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Took a listen. I REALLY dont like how alot of things are hard panned to the right.. it really sound weird when its like that. I like the guitar slashing XD which means, the fast guitar runs. Its quite repetitive. Its alright, but it needs ALOT still. Work on it more, and i'll check it out again.

fix'd XD, but yea as far as my invovement in fl goes, thats about it. I find the step sequencer to be good for drums though. Also, personally I dont like fl's piano roll, makes it way too hard to add in like 1 little drum randomly in the mix. Seeing as you have to make a whole new pattern just to add that 1 little kick or something. I like how it works, I just think it wasnt pulled off effectively. yea...

whoa.... WHOA!! hold on there. Ever look at the back of the redrum only to notice that there are audio outputs for EACH SAMPLE? Here is what I do. Make a big mixer above the redrum. now DONT connect the main redrum outputs to it, instead connect each samples outputs to a channel in the mixer. Then just stick effects between whatever sample you want to effect. There done.

I believe this is why davy jones looks like a sea creature (Spoilers) Davy Jones' job was to ferry the dead souls to the other world, when he stopped doing this then he became the monster. That was the deal. He was supposed to ferry the souls accross, and since he didnt, he and his crew/ship etc turned in to sea monsters.

you should get a bunch of people from OCR to say stuff ;)

Awesome track man, really atmospheric! I love it

haha thanks. Ok, yea I'm actually really bad at transitions, so I think that will be the next thing I shall work on. Changed a bunch of stuff here. Changed some instruments in certain parts, changed arrangement here and there a little bit etc. Hopefully the production is slightly better, but it probably isnt. I added an ending... which I think really really sucks right now. Not sure what I can do with it, but well see. Ive also been running out of ideas. I wanted to expand on the 6/8 part, but I dont know how yet . So check this out in the meantime. DJ SymBiotiX - MM4 StageSelect Remix V5 EDIT: Didnt see your post before I worked on this I'll comment on some of your comments. You: The transition at 00:55 is abrupt but still works surprisingly well. Keep that crash cymbal fadeout going instead of cutting it off and it'll feel a lot smoother. ME: WILL DO! You: 01:10-01:40 feels incredibly empty. Keep some hi-hats going, or something. Me: Personally I like this, it gives a feeling of ambience and such. I changed the pads in this part for this version, maybe you will like it more. You: 01:51- hi-hats for a snare? Ok, it actually works, but you need some other snare, too. Me: Perhaps I'll see what I can doo. You: 02:17- is pretty cool. Me: Agree'd You: 02:46- is actually pretty nice. The warbly thingy you got there is sweet, but the pasted-on-top saw wave really feels, well, pasted on top. Me: I'm pretty sure there isnt a saw wave at that transition, if the transition is what you are talking about. You: Interesting change at 3:55. I wouldn't mind if the whole mix was like this, to be honest, preferrably with some strings/choir/guitar crunch for extra yum. It really gives the song new life, and it feels very nostalgic at the same time. Like I said, interesting. Consider expanding this part. Me: I'll try XD

no prob. Not a big deal, I was just very surprized if you actually thought that it was XD.

yes, you did say the mash up was a joke. You did not however make it clear that you didnt think max dont have sex with your ex was actually part of the max series.

umm.... how is "Max dont have sex with your ex" part of the max trilogy?? wtf. Max Trilogy = Max 300, MaxX Unlimited, The Legend Of Max

Muahahah! Oh man, this mix is turning out so awesome! Ok I'll break it down for you. 1st piano part, is somewhat of a pretty crazy interpretation of the main melody. I wanted to start off with some ambient buildupish kind of stuff. Then the slow piano part of the original melody happens, then a breakdown with some original stuff. At this point it breaks back in to the main melody with a dance type of feel to this. Afterwards I cut in with a climax builder type thing. Its supposed to bring the listeners attention by showing that something awesome is comming up. So right after that, I kinda tease the listener kind of by going back to that dancish beat with a little more going on, and a different background synth. After this little part I did something groovy (I seem to be doing with with alot of my songs lately.. lol I love triplets) Anyways I transposed the original melody to a complete triplet time frame (4/4 to 6/8 basically). Then it changes styles again to a more epic ish trance type song. Now Lemme point a few things out. Drums yes.. suck I need to fix them, and I will probably around the end. Transitions need work in a lot of places too (which I will need good drums, which will come later XD) (I also changed that snare lol, not sure if its any better) Yea, I admit this still needs LOTS of work, but its definitely got potential and thats what I love about it. (lol, honestly, I'm amazed ive actually been able to make it so long, considering the source tune is so short XD) Anyways check out version 4 ! I really hope you like my melody action . (i.e. I would really appreciate some C&C about the melody and such, rather than mastering issues) DJ SymBiotiX - MM4 Stage Select V4

Well I was kind of expecting a little more about my melodies and structure rather than mastering since I havent done any mastering whatsoever yet. All volumes and frequency issues are resolved at the end. Right now, I'm working on melody and progression alone, which is what I would have liked some comments on.

hmm interesting. Right now, I'm not digging any of the sounds really. They dont sound very clean. Its also pretty repetitive. (I know the source tune isnt very long, but try to vary some stuff/rearrange). Not sure what I think of it overall. I personally dont really like it too much, but with some work I think it could be pretty sweet.

so gating is just like.. where the volume goes up and down really fast right? if thats what you want, here is another thing you can do. Make a subtractor that isnt connected to anything. Go to the cables, take the output of LFO1(cv cable) and stick it on to the Volume CV input of whatever you want to gate. (The volume cv input on the mixer that the instrument is connected to). Now just play around with the lfo 1 on the subtractor and that will effect the volume of that instrument.

Alright, so I have somewhat of an update. Like even here, I'm having trouble figureing out what I want to do seeing as the source tune is pretty short. I think if I keep trying I'll be able to pull something good off. Hopefully. DJ SymBiotiX - MM4 Sample 2 What do you think? lol so I started listening to it, and got a randomish burst of inspiration. Here is version 3. DJ SymBiotiX - MM4 Intro Sample 3

Personally I just open up Acid and rewire reason in to that. Always works 100%, and its what I use.

Alright, so since this is very different from my usual stuff, I'm going to put it under my new alias. Its somewhat of a hard trance mixed in with some breakbeatish stuff, and it changes from 4/4 to 6/8 for some added flavor in there XD. Hope you guys enjoy it. D-Latch - Dragons Bane

Hmm, I think I know how you feel. Ive basically just gotten really stuck with it. I had these great ideas, but I just cant think of anything, and its driving me crazy . Like, I really wanna make a kick ass song for this, but something is getting to me, I dont know.

I'm liking the percussion at the beginning. Cool choirs. haha 8 bitish stuff, neat. Something sounds muddy though.. either the bass, or maybe its how the drums are panned. or a mix of the two. All in all, I liked it. There is just something there during the song that doesnt sound right. I think it has something to do with the drums.

umm... Max.(Period) only goes to 600 at the end. However in The Legend Of Max, the middle freeze goes to 666 when he sais "FEAR!".

Oh yea, one more thing. I might endup using the stage selected jingle as well.. like somewhere in the end. Not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure (60%) I'm going to use it. Edit: hehe I Thought of a really cool idea today to help fill out this song. I'm going to record myself saying the names of each of the robot masters, and in the song it will be like "Brightman!" and then I'll change it up for a few bars or something (somehow linking it to the robot masters stage songs) and do that for each robot master. So it will be like a little super remix type thing lol. Just an idea, well see where that goes.

Thanks for the feedback, its always good. I'll try to work on that stuff your talking about. By background synth, do you mean my base line? If so, then I get it XD. I'll change that snare sample, and see what else works. I'll take everything in to consideration. As for fable (and every other song I make, I use Reason 3.0.. and Reason 3.0 ONLY) for light within, that was kinda just an experiment as well. Didnt really end up trying to fine tune it (I didnt even think of trying to submit to OC Remix). For traces, I did remaster it (I havent put it on the site yet) and I make it sound REALLY neat, and not over compressed at all, but now it sound empty in the mid/midbass range, so I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it before I try to resub.

haha, no problem. That was more of an experiment than anything. I'm thinking orchestral to dance to trance type thing. Well see how it turns out EDIT: ok.. so here is a really..really...REALLY early little demp. I'm pretty sure this is kind of the direction I want to take, so uhh check it out? DJ SymBiotiX - MM4 Song Select Demo

Sup guys. I'm thinking I want to try to get in to this action. I'm gonna try to do the stage select theme if thats ok. Uhh.. I dont have a certain song to show you, but you can check out my previous submissions (that didnt get in...yet) here (http://www.djsbx.com/remixes.php) There are 2 (Traces, and Max 300 Glitch Mix). So let me know what you think ^^.

hmm.. It sounded like a good mix between treble and bass for me. I also DO suck at geting phat basses to blend in to the song without overpowering everything... thats something I just cant figure out for the life of me. Trumpet - ... yea your right lol. as for the dynamics.. I guess I just didnt really put enough thought and effort in to them .. Personally I'm pretty happy with it, and honestly its gotten to the point where I really dont feel like working on it anymore. So I suppose its just gonna have to stay this way. Edit: Yay for people liking my drum work for once XD