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Mmmmm.....so chill. Reminds me incredibly of Ulrich Schnauss, except a little bit more upbeat. Soothing pads all the way, and very appropriate processing with the delays, reverb, and of course, the reversing you put on some of the sound. Chimes are gorgeous, and effective glitchy stuff in the middle. I'm pretty sure that's a live guitar I'm hearing in there at parts, and it's smooth as butter. Added to my "Chill out vibes" playlist. Rock on!

This was probably one of my favorite, if not my favorite, song off of the SotD album, mostly because of the guitar work. Not much to say really, as it's the same level of quality as the rest of the album. Cool rhythms!

It's fine, 9 out of 10 people go through that stage. Just like everyone is a forum n00b at one point or another, it only took you time to get where you are (and it DID push you to keep pushing yourself harder and higher than your original expectations, didn't it? Did the same for so many others). And I'm really glad you made it to this point! While I can hear some issue with compression about midway through (the bass is really powerful and is causing a meshing of all the sound when all the song is going full force), I'm definitely digging what you've done here. Also gets a little repetitive at times but that gives it the feeling of background music. The synths are cool though. I'm looking forward to seeing where you grow, musically, from here. Congrats and nice work.

What do you get when you mix two of the chippy-est remixers together for a track? Well, usually you end up with a lot of empty potato chip bags, but that's not the case here. As always, great use of stutter and glitch effects throughout, and really appropriate choice of leads and pad support. Production couldn't be better for the feeling I believe the remixers were trying to evoke. A perfect blend of the two peoples, since I can't tell who did what, and even if I could, it doesn't matter anyway. ....umm...good job!

I don't think I have much else to add besides this. The vocal clips are awesome, and this is just...I have to call it FRESH. What you got here is a FRESH mix, fresher than salad. Me likey.

Mmm thems is fine gritty drums der. Purdy! You know, I always thought that the underground theme was better in SMB3, because I could actually understand the phrase now that it had a beat. Cool pick for the version of the source. Can't say I'm the biggest fan of such an abrasive middle-focused guitar tone, but it sounds a lot better once it has the low-end covered after the first phrase. The synth accompaniment is pretty catchy, reminds me a bit of some of Pitchshifter's work. Nice wanky solo. The drums sound a little bit too weak when every instrument is going full throttle, but that's not enough to take away from the mix as a whole. Nice industrial rocks feel. I enjoyed it!

I played SimCity 2000 a few times. Only for the disasters, though. MAN was it awesome to unleash an alien on a really big city. And just like Vinnie, I cheated like a mofo at it just to get satisfaction (mostly because I didn't understand how to actually play the game). Regardless, this took me back and I decided to go listen to the source tunes again. Wonderful trip down memory lane there. I have to echo the TOO SHORT criticism. You really could have gone on for at least another minute or two with what you had without overstaying your welcome, because the groove you mustered up with this makes me salivate for more. The guitar and bass riffs are so tasty, shaft-style. Love the stereo you used on the guitar hard-panning. You processed them very very well, just like the rest of the mix. Nice use of percussion too. This is one of those mixes that keeps my attention just because of how it is layered. Kickass song, dudes. Keep it up, I can't wait to hear more.

The arrangement sounds like a less-goofy Danny Elfman, and I'm DIGGING IT LIKE CRAZY. I've listened to the original source quite a few times since Rob Hubbard is one of the main highlights of having a C64 music player on the iPhone, and this does wonders to represent a different imagination of it. I can still feel the pressure that the original source tune evoked. The sounds you used are absolutely top notch, and while the mix is a bit repetitive at one point or another, so is the source, so you kinda stayed true to the feeling of it. Lopping this on my "Best of - Orchestral" playlist.

Most of the projects aren't going to come out for ages, no matter how close they are to done. I wouldn't bother pestering.

It takes a while to get albums ready for release. No if's, and's, or but's about it.

...wait, what?

Guitars incoming, Gario!

1) It's 12-Grain Bread. It's Sea Salt. III) Just because you shower doesn't mean you don't smell like poo. Oh sweet candy canes, if that were true, we'd have 50% less con funk from the get-go. Oh, and just cause I'm spiteful, here's: Episode 27: Double Decker Shortbus Also, uploading fixed Episode 26. Link and RSS will remain the same, so if you want the fixed version just try redownloading in 30 minutes or so (iTunes will update accordingly)

No, because I need more than four hours of sleep. And I have music to do. And you smell like poo.

You'll be happy to know the next OCAD has ZERO MY IMMORTAL READING. Unfortunately it also has zero fukung images. We probably can't do any more images until our regular site is up and running, but the My Immortal final chapters are outside the podcast proper through the end. Episode 27 should be up tonight, I'm hoping.

Wait there's a what at the end? FUCK I'll have to reupload.

Oh hey, I just noticed this! My bad for taking a week to see this and respond. If you have any questions about OCAD stuff in the future, please post them in our OCAD thread, located here: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26119 Anyways, for the OCAD Special Chapters 1-16 we basically used the entire Chrono Symphonic project as the backing tracks, with one or two other mixes in at the end because the project didn't stretch as long as the audio did. The project was played in-order, and you can get all the tracks from the project site (which has torrents and direct downloads): http://chrono.ocremix.org/ When we get all the My Immortal chapters done (they've been sprinkled through specials, regular OCAD episodes, and Nerdy Show), there will be a massive re-edit of all the chapters together. I'm thinking we'll use an all OC ReMix backing track for that, from various projects and regular posted mixes. There will be even more musical awesomeness in that version. Thanks for listening!

I owe Gario for all the feedback and critiquing he's done for me in the WIP forums. He's one of the people who's helped me grow to where I am today. If it were a lesser man, I would pass this up. But...it's Gario. Plus, this is an easy jam-out, probably. WE WILL BE QUITE EVEN AFTER THIS, GARIO! I shall look into this this weekend, inbetween every single OTHER WIP I have in my bag.

HORRAY! A NEW OCAD APPEARS! Episode 26 - Mood Lighting in the Man Cavern Features more technical failures, DrumUltima, and My Immortal Chapters 35-39 Enjoy, Episode 27 out after that and then the thrilling conclusion of My Immortal!

...but I want it...NOW! And talk to OCAD about a listening party if that's the kinda kink you're looking for. We do have a registered room in ETG

Alright people! Here's all what's been going down: * Our website is still down, but the following temporary site has been created to host direct links to episodes until the full site is back up. Sorry, no show notes on the temp site, but at least it's an alternative to people having to scan this thread and/or subscribe to iTunes. http://lemonsinseries.com/ocrab/ iTunes will still be updated as new shows come out. Speaking of... * Episode 26 will PROBABLY be out tonight. Due to major delays and technical difficulties, it has taken quite a while to edit. A good chunk of stuff was missing so lots of small and large edits all over had to take place. Hopefully, it will be worth it. DrumUltimA was the guest for that episode. * Episode 27 will be coming out shortly as well. Featuring a reappearance by Fishy as "payment" for inspiring the idea for the My Immortal readings, as well as the first appearance of Darkesword. If you want to retain any notion that Darkesword is a brooding, mean, bastard of a man who bans little people for fun, you probably shouldn't listen: his voice takes nearly all of his malice away. So much fun though. * SGC isn't far away, and we are getting all our wonderful ideas in order. We may be sharing the panel with both djpretzel and Liontamer, though as to who will be coming we are not sure yet. If they do come, the panel is going to switch to being much more OCR-related. Brushfire: can you update the OP with our temporary site link please? and Fishy, can you please send me your side of Episode 27's audio so I can start working on it? Thanks!

My hotel is booked Sunday through Wednesday (I check out Wednesday). I'm about to book my flights. Needless to say, this is my ideal way to celebrate my (early) 25th birthday. I'm so excited to see everyone who's heading out for this. Edit: and there we go. I'm getting to Las Vegas late Friday night, and will meet up with the hotel crew in the afternoon on Sunday!