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Yeah! This title is amazing XD I'm just gonna piggyback on top of what Will and halc said (because they're gonna BUST ME UP if I don't agree with them) and say that this should have gotten a floodpost, it's by far Proto's best mix from the project and it's probably my all-time favorite Pokemon mix and my favorite Proto mix. SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS TRACK <3

Hmmmmm... first off, the arrangement is ace. Love it love it love it!~ I'm still hearing some of the same issues that were addressed in the judges decision thread, but the sample articulation and humanization is a lot better than I remember it. I don't think this should have much of a problem passing if you were already nabbing several YES votes on the original version. The soundscape feels a little thin and lacking in instrumentation, but I dunno man... this arrangement is so strong and your writing is very strong. I'm inclined to say this is passable as-is, to be honest

Alright, let's see what you've done with this one since I last commented. I like the groove in the intro with the unconventional hi-hat rhythm, but watch your velocities on your hats. They start to sound a little stiff when everything's playing at the same velocity. Once the piano drops in, the writing is sounding GREATLY improved since the last effort. The sound of the piano itself is still a little funky, I'm going to 100% echo what Guifrog said here about watching your EQ and seeing if you can achieve a piano sound that's a little bit less thin and narrow that fills out the soundscape a little more without stepping on other instruments. While you're at it, a bit of humanization on the note timing/velocities so it sounds a little more like it's being performed by a person instead of being read off with perfect timing and velocities by a sequencer. I'm noticing a similar set of issues when you've got the strummed guitar in the background. The sample itself isn't the best but I think it could work if you checked your velocities/note timing and reworked it in a way that sounded more like you were actually strumming a guitar. Right now it just sounds too noticeably unrealistic and it definitely hurts the section it's featured in. Guifrog's also on point about the latter half of the mix needing a bit of extra instrumentation, something subtle to pad out the rest of the mix, when the melody starts to repeat. It's not bad at all the way it is but you could definitely fill it out a bit so the song has a more gradual dynamic curve. Let's see what you can do with this one, I really like what you've got so far!

^^ This is completely true. We're not going to let those two tracks go unrepresented. But in all honesty, I'm probably not going to let those two artists back out on their tracks either, because the WIPs are insanely unique and original and I don't think there's a single artist on this site who could replicate it. Hope that answers your question

Yet another great example of how I spend my mornings, and my inability to remember what year it is.

ya seriously, this ep is the shit! definitely not the most accessible kinda music in the world but I really dig the Burial-meets-hiphop vibe you've got going on. Downloading for some really great chillout mindtrip music when the time is right Heres hoping this gets some attention here! and good to see you on the forums again!

OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH burn

Well, to replace an artist who had gone AWOL, newcomer Tweek has stepped in to fill Chase SNES, and it's awesome. The album's sorely lacking in orchestral and/or metal representation, and his song has both! Gonna rock, thanks a million Tweek! The rest of you, please finish blah blah blah you know the drill. Once we get these last 4 songs done, the project will pretty much be done and ready for evaluation. Hurry up!

The album's in the evaluation phase right now.

I had a dream this project wrapped up and released last night and I got to listen to the whole thing, I'm now really curious to see if my subconscious assumptions about various songs were even remotely correct

Yeah, sorry to say. I don't mean to be discouraging by any means, but you'd definitely get dinged for the piano writing and, as somewhat of a pianist myself, I could really see a lot of room for improvement here with a more dynamic piano arrangement on top of the backing track you've already made. I think it could turn out really quite awesome, in fact. Keep at it man!

Yeah, I'm gonna have to make this quick for now but I don't think this could pass the panel simply because of the piano writing. The sound is ok but the instrument really doesn't work when it's just playing notes. It sounds very mechanical... turn some of those notes into chords and see if you can sequence it in a way that's a little bit more evocative of a real performance. I think that would shoot my interest in this remix through the roof and would definitely help it stand up much better against the judges. I'll edit this with more feedback when I have the chance, but since we've been making you wait for far too long I figured I'd post the biggest preliminary critique so you could get started on fixing it, if you're still interested in submitting. This is a pretty nice remix with a lot of cool ideas flowing, so I definitely think it's workable, but it'll need a lot of effort to make it shine and give the track a bit more personality. Best of luck for the time being, and sorry for the lateness!

I'm all over this

Yeah guys, get in on this. This is actually really fun

Sixto and Cyril aren't really coordinating, per se. More just producing, for the most part, and a little bit of consulting. I'm not even sure if melody/myself are actual codirectors anyway, but even if we were, we'd just be on par with Echoes of Betrayal in terms of staff count

Still working on it... at least, me and Dyne are! I think Cyril and sixto are doing some mastering but I'm not sure what the status is on that. Melody, if you're out there, hit me up dawg!

Dayuuummmm. I like this a lot. No critiques, it sounds fantastic. Very dramatic and almost cinematic. Finish this! Ok, maybe one critique. I second eilios that the sine synth is a really cool addition but it would be even better if it was a little bit more prominent at times, perhaps interjecting just to play a few harmonizing notes here and there.

Yeah, this is some quality orchestration. I definitely feel like this is more dynamic and dramatic than the previous versions that I've heard. Some of the rhythm timing on the piccolo is a little off, and in the highest notes the sample just ends up sounding weak. That's the only thing that really stands out to me in a bad way, everything else about this rocks. Should have no problem passing

Wow, I never would have thought this could be adapted to bossa nova while keeping so much of the original song song intact. I'd love to hear what this would sound like as a properly arranged ReMix, but even what you've got here is pretty neat. I like!

Phew, I was hearing a lot of distortion in the low frequencies on this one but when I lowered the in-browser volume there wasn't any problems anymore, so I think it was just a problem with Tindeck's volume control. I'm gonna leave this point here just in case any other mod decides to come along and listen for it, too. Probably nothing to worry about though. Aside from that, this rocks pretty hardcore. This does end up feeling a little bit coverish, especially given how similar your remix style is to the original source, but I am hearing a lot of personalization, altered melodies, and solos that help keep things fresh so I don't think you should have a problem on that front. You've got this one wall-of-sounded pretty heavily, but I can't help but feel like it'd be beneficial if the pianos and strings could be a bit more prominent in the mix. I'm assuming this would have to come a bit at the expense of those chugging rhythm guitars, so you might end up disregarding this advice entirely. However, I feel like the strings and the piano especially is a rather integral part of the soundscape and it keeps this from being just another plain ole' rock remix, so my personal recommendation would be to try and give those a bit more prominence. I didn't have a problem with the kick like hewhoisiam did, in fact the drums sounded fine to me. I dig this mix though, I think it should pass no problem even as-is, but perhaps there's a few little tweaks that could be made so that it's even more of a solid pass. Good work dude, you're improving!

Wow, this is really good. Fantastic ambiance, good chords and melody writing, and some unexpected stylistic choices that actually work very well (like the guitar.) This IS pretty conservative, but there's moments like the outro that definitely help give this a bit more unique character. I would like to hear a bit more original writing in here too if you're looking for submitting to OCR. If you're just sharing though and not trying to adhere to OCR standards, I wouldn't change anything on that front. I will say that the very first transition with the reversed cymbal was a little underwhelming, but I don't really have any fantastic ideas on how to improve it either, so my only suggestion is to just tweak with it a bit. Also, that arp that's playing in the end over the piano solo needs more reverb/delay, like someone else said. It feels a bit out of place, sound-wise. Fortunately the writing itself is spot-on. Not much negative to say on this one, it's a fantastic mix! If you do submit this, good luck! I'd love to see it on the front page.