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That is weird. I know files copied to iTunes' own library (instead of just using them from their previous location) get their file names changed to an itunes standard but the name tag remains the same. Can't find any settings in the preferences about renaming or retagging files. Apparently a difference between mac and windows versions, unless winamp changes the tags. I could be wrong, but I recall from a mac version/port/ripoff (called macamp, very creative) the display showed "artist - name". Either that or win itunes is weird.

Dunno if the windows version of iTunes is as handicapped as your post implies, but the mac version can sort by name, time, artist, any visible field and I don't see why this wouldn't have been carried over to the win versions. The only reason you can't sort remixes by song name is that the song name isn't first in the song name field. Are you saying it's gonna be... Name: garlic OC ReMix Grouping: Castlevania or Name: Castlevania garlic OC ReMix Grouping: Castlevania

Interesting... This happens to coincide with me doing beats for a friend. Hm...

Of all the things I could update with, the following expresses how a few project members, including myself, feel about something: :banghead::banghead: That said, I did get a wip today. edit: also, throwing a fit. see first post. I need a hug. Or more wips.

ppl on ocr are of all ages. I'm 24, and I feel young some days, old others. As will you. Like loomcore says, they're easy to do, seems to be just mod wheel action and one or two pitch bends in there (the slower pitch changes). Dunno if there's some pitch motion in the samples themselves. Synths are easier than "real" instruments, since you can get away with less performance and more sound design. imo anyway, but I suck at performance and humanizing and stuff. Yeah, some songs are harder than others. The Super Mario Bros Theme/Overworld is actually among the trickier since it doesn't adhere to a strict scale. By contrast, the theme to Halo is really simple. Of course, some sources don't fit some genres well, and then you have to rework them a bit. A good example of how the reworking works is the Song of Storms/Windmill Hut from Zelda OoT, which has been remixed a thousand times on youtube (and on ocr, (shameless plug)), despite that the original is in 3/4, not 4/4. A good example of a source difficult to mix in something other than jazz would be the SMB theme/overworld since the melody remains jazz pretty much no matter what you try. Some games, some composers, have more accessible music than others. Modern games tend to lose the arrangement in sound design sometimes, so the older/portable games tend to have music that's easier to analyze. That said, there are pretty complex arrangements in old music, and some new music is pretty simple, musically. Pick a few tracks you like, play around with them. Can't think of any better practice, and it's not for a failure of imagination.

You mean Sixto Sounds. Shreddage=zircon+Sixto. Kontakt works as a plugin. You load it in your DAW as an instrument, then in select in which instrument in Kontakt you want to use. Like bringing your own electric piano/synth to a studio. You plug it into the studio equipment, and then you select your favorite sounds on it. If the DAW of your choice (which atm seems to be GB or FL) support the plugin format (VST, AU (mac only), RTAS (protools only iirc)...) you just install it and load it up in the DAW. Kontakt should exist in all three formats. I don't think Kontakt will be too hard for a novice. You just won' be using all the features, you'll just be loading up an instrument and make the tweaks you know to do. btw, I would recommend using the tools that come with the DAW (be it GB or FL or whatever) as a way of learning more advanced ones. When you run out of things to do with those, you can always supplement them with free stuff. At the same time tho, don't be afraid to spend some money on more professional equipment. There's a free synth/sampler thing called Crystal which is similar to Omnisphere in a lot of ways (the envelopes, multiple voices with different samples, separate filters, lots of blending options), but you get so much more advanced features in Omnisphere, and much higher quality sounds to work with. Same with anything, a free EQ won't get you as clean a result as a professional-level mastering EQ, soundfonts won't get you the quality of a professional sound library, etc..

Two concepts: Entitlement. Grow up. Playlists. Learn to use them.

IIRC, Reaper had no trouble running VSTs despite Logic and GB's disregard for VST - which seems to just be Apple's way of supporting their pet plugin format instead of sabotaging any other software's compatibility with VST. GarageBand is, btw, not a bad option for someone starting out (dunno where you're at), especially as it can be supplemented with free AU stuff from all over the net. Then again, it's a gateway drug to Logic because GB projects can be opened in Logic without losing any data, and even some of GB's synths can be updated to ES2 without changing the sound. Still a good idea to try some other DAWs too, tho GB is great at learning the basics with. It took me a few weeks to adjust to Logic after previously using GB, and I guess the adjustment period would be longer when changing to a DAW with a different workflow.

http://ocremix.org/forums/member.php?u=33528 Apparently, this spanish bingo spammer likes Need for Speed's dynamic music.

Track number ID# and redundant OC ReMix out of the title are good idea imo. The other ideas not so much. The artist _is_ zircon. The title _is_ Monstrous Turtles. Dunno who sorts by song name, and dunno where else to put Super Mario World. Only other reasonable place for it is the album field, but then where do you put the url so ppl actually find the site? Changing genre is a nightmare. Where do you put stuff with orchestra, electronic drums, and electric guitar? Where do you put a piano performance on some weird synth sound? OCR has a lot of music that can't be classed as a single genre, or even in a genre at all. Game is the most accurate. Someone from ocr staff will probably chime in with some major reason to all of this that I've forgotten, but considering there is a major overhaul of file tags in the works you might be pleasantly surprised when the new torrents are released. Maybe. -- Liontamer or whoever, the OC ReMix part in the title is redundant. I've seen ppl upload an ocr track on youtube - including the oc remix part in title and/or video description/tags - and still have no idea about the site. And not just on ocr tracks, it's become a cool thing to put after your remix so you get more views. It doesn't work. Album url - good. ocr in title - redundant and ineffective. Dunno how often it gets ppl to the site tho, but I know it sometimes doesn't.

Tricky question. The two things that take up the most time is practice and listening. Especially listening. My advice would be to play your works next to similar but well-mixed tracks and trying to understand what sounds different, and how and why. That's the most time-consuming part imo. Then there's reading articles, books, and threads about it, there's asking people for advice, and (at ocr) submitting your stuff to the workshop for feedback, later to the judges and being rejected a few times before your skills are on the right level. This thread might cast some further light on the subject. In my case, I made it on ocr with a computer and a DAW alone, no external commersial software. That makes it computer+300€, but depending on your DAW of choice you may have to get additional instruments. More money. Depends on your style, too. There are more free synths on the net than there are bagpipes soundfonts. btw, samples are any and all audio files. Soundfonts are sample packs. Synths aren't. Note that you can sample synths and thus have synth samples - sampled audio from a synth. Everybody develops differently. When i came here, I had been writing music for a few years but didn't have much technical know-how in how to actually mix my stuff. Others might come here with good instrumental skills but difficulty in getting the notes down. Since you need both, learn both. You don't always know which skill you develop when you make a new song, so just make music and learn whatever you can. Learn to transcribe is an important skill in remixing but it's not necessary to really work on. Not at this stage anyway. Once you have a basic knowledge of how to write melodies you have the basic knowledge of what notes don't fit in, making transcribing much easier. I'd say it's not the most improtant skill, but it's pretty useful when you try to remix something for which you can't find a midi rendition or when the midis you find aren't accurate enough. I'd say yes. I'm self-taught, and tho I'm still learning I think I'm doing all right. Most of the time. Most people here aren't producers by education or profession, they're hobbyists. And they make good music. Too often. It can take two years to get good enough to get posted on ocr, and that requires quite a bit of hard work. For me it took about a year since I joined, but I had a few years of practice before I came here, and that first mix of mine isn't that stellar. -- Hope this helps guys. Welcome to the world of production. PS. If you think you suck, you'll be more receptive to constructive criticism. If you think you're awesome, anyone who disagrees is wrong - that attitude won't help you improve much.

WIll's stuck on a dream island. Probably won't be making a lot of music and hanging on the net much. That's the impression I got anyway. I don't think you'll hear much from him in a while. He said he'd be there for two weeks, and left before easter iirc. Should be back in a little over a week or so.

The main reason ocr doesn't use ogg is that most users don't have media players that support ogg, or don't find them convenient. It gets worse when you get to portable music players, because the average listener isn't gonna install rockbox just to get oggs to work, they'd rather just convert the files to mp3. The ocr album Relics of the Chozo was released in ogg tho. Dunno why the fsf campaign suggest ppl use VLC for music playback when Songbird is a more music-oriented alternative.

alphakanal Automat, TAL-Elek7ro and LinPlug's FreeAlpha are free Audio Unit synths you can use with GB, which should give you a greater palette of sounds to choose from. Google them. GB's built-in drums aren't great, but some creative mixing of the kits and the right effects and mixing can improve them from what you've got now. Dunno how close to the default they are in your mix, but my guess is that they're all from the hiphop kit. I could be wrong tho. In any case, separating the drums and giving them each their own track makes it easier to control them (like hihat, kick, snare, crashes, other - 5 tracks, or whatever you prefer). You can use different kits' drums for them, EQ them separately, control their volumes more easily, stuff like that. Might be a good idea to do dig up some drums in soundfont format (note: last I checked only .sf2 soundfonts work with GB) and use them instead. Google is your friend. Enjoyable but kind'a newby remix. I think you're at the point where GB is holding you back. Time to expand it with new plugins and stuff.

Not the right place but they'll move it. Can't post your own music here unless you're a posted remixer. Otherwise everyone and their dog would post stuff here. Interesting stuff. Light was my favorite track after a quick listen, tho the volume pumping bothered me.

Can't the two be combined? Congratulations, you made it another year without being crucified.

I actually ordered Komplete this week. Looking forward to the FM synth, and Reaktor. Not sure which I want more, but I'm getting both. Basically, you get so much more with Komplete than with just Kontakt, so for the miniscule price difference it's definitely worth getting. As for KORE, if it's anything like KORE Player (which is free, btw) it's convenient but not necessary. Dunno for sure tho.

Well, you can always read up on arpeggiators and arpeggios. You shouldn't really need anything more than a short sound and a succession of 16th notes or something.

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Dude. You'll be put on "vacation" if you keep this up.

Darke, since you seem to know this stuff, where do I submit my Pong music algorithm? submissions@ocremix.org or some new email?

I can't believe how naïve you guys all are. I mean, come on. Now we can start submitting algorithms instead of remixes. And then djp will eventually not be able to keep up with submissions, and there'll be a judges panel... and the standards will rise.... and then... profit?

No more hillbilly mixes.

Listened to a little of Owl City demos on his (teribly cluttered ie idiotic) myspace page. None of what I heard seems particularly revolutionary. Seems like his arps and pads are mostly real instruments (edit: samples) that are just processed. I'd say he's using the timbre of some clicky instrument for his arps, and a filtered organ for one of his pads. Experiment with sound design, do things you're not "supposed" to do with instruments. Put the wrong effect on the wrong instrument, filter the instrument the wrong way, cut a normally long sample short, layer noises with instrument sounds, use drums like they're chromatic percussion, etc... see what results you get. Also, his stuff sounds better because it's mixed well, with volumes, eq, spacing/distancing... Learn that too.

You're the only person to _say_ it. You're not the only person to hate it, and not the only person who have trouble avoiding triangles. lol, MUST AVOID THE SPOILS.