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    Jewel Master - any track

    in ReMix Requests

    Posted

    Good stuff indeed. The Jewel Master title track that DjMokram linked has a melody in the beginning that reminds me of Castlevania. Also, I'm reminded of Zeliard soundtrack..

    Shining Force 2's soundtrack is one of my favourites, and Landstalker, though I've played that way less, is great too. I appreciate you guys posting about this stuff, it's new to me.

    --Eino

    Cave Story - Moonsong

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Much improved if I recall correctly. Vocals much better.

    crits:

    Not sure if it's the headphones, but I can't seem to hear any bass (guitar) in the mix.

    Beginning, when things come in, there's lack of definition. The very start, it just seem to fade in very suddenly. I think it'd be better if it started with a bit of silence and you could hear the first note. Similarly, guitars and vocals coming in 00:16-00:17, especially the vocal entrance sounds kind of rushed. It's important to start with clarity and confidence, especially since the vocals do sound clear and confident mostly otherwise!

    The beginning of the 1:08 verse with rockier vocals is a little off-tune, and again makes for a sloppy start for an otherwise all right singing.

    The first high screamed "memories consumed" is also slightly off, though I don't actually mind that bit, for me it just adds a little of the appropriate emotion to it. :)

    I wasn't sold on a portion of the guitar solo, 02:57-03:05, it feels a little off-time, off-tune, exposed/dry. The previous bit and the end were fine. Could be played tighter, the sound could perhaps be a little beefier, or the mixing in that spot could support it a little more.

    03:22 - the vocal again has a weak start, while by the end it sounds very good with the end of the scream. NO PUSSYFOOTING!

    When I sing, I have trouble with starts of song, starts of verses etc. I try to feel like I'm already "inside" the song and already singing, even if I'm actually not. That helps for me. Not sure if that makes sense.. When recording, you can even figure out a "lead in" that you start singing before the part actually starts to get your voice ready, and then cut it off after recording. Not sure though if any real singer or producer - me being neither - would recommend such a technique! :D

    04:04 - I'd suggest putting the falsetto vocals to the background and bringing the lead guitar to the front at this point, to change things up a bit. We've already been hit with several volleys of vocals in succession. Let's hear that getaaarrrr.

    The fade-out is a bit fast or sudden.

    Big list of crits, but this is a great arrangement with really effective lyrics.. it deserves a bit of more polish on the execution side, to be awesome. The treatment of the source is both natural and unexpected!

    --Eino

    FREE: Disco/horn/synth band version - Megaman 2 - Dr. Wily's Stage 1

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Hey, this is awesome :D I don't think I've heard Poutatorvi before, but I've heard the name of the band.. so, cool that you're doing vgm arrangements, that definitely gets me interested.

    Very enjoyable, tight version. One crit: the guitar chord choice at 0:55 sounds wrong. The chord itself would fit if the melody was adapted to it, but together they clash. Later on the same part doesn't sound offensive, but the guitar seems more muted in the mix in those places.

    Although the arrangement probably too direct a cover to get posted on OCR (don't know if you had submitting in mind, or just posted it here to be enjoyed), it has nice touches, great little bits from every instrument and changes in the energy all over the place, and keeps interest all the way through. Good stuff!

    --Eino

    PRC220 - Reconstructing the Main Theme (Portal 2)

    in Competitions

    Posted

    Close, nice! Thanks for the feedback, all! I think two things about my track: the leads are a little noodly, and I should a bit more effort to creating/emphasizing melodic hooks. Probably more so, I could afford to stretch the structure a bit more. The changes come quite quickly - the track is only under three minutes long, with the intro already taking a good part of the track. I could use a bit more of the source to fill things up when I make the track longer. I'll certainly keep working on this one!

    --Eino

    SNESology (New SNES Music)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I heard some previews/stuff on Youtube, and enjoyed them, so I got this. Haven't had the chance to listen to it yet though. Like I've said previously, you've released an amazing amount of stuff lately. Don't burn yourself out! :???: I hope you'll be better soon!

    --Eino

    Star Control 2 - Ur Quan Kzer-Za theme remix (electronica)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted · Edited by evktalo

    Awesome! Slight oops from my part - I thought MilkyTracker used .it format as well so I only mentioned that - ReNoise loads .xm:s too. Well, there's bound to be playback errors anyway if we don't use the same software. I guess the question is though, do you want to go back and forth with the file, or are you "abandoning" it to me? :) If the latter case, we could both use MilkyTracker, but if the former, I can just load the .it version in ReNoise and not worry about compatibility.

    edit: I'm not sure I've actually used MilkyTracker after all, hehe! Shouldn't be a problem though. Also, I should mention that I'm pretty short on time, so Ḯ'm not sure *when* I'll actually get around to doing something to the track. Hope this isn't a downer on enthusiasm. :)

    editedit: I see you included the .xms, so that's all good.

    --Eino

    Star Control 2 - Ur Quan Kzer-Za theme remix (electronica)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Hey cool, you use Linux/trackers too? I use ReNoise, which has a Linux version out. I've used MilkyTracker (and Schism Tracker) too, but I'm not that comfortable with the Impulse Tracker style interface. I realize you used LMMS (which I hadn't even heard of before) for this version, but still - trackers! :nicework:

    I'll try to give the new version a listen later today. Hey - a crazy idea - would you like to collab on the previous version? If it's .it, I can load it up in ReNoise and see if I can, for instance, add some other SC2 source into the tune.

    --Eino

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