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This is pretty neat, your drum writing is really good and your mixing is pretty punchy. I'm a little worried that your rhythm guitars are knocking the intensity out of your lead though, which doesn't feel quite like it's cutting through. Try turning your rhythm guitars down a bit and letting your lead guitar take the spotlight a little bit more. In the sections where there's no rhythm guitar playing, your lead sounds really nice so I know it's not a bad recording Overall, I like this quite a bit. Without much more effort I think this could be ready for submission, but the mixing isn't quite there yet.

Aight, I definitely agree with halc on the intro, that drags on a bit too long and doesn't really do enough to capture my attention right off the bat. Thankfully, when this picks up it's a lot more fun. I feel like the clap sound really doesn't fit properly with the rest of the mix. Your kick sound is really thick and beefy though, that's good Helps carry the groove nicely. Fun breakdown with the glitches, though I think that runs a little long. I'd take all your best glitch effects and trim some of the fat from that section. I'll second the notion for more of a payoff at the end, it's lacking in intensity, and I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe it's because the groove only picks up and really goes for a few bars before it goes back to glitching, so it never gains much momentum. Maybe let that section go on for a little longer and work more on beefing up the supporting instrumentation, too. Not a bad start, this is a funky groove with a really good sounding beat, keep going with it!

Hahaha, halc, you're not fooling anyone. Stop stealing music from other people and get back to making your goddamn chiptunes

Just thought I'd chime in real quickly here; halc covered a lot of this but because of my proximity to the source I thought I'd offer some feedback too. The first few minutes of the mix are not very interesting to me, as a listener :\ The soundfield is just too sparse to really produce a dominant mood. At least throw in some ambient pads to fill those sections out. Once the strings come in, this gets a lot more enjoyable, but like halc said, there's muddiness abound. EQ cuts to help clear out some of the mud are definitely called for here. The chords and the writing, especially when the strings come in, are very dark and moody. You did a great job with that, and it's those sections where it all clicks together that make me think this song has quite a bit of potential to it. But the minimalist approach isn't really working IMO. Take that for what it's worth

I fucking LOVE that band!

I turn my subwoofer all the way up just to piss people like you off Funnily enough, all of my neighbors and roommates and anyone in a 500 yard vicinity of my house seem to hate me. Go figure.

Well, in my defense I've tried contacting you at least half a dozen times lately so I can get back on the ball with song reviews, but no dice :\ Please hit me up next time you're on IM and I'm not down with the fuggin' flu, I want to get back to helping you out with this like I promised

What can I say? I'm a huge information whore This is the kind of thing I would have completely OMGWTFBBQ'd over back during the production of Serious Monkey Business, even though it really doesn't have any consequence whatsoever. Still, I think the average song length for this project is above-average, with people like Zyko, Theophany, and ESPECIALLY Rozovian throwing off the curve For some, that might be a bad thing, but I didn't let any super-repetitive songs get by either, so those long songs actually have substance to 'em! Just another reason to GET HYPE!

I just updated the tracklist with the current track lengths for all of the completed arrangements... mostly out of boredom, but I'm sure one or maybe two of you will find that information interesting. That's still a lot more unfinished songs than I wanted at this point... However, I do have to thank those who DID get their work finished, including Zyko x1 and Sole Signal, who submitted their final WAVs to me today. That's pretty neat

Mattias Halcstrom Gerdt I'm going incommunicado for the night, if you need me, send me a PM and I'll get to you in the morning!

We're quickly racking up the final WAVs today In the last few hours, I've gotten finished versions from halc and Another Soundscape, and from Zylance! At the risk of overhyping, these tracks are AWESOME and pretty much some of the best material each respective artist has put out. These tracks will NOT disappoint! Let's keep 'em coming guys! 5 so far today, but we've still got a long way to go!

It's about time you start putting out, bitch!!

Yes, I know, I'm a shameless whore But I've specifically asked for nothing else for my b-day so it karmically balances out my selfishness XD <3 u much dude, thank youuuuu!~

Second-to-last day before the final deadline passes... here's where we stand so far: 39 WAVs have been turned in up to this point. prophetik finished up his track in one shot the other morning and it's very unique and fun! Rozovian's also done with his 8+ minute Cavern Caprice GBA masterpiece as of just a few minutes ago, and verily, it was good too! As for the rest of you... I'm eagerly anticipating the (hopeful) flood of songs that need to come in over the next 2 days. I already know that some of you won't be making it in because of prior arrangements, but be advised that I'll be seeking alternative arrangements (pun intended) for those who simply flake out on me I want as many WAVs as possible in my PM inbox or email by tomorrow night (I'll be out doing birthday celebration activities all night though, so the de-facto deadline is really going to be early on Saturday morning Please don't push it that late!) Good luck everyone! Game Over GBA, the collaboration between myself, Cody, and a little bit of Theophany, is now DONE! For both Cody and me, this is our first finished OCRemix ever but we think it's going to be a great way to end off a really, really epic segment of the album. Can't wait til you guys can hear this! Also, Peach is done as well! Perhaps the remixer who put the most overall time into polishing his mix out of anyone, the effort he put into the product is astounding and certainly makes his debut remix a memorable one! Congratulations!

Do what you can, spume later. That sounds like your typical MO anyway, right?

Source usage definitely seems to check out to me, the connection seemed very obvious but still expanded on. I would still suggest a submission, the percussion seems more like a stylistic choice than a production oversight and actually contributes a bit to the soundscape IMO, but Justin's advice is perfectly viable and very well could help assist the mix in passing. Up to you really, I still enjoy it quite a bit regardless

Really? I'll bring that up to the proper people and see if there's anything we can do about that from a backend perspective.

ROFL there is so much dubstep on this project. But unlike most commercial dubstep, this stuff actually has melodic content and doesn't suck!

Honestly, I've been listening to this for a while listening for things I don't like, but even if there's some things like the hi-hats that aren't quite up to bar, it all feels like a very cohesive song where everything works well together. It feels very BOC-ish and a very accurate interpretation of the source in that genre. Great song, could you post a download link so I could keep this?

I'll take a quick diversion away from this discussion to announce some really cool developments that have happened in just the last day! First off, please welcome DJ-AKX to the project, who will be rounding off our tracklist (hopefully the last new addition to the project) by filling out Stilt Village. Hopefully he'll do it justice in the way the source was always meant to be! Also, Archangel and Ross Kmet, two of the quirkiest remixers on the project, have both submitted two amazing WAVs with two of the best remix titles yet Crystal Chasm and Jungle Jitter are both done and I'm absolutely floored by both of them! Celebrate! Anyway, I'm taking this moment to remind everyone that the final deadline is only ONE WEEK away! I'm expecting all but maybe 3-5 songs to be finished by the 11th, and the others to come soon after. This is going to be a glorious week! If it helps motivate you, the deadline is also my birthday so if you get me a WAV by then, you don't have to get me a present Time's up, let's do this!

I agree completely I feel like this is one of those songs I will listen to for a long time to come and keep finding new things about it. It's one of the great things of 7+ minute songs, you can't experience it all in just one listen. It takes several listens to really understand how much effort went into it, and that's the mark of a great musician to me!

One of my favorite remixes ever, the sequencing and attention to detail in the arrangement is astounding. We need more stuff like this on the site!