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@Red Shadow: I think the unrealistic sequencing was what put me off more than the unrealistic samples. The sounds used were, I suppose, appropriate enough but the way certain notes are played on the piano, there's no swing/sustain/believable transition... whatever you want to call it, between the short notes, especially with the piano. The low-quality samples and robotic sequencing accentuate each others' weakness and make them more blatant. I could forgive the samples if the everything wasn't quantized so rigidly, but when those two issues culminate into one song, it's an issue that affects the listenability for me, and I've never had that problem with Ziwtra's mixes in the past, despite the fact that he's using the same samples as always. He's my most listened to OCR artist on last.fm currently so I've obviously got nothing against the kind of music he usually makes. I'm not sure what happened here :\

Yeah, there's no point in doing a TAS live I'm not really that good, but apparently under 3 hours is a respectable time. The standing record, as far as I can tell, is 1:30, almost an hour less than my goal for the upcoming run. I tend to die often but somehow still manage to finish with a solid time We'll see how things work out though, I'd like to do this in a way that everyone will be able to watch.

This is short but oh-so-sweet, we definitely don't get this brand of ethnic vibe on OCR very often. Nice job keeping things fresh all the way through by changing up the instrumentation, this is a really killer mix dudes

I was always pretty captivated by this song when I heard it on KiC. I know the DKC 1 soundtrack inside and out and I felt that the connection to the original was sufficiently present and well-expanded upon, which is my favorite part about the ReMix. Above all, this feels exactly like something you would expect to hear in a modernized remake of the original DKC. Sure, it's not going to smash heads or win any awards for innovative arrangement but Aetherius did the best he could with the source tune, and that's to keep it simple and recognizable while giving the sounds a major upgrade.

Nice take on a great theme, you definitely tread a lot of new ground here stylistically. Everything is appropriately grungy and crunchy for the genre you chose to remix in Everything you put out there seems to be an opus in its own respect, LuIzA, and you haven't given any indication that you'll do anything but improve your craft in the future. Keep it up!

I'll be completely honest here, I want to like this song a lot. The arrangement is pretty tasteful and the chords create a very melancholy, breezy ambiance. However, having listened to some of the songs that Young has released in the past, especially for the Xenogears project, I think this one falls way beneath the bar he's set for himself from a quality point. Almost always, he's been able to mask his poor samples in a way that doesn't detract from the finished product, but not only are the samples weak here, but the humanization is almost unbearably nonexistent, especially with the piano. Everything is rigidly sequenced to the nth degree and it does become a distraction. I want to like this song but I really think it needed a bit more polish before coming out of the gates. The arrangement is so enveloping and captivating, but it's hard to truly get lost in a song when the production is so sloppy Sorry Ziwtra, I'm still a huge fan of your music and will download this because it does have many redeeming factors that are too good to pass up, but this is not one of your strongest efforts

Wow, really? That's awesome I was honestly just doing the art 'cause I genuinely love this project and DKC2 and wanted to help out, so that's a nice bonus. Thanks dude And yeah, later on this week I'll try and find a way to get a live stream going so you guys can watch me speed run the game all the way through in one sitting. I might even pick up a cheap microphone so you can hear me get pissed off at the Lost World levels

I'm going to attempt another speed run of DKC2 later in the week - my best time is 2:51 for a 102% complete run and it's my 7th attempt. I'm hoping to get it down to 2:30 or better!

It's a pretty nice adaptation Sometimes it starts to sound cluttered when you've got multiple loud instruments playing at the same thing but overall the instrumentation was good and the supporting melodies were nice too. The whole song felt pretty static though, there wasn't any real climaxes or breaks, but I suppose if all you were doing was a re-instrumentation of a song that's meant to be looped, that's not a necessity. Overall, not too shabby

Oh, I love 'em, it's the best kind of -- Oh. I see

Yeah, I'd like to get a physical copy of the album too so I can see a printed version of my artwork, but 40 dollars is pretty steep for me, and I'm pretty sure Bahamut got his full amount anyway. Is there anything I could do to get my hands on one? :\

This version's defintiely an improvement, but there's still a handful of gnawing issues that are holding it down, mostly on the arrangement side of things. The lack of compression/punch on your drums has been pointed out already, but I'm not sure if it's been mentioned that you use the same drum loop for the entire song. Switching up the loops a bit and expanding on the drumwork as you progress through the song would really help bring up the intensity later on. The stuttering drums worked in the intro so maybe you could try employing a similar effect later in the song. As for the synth writing, it sticks pretty close to the original which isn't exactly kosher by OCR standards. Arranging the melody to make a bit more unique or personalized, or even some soloing at the climax of the song would not only bring this more into ReMix territory, but also make the song more interesting and less repetitive. The last thing that stuck out to me was the lack of bass on the song - I can tell you've got a synth playing a bass part, but it's really quiet and leaves that end of the frequency spectrum feeling rather empty. Not bad work overall, this definitely captures the cheery, punchy essence of the source tune. Just fine tune some of the things mentioned above and try to make the arrangement side of it feel a bit more personalized, and I think this would work a lot better as a ReMix. Keep at it!

Get in touch with Zyko, he'll do wonders for ya

Your link is broken, can you reupload? (possibly to a more reliable server like Tindeck or this.)

http://ocremix.org/forums/member.php?u=32621 Hasn't made any posts yet, but this one just looks like trouble.

1.) There was teaser art posted a few pages back, and it was excellent. I've personally been working with the artist to coordinate on the back cover art too, and he's working hard to make things perfect. 2.) Bahamut's already got the money he needs to finance the album, so I don't know what you're on about there, either. People were more than happy to finance the album with or without a firm release date at the ready. 3.) The release date issue has been frustrating, yes. But in the long run, having the absolute best music possible will last us longer than we would have gained if Taucer had cut djp and found someone who could have got the songs done quicker. Once the project is out, I think the extra wait will have been worth it. (this is conjecture, but if you've listened to djp and virt's stuff, it's generally worth the wait for!)

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It's a legitimate concern, at least from my perspective. The last time we had a major album release (Xenogears) it was bumped off of the front page spot only a week after it was released by a much smaller project (Castlevania.) No offense meant to Joshua Morse, but if I were avaris and spent years upon years planning out a large scale project, I would be a little disappointed if it only saw a week on the front page. Ideally, every project would get its time in the limelight, but when you've got several projects that want to be released very close to each other, I think it's fairest to allow the largest project to be released last and therefore have the most "airtime" on the OCR front page.

It's February 30th.

This is wonderfully chill and relaxing, but it still maintains that quality Aud-- err... Sole Signal feel I love the level of respect you have for the source tunes you remix, but at the same time it never feels like I'm listening to a remake or a cover of the original. Greg knows how to do a conservative(ish) remix right, more people should take note of this!

We need to get Sting in here for a cover song, stat! Happy birthday!

Aww You guys are all so awesome, thanks for totally making my day. I didn't expect to see one of these when I got home at all. To all of you guys, I appreciate it a lot! Also, special thanks to Brandon Strader for hooking me up with a birthday WIP for my project, that was pretty cool of him Thanks dude.

I love how, from a general quality standpoint, Fishy's remixes from 3 years ago are almost indistinguishable from his new mixes. That's not meant to slight his new work, which is extremely good, but rather to compliment the timeless quality of his work This is a rather simple arrangement but it's very cohesive and an appropriate take on the source material. The whole thing can be described as very tasteful. Nice work!

Yeah, you dropped the ball on SDB as well, you've just got lame regular rap on it Who wants to hear that?