved: Bradley Mellen (Olarin): keyboard (lead) Steve Mokris (smokris): electronic drumset Jenna Dalbey: electric violoncello Tina Kemp: keyboard (bass) Steve would like to be included as a collaborator; I included his forum ID above. --------------------------------------------------------------- Ultima VII: The Black Gate - (09) "Marketplace" The recording quality's pretty strong, even though the overall levels were way too quiet. No issue with the ambient noise of the room; it was a nice touch. If there are individual recordings of this, I'd redo the mixing, but I imagine that's not the case. Overall though, the performance was a bit bland. The textures were pretty sparse, thus there was too much empty space. I thought the comparative fullness of the lead keyboard from 1:24-1:36 made me think that issue was over, but after that it was still pretty empty. The bass has no presence at all until 3:07, which was a shame, since that was supposed to anchor the arrangement to the source tune at all times. Then at 3:07, the bass was creeping toward the muddy/indistinct side. Gotta find the sweet spot. The cello performance was a good concept, but a weak link as far as the performance IMO; perhaps that's just me, so I'd like a second opinion on 2:24-2:36. Both the bass and the cello should have both been louder. The percussion sounded good, and did a decent job of filling out the soundfield, but needed to be pulled back some (except during the percussion solos). Arrangement-wise, the dynamic contrast was a bit lacking. I'd probably be able to get over that if the mixing was well-executed. Interesting arrangement with some expansive qualities, but I thought the sum total of smaller issues was enough to hold it back. Obviously this can't be re-performed, but if there are separate master recordings of the parts, this could be put in a passable state. NO (resubmit)

That wasn't Dave in the stock photo. Also, Txai doesn't realize that I don't care about French horns, I care about snare drums. No one gets those right. As far as this year's joke goes, we're busy people. So we had fun doing a simple cybersquatted page. Definitely got emails from people asking if we'd be hacked or got pwnt by Conficker, so mission accomplished!

Not even sure what you're talking about though. Everything in the Albums section is completed, everything in the Projects sections is in-progress.