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    Possible DDR submission...

    in Post Your Original Music!

    Posted

    Alright, I'm thinking of finishing this up tomorrow and giving DDR a shot with this one. Admittedly, it's a bit odd for a dance track (being more of a breakbeat, and a bit strange sounding at that). What do you guys think? Danceable? Maybe I'm just crazy, but I could see this working for some reason.

    LO-FI http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=5037691&q=lo

    HI-FI http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=5037691&q=hi

    EDIT: added Lo-fi Link.

    DDR Song Contest (update)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Yep, I've got one that I'll be submitting this week sometime.

    Zircon, do you happen to know how the winners will be chosen? Since I am submitting my track so "late," am I at a distinct disadvantage because I miss out on several weeks of possible votes? Or is that just a way to whittle the number of tracks down to make the final decision easier?

    EDIT: BTW with the free membership at broadjam, it's 20 bucks per entry.

    FLStudio 7 is out.

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    FL7 is insane. I'm not blown away today because I've been using all of the betas and release builds, but if you're upgrading from 6, it's amazing. So many cool new features.

    No joke. IL just keeps plugging away with FL, adding more and more.

    I'm curious as to this special offer we're supposed to be getting...

    remix backlog?

    in Site Issues & Feedback

    Posted

    Just curious as to why in the Judges Decisions thread that there are sixteen mixes "To be Posted," some of which are dated August 2006. Is it really that bogged down? I mean, five months is kinda a long time to just sit on someone's HD waiting to be posted.

    Goldeneye "Rocking the Cradle" final mix posted; failed to pass

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    I already said thsi last time, but sick drum programming. Did you say you used Kontakt for the wav. editing or something? Can't remember. Got a bad memory =/

    Nah, I just use the good ol' Fruity Slicer, which I've found perfectly capable.

    As for the track, any more judges thoughts? How long of a wait should I expect if I just submit it and hope? I'd imagine a month and a half or so? Agh I'm so impatient. :P

    Goldeneye "Rocking the Cradle" final mix posted; failed to pass

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Thanks Samurai, glad you liked it.

    The only issue here for me is if this will be simply identified as a bond remix, rather than a Goldeneye mix, as everyone has already said.

    Perhaps a more liberal interpretation of the bond melody itself (you were already half-way with that), with the bond melody as you had it at 2.33 (for 'recognisability', don't even know if that's a real word!) will give the panel a real original impression of this, which will improve your chances. Apart from that issue, I would have no reservations at all about giving this a yes.

    Thanks for the thoughts, Malcos. Honestly, I'm not real sure what I could do to change it up (or if I'd even want to,) since it all flows together so nicely right now. I suppose I could go in and mangle the bond theme up a little more, but I'm just to the point where I would like to submit it and take my chances. Only thing is, I really don't want to wait a month and a half to be judged and find out that this issue serves as a major hang-up and I have to fit it and wait all over again.

    If I could get one or two more judge's thoughts on this?...I may just have to swallow my pride and change the aforementioned sections a bit. :\

    Goldeneye "Rocking the Cradle" final mix posted; failed to pass

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    @ Thylacine:

    Thanks for your extended thoughts. Yeah, the "wrong notes" are intentional, although I may have gone a little overboard on them. The high part of the melody that I used is a third above the original note and sounds great while it's harmonizing, so I just dropped out the "correct" notes and just used the harmonizing line. (Again, trying to downplay the original theme as much as I could.) The only place I thought it might sound kinda weird is where you mentioned at 1:28, before it goes into the key change.

    I think I'll take my chances with the music "sounding flat" from 2:06-2:25. I'll give you that 2:45-2:58 is where the bond theme doesn't try to hide at all, but I figure one major section like that wouldn't hurt too much...maybe I'm wrong.

    But, yeah, you're the first here to mention noticing the "wrong notes," so that's probably good. The first thing my brother said when he heard this (who's a big piano player), is "man, you got those notes all wrong." I think it sounds fine (even better) when the key change hits, but before that...maybe I'll have to change those back.

    @D-Lux:

    I'm using studio headphones and I can't hear any popping. That may be because I've probably been around this mix too much. Thanks for listening though, I'll look into that.

    Waverace 64

    in ReMix Requests

    Posted

    Yeah, it's kinda a hidden thing. *consults IGN*

    First, on the options screen, hold X, Z, and press start to open the Password screen. Then enter DLPHNMOD. It'll unlock the "ride the dolphin" mode in Dolphin Park, complete with a short punk rendition of the Wave Race tune (it's like a minute and a half loop).

    I just listened to it; it's pretty basic, just a guitar soloing the tune over some punk chugs and a simple beat. It's still fun to listen to though. :)

    And Pi_R_, I've never heard a midi made of the punk style.

    Waverace 64

    in ReMix Requests

    Posted

    Yeah, the title theme is great; I'd imagine that you've heard the punk remix that was done for the gamecube version? I'm listening to the midi now...thinking what kind of style it would lend itself to.

    The tempo is a little fast for trance; it's more dnb speed. I dunno; I'll play around with it and see what I come up with.

    UPDATE: FRAG FIESTA

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Yeah, it seems that people around here don't like commenting on Goldeneye mixes. Case in point; my latest WIP with 66 views and one comment other than myself. :P

    Anyway, about your mix...I'm going to be completely honest.

    Workable intro, but way too much distortion from :15 to :28, and then definitely too much at :28 when the guitar? comes in. Things just get louder and louder (unlistenable) until 1:45ish when it doesn't hurt my ears anymore. 2:25 has promise, until the monster drums come back at 3:00. Honestly, you've got some major production issues here. Good luck with it, though; we don't have enough Goldeneye mixes here.

    http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5967

    Here's mine, which I'll be submitting here pretty soon.

    Goldeneye "Rocking the Cradle" final mix posted; failed to pass

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Huh, didn't realize that the bass at 1:40 came off as too loud. I was aiming for that distinctive bass sound that all the Bond films have, but maybe it didn't work as well as I had hoped. :P

    I use FL, and used basically just Sytrus and EWQL silver for this one. I almost ran out of FX tracks in the mixer, and set a new personal record for patterns used (104). The good news is that my new computer can run it almost flawlessly all the way through (at 45 ms latency, but still.)

    As for incorporating the bond theme so much, the thing is that the source tune uses the original bond theme quite a bit, and there really isn't enough interesting stuff in the new material to create a long enough remix. Basically the intro, 1:02-1:28, and 2:07-2:32 is all there is that's "new." Essentially the entire Goldeneye soundtrack is fifteen different remixes and rearrangements of the bond theme, so...

    Anyway, thanks for the comments and I'll definitely look to get a judge's thoughts before submitting.

    Chrono Trigger Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Man, what a great source tune. I had forgotten about that one.

    Anyways, yeah work with the scratching sound in the intro. Maybe try a different instrument for the brass hits around 1:05, and right after at 1:25 would be a perfect candidate for a new section. Right now, everything after 1:25 the listener has heard verbatim until 2:20, and even then it's really similar to what you had before. Good luck.

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