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One of the ideas behind it was to show the backing arrangement to the ALttP overworld theme, then I added drums and an original track on santoor and the rest is casual remixing. Detuning some of the instruments slightly is something I often do to add life, tho in the case of the sitar, heh, I went a little too far. I corrected it right after I heard my own wip, but didn't bother to render a new one. Dave, if you can use exs instruments in reason, get the world music jam pack from apple. If not, get a mac. That's what I've used. Anyway, I can list some instruments I've used in case you can find samples elsewhere: persian santoor, indian sitar, panpipes, marimba, harp, three different ethno drumkits and an orchestral one. Plus ordinary cello (legato & staccato), and a string ensemble. The only electric sample I have is from a latin baby bass, which I feel still suits the soundscape. Enough talk. Here's music. Now I cleared up the drums, threw in a few additional parts for each oisntrument to make it a bit less segmented, less instru-medley-itic. I also remastered it, think I did added a separate reverb bus for the drums, little fixes here and there. Let me know if it's cohesive enough to submit, and what else to fix before submitting. edit: Note that this verison is kind'a outdated by now, I'm working on the final submittable version now. Thanks for all the feedback ppl!

The strings could be a little softer in the beginning.The guitar needs some more articulation. At 0:54 it sounds like you've got two different time signatures going. Doesn't work, but you know that already. Normally, this is where you would have switched genre, and this is better. Once it's fixed, I mean. The strings you start using here would be much better suited for a more nightmare-ish piece, or electronica. Find something softer. And while on the topic of soft, at about 1:36 you've got a way too loud bell or something. Lower attack and soften it up, unless you can find softer samples. That goes for most sounds in this wip. You've got a way too punchy piano for a soft piece like this, whether it's compression or just the sample, it's too much. Compare it to some piano pieces here to get a feel for the softness you need. Or compare it to a less soft piece, for contrast. Overall, it sounds somewhat like you've been trying to get every track as loud as possible in here, and then added a master compression to make sure nothing peaks too high. Lose compression completely, and add a limiter to the master to kill any peaks. I won't bother to comment on how interpretive this is, not yet at least. Someone else can do that. Or you could link to midi yourself, make it easy for us lazy ppl.

Stick to one remix per post, man, and don't link to your own remix when commenting on other ppl's remixes, unless you want to be considered annoying. You do get a thumbs up for linking to source for reference, tho. I'll just comment on the first one now. It's full of redundant sounds that just clutter up the soundscape. I think I get what you were going for but the execution is lacking. You should drop volume by half on most of them, or remove them entirely. This actually reminds me a bit of Hoboka's style, both in concept and execution, maybe even in genre. Some of the good parts, most of the bad parts. Indivdual track mixing is better, but overall mix is way worse. Also, the drums seem ill matched to the tempo sometimes. You might want to reconsider using that right-panned hihat. As it's currently panned, it's distracting, tho that could also be sample-related. Arrangementwise, I recognized enough of the theme in it to say it's good on that part. Now you need to clean it up, get rid of the clutter and fix the drums. And see if you can find another server. Tindeck and Sendspace are pretty decent ones.

In case someone didn't notice - our forum is back up, and we'd like everyone to post their wips again so we know who's still alive and awake and aboard and so on. Speaking of which, me and Usa, we want to hear your wips so we know where you're headed and can tell you if we want something like that in the project or not. it's better to do that before you've done two-three minutes of material, so show us your pre-wips! For other info, read the first post.

Seems like every remix I do is a Zelda one. At least on the WIP boards. Here's the ALttP light world overworld music. It's arranged following the backing instruments rather than the lead melody, for most part. How submittable is this? What did I miss? A Link to oldest version A Link to the older version A Link to the old version A Link to the newest version I've got online A Link to midi for reference (403: find the link under the first point or copy-paste the link) edit: Note that these verisons are kind'a outdated by now, I'm working on the final submittable version now. Thanks for all the feedback ppl!

Here's some advice - pick ONE that you're working on and need feedback on - and link that IN THE POST. Ppl are generally not keen on clicking themselves to another site and there looking for the remix links. Especially since both the listed works are at the lower half of the page. Tho this is one of the better sites I've seen, tho. Tosin se ei vältämättä auta. One Must Fall, didn't listen it through as I don't have my headphones right now, seems like it never starts. I know how no-drum works are cool, but they still need something to carry them, they need some variation. Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest Battle theme, skipped some of it. Suffers some of the same problems as One Must Fall. There's some crazy synth work here that reminds me of both Final Countdown (and Mustin's little homage in YJFD) and steel drums. I realize this might be your style, but this needs more direction. So pick one you're working on and want feedback on, and we'll get you more in-depth feedback on that one.

I don't generally record much guitar, not quite skilled enough to make it sound tight enough, but I could put together a list of AUs I find useful... And, once my memory upgrade arrives, install that and LE8 and try out Guitar Amp Pro. We'll see if I get around to it. Wow, my last post sounds like an infomersial. Buy now and you also get, for free, a bottle of carwax. But that's not all, you get this amazing set of frying pans for no cost whatsoever! And that's not the end of it, you get a multi-device remote control (batteries not included)... *ahem*

Let's start with the bad stuff, because that's easy. There's not much to list, I mean. First and foremost, you need a better ending. The drums seem to become a carpet towards the end. The repetition at 0:30-0:38 could need some more variation. The following repeated sections as well. Okay, that's the bad stuff. This is some of the coolest usage for pretty simple waveforms I've heard! Dunno how close to source this is, but it's real cool regardless. Make sure to finish this! Really.

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On Mac, use Audio Units. GarageBand and Logic both use Audio Units, effects like VSTs. Some are synths/samplers, some are audio effects. I'd recommend Camel Crusher followed by the standard Guitar Amp effect. Tweaking those two right gives you loads of different sounds. "Audio Unit". Google is your friend. Better yet, Logic Express 8 now comes with Guitar Amp Pro, and the whole package is just 200 bucks (means you get lots more than just Guitar Amp Pro). Haven't tried it yet (waiting for a memory upgrade to arrive before installing), but from the looks of things, it's a big step up from the already decent Guitar Amp in GB.

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"...och sen ska han skjutas..." Sorry I know no english equivalent, but AnSo should find this amusing enough.

Ain't this made with GarageBand? Aside from not all sounds fitting well together, and lots of it sounding pretty stiff, it's not bad. As a first try, this is pretty good. This could turn out kind'a good, if you'd move stuff around and try them out with other instruments. Whether you actually play an instrument is irrelevant, you play sequencer now. Learn to use it and make good music with it. OCR is more a re-arrangement community than a remix one, so stuff being interpreted is something of a requirement. Some pointers: The bass needs more bass, use the EQ but don't overdo it. The trumpet is terrible. Not just as sampled, but as sequenced. Give it more life, vary the velocity, screw up timing slightly, stuff like that. I recall GB having a volume-like automation: pressure, velocity, or something, in the menu with modulation and sustain next to the sequenced notes. Learn to use that. Listen to real trumpets and other brass, and woodwinds as well - copy that! 00:48 needs more punch and more crash. Try out other drums. You know you've got five octaves of drums, you've used some of the upper ones. Try other drums for the 00:48 part. Set volume/velocity. The shaker is way too loud (and every note is the same, vary velocity). 0:58, the guitar - vary velocity. Really. Good luck remixing!

The first minute went by all too quietly. It's not bad, but it could use a little more volume. Two minutes, still no loud part. 2:15, there's one, if it counts. 2:29 too. Chop off the last 20 seconds or something. It needs to be louder, but other than raising the master slider, I've got no improvements to list. It's soft and pretty, and certainly listenable. I like it.

This is beautiful. What else can I say?

Skryp's right. Too much phaser. It's cool to have a phaser on a pad or something, but it's all over on this one. But this is a pretty cool, laidback piece, I like the swing hihats. The melody is drowning, you could use a more prominent instrument for that, like a pad with shorter attack and release - and no phaser! Better yet, a kind'a soft lead instrument. But I can hear you're not finished with this. Work on the length and progression of it, tweak settings and try out different instruments for different parts, then start worrying about fixing stuff. Don't forget to come back and show what you've done.

I seem to have heard an earlier version of this. This is all neat. It's not repetitive, and I hear nothing I could improve, other than the sampled guitar. The mix of orchestral and rock is really cool, and would really benefit from a real guitar. It might be a little too long, but it's listenable. I found the old thread. Yeah, there's improvements all over, this is YESable stuff, methinks. The guitar still bothers me. Dunno if you can, but try recording the slow solos yourself. BPut the guitar amp effects on a separate master (set the channels to only go to the buses), and route both audio guitar and sampled ones to that one. I'm just guessing, but it might work. Still, this is YESable, says I. Good luck whether you submit or keep working on it! Good job!

Cool idea. More advice for filmmaking, ignore if you know what you're doing: If sunny, film in the sun. Otherwise you'll get too dark people or too bright a background. If possible, use a big giant white something to reflect sunlight into someone's face so he/she doesn't have to stand looking right into the sun. Repeating for emphasis: TRIPOD! Use headphones to check audio. Remember to take some extra footage to use when cutting. Cars passing by is a good transition from one scene to another, if the cars stops somewhere, it's even better. If you can use the car you're all going in, do it. It's time-consuming, but it'll look good. Better to have the footage and not need it than need the footage and not have it. Have fun and good luck!

I grew up with mac, cuz my dad worked with dtp back in the early 90s, and evidently saw it as more important to get a work machine than a game machine. Yeah, there's not much gaming for mac, but nowadays, most macs come with iLife (including GarageBand) so if you wanna do "creative stuff", "get a mac". Moving from trackers (whatever there were for mac) to GB was a huge step up in quality for me, and now with Logic, it all just works. It's not like macs don't crash or are overall superior, but it's rare for me that the whole machine crashes, and only once have an entire hard drive been lost for me. And that was ages ago. But, whatever works for you is cool. Mac works for me, and I recommend it.

Seems like I can post to thread again. Yay! Anyway, we've shortened the first post. The full tracklist is gonna stay secret for now, hidden in our private forum. Which, btw, is moved. Check the first post. Liontamer, djp, zircon, someone... I can post. What happen?

But hey, Kirby essentially just a head with feet and... either thumbs or ears. Can Kirby djp?

What if Kirby ate the judges?

Too tired to check source. Dude, what kind of ABBA thing do you have with the guitars in the intro? I can see why lyrics would fit. Man, I can't comment on this, can't find any flaws except the sudden ending. It's all good.

This is hot shit, man! And that's saying a lot, coming from me. Really cool stuff, little I can nitpick about. It's not repetitive, it's all good sounds in both quality and usage. The intro felt a bit newbish before I realized it's a style choice to use sharp synths. Drums could need some more work, tho, there's lots of crashes in the background, and the crashes could be longer, too. But overall, it's great! If you submit this, the judges would have a great example of simple sounds and amzing arrangement. That is, unless it's all copy-pasted directly from someone's midi. I can't comment on source/interpretation, but I can say I like this a lot.

I agree with FZNA about your instrument choices, although their processing is a little weird. This is interesting, but not quite good. It's not bad either, tho. The heavily processed piano playing in the bg is a bit too heavily processed, you've got an lfo-run cutoff filter of some kind, notch or band, I guess. Too heavy. Your original drums at around 2:00 and forth, they're a good addition. Add more, move stuff around, and see what happens. It is really not much more than a midi rip, so now comes the first challenge - re-arranging. Then comes mixing. Both can be difficult, but that's how you learn. But this ain't a bad start. Come back with more original content in it, more innovation, more interpretation of the original piece, and better processed tracks, I wanna hear what this can become.