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Emunator

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  1. Has someone been drunkposting on their own wall again? :-P

  2. I love leaving this song queued up on my iPod when I'm in the car so I can blast that opening bass drop and feel uber-crunk in front of all of my friends when they first get in the car. I'm so cool! (and so is this remix :3)
  3. If you've got save files for emulators, there's a built in "Record to AVI" feature on SNES9x Maybe that'll help you.
  4. From the sounds of it, prophetik/the prophet of mephisto has completed one for the Super Mario 64 project that should be out... eventually So you've got that to look forward to as well, it's a remix of the Bob-omb Battlefield theme.
  5. Not really much I can add to what Nutritious or Gario stated, the synth choices just feel generic and thin It's not doing the arrangement justice, but I don't think it'd be impossible to get this up to OCR level if you just did some more experimenting with thicker-sounding synths. Also, I found the ending to be lackluster, as Nutritious did. Something more conclusive, such as a more interesting drum breakdown, would definitely give closure to your solid arrangement. Don't quit on this one now, I think it's got a lot of potential
  6. You still haven't addressed the pervasive problems of your homosexual chord choices
  7. Hey, thanks for being patient, I'm back from vacation and ready to go on this again Your kick drum is pretty thin, which is a bummer. I think a different sample (or a whole new drumkit - the snare is also a bit weak) would do wonders here. There's times where the melodies aren't entirely clear because they become obscured by other elements such as the bass or rhythm guitar, but it's a minor qualm. I like this remix a lot (even moreso because I'm a huge fan of the source and I was waiting for it to get remixed like this) so I'd say try to fix the drums either by finding a better sample or just EQing them to be a bit more powerful, and then submit it. Best of luck dude
  8. Hey, did you get the PM I sent you a while ago? If you could get back to me on that at some point, I'd really appreciate it :-)

  9. MSN, we need you on it now :-P

  10. I am home friend! :-D Get on MSN, I want to talk to you!

  11. So, since Rozo apparently approves of this, I figured I'd post this here for you guys as sort of a mini-teaser. I subbed my arrangement for Innocent Sea to R:TS before I'd gotten involved in this project and forgotten about it http://remix.thasauce.net/song/RTS0247/ I'll be collaborating with someone to get this piece (which was an improv I didn't even intend to be a SD3 arrangement when I first started playing - I guess the source had infected my subconscious ) performed live and maybe expanded a little bit, so you'll still have something to look forward to on the album. However, since this is already publicly available I figured I'd throw it out there as a preview of sorts Hope you guys like it!
  12. Hey dude, I'm on hotel Wi-fi right now and I don't have very good connection speeds or a nice listening system. If you want me to review your WIPs, it's gonna have to wait until August 4th or 5th, sorry :-(

  13. Going on vacation until the 4th, hope you have an awweeesssooooooommeee week

  14. Hey dude, I hoped to catch you on AIM but I guess that's a no go. Anyway, I'm going on vacation for a week, so hope you have a great time! See ya when I get back, you owe me a WIP when I do ;-)

    Cheers :)

  15. In terms of the capability for the title to serve as a sexual metaphor, this is one of the greatest remixes of all time.
  16. A slight change of plans here; I'm going on vacation until the 4th or the 5th and I don't know how frequent my internet access is going to be, so I'm moving the deadline back 5 days from the initial date. PLEASE try to have at least 50% of your overall workload (if it's just one song claimed, then a blue WIP will suffice) finished by the time I get back. Thanks, and best of luck to you all! If anything urgent comes up, Flexstyle has my phone number and can text/call me, so just bug him if you REALLY need to get in touch with me Otherwise, I'll see you all when I get back!
  17. I'm getting ready to go to bed so I'll just take your word that the source usage checks out here, haha The samples/instrument sounds are a bit of a mixed bag; it starts off with some weaker harp/strings, which didn't give me very high expectations for the track. It got a lot better from there, thankfully - I can't tell how much of the guitar is sequenced and how much is played live, but the acoustic guitar is extremely cool sounding and I think the electric guitar is passable, but not exceptional. The trumpet sample is a little weaker but still okay, I think. Your synth choices are nice The arrangement is cool, the way you mixed synth elements and acoustic ones gives a very unique Western-esque feel to this mix, and overall I really like what you've done here. In fact, I'm inclined to say that, despite some slightly weaker samples, that you might have a chance at getting this posted. I'd recommend doing what you can to at least fix up the harp and the strings in the introduction, personally, but you might be able to skate by without doing that. Commendable work, I'd wait to hear from halc on this before you ship it off to the judges, but I like what I'm hearing here
  18. The mix overall needs a volume boost, the master seems so quiet to me. Around 1:20 it finally feels like the soundscape becomes a bit more full and fleshed-out. Personally, I would try to achieve a thicker-sounding soundscape earlier in the song, or else you risk losing peoples' attention early on in the song. There's some other points when things just sound thin, so even if you're not going all-out with the instrumentation, you need to find some way to fill out the soundscape with pads or more EQing/balancing to the instruments you've already got. I would highly advise changing that piano toward the end of the song to a synth or something else, because the sequencing on it is not realistic at all. It sounds like a synth part was written and then a piano sample was slapped onto it instead :\ Another issue I had was the D&B loop - it fits the song nicely, but you need to switch it up from time to time or it starts to grow predictable and boring. Mess around with chopped up loops or different drum fills would REALLY help you out here Honestly, I think this has the potential to get to OCR level, it's just going to require some effort to tighten up the proudction/mastering/mixing, fix some of the sound choices that come off as unrealistic, and vary up the arrangement/instruments a bit. Good work so far though, I like the genre adaptation and think you've got potential here
  19. My biggest gripe with this mix is that it feels like a perpetual buildup towards something that it never really reaches. I think the lack of a driving, pounding set of drums is the biggest reason for this, but in addition, there's very rarely any musical elements taking center stage. Your soundscape sounds pretty squashed and not fleshed out, especially with the backing instruments, which just sound weak. More EQing on that end of things and possibly an overall voulume boost to those elements might do you some good so you get more of a balance between your leads and your accompaniment track. In all honesty, I think most of the sound choices here are pretty bland, which isn't doing your concept any favors. For the record, I think you've got a very interesting idea with this mix that sets it apart from a lot of other mixes of the same source, so I commend you for that. However, if you're looking to submit to OCR you need a lot more work on your overall production & synth design. More appropriate drums for this genre are pretty much a necessity as well. Without them, I can't really tell whether your song is building up, breaking down, or reaching peak energy at any given point, it all feels lacking in direction. Perhaps some more expansion on the arrangement in general would be good, your mix is pretty short considering how little time you spend with a dominant lead playing the melody. I hope this doesn't discourage you, I think you've got a neat concept that just needs a lot of polishing to get to a state where it'd be good for OCR. Keep at this one, I wouldn't give up on it by any means
  20. Sounds like a plan, just shoot me a PM when you have the MP3 up and I'll review it for you
  21. Flexstyle to the rescue! He sprung a remix of Arich's Boss theme from the GBA soundtrack on me out of nowhere, finishing it in just a day. It offers a nice hard-hitting counterpoint to his more chilled-out Hot Pursuit remix, with some really killer guitar work by Paul Capps, too! And that means... 20 WAVs! IT'S PREVIEW TIME! So, basically, check the first post for all the goodies, including a title banner, signatures that you can proudly (or shamefully?) display to advertise the project, a few pieces of preview art from TheMaverickk and the main course, a 14-minute preview video that myself and Cody have been slaving over for days now. All this and more can be found in the first post right now, so check it out and enjoy! Please let us know what you think, we've worked really hard to get this all ready for you guys so we'd appreciate getting some feedback, good or bad, on the project so far. Plus, I'm sure the artists would love to know if you liked their tracks, so don't shy away from voicing your opinions! Cheers!
  22. Your email reminded me a lot of this guy's work: http://www.27bslash6.com/
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