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The overall quality is fairly high, but if you're gonna submit to OCR I've got a few concerns about the track. Source is definitely there, but there's not much interpretation to it. You may want to rewrite a lot of the repetition to be different versions of the source and original content deriveed from it rather than repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition... The progression is pretty much the same as the source, looped at times, but the order is pretty much the same. This is more of a remake than a ReMix. Also, the hihats are ticking in my ears. A lot of people use earphones and headphones to listen to music, and ticking hihats can get annoying. I'd consider using another hihat, possibly a shaker or other high-range rhythm instrument for it. At the very least, I'd try to EQ away the worst ticking. It's got a great sound, but after the first minute, we want to hear something else. Either a different chord progression, a different soundscape, something different. Changing up the soundscape would help with the repetitive nature of the track, but you do need changes in harmony, intensity (to a lesser extent, considering the genre) for it to remain interesting throughout. Also, the intro needs work. I recommend examining the intro in the source and reworking it into something a measure or two long, possibly using that for the ending as well - the fade-out feels like a cop-out. It's not as much a problem as the intro is, and fading out does work fairly well. All in all, this is a pretty good track, but it's too repetitive and not interpretive enough for OCR imo. Yet. I have no doubt you're able to rework the repetition into something interesting. Good luck with it!

IIRCr, most of the time you only need the mouse button and command button to work in GB. Looping and resizing regions is done with the mouse, creating new stuff (regions, notes, automation points) is done by command-clicking.

We appreciate the interest, of course. Thanks man. Even if you don't have time to arrange and produce, are you up for collabs, providing people with guitar recordings for their tracks?

Significantly improved since last time I heard... and it was great then too. The square you've used behind the song in the first verse still bothers me, tho. It works well, but I think the sound doesn't mesh with the vocoded song. Too great a difference, I guess. The breakdown in the second verse kind'a bother me too. Triplets seem not to mesh too well with the singing, and the pause does seem necessary. The idea is great, but it needs some tweaking, methinks. I'll echo DrumU's call for characterization, as well as his praise for what you did after the second chorus. Overall, this is pwnsome, and I have no doubt it'll show up on the OCR frontpage. By the way, 7 megs for 4:32? Bring the bitrate down to a more manageable level, it takes time to download, and it's over the OCR limit anyway.

GB has a piano roll. Create a MIDI region (command-click on a software instrument track), and double-click it. That should roll up the piano roll. There's also a button on the interface which opens it, but it's been ages since I used GB, and that was an earlier version.

All right, man, it's now free for anyone to take.

I'm willing to cede that the ukulele is reminiscent of the source, but I honestly can't make the connection just like that. Then again, it's not the frist time I've been source-deaf, so sure. The feel sure fits the source tho. Sorry MAN3, didn't read yourcomments about it. Wouldn't have had to quote the standards then.

The bass sounds great. The kick and snare sound incredibly n00by. Nav, what were you thinking? They sound sort'a ok when there's other stuff going on, but bare as they are in the intro and the mid break... there they don't. Source is there, and methinks it's interpreted enough in the remix. I like the overall feel of this track, it's relaxing. A bit too repetitive, the mallet melody over and over again (starts at 0:35 the first time) gets pretty repetitive really quickly. I got tired of it during my first listen. Do something more exciting with it, like change octaves, move it around, change the melody, have it mimic another track, do something else with it. Deep house, you say? I like it.

There's your problem. People are more inclined to posting suggestions for improvements on unfinished tracks than comment on releases. Drums are pretty simplistic, but they do work here. Bass drum is a bit distorted or there's clipping. More intricate derum writing could make it more intense. Bass is an improvement from source, and I like that alarm-ish pad you've also used. Lead is a little too simple to sound good imo, tho it does cut through the rest of the track well. Too well, perhaps. You could cut back on its volume. Overall, it feels a little too close to source, structurally and stylistically. This is what usually get classed as a midi rip. There's a number of improvements I can hear, some of which seem to disagree with the key signature of the track, but it's very close to source. If you're not submitting it to OCR, that's not a problem. Soundwise, not bad, but it would be better if it was more your own take and less of a copy. Keep writing!

I don't mind the long intro with mostly just drums on pads. This is one of those really cool pad tracks, methinks. The pads are pretty. The voice clip doesn't feel like it quite fits in, and the move to industrial feels like it's being pulled into another song. The transition could be smoother, or there could be more fmailiar elements in it, stuff we'd recognize from earlier. Overall, I find it enjoyable, especially the first 2 minutes. Not much else I could say about it.

This is not an OCR track. It's got a cool feel, but there's no source content as far as I can hear.

Soundwise, it's not immersing. You need to work on the soundscaping. The progression works well and I like the idea and overall tone this track has. The plucked isntrument panned left is terrible. Whether it's just not mixed properly, doesn't have the reverb it should have, or if it just doesn't fit in is hard to say, but something's wrong with it. Drop the levels and see at what level it's just part of the soundscape rather than standing out like that. It's also very repetitive, so you should work on that. The soundscape overall is kind'a bare, making the whole track a bit too simplistic. See if you can add a couple of tracks to give depth and harmonics to it. Sadly, I can't comment on source. Sounds like the Prime series, but I haven't played MP3 through yet, and haven't had the time to play it lately at all. It feels unrefined, so I assume the music's pretty close to source. You may have to work on makiong it more your own, but I can't say.

Not a bad idea. I'll talk to Usa about it.... Once we've both got time.

Sure, welcome! There's a list of available tracks on the first post in this thread. It's up to date, I jsut updated it. Pick something and let me know. Also, let me and/or Usa hear an early wip or your plans for its sound and progression so we know it'll fit with the rest of the tracks.

The spambot test is case-sensitive. That's the only explanation for why it didn't work, assuming, you did remember to add the 2 to the element.

Okay, minor update. We've made some structural changes to how we're gonna complete the project, tho nothing's set in stone yet, we'll post a bigger update about that later. I'm just gonna say that now that we're finally managed to block out the spambots, we can start focusing on actual members. I know Blue Nocturne recently joined, but if there is anyone else whose project forum account haven't been activated, let me know. I have to find you among 300 spambots, so let me know when you joined and what you name is so I can find the activation mail.

This is something we talked about when the feedback checklist appeared, and it got sort'a heated there. Among the problems is that most people only know in theory where the bar is at. They can tell if a remix is really good, but not necessarily when it's bad. It becomes something of a newbfest where newbs and n00bs gather and applaud each others semi-competent works (in some cases), and when someone comes in with actual criticism, they're badmouthed behind their back. Reviewing reviewers? Someone's precious time's gonna go to that, too. As I see it, the wip board needs more people with a clear idea of where the border is. I've talked to Liontamer about this, some time ago, and recognize several of the suggestions mentioned in this thread. All solutions I've had or read are flawed, some more than others.

Circumstances prevented me from listening on headphones or with decent volume, but what I did hear wasn't bad. There's certainly enough intrepretation here, and the source can be heard in different little bits and pieces throughout. It might be a little confusing to listen to, as the first minute it sounded more like a remix of Song of Time from the same game. Can't comment too much on the details cuz I'm unable to hear them atm. I like the music, although it's sometimes a little hard to connect it to source (despite, or possibly due to it being based on itty bitty little pieces of source, rearranged). I don't mind. Interpretation-wise it's fine, methinks. On extending it, you should throw the source melody in very clearly, just to make sure everyone knows the track. Certainly not bad, I think this will be YESed once it's done.

A well remixed track that I'm not sure I've heard the original of. There's enough here that I recognize from other remixes, so I guess it has enough source. Sounds different enough from those, so I suppose there's enough interpretation as well. There's nothing wrong with it, creatively. The progression is nice, and the sound choices work well. However, the stereo soundscape isn't particularily good. Snare sample is weak as it is, and when panned dead center with few other drums in there it just gets lame. The other drums, there's toms, crashes and stuff, need more volume, and I advice you to give the snare some slight stereo reverb, something for width. Then again, there's a pretty loud cling sound, could be a ride, that's both loud enough and panned, unfortunately it's too much of them both imo. The rest of the instruments are better panned, but they're suffering from being a little too fat. While I'm not good enough at EQ to tell you how to improve the drums, I can tell that you'll probably need to drop some frequencies on the other instruments, especially the pad and one of the background synths, just so they don't cram up the soundscape. I think this works, it just needs some production fixes. I like it.

It's best to NOT be unpredictable at the expense of a consistant soundscape. maybe I should just stay off long sentences in this thread. 11 MB is too much. OCR max size 6MB. Long download. 160Kbit/s is fine. Pad got bass. Maybe too much. Maybe use other notes. Somewhere. Other octave? Still repetitive. Noise behind piano. High piano notes pan, nice. Slices cool. Maybe use earlier? Lyrics? Surprised me. Post lyrics. Sounds interesting. Works for me. Nice return to normal. Really nice. Ending weird. Not bad. Just weird. Works for me. Nice remix. Might get YES. My two cents.

I see Sapph set you up with some hosting. Glass noise crash thing... great effect, great soundscaping that follows. Also, kick and snare are both good. Hihats.... tickety tickety tritickety tickety, guess what I think of the hihats. They are better but still... About half way through, the second section of source - faster synth stuff, more notes, more lead action. Lead is pretty soft, too, needs to be sharper, methinks. Bass in the area that follows - really cool. Lead in the following section isn't quite as good, but it's more audible than the 2ndsection one. More lead action, bigger ending, and consider tweaking the soft lead and using other hihats. That's what I think. And now you owe me two cents.

There's some weird phasing effects on the choir, and it is by comparison ridiculously wet - the rest of the track needs more reverb... or even more release, at least on the taiko drum or whatever that was. If you're gonna rework that into that hybrid instrument, take the release tail into consideration. Source has a lot of good stuff to use, and there's room enough in the remix for using more source, and perhaps by finding approprtiate instruments for those you can vary the soundscape like Nekofrog's review suggests you need to. 1:36 of build-up? No man, shorten the intro, use bits of it as an outro or interlude instead. The mood is great tho, it'll be interesting to see how this develops. That's my two cents. I want them back some time.

Very little in this remix has any stereo presence, it sounds like it's mono for most of the track. Not good. Panning is one way of accomplishing stereo effects, then there's stereo reverbs, really slight left-right delays, and the ultimate trick for guitars - record it again, hardpanned left, pan the one you've got right. Make sure they're both tight, and you've got yourself a lot of stereo. Very similar to source material (which btw is more stereo than the remix). Not gonna get on OCR like this, needs more original stuff/interpretation. Add a solo, change speed, key signature, chord sequence, bassline, rhythm, add a kantele solo, do something more than just record and update the sounds. That's what OCR does. Other than that, this isn't bad, but it's not particularily interesting, sorry man. It needs more drive, more presence, more weight, more attitude, more something. I bet one of the more rock/guitar-oriented remixers/wip reviewers would have more useful advice tho. Not much, but not bad. edit: ten more minutes, dude, ten more minutes...

Source is certainly there, tho as repetitive as it is, it might need some shortening or some more variation. Not sure if you used all the lead melodies from source, you know that better than I do. Changing the chords or bassline for part of the track would be one way of varying it. Technically, it sounds good to me. There's some backing instruments that are slowly rising one semi-note at a time, it clashes with the rest of the soundscape, tho it's fortunately blurry (as applicable to sound) enough to not matter too much. If there's more source to use, use it, otherwise, vary what you've got, or shorten the track. I think this might make it onto OCR, but you should run it by both the feedback checklist and the submission standards before you submit. It's too repetitive and the changes are a bit too abrupt for my taste in this kind of music, but the soundscape is nice, and I have a feeling this is the kind of track that grows on you.

Which track?