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0/10 because this mix is not named HydroFuck.

There once was a man named Larry, Whose arse was rather hairy, I don't wanna write a limmerick, Refrigerator.

Wow, yeah, this got buried, I didn't even notice it at all Some pretty awesome sounds you've got going in here. Great soundscape and mixing, though the bass is coming off a little strong. Not a big deal there though. My qualm with the mix is that you can't really tell when the intro ends and the rest of the song begins, there's not much of a buildup until after that extended percussion-less breakdown. I suppose you could say this needs a bit more of a defined arrangement/progression in the first half of the song. This could pretty easily be accomplished just by building up your drumloops more, which would help anyway because the ones you're using now are fine for an introduction/breakdown, but could stand to be a little bit more interesting for the rest of the mix. That's about all I've got to say right now, I don't know the best way of approaching that but hopefully the feedback is useful for you. Definitely keep at this one, it's got a really nice warm sound to it and I like it a lot And yeah, in the future, if anything like this slips through the cracks for this long, definitely send a PM to me, Will or Stevo so we can attend to it. The way the mod review system is set up, it's rather easy for us to miss something if the forums are particularly busy or if we haven't had time to check the forums for a day or two, so yeah... sorry about that!

Nope. I'm not sure how much liberty I have to talk about upcoming releases (not because we want to keep that info private, necessarily, but just because it's so tentative and we don't want to give anybody false hope about a project releasing earlier than we can actually get it out) but DKC3 is definitely not coming out before Maverick Rising.

To clarify, when I brought up the intro issue in our discussion, I meant that it just starts pretty abruptly. If there was a little bit of a quieter lead-in, I think it'd be fine.

Yo! Excellent choice of source material dude It's really nice to see you doing more intimate, relaxed mixes like this in addition to your usual dance-y style. The arrangement here definitely checks out, it's conservative but very highly personalized with countermelodies and a bit of original writing, so you're fine there! The production is a little more problematic, there's a few points that need looking at. For one, some of your glock/guitar notes feel a bit harsh on the ears, perhaps bring those down just a tad when they play the loudest notes. The bongo samples themselves sound like they're causing some clipping/distortion (Stevo pointed out 2:15 as an example of where this happens) and probably just need to be replaced. Lastly, your string writing is generally ok, but when they're most exposed it's obvious that they're not very humanized. Particularly in the intro of the mix, see what you can do to make them even a little bit more realistic. 1:34 is also another point of interest as far as the strings are concerned. Damn solid attempt here, but let's see if we can't get the production to the next level before submitting, yeah? (this review was written with the help of the other workshop mods, as well!)

This review was written collaboratively between myself, Level 99 and WillRock: For what it's worth, you've crafted a pretty neat ambient chillout piece. The direction itself is pretty creative and ambitious. However, the execution just doesn't seem suited for OCR's standards and I think it would require a total overhaul to get it there. Your remix feels stretched out so that it doesn't feel like there's enough expansion/direction in the arrangement. When the pseudo-dubstep section hits, it's a nice start but the buildup isn't strong enough to carry the song. It's actually a pretty neat direction to take the sources, but in order for this to be OCR material, there would have to be a major reworking of the production, particularly on the ambiance and the drums, and the arrangement so there's more of an actual progression going on. This definitely seems like a worthwhile learning experience but at this point, if you're strapped for ideas I would just call it finished and move onto something else. Participate in compos, watch tutorials and keep practicing, ambient music is definitely not the kind of thing you can nail down on the first try so don't feel discouraged! Experiment with layering different sounds and ambiances to create more dynamic and full sounds, and with time you'll get the hang of it. Best of luck!

Remix: http://tindeck.com/listen/jrbl (v 2.0) Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH4vY2kyQDw / Hey everybody, here's a WIP I've been hard at work at over the last few weeks. It started off as an original track (hence the totally original bassline and chords) but quickly devolved into a remix of 2 of my favorite Squaresoft RPG themes. Neblix graciously helped out by writing a few percussion loops for me to use, as well as on the overall mastering, so thanks to him for making this sound good! Still a long way to go but I thought I'd share and let you all hear what I'm up to these days. Cheers!

This was the mix that sealed my opinion that Sir Jordanius is a total badass. I can't even express how groundbreaking and amazing this mix is for OCR, it's just so great. Keep an eye out for this guy, everybody - he's one to watch for!

It's your bee-days? HAPPY BEE-DAY!

Alright, it's been submitted. A few days late but I double-checked everything and it should be good to go. Now to play the waiting game... ... ... ... the waiting game sucks. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos.

My plan is to have this album in evaluation by the end of tonight We've got just about everything we need to make that happen, I just need to patch some pieces together. We're just about in the final stretch!

I got your mix man, I'll critique it as soon as I can

I know what you're implying here, and for the record, lemme state that this project is not a staff project in the sense that staff uses it in. This has gone through all the normal channels; I submitted it for approval in the beginning, it's going to have to go through evaluation like every other project and it'll be on a waiting list just like every other project. We're not going to jump the queue and it's not going to get special treatment, like you rudely stated over AIM. I find that kind of insulting.

Kindly stop making posts like this, you have no idea what you're talking about and I'd rather you stop spreading hearsay/conjecture when you're not even on the project staff. I don't know how long the evaluation phase will take or when we'll be able to release, and I'm the director AND OCR staff. You are neither of these things. You may very well be right in the end, but posting your mildly-educated guesses is just building up expectations without a lot of foundation to them... and that's my job!

Go ahead and post it in CDisc, I don't think that'll be a problem but if someone gets mad you can blame me Congrats on the release guys! I'll give this a listen sometime!

Man, I wish that first synth solo could have been tightened up, it still sounds waaaaay out of time to me Aside from that though, this song is pretty much untouchable. It's one of the most accessible and enjoyable mixes from the whole NiGHTS project, I'll echo everyone else who said that this mix makes you feel like you're flying, because it really does. It's fantastically evocative and emotional, I really love all the various vocal touches as well. That's some classy stuff, Stevo. Love this!

Hmmm, you know, that's not a half bad idea. If it really pushes that late, releasing within a week or two of Christmas (or at least on Christmas vacation) might actually be a viable idea. Would be pretty cool if it worked out that way

Holy mother of god did we just get an updated WIP for this project? I think we did. And I can say with confidence that it's good. Damn good, even. Theophany's made quite a splash on OCR this last month and when he's teaming up with the incredibly-talented Jeff Ball and OCR-legend Harmony, the result is nothing short of brilliant. This is the 5th time that Jason has delivered a genre-bending, pristinely-produced, emotional remix for the project that lives up to the reputation he's built for himself with his recent Metroid mixes. In short, thanks to Theophany for being one of the key factors in making this album what it is today. Your efforts are appreciated more than you know Just in the interest of full disclosure, right now we're waiting on Theophany to put the finishing touches on his track (and possibly get one more instrumentalist on board) and do some nifty gapless playback work to merge it with mine and Cody's Game Over arrangement, Prophecy to finish up Enchanted (no idea where this one is at right now) Theophany to whip up a bonus remix of Water World with a more ambient spin (since the main album version, while being an absolutely mindblowing arrangement, does get pretty aggressive at times, which might not be what everyone's hoping for in a remix of Water World) and Tweek to finish up his mix for Chase SNES if he's still on board... I haven't heard from him in ages. On the music front, that's pretty much it. Everything else is locked in and ready for evaluation. Art, trailer, and website are still lagging behind, not much progress to speak of there. Hopefully this will change soon, we got a mockup sketch for the front cover the other day and it's got massive potential to be incredibly awesome. I've got full confidence that Mav will handle it with the utmost care and effort I feel like a broken record here because this is pretty much the exact same thing I said months ago. But we are making some progress, and I can ultimately say that Theophany's track alone will make all this waiting worth it, not to mention all of the other goodies that are still not quite ready yet. Much love, everybody. Your continued patience and support is immensely appreciated <3

Hey, this is pretty cool. Just listened to your whole EP and it made for some really nice easy-listening material. Downloaded! Keep at it!

Yup yup, these are both encoding errors and I'm aware of them, they'll be fixed in the final package Good ear though!

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