Radiowar

maaan i just remembered that star fox mix you made a couple years ago...nothing against that track or anything, but you have definitely come a long way. these are amazing!

wow thank you, i really appreciate that (: glad you like it! moonbeam are AWESOME, definitely check out around the world. and everything else they've ever done.

it might just be me but i've always thought the drums in the swamp theme from dkc2 were too similar to to be coincidencealso the mill theme in dkc3 is based off of but i guess that one is obvious

he isnt a posted remixer, but robotaki has been a huge influence on me these past months. incredibly talented guy, insanely productive

black hole recordings held a remix contest for this track, this is my entry. i think this somewhat resembles progressive house. http://soundcloud.com/them-stars/moonbeam-the-lilt-them-stars-remix

the volume bump is appreciated. excellent work as usual

BEATS http://soundcloud.com/them-stars/spitbubble

dont get me wrong i will argue for the merits of sampling all day, but there are definitely times where a sample is completely gratuitous (im thinking of that sampled eiffel 65 for no reason). i'll be missing you isn't really the best example imo.

no this is the worst example of sampling of all time did you guys hear that song kanye west wrote called "the eraser" he is so talented and self-depricating

ha ha ah hh ha my point is i wasnt standing out there in the rain watching a guy scream nonsense thinking about the mids

they're two completely different mediums. there have been a lot of times when there's a band i just didn't get until i saw them live and something clicked. animal collective were like that for me. and i don't know that i could possibly give a shit about sound quality when i'm seeing an artist or band i love. when you hear the opening notes of a song you love and you have that moment of recognition...there's nothing better really. so much of it is about seeing people create in the moment.

i might hold off on submitting this just yet. it's much too similar to the original, and as a standalone piece of music, it doesn't really work. it's confusing to listen to, really. the sounds you've chosen seem almost random, and they don't fit together. technically, there is nothing wrong with the production, but it's very flat and dry. aside from some panning, there's no real sense of space. it's all very in your face. the drums are somewhat mechanical, and could benefit from some EQ/compression. i suppose it could be stylistic preference, but given the general mishmash of sounds, i don't know what style that would be exactly. structurally, it seems very flat. i haven't done an exact side-by-side comparison, but it sounds nearly identical. any potential for remixing that exists in the original doesn't come from the its structure. it may make sense in the context of the game, but as a piece of music it's meandering, the shifts are jarring, and it simply doesn't make a lot of sense on its own. sorry if that came off too harsh. basically i think what you have is a decent foundation to work from. the next step would be coming up with an arrangement to make it your own.

nice! i dunno about the movie samples though :\

yeah, that's the key really. just listen to artists with sounds you like and try to copy them. massive has some cool preset waveforms if you want something a little more interesting than saw/square, but really it's all about using effects well. in my experience, at least.

can i just say THANK YOU for using that low-g labyrinth clip, you guys read my mind

found sound? it's not really a musical genre though, it just describes the means by which the song was made. if you wanted to categorize the song you linked, for example, something like techno might be more appropriate.

it always bums me out to hear a rap remix on here where the whole thing is basically hey look we're rapping isn't that funny hip hop is pretty good you guys it's okay to take it seriously but w/e that was alright i guess, sounds like you guys had fun

i'm using OS X on my macbook with Live version 8.1. ok so this is really weird. when i posted this thread, i had just started a new project and was frustrated that the issue had come up again. at the time the only track other than the drum rack had been an audio track containing an acappella. now i've loaded a drum rack into that same project, though it has several more midi and audio tracks (ie. increased cpu usage), only now i have no trouble loading the drum rack, adding samples, adding effects, creating midi, etc. everything's....fine. WHAT IS HAPPEN

sometimes when i open a drum rack and load a sample - like a kick or something - Live gets super laggy and pretty much slows to a halt until i remove the drum rack entirely. and then there are times when it doesnt happen at all, and i can load several drum racks with a number of different samples/effects, no problem. does anybody know what's going on?

i entered the Peter Gabriel Games Without Frontiers remix contest over at Indaba, thought i'd come around here and beg for votes. you don't need to register, just enter your email and confirm it. if you have a minute to listen/vote/comment, i'd really appreciate it! I WILL BE YOUR FRIEND FOREVER http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/20071

ohhhhhh mannnn

i love this, reminds me of mr. scruff or something. this is a keeper