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Yes, this is exactly what I'm trying to convey; your samples aren't the best in the world but you use them in a way that makes them enjoyable and appropriate. So yeah

Awesome album man, I've had this EP and various WIPs for it on loop pretty much non-stop over the last week as it's gone through development. I'm really impressed with how quickly this came together, considering the quality. On another note, I'm really glad to see ambient/IDM making a bit more of a splash on OCR largely thanks to your contributions to various projects and albums. Can't wait until you're able to release more of the songs you've been working on; Theo's got an absolutely killer body of work that won't be heard until the release of various OCR projects, but this should give you a damn sweet taste of what's to come Happy 25th, Metroid!

In this case, it's mainly just the guitars - it's not really anything you're doing wrong, per-se, but they just don't sound completely legit either. They're definitely passable thanks to your great sequencing, but it's apparent that it's a sampled guitar in the end. Short of picking up guitar and learning it for yourself, I don't think there's much you can do, I wouldn't sweat it too much. You're working fantastically with the sounds you've got at your disposal. Your synth choices sound fine to me, by the way

Yeah, I feel like a broken record here but this is really nice. It's very much in the same boat as your other songs: some average-quality samples coupled with some really nice production and a stellar arrangement to make something that totally clicks. Nothing is standing out as under the bar to me, I'd say this is good to go

You've got some damn funky sounds going on here, but if you're looking for submitting to OCR, I'm afraid this isn't really interpretive enough. It feels more like a funki-fied cover with some neat sounds that make it an enjoyable listen, but this wouldn't get past OCR's bar IMO. As a personal note, I also feel like the lead you've got playing the melody is pretty weak and doesn't really give the listener much to grab onto.

Shhhh, don't give them hope that this project will actually get released one of these days

It sounds like your sequencing skills are improving quickly, but your samples are still bringing this down. The piano sounds pretty nasty, particularly in the low-mids, and the other samples still feel pretty MIDI-ish to me. Your bass isn't sounding very rich either, it feels like it's coming through only in the lowest of low frequencies. Your arrangement is sounding really nice though, I think with some proper polish and a boost in sample quality across the board, this might have a chance. Hate to say it, though, but it's still well below the bar as-is. Improvement, though

Huh, thought I already covered this a long time ago. My bad. I really like what you've got going on here, it seems just about ready for primetime. You've got a lot of diverse synth sounds filling out the sound pallet, and the diversity and quality soloing/lead writing makes for a very interesting mix. Drums aren't amazing but I think they'll do in a pinch. That drum-only transition about 2/3rds through the song really breaks up your flow in an unpleasant way though It feels kinda pasted in and doesn't feel natural. In addition, some of your leads don't feel quite as up-front as they could be. I don't think you'd have a problem boosting them up just a little bit here so they're more prominent. Arrangement-wise, it feels pretty much fine aside from that weak transition, though I wouldn't mind a bit more variation on the part at :20 and later in the song, like Phonetic Hero said. Pretty good stuff overall though, I think this one will amount to some small tweaks and then it'll be ready.

So, uhhh, you wanna claim a bunch of tracks on my Yu-gi-oh! project?

courtesy of mr. diggi dis

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Alright, I'm not at a computer where I can upload anything but if you want to go ahead and post/host it yourself, that's fine. Or you can wait til I get home later today, either way works

Just rendered and sent off the audio preview, pending Jade's approval it'll be posted for your listening pleasure I think you're all gonna like it. EDIT: Actually, that's pretty lukewarm considering how awesome this is. Uhhh... this preview is gonna drop harder than a dubstep bass and it's going to kick your ass then sleep with your wife. Twice. Or husband, if that's your thing. Either way, it's gonna rock. Hard.

Once we get writeups from Cyril for his 5 tracks, Krow gets in touch about his songs, and we get someone to master the rest of the unmastered songs, we could be very, very close to wrapping this up. I'm willing to just put in a few days solid and beast through the encoding and tagging, that's not a big deal. I just need help with the mastering.

I wonder how many times we can keep saying this before people catch on that we're just stalling for time No, seriously. It's gonna be awesome... *shifty eyes*

I'll play the guitar! In attack mode!

Updated the mix: http://tindeck.com/listen/zpqn Just some slight changes in this version, but I wanna bump this because I was able to recover my project file and continue working on this I'm really having a hard time racking my brain for ways to improve the B-section of the mix and actually layer in melodies/countermelodies. I might be in over my head, haha. Either way, would love to get some opinions here. Also, is that brass riff in the middle of the song lining up properly? I can't tell.

Wow, this took me by surprise. It's very conservative but the production overall is really high quality. It does its own thing eventually with some original writing so if the lead writing was interpretive enough, this could definitely be OCR-quality material. This would definitely rock with some vocals or sax, hope that becomes a reality in the near future!

Alright, this feels like it's improving but I think ultimately, you're being limited by the software/samples you have to work with. The drum, piano, and synth writing is definitely getting pretty good. You've got some awesome improvisation that fits the creepy mood of the source, and those runs after about 2:35 on the piano are damn cool! The sequencing on the piano still doesn't feel very realistic, it feels a little bit too quantized. I also noticed with this listen that the intro feels very detached and there's no real flow between that and the body of the mix. It just fades in and out, and then there's another fade-in at the start of the next section. You can definitely smooth out that transition further with the tools you've got. In my honest opinion, I'm starting to worry that Garage Band just doesn't have expressive enough samples to really carry an arrangement like this. I'm not gonna say it can't be done, because I don't really know the limits on what your DAW can and can't do, but right now it feels like sample quality is the biggest issue working against you here :\ Your arrangement here is becoming increasingly better with each update, but the sound quality overall is bringing it down in a major way. Maybe a collab might be in order if you really want to bring this up to the OCR bar?

Alright, this one sounds pretty cool, it's weird hearing dubstep bass in a 4-on-the-floor track. The piano feels noticeably fake but I really like the little production touches you put on it (I think there's some reversed piano sfx at the end of certain riffs) that makes it work in the song. No worries there. 2:38 transition was pretty damn cool I hear what Will's saying about the balance, this could potentially use a bit more work but what I'm listening to right now sounds like it could probably pass as-is. Might not be perfect, but it definitely feels above the bar anyway. I'd love to hear what some rebalancing/mastering tweaks could do to this though.

I'm pretty sure Archangel's Abbey mix is finished, or at least, he sent me a finished version. Might want to double-check about that

I actually think this would be a really neat idea, I like the idea of doing more themed remix projects like this, even if the OSTs have already been remixed to death. I'm 100% in favor of this and wish you all the best, Wiesty