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I'll disagree with Nutri on the sound used for the transitions; in the game, that's Giratina's cry and I think it sounds awesome in this context. I also think the dissonance works fine in this context and helps keep the mood. Unfortunately, I have to agree on the more pressing matter of this being too close to the original song. You've got some cool sounds here and a lot of energy, but no matter how good the adaptation is, when your remix is pretty much just a cover of the original, it's not going to really be acceptable for OCR's standards. In addition, the balancing on this track isn't really doing it for me, I can pretty much echo Nutritious's concerns on that. That said, this is a pretty neat song and I'm enjoying the listen. If you feel up to varying the track so it's a bit more interpretive, this might have some place on OCR, or you could just take this as a learning experience and start on something fresh, where it'll be easier to craft a song to OCR's standards. Take that for what it's worth

Gah, you guys have got to stop leaking internal project-related memos. All this Emugate nonsense is making me look bad. I've got a country to run, dammit! Okay, so, in other news, we've got 2 finished songs recently WillRock (with the aid of the trusty Level 99) has FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY finished his remix. After, like, a year and a half. But it's totally worth the wait. All I can say is... whatever your expectations would be for a collab between these two might entail, get rid of them. This song sounds NOTHING like you'd expect it to And, on another note, David Wise's track is finally finished This one's been a long time in the making, and it's safe to say that Mr. Wise has put a TON of time into polishing this one up and making it perfect. As for the nature of the track itself, I'm going to leave that a complete surprise, but suffice to say this is one of the grandest remixes I've ever heard, and I think many of you will agree when you see just how much effort went into making it. Can't wait til you all can hear this one on launch day

You guys are a bunch of hipsters "Oh yeah, I'm starting up a remix project and I'm inviting you to join! I'd tell you what games we're remixing, but I doubt you've ever heard of them."

@Christian, we tend to work in spurts where we both hang out together and mix/master anything we need done in spurts. So as long as you have the stems sent to him, rest assured we'll get to it As for the macro, I'm afraid I can't help you there @Proto, I'll take off ALL my clothes when I get YOUR wav, bebeh <3

This is actually one of my favorite songs from Will's library, even though it's not necessarily the most intense or technically-amazing composition. It's got an understated quality to it, like some of his other mellower remixes, that I'm really fond of. Plus, the melodies are ridiculously catchy - I know that the combination of themes here wasn't REALLY your choice, but it still works well! Fantastic summer-afternoon lounge track.

Says two people who still haven't finished their tracks You know what? I'm not putting out for EITHER of you until you guys get your WAVs in. That's just the way it's gotta be. Does that count as a sexy incentive?

Hey, just wanted to let you know this one was on my radar and I've given it a preliminary listen, but I need to let it sit for a bit. I just want to make sure you know we didn't skip over this in the meantime

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Okay, I'm going to be honest with you here. Your arrangement is really cool. I wouldn't suggest changing too much about it. Your sound choices even are very cool, I'm sensing a lot of zyko-flair from that sinewave lead in the intro, which I like. Overall you've got a fantastic atmosphere and a lot of cool details going on. The drums are pretty well written, I love the stutters. But your mixing is very problematic. There's a lot of elements in here that are just waaaay too forward in the mix, and they get piercing at times, particularly your guitar and synth leads. This is most noticeable when you've got high notes with a very long duration, where the sound starts to grate. I'd say your EQing in the lower frequencies is pretty good, but the highs need a lot of balancing so they can gel with the rest of the song. I also hear some very significant balancing issues with those guitar licks in the intro of your mix. Try panning those so the two recordings aren't occupying exactly the same space in the sound field. Right now it just makes that section sound messy, but I think it's salvageable. My last major criticism is the whole section with the white noise buildup and the subsequent dropoff. My personal opinion (others' mileage may vary on this issue) is that it runs a bit too long and a little too loud; there's some cool synth work buried beneath the noise but it's barely audible. When the dropoff actually occurs, I'd recommend a more full cutoff of the noise, so the effect of the kick coming back in is more intense. Right now, it sounds like you only cut off about half of the noise and leave the rest in, which doesn't carry much dramatic impact for me. Like I said, others may have differing thoughts here, so I'd suggest waiting for a second opinion from another workshop mod. Ultimately, this arrangement is REALLY cool and your soundscape is fantastically crafted, but the mixing is holding this back. With some EQ work and a lot of attention paid to balancing, this could easily pass the OCR panel on arrangement merits, I think Good luck!

Hah! Yeah, this is a really fun groove, I wasn't expecting this at all I've had this one stuck in my head a lot from listening to it in-game. Your adaptation of the source is really the selling point here. It's catchy and fun. But there's some things that just aren't jiving with me. First off, your sub bass is WAY too strong, and I'm listening on headphones that are very weak in the bass ranges. Neblix seems to have the right idea about where to make frequency cuts. The reverb levels on your synths is pretty high too, especially the ones in the background. Scale back a bit on that, it's making things a bit muddy. As far as arrangement goes, this is mostly solid, but the breakdown section with the piano in the middle feels overlong to me. I feel like you could cut down about half of it, or perhaps bring back a subtle beat halfway through to help build up to the beat drop again. The transition that follows also feels rather awkward, I'm not sure what to suggest other than just going back to the drawing board and doing a transition that flows a bit more naturally, but adding in more of a buildup prior to the drop is a good place to start. I'm not really sure if I agree with the synths being too generic, I think they work okay in this context. You probably couldn't go wrong by adding a bit of subtle vibrato or other effects to your lead synths to make them more interesting, however. This one's definitely worth sticking with though, I like what you've done so far

I'm not mad, I'm just... disappointed. xP Serious though, if there's anything tangible to come out of this fit of randomness, check the very top of the first post! Oh, what is that? Is that some ARTWORK preview? It might be 4 months late, but better nate than lever! Also, I'm gonna reiterate this, because this was actually real: DO IT

Oh hey there! I'm really looking forward to your collaboration with Procrastination on Bonus Time SNES! Any word on when we're gonna get that mix in?

So, we've hit another minor setback. I was showing the project to Prophecy, and he has determined that Disc 2 sucks. In fact, it sucked from the start, and I'm not sure how I missed it before. The songs were just all wrong, and it took a true musical genius such as Prophecy to bring this to my attention. And, fittingly, who better to go back and fix that entire disc than Prophecy himself? I assume he'll have all those final WAVs in the next week or so, as soon as he's done battling Australian space mutants and saving the world. But while we're at it, I looked through the rest of the tracklist and discovered that, to my surprise, a lot of other songs on the project sucked to. I've made some arrangements to hook certain artists up with collaborations to help them get their songs up to par! A few highlights from the new, revised roster: Cranky's Showdown is now being tackled by an army of Nazi zombies that were summoned from the dead by AkumajoBelmont's voice! Virt, GrayLightning, and Disco Dan have ressurrected from the dead to take on a credits theme remix! Dave Wise is now collaborating with a bunch of OCRemixers, who are finally going to show him how to make a real ReMix, after admitting that he has no idea how to write music and has been faking it this whole time. Diggi Dis's mega rap collab has dumped all the whack MC's that were originally on the track, in favor of some more respectable rap artists that REALLY care about the DKC series! Special guest artists Bob Dylan, deadmau5, Dragonforce, and OA's mom have taken notice of the project and offered to contribute too! We hope you enjoy these roster changes, and will be patient with us as we rework the parts of the album that suck in order to make them not suck. Rest assured, it will be worth it in the end!

This mix has too much reverb! Other than that, this is a fantastic remix and I think it'd do great on OCR! Tone down the reverb, and maybe you could automate the "Source Usage" filter down a bit so you can work some solos in there. That's just a personal suggestion though But yeah, with a percussion track like that it really doesn't matter what the rest of the mix sounds like. SUBMIT THIS NOW!

I've experienced an erection lasting longer than 4 hours from listening to this... Proto, you REALLY dropped the ball on this... You have not supervised my length in any sense of the word

Dismayed? If the song's not passed the panel in 2 attempts, maybe it's time for something to change? If the song is updated and enhanced to reach a higher quality bar (OCR passability is not really the be-all end-all, but in this case I agree with the judges on their call) I'd call that a victory in my mind and I look forward to hearing what Alex has in mind Also, here's some good news! When we get 10 more finished WAVs (at this rate, I think that'll mean 58 total, out of 62 or 63.) we're going to put out one more massive preview track, bigger than any of the previous ones we've put out. It'll feature a combination of segments from brand new tracks, different clips from tracks we've already shown, and clips from songs that have been updated since the last preview! It's going to be amazing, but we're not going to release it until we get 10 more WAVs from artists who have yet to finish their songs. (No, songs that were done but need mastering don't count ) So, whoever still has unfinished songs, do what you need to to get it done! It will be worth it!

Ok, status report. Things are sort of stagnating... again. I know a few of you are working on your tracks, and a LOT of you are literally just a session of work (at most) away from finishing your songs. It makes me sad that we're lagging so much at this state when we're really SO close to completion in almost every way. Also, after two NO (resubs) Hoboka's decided to rework his track yet again into something that'll hopefully be up to par with the rest of the album. Aside from that, ilp0's gone incommunicado on me so unless I can get in touch with him, his track will probably get cut from the album. Shame, cause it's SUCH A GOOD WIP... full-length even If you're reading this man, please get in touch! Gimme some good news guys! I saw that Permafrost and Chasing Waterfalls were both YES'd by the panel, so congrats to Flex, Drac, and Damon on that. That's a good start, I want to hear more good things like that!

I just finally got around to STOPPING listening to this track. I feel less complete now *turns it back on again*

It's 1:30 now? You never send anything to me! Just like you constantly neglect to send child support for our son I don't want to make a buncha drama now, because we're currently below the line, but YOU NEVER CALL ANYMORE! I'm worried what the world will be like for our son growing up without his fancy-haired mother... How hard is it to just PRETEND that you care about keeping this family together!?!?! ... I miss you... Also, I got a WAV from Monkey Kong and David Wise for Stilt Village GBA, which will be tackled twice on the album This smooth, 80's-inspired jam is serving as something of a credits mix on the album in lieu of a remix of the actual DKC3 GBA credits theme, and the musical quality is certainly worthy of that prestigious album slot It's one of my favorite songs on the project and I hope the rest of you will agree!

Please leave all personal drama behind the line! ___________________________

SUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK vocaalllhaate! (jkay i <3 u n ur voices :3)

This is absolutely fantastic. This is brimming with creativity and never feels like the kind of "stale" orchestral mix that's admittedly turned me off from the genre as a whole lately. The inclusion of some unique instruments as well as some unique passages (the break at 1:55 and then the ridiculous piano section that follows come to mind) really set this apart for me, on top of the fantastic production and samples. Then the choir section hits at 3:50 and it's just superlative. I've got nothing but good things to say about this!! Plus, great choices of source themes here. The genre adaptation is perfect. Jaka's definitely going to be making a name for himself in the community soon, he's got a song on the DK3 project that's gonna blow you all away (albeit in a totally different way from this one ) and I'm sure the same can be said for his contributions to other projects tl;dr: YAAAAAYYYYYY GET THIS REMIX!