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    *NO* Lufia 2 'Toccata and Fugue in Dreams'

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    I don't know what you've been smoking my fellow judges but this is over the bar for me. While the performance is a bit stiff it's not so stiff that it's hurting the piece. There's plenty of pretty hall reverb, the level of the actual organ is quite nice. Compare this to Final Fantasy VI Cantata for Dancing: II. Fuga Kefka OC ReMix and you'll realize you're talking out of your ass :)

    As usual the arrangement is fantastic, I especially love this one since fugues have always been close to my heart. Also as usual the production COULD be improved but luckily not a whole lot. in the end the arrangement outweighs the production and by quite a wide margin, good job!

    I urge my fellow judges to take another listen to this.

    YES

    Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart - History

    in Projects

    Posted

    Yeah, we weren't planning to do the whole thing, butt I had an interest in doing some of the songs I liked that don't get claimed. This game and its music / project deserves to get the best coverage possible, so if anyone thinks they can remix any remaining songs, please try to do so. :-D

    I laughed a lot at that.

    *NO* Zelda 2 'Anjuna Temple'

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    Jesse's really right on the money here. It's a great base for a track but it needs some work in several areas. The soundscape is very bass-heavy and the lack of high end and abundance of reverb makes it way more cluttered than it could be. You have a lot of interesting things going on arrangement wise but even more melodic variation and especially some changes in pace (more dynamic drop-offs) would help a lot.

    Lastly I would really love to hear some squeky, high-end FM-style synths to really make this shine. I know Infected Mushroom are frowned upon by real psytrance fans but even classic stuff like Hallucinogen and Man With No Name manages to hit that balance in the soundfield.

    Overall this shows promise but you need to polish it up a bit more. Variation and balance are the key words we're looking for right now. Keep up the good work!

    NO(resubmit)

    *NO* Donkey Kong Country 'O.D. Alley (NRG Mix)'

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    I'm gonna echo my fellow judges on this one. You've got a great start here but need to kick it up a notch, especially arrangement-wise. Some additional variation in the melody, a counter-melody or two and some additional fx and changes from the source's structure.

    Didn't think the main lead was a big issue but it sounds strangely sloppy with the choppiness, I find myself having a hard time describing it. Again, I think if you pad stuff out with some additional counter-melodies it'll be all good.

    Keep at it!

    NO(resubmit)

    Kaleidoscope (XB360) Released - OC ReMix Publishes Free OST!

    in Announcements

    Posted

    There are other reasons for not wanting to use torrents... for instance my ISP throttles all torrent bandwidth so it's quite a bit slower. Also when I was at University using torrents (even for legal things) would get the Internet connection to your room cut off.

    I use them now, but on behalf of all those who can't, thanks for the direct link!

    I'm glad you went through this trouble to download my soundtrack, thank you!

    *NO - djpretzel VETO* Final Fantasy 4 'Metal Mage'

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    More votes you say? Okay then.

    I like it. It's a clever but simple expansion of a very short source. Even though Jesse don't find it funny the arrangement is expanded, production is over the bar and it was an enjoyable listen. Even the playing was good. Sure, it's rough around the edges, the instrument combination is severely odd and the arrangement a little bit disjointed but it's glued together by the humor (like it or not).

    I mean sure, it could've been better in both production and arrangement and it could've been something else entirely but it's not quite NO-material for me.

    YES(borderline)

    Casual gaming

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Endless Ocean 2 is a hardcore game masquerading as a casual game. It takes a masochist or a guide to earn 2 million pelagos and find every sea creature, coin, treasure, and title in the game.

    The truth. This is it.

    Final Fantasy

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I typed up two big posts. One got deleted, the other was kinda stupid, so I'll just say this (even though I never played the game in reference):

    Square - please innovate like you did in the days of suplexing the phantom train. Playing a remake is not the same as reading a good book a second time.

    Ah but you forget one thing! They can't.

    They tried it but they can't.

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