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    ASK A JUDGE: While we're busy NOT voting - your questions, we want 'em

    in Site Issues & Feedback

    Posted

    And does the staff also have a concern about how many solo projects a person has lined up to do? Some people know I have a bunch lined up to do solo. Public multiple-person projects I have are just FF1 (which is ending) and FF2 which is officially beginning when FF1 ends and hopes to gain approval based on the success of ff1. So it's really just those 2 unless I forgot one. The rest I have scheduled are for me personally as solo albums, they don't figure into whether or not ff2 will be "allowed" to progress will they? I'm not even going to try to get approval for the solo albums, what's the point, I don't need my own subforum. A thread would be nice though. But I can legally make one of those when I have a preview ready and some finishing dates in mind. :-o

    A few people including a couple ocr staff came at me today about the number of solo projects I have lined up and thought I'd ask/share this info/see what the joojs say. :-o

    Out of curiosity are these solo projects aimed for OCR release in the end? Are they open for people to join?

    Stop Saying "Sounds Like A MIDI"

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Too stupid to realize all modern computers have some form of midi mapper, midi files aren't exactly silent if you play them. I'm not going to argue this with mudslingers who deny the most basic of computer functionality...

    I miss external General MIDI sound modules. They were ace (and poop on your post).

    Oh and .mid files ARE silent if you play them and don't have anything that reads the midi data and produces sounds. Nobody cares what your PC was shipped with. That is kinda the whole point of this thread.

    *NO* Final Fantasy 9 'Long Lost Home'

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    Reminds me of that pretty version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, very nice. I have to agree with my fellow judges though, shows a lot of promise but needs some additional polish. Dali doesn't have a particularly easy melody for voice either so I'm really impressed but can understand some of the issues. The ukulele/harp (???) is a bit out of tune too which doesn't help the flute or voice.

    Very intimate arrangement that shows a lot of promise but a little bit more work on this would really make it shine.

    NO(resubmit)

    OCR02232 - *YES* Final Fantasy 5 'Sinking Deeper'

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    Haven't judged a halc mix in a while, nice to be back in action. Let's see then... ok.

    YES

    You really get this arranging business. Constantly varying things up melodically, harmonically and texturally. The only thing I can think to criticize is that the track is a bit too breathing and pumping, easy with the compression/mastering my friend! Overall, great track though. You make it seem so easy.

    OCR02247 - *YES* Final Fantasy 7 'Heavy Mako' *RESUB*

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    This has always been one of my favorite sources from FFVII for some reason. Maybe because of how early it appeared in the game and how horribly exciting it all were...

    Anyway, track sounds good! I wouldn't have distorted the bass as much as you did, low frequencies work better cleaner regardless of how heavy you want it. The guitars and playing sound good though! While the drum samples/sequencing aren't perfect, a bit stiff, they definitely get the job done. The choirs add a lot too!

    The arrangement takes this relatively simple source places by really bringing it rhythmically. Definitely an interesting take on it. There could've been a bit more variations in harmony/melody but there's enough here to make it shine.

    Nice job!

    YES

    OCR02272 - *YES* Final Fantasy 8 'Estharian Airs'

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    Very bad.

    NO

    Okay not really. Nice of you to use the marimba, more people should use the marimba! Some nice instruments in general, bass sounds ridiculously round but edgy in a good way. Good countermelodies all around, clever takes on the source. Did I mention the organ is a stroke of genius? The organ is a stroke of genius.

    I thought the drums felt a bit in another space or at least a bit too forward in the mix but that's no big deal. The faster ride sequencing is semi-awkward but I can live with it.

    Overall this is quite the nice track, surprising direction from you but very enjoyable! You go girl!

    YES

    Harmony of a Hunter - The Metroid 25th Anniversary album

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I actually do not like OCRemix because in my opinion the judgement of new remixes (by users and staff) seems to me arrogant, nitpicker-ish and ONLY focused on the sound quality not on the arrangement itself - which only lets remixers access their stuff who already got far more equipment than just REASON.

    However, as I told you on YouTube, I'll be part of the project. Hope to have a great time. Lets make this baby a huge thing. :-D

    I only use Reason... :nicework:

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    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    i'm a long-time and likely biased FL user, but i agree 100% with this. in my eyes, reason's piano roll was MADE to be used specifically with a midi controller (which although i do own one, i don't really use it). i hate having to command-click to place every note and select notes individually with the mouse to delete them.. i also hate having to size every note manually instead of it placing the last modified/clicked note (if that makes sense.. FL users will know what i mean :???:). i dunno if theres a way to streamline these processes (i have reason 5, on mac), but without a midi keyboard, reason's piano roll is frustrating and useless to me.

    but as Arcana put it, to each their own.

    LRN2KEYBOARD LOLZ!

    I mainly use a MIDI controller but for editing my performances and sequencing a solo or something, Reason's piano roll is just fine. In any case, to me it's a vERY small piece of the puzzle and the modular and streamlined approach to everything is much, much, MUCH more important than how many clicks are required in the sequencer/mixer.

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    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    Is everybody here only using Fruity Loop ?

    I'm stunt by how many threads there's about Reason here.

    Adding a RECORD section to replace Reason would be great I think.

    Replacing the Reason section with Record would be dumb. Making it Reason & Record would be smarter. Reason is still WAY more widely used than Record.

    Also, I use only Reason+Record. :)

    Also, re: neblix question it's easy to do in Record. Each mixer channel has a separate out so you can pull a signal straight from a channel and route it into whatever.

    Also re: neblix question. It's as easy as creating sub-mixers. If you want to mix something before routing it to your main mixer, create a mixer for it. It's not at all annoying and way more flexible than said "just click a button". Why? Because you can route your kick through distortion, then a mixer and add some delay, then through a filter, then to another mixer and blend it with another kick, then that mixer two a drum kit mixer where you apply some room reverb to everything, then to a compressor+EQ, then to the main mixer, then to the mastering.

    You can route whatever into whatever. You can have your kickdrum signal control the FM modulation of a Thor synth patch. THAT's something, eh?

    And the reason some might say Reason is "easy" is because it's very logical. If you want to route audio somewhere you literally route audio somewhere. If you have ANY experience with hardware, that is a big difference. Beyond that Reason+Record are built by one team with the same design goals. This means everything works seamlessly, everything hooks into everything and your devices are much less stand-alone plug-ins but building blocks that you can use in SO many different ways. For example the Scream distortion also happens to work as an envelope follower and the RV-7000 reverb can be used as a gate.

    etc. :)

    Completely untrue on so many levels dude. There is no program that is easier to split and combine audio signals than Reason. Also there are multiple methods to side chain. It is built into the mclass compressor. You can also side chain anything located on one of the mixer channels to a multitude of signals.

    You misunderstood him. The Reason (only, not Record) mixer IS NOT that good. No phase inversion, no gain knob, two-band EQ, tiny little level fader, only four AUXs and no audio-out on separate mixer channels, requiring some work-around and more mixer instances that should be necessary. Record fixed all this though. Saying the Reason mixer is one of the best (which you shaun didn't, but others did) is a bit narrow-minded. :)

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