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    Rad Racer 2 (NES) - Fire in the Tires (Gum Ball Crash)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    You already changed this one from Mod Review, but I just wanted to say that this is awesome and should have no problem passing the panel. If I had to nitpick, the drumloop that you repeatedly use during the breakdown and again after that with the the snare hits gets a little grating, and I wouldn't mind seeing that change up a bit (I can get you a timestamp if you don't know which one I'm talking about) but ehh, if you've already called it finished I don't think it's a dealbreaker by any means :-)

    Nice work bro!

    Donkey Kong Country 3: Double the Trouble! - History

    in Projects

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    I don't discriminate based on who's remixing - it's all about the quality of the mix itself. If you're a beginning remixer, it's unlikely that you'll be able to make something up to the quality bar (just listen to the songs that get posted everyday on OCRemix to get an idea for what I'm going for) but it's worth a shot :-)

    Donkey Kong Country 3: Double the Trouble! - History

    in Projects

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    Ok, so, halc's got 2 WAVs and a WIP, GSlicer's got a WAV and 2 silver WIPs, and Theophany's got 3 silver WIPs. Where the rest of you at? :-P

    Actually, I've been getting a fair amount of updates lately. I've gotten songs from:

    - Theophany

    - halc & Another Soundscape

    - The Vagrance

    - OA

    - ilp0

    - Josh Whelchel

    You guys are cool <3 Much love.

    As for the rest of the project, I wanted to let you all know that The Maverickk has something INSANELY awesome and unique lined up for that. Some of you know what it is, but soon he should be making a post on the private forums soon enough to put it all into detail.

    And thanks for those of you still expressing your interest in the project, I thrive off of that stuff and I think the project as a whole does better when everyone's excited to hear the outcome. So, here's the deal - when I get 20 WAVs in total, I'll throw out an extended preview twice as long as the last one! :-D So, bug whoever you need to to make this happen - if all the people who are currently sitting at Silver status turned their songs in, we'd only need 1 more WAV to reach that goal. In addition, if the time is right, I might reveal another secret I've been keeping up my sleeve about the project, but no promises there. We'll just have to wait and see on that one ;-)

    Battletoads + DoubleDragon - Rocket Slam: Brought to you by Level 99 & Gario!

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    This is pretty cool :-) I loooooove the really powerful synth that 1:26, that's the highlight of the song for me. In general, the song is very well composed. The little string/bell embellishments were wonderful and gave a nice cinematic quality to the mix. The song overall has a very intense quality to it that I just love. And, of course, Stevo's guitar is incredibly badass! The drums feel a little bit weak in the writing, but you gave it a good, honest effort and I think what you've got should suffice and doesn't really bring the song down as a whole. If you can touch it up to humanize it a bit, it wouldn't be a bad thing by any means! :-) Source usage seems to check out - it's a bit conservative but I think you made it your own sufficiently.

    The mixing isn't perfect, there's some elements (the bells and the strings) that get a bit harsh in the high frequencies, and there's some times where the guitar feels a bit washed out and difficult to hear. Maybe bring the lead guitar forward a bit at times.

    However, all things considered I think this has a good chance against the panel. I can't say it's a guaranteed pass but regardless, it's something that I'll be listening to for a while once you post a finalized version. Killer work! :-D

    OCR02057 - Xenogears "Hymn of Aveh"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    Totally brilliant. I've always thought this was your best arrangement out of all the ones you have on Youtube - the instrumentals are fantastic and compliment the vocals perfectly. I don't really know how else to describe it, but it's a joy to see this come up on the front page and get even more attention that it deserves.

    Borderlands remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    This is a solid mix dude, it's a huge improvement over anything else I've heard from you. Overall, nice meshing soundscape, the only issue I have is the drumkit doesn't necessarily fit with everything else. Use some industrial 'crashing' percussion or some woodblocks to give some character to the beat :-)

    Should be submittable if you fix up the drums, though the arrangement might not fly due to conservativeness. Nonetheless, I urge others to take a listen to this, it's a good one!

    Bouy & Bass galaxy

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    If you don't think the song is finished, then you prolly shouldn't be using the Mod Review tag. That's just for when your song is finished and ready to be submitted.

    However, since it's tagged I'll throw you some cursory feedback on the arrangement that you've got thus far. The bass is a neat idea, but as has been said it grates on you after a while and needs some changing up, and eventually needs to get pushed back a bit to let some other elements of the song take focus. Basically, the big problem here is a lack of subtlety with your sounds; everything is up-front and very abrasive - either EQ some of the treble down on your instruments or pick some different synths that are a bit less aggressive.

    That said, I love any source from Mario Galaxy so I think this has some potential, just keep refining it and give it a more subtle sound while still keeping that energetic edge. Good luck!

    Donkey Kong Country 3: Double the Trouble! - History

    in Projects

    Posted

    So, status update: it's been almost a month since my last post and I've only gotten 4 updated WIPs... and 3 of them have been from Theophany (with 2 of them being just a hair's length away from WAV status.) So, thanks to him for his dedicated work on the project - the rest of you, I'd really like to start seeing some updates soon! The deadline is still far off but some of you haven't even turned in enough to meet the last deadline, so if you've been working but haven't turned in a WIP yet, get me something or at least let me know that you've got progress.

    I know pretty much every project's been in a slump lately, but let's try to kick things back into gear! It's been too long without the normal level of progress :-(

    SUBMITTED: NiGHTS - Celestial Entrance

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    I still don't think this mix is super-conservative - in fact I'm having a hard time picking out the source here. I personally wish the most dominant melody from the original (the one that you brought in at the very end of the song) was more prevalent just because that's the melody that I associate with this source.

    That said, this is your best remix, in my personal opinion. The ambiance is just right and the drumloops really complement it great. What really pushes this one over the edge is the tone of the guitar you used in the solo - it's very reminiscent of the stuff that Skrypnyk used in his album Suburbia which is one of my favorite ambient albums. You captured that essence beautifully even though I'm pretty sure you weren't directly trying to emulate that style ;-)

    I think you could take a few pointers from this remix and apply it to your other songs; there's times where I feel like you're picking overly generic synths for your electronic songs but I don't feel like you fell into that pitfall in this case. All the sounds mesh well and it all sounds fresh and unique. I'd like to see more of that incorporated into future songs by you!

    In short, niiiice work :-) Love this one a lot!

    Lost: The Final Season

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    What they really need to do is bring back those mini webisodes and provide some closure on some of the smaller mysteries that would be nice to know about, but would seem out of place in a regular episode. I always thought that medium was underutilized.

    Beautiful finale, though. I wasn't expecting something like that at all but they handled it beautifully. From a character development standpoint, everything wrapped up full-circle.

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