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The sustained synth at 3:20 really hit the spot for me, it felt like a climax to a completely chill and enjoyable track. You picked great synth and bell sounds too, this is exactly what I've come to expect and love from you, Rozo!

Used to play back in Junior High, but got permanently banned for impersonating a moderator to try and get a scammer to give my friend's stolen items back Haven't played it since. I'm glad I stopped; it was fun for me at the age I played it at, but the evil Commie trading system that's been implemented recently completely turned me off from ever wanting to try it again. I don't know why people put up with the absurd restrictions that have been put in place by Jagex lately, it simply takes the fun out of being able to trade with people in the first place.

I was just kidding, in case that wasn't clear And that's awesome! I'm looking forward to it

TAAAAUUUUUUCCCEEEEEEERRR!! A new remixer was brought on, and not only did you fail to update the first post, but you forgot to make a POST ABOUT THE UPDATE!? Madness!

Sorry I came off as crass and stubborn; I have experienced the problem you described many times and your method does work to fix it. It was actually one of the methods I tried to get things back to normal, and it helped on the iTunes end of things, but the problem still remained on my iPod. On iTunes, everything was organized under one artist like it should be, but when synced to an iPod it started displaying duplicate artists for every song that I'd added a "Sort Artist" tag to. That's why I was 99% sure that it was a separate problem than the one you described; I didn't just throw out your suggestion without testing it It's a moot issue now, though, because I did come up with a system that worked well for me; simply checking the "Part of a Compilation" box on every OCR song. So if anyone else is interested in organizing all your remixes under one artist while still retaining the actual artist information, this is probably the easiest way to do it. I do appreciate the help from all you guys, though, even if I came across the solution in my own way. Thanks for your time

The problem is that none of this shows up on iTunes; when I use the Sort Artist field in iTunes everything is neatly bunched up into one Artist. However, when I sync to my iPod, everything goes to hell. Google has led me to believe that it's a problem with using newer tag protocol with older-generation iPods, but I'm not 100% sure since I haven't found anyone else with this problem. I've had that problem before but honestly I don't think this is the same thing :\ The composer idea is one that I attempted and got about halfway through before I realized that it wouldn't carry over to sites like last.fm, which is kind of a big deal to me. Playlists would work except I want to keep the clutter down on my Artist search because that's what I use 90% of the time to find my music. I've thought about using the Compilations feature to group everything together, but I'm honestly not sure how that works.

You're welcome It actually looks kind of crappy to me now that I examine it closer, but if you're satisfied then I won't worry about it for now. If for some reason it doesn't meet the quality standards, just shoot me a PM and I'll try it again.

Good enough for ya? EDIT: I think this one looks better. I'll leave 'em both up for you to compare:

Thanks, this prompted me to finally get around to installing Steam and buying some games for it. Awesome deal, and with the exception of World of Goo, they're all new games to me so I'm pretty psyched!

I'm the kind of person that keeps all my favorite OCR songs on my iPod and listens to them daily. At the current time I've got just shy of a thousand songs from this site in my iTunes library, and I'm having a really hard time managing that many different artists without completely cluttering up my library. At first, I simply edited the tags of every song I got from this site to have the artist set as "OCRemix" so that all remixes would be neatly categorized on my iPod under one artist. However, as I lurked more on the site and became familiar with certain artists, I felt that it was unfair to the remixers to dissociate them with the music that they'd created. So I've painstakingly retagged all of my MP3s with the proper artist info. Only problem is, now my library is filled with a million different artists and it's completely clogged up my Artists display on iTunes. I tried typing "OCRemix" in the "Sort Artist" field on each song, which works fine for keeping iTunes organized, but my 3rd generation iPod is now seriously screwed up. Not only does it still display each artist name, but it also displays the artist "OCRemix" 4-dozen times throughout the whole list. In short, my iPod refuses to accept the Sort Artist field and instead decided to massacre everything I've been working on for the last week Surely there must be some way to keep all my OCR songs confined into one place on the Artist search while still being able to maintain and view the name of the actual artist that created the song... right?

I'm a huge fan of Skrypnyk's style of mind-blowing electronica drumwork and have spent a lot of time searching for similar artists but to little avail. It's one of my favorite styles of music and it's disappointing that I've only been able to find one artist that actually uses it on a frequent basis Also, is there a technical name for that subgenre of electronic music that might aid me in my search? Thanks in advance

I just discovered this track this morning, and I've had it on loop for the last 5 hours. My mind tells me I shouldn't like this but I can't help it

Last time I played one ongoing game of Tetris DS for a week and a half (scored 22 million points before accidentally leaving the game unpaused and dying) I had the Tetris Effect going on for nearly 6 months afterward. That's the kinda thing that'll drive a guy crazy after so long of it happening. I had no idea it was an actual effect though, I thought it was just one of those things that only happened to insanely addicted people like me Oh, and back in elementary school, after playing Super Mario 64, I would always envision Mario wall-jumping his way around the classroom or my desk while I was bored. I still unconsciously do that sometimes.

Holy shit guys, my mom is Protricity! Hell yeah!!

You're awesome at what you do, Neko. I can tell the production quality of your songs have gone up a bit from what I've heard so far, so kudos on that! I can't wait to check out the full thing!

I don't know what it is about the song, but every time I listen to it, it makes me want to cry a little bit. I don't think it's an intentionally sad song, and it could just be the mood I was in when I first listened to it, but for whatever reason this one really connects with me on an emotional level. It's definitely my favorite song off of the FFIV album, I'm glad this one came into fruition! And yes, I do get the Animal Crossing vibe from this song. If there were credits in an Animal Crossing game, I could see this style of music being used.

Ah yes, sockpuppet got it right If you're talking about the electro-orchestra part that sounds like Audix's track, it is Audix's If you're talking about the mellow guitar/piano/etc. part at the end of the file ds is trash posted, then it's a completely different track.

That's a Chrono Cross song, not a preview track

I'm in the process of doing a track-by-track checklist-style review, for those of you that can appreciate the feedback of someone who knows next-to-nothing about music Here's my two cents on the first disc. 1-01: Nutritious – Full of Courage + Typical Nutritious-quality samples and arrangement + Flute at 2:16 was exquisite + Appropriate song to start off the album - Doesn’t take many stylistic risks –very solid song but doesn’t particularly stand out compared to other orchestral arrangements by Nutritious (if you can really count this as a negative. I suppose this just comes with the genre, I'm not sure what else could have been embellished or added without possibly ruining what you've already got here.) 1-02: audio fidelity – The Might of Baron + Drums, marching sounds, and rhythm guitar create excellent mood during intro + All samples are extremely well used + Keyboard (?) at :53 onward adds a nice touch + Orchestral and rock sounds have rarely, if ever sounded so good together! + Great flow throughout the song - Interlude at 2:40 fits nicely in context, then transitions perfectly back into the rock verse without a hitch. + One of the best songs on the album! 1-03: AeroZ – Overture ~ Tellah’s Prophecy + Cello at 1:53 was very enjoyable, reminded me of something from Bond. + Outro was well done, this is where the cello playing seemed the best to me. - Took a long time for the song to really click with me. Didn’t have me fully convinced that the song was going anywhere until 1:53, and then it kind of meandered back into questionable territory a few times after that - Not as solid as AeroZ’s other contributions to the project, in my opinion 1-04: avaris – Journey to Solace + Loved the evolution of the percussion throughout the song + Transition at 1:02 felt perfectly natural and took the song in a wonderful direction + 3:04 piano was a nice instrument choice, and also sounded nice for the outro. Good piano sounds for both sections. - Parts of the song felt a bit lacking melody-wise (though this might be a result of the source.) 1-05: AnotherSounscape – Ana(pro)logue + Somehow even happier and bubblier than Anso’s usual work. + Source tune works PERFECTLY for this style of music + Great use of different synth sounds, each one seems suited for the notes that it is attached to + Hilarious cameos! - Lolwut @ the robotic “1-2-1-2-3” voice - Fadeout? 1-06: John Revoredo – The Flying Machine + At just over 2 minutes, it came, did its thing, and didn’t overstay its welcome. One of those times where shorter is better + Beautiful samples and mixing, song sounds wonderful - Arrangement felt a bit repetitive even for such a short song 1-07: Mazedude – Read the Sine + Typical Mazedude quality work – song is completely out of left field and is structurally weird, but it totally feels cohesive and almost beautiful. + 1:43 was unexpected but a completely awesome transition - I keep getting this god-awful buzzing noise on the low frequencies regardless of where I listen to this. I can’t determine if it’s something in the song that’s off, or if I’ve just got cheap speakers/headphones 1-08: Cyril the Wolf – Emerald Beauty + One of the most beautiful arrangements on the album – establishes a mood early on and sticks with it, but switches things up often enough to stay fresh throughout the whole song + All of the live instruments sound wonderful, especially the sax + Good bass writing - The fake violin brings down the mood of the whole song, unfortunately. Everything around it sounds so natural and organic, so this one element does put a damper on an otherwise-amazing song. I’d kill to hear a version of this song with a live violin by nonsensicalexis or someone else willing to offer their talent. 1-09: Children of the Monkey Machine & audio fidelity – RDX Necklace + The Bomb Ring “explosion” in the beginning was pretty awesome, established a great mood + CotMM does what he does very, very well. + The guitar adds a nice industrial sound to the song ? I’m no expert in the genre so it’s hard to objectively review something where I don’t truly understand the intricacies of the music being created. Therefore, I’ll refrain from offering criticism here. 1-10: Tweek – Of Fiend and Man + Nice drumming after 1:47 + The outro at 1:15 was awesome. - The outro sounded like it was leading into something completely awesome and the song was finally about to take the song to the next level, but instead, it just… ended. - Lead guitar sounds too drowned out, though I can see how that might have been intentional - Honestly, this song didn’t sit well with me. It seemed to hover in the same mood/range and never really progressed anywhere except for a few spots. It never really captured my attention. 1-11: DragonAvenger – Interlude ~ Yay! + Um… yay? - I think this would have sounded better after Audix’s track, personally 1-12: Level 99 & audio fidelity – The Skies Hold No Angels for Us + The subtle vocal samples in the intro were cool + Great guitar tones, playing all across the board + 2:03-3:17 was absolutely awesome, the dueling guitars sounded beautiful together! + The piano came in at just the right time, and the children samples in the back reminded me of Skrypnyk’s “A Moment of Tolerance” + One of the best songs on the album, hands down! Bravo to both of you! - The lead guitar at :50 felt like it came in just a bit too abruptly (this is the only negative I can find for this track. I had to really be picky about things here ) 1-13: Abadoss & James George Edward’s Dream Quartet + The mixture between live and synthesized instruments was completely seamless, I couldn’t tell the difference! + Page flipping effects between segments was a nice touch that only adds to the realism created by the wonderful samples + Good job expanding the mood of the song as it progressed. It had a nice balance between ‘sticking close to the source’ and ‘going off on tangents so the song doesn’t become boring’ + Plucked strings were definitely a good choice for the 4th section of the song, nice job mixing things up a bit! - It’s too long for casual listening, so this probably won’t be going on my playlist. However, I can still appreciate what the two artists brought to the table here, it’s clear that a lot of talent went into this one! 1-14: Golbez ‘N Goblins + The drum buildup at :13-:14 (that appears numerous times later in the song, too) always struck me as plain awesome! + Nothing less than I’ve come to expect from bLiNd in terms of production and arrangement - My least favorite bLiNd track from the album (which isn’t really so much of a shot at this song as it is a compliment to his other two contributions!) - I’m not a fan of the short vocal clips used 1-15: OA, Nutritious & The Fabul Men’s Choir + Completely unique, original effort that was epic in scope and didn’t even seem doable to me, but it panned out in almost every way imaginable! + While the choir is the most amazing part of this song solely for the amount of effort that went into planning it, the rest of the instrumentation is flawless and should definitely be acknowledged too! + OA’s synth/guitar work is as stellar as ever! + It’s nice to see Nutritious put his talents into different styles of music, he’s just as good with this as he is with traditional orchestral arrangements! + !!!!

Woah, are you THE Mew2King? http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15145 There's a WIP done by the talented Audix, but I'm not sure how far he got into it.

Woah, I just need to comment and say that the title for this project is awesome! Good luck all! Somehow, I envision this project getting completed VERY quickly, it looks like you've got a lot of good names on the track list!

Haha, I didn't mean it like that. I just meant that your style of music is typically a lot harder rock than this, I wasn't sure how you'd approach a source such as Forest Interlude ... I swear I've already posted something like this in this thread before. Weird.

In the best possible way, man! At first, I had no idea how a remixer like you would handle a mellow song like 'Forest Interlude' but you definitely rose to the challenge You touched on lots of great ideas without ever becoming repetitive. Thanks for doing great justice to my favorite game song of all time!

It's working fine for me right now, I tried accessing the PS3, Wii, and 360 pages and they were glitch-free for me.

Well, one of the tracks on the original post (Dancing Calcobrena by John Revoredo) somehow ended up being a bonus track. So if you take that away, the number of tracks should be correct. I'm not sure if Avaris had a different mix for "Cecil Becomes a Paladin," but my guess is that it was a remix of "Sorrow and Loss" and was just mis-named in the first post. Everything seems to be in order, even though the original post is a bit inaccurate.