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DDRK mix on the panel? Hell yes. This has all the signature elements: clean mix, chippy drums, smooth backing padscape, a chip-solo. TBH it's been a while since I've heard Timmie's stuff and this feels like a big level up from last time in terms of clarity and execution, which really is saying something, since there wasn't much to nitpick to begin with! Lovely arrangement, killer instrumentation, yep, nothing to stop this one! YES

Not a lot to add to the above. This hits all the right notes. Plenty-serviceable mix, great instrumentation, good rhythm section, metal horns for days. YES

I suspect what Larry is looking for is more natural tempo variation (the pushing and dragging of tempo that often occurs during a piano performance) and slightly better differentiation between soft and loud samples. This is all kinda the same volume of piano, no matter the "hardness" of the sample. Regardless, the arrangement is thoroughly enjoyable, moving forward with purpose, yet never losing sight of the original source. No objections here. YES

Am I allowed to vote on this since I'm technically a collaborator? ehhhh who cares, gonna do it anyways. :P YES oh wait, I have to add more? YES, because it's clearly chock-full of source, the mix and master is pristine (@Chimpazilla ftw), it is an absolute journey of a song packed into 4:20 of time (nice), and it makes my ear-holes very happy and my feet and hips seem to move around of their own accord when listening. did I mention YES

Easy rubber stamp for me. Source cuts through appreciably, and the arrangement is great. Midwest emo was definitely a prime choice for this arrangement. Instruments are parted out pretty well, including my usual gripe, the drums -- those were quantized, but clearly played or sequenced in a way that FEELS like a drummer chose to play the part. Bass tone is warm and gritty and while that doesn't really figure into going over the bar or not, it's something that I love to hear. Vocals are among the better-performed ones I've heard at OCR, and they're mixed appropriately for the genre. YES

Sour note alert at 0:51! And 0:54. And 1:06. And anywhere that chord progression is used. Watch those backing chords (sounds like rhythm guitar and/or backing pad/keys), make sure they're in key. That needs to be fixed before getting posted. The overall arrangement is...fine. It's very conservative, and the parts are played adequately for the most part. The drums could benefit from some more nuanced part writing, and the hi hats in particular feel a bit loud to me. Guitar lead tone is also harsh in some spots, particularly when higher notes are played. Bassline is very conservative and would benefit from some syncopation at least. None of these would be dealbreakers though if it weren't for the sour notes in the chord progression. NO (resub)

I do love me a good DnB track, especially with electric guitars added in. This one hits all my happy points: memorable source? Check. Good interpretation of that source? Check. Simple-yet-effective genre execution? Check. Guitars and EDM combined? Check. Loud but tight master? Check. also bonus points for the lazy anagram name, I approve. See you on the front page! YES

As a drummer, these drums bug me. Mechanical and machinegun / sequenced-sounding. Freaking guitarists, always murdering my favorite instrument it's not really something I can ding TOO badly as they do serve the purpose effectively enough, but I've got a soapbox sitting right here and I'm gonna use it, dagnabbit. Here's what I do like: the song has purpose and goes places. The arrangement is really enjoyable. Guitar performances are great, and the synth solo is appropriately shreddy. Mix and master are solid*... *except, one really big oversight: the sibilance on the vocals is distractingly loud. Like, I'm gonna-vote-against-this-track loud. If that's fixed, this is an easy YES for me. NO (plz fix the vocal sibilance and resub?)

The mastering issue here is that it's brickwalled like crazy, but then the master output is volume-automated turned down. Really weird. Everything sounds squished. Ease up on the master compression and let the whole thing use all its headroom with some actual dynamic range, maybe? Other Js cover good points so I'm not going to go in depth on samples, arrangement, etc. Call me a single-issue voter if you must, but I'm voting.... NO

Clearly a sequenced orchestra, but you've done pretty well with it overall. The arrangement has purpose and direction, the source clearly shines through, the dynamic range is lovely, the mix is clean enough to make it all work together. No complaints here, let's get this one on the front page! YES

Larry is getting senile in his old age ;) This is a good arrangement, it's a great mix for the genre, and I've got no beef. MOAR WALLZ OF SOUND PLZ KTHX YES

A lot of other people have given a lot of in-depth feedback, so here's a cliff's notes version of a vote: make transitions smoother and sequence drums more realistically. As a drummer, this always bugs me -- don't just slap a few patterns together! Give some human variation even in between sections rather than just "here is loop and there is loop and smash them together." Have some fills every few bars, give me something to indicate that the next section is coming up rather than a hard transition, etc. Not this lazy "hat over rudimentary kick and snare for 16 bars" stuff. The drum mix as well would likely benefit from bringing the cymbals down and the kick and snare up. There's more issues (and some that I don't really take issue with, like for instance the overall mix is passable to me), but I'll let that be the extent of my vote for now. NO

Gah why does this have such a WEIRD overall sound? Like, the elements in the mix are all balanced reasonably well against each other, but there's a really strange mastering chain or something. I mean if I were given just the individual stems (e.g. drums, bass, synths, etc) I could probably get this over the bar in half an hour (that's an offer on the table, btw). As it is, even, it's not enough to necessarily hold it back. The rest of the song is solid -- it moves forward with purpose, sounds are neat, variation is sufficient overall. hrmmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmr, this is a really tough back and forth.... EDIT: Emu made some REALLY good, actionable points down below. In the interest of moving this one along, I'm going to go ahead and revise my vote so that it has a chance to not be a "HMMWELLMAYBE" track but rather a "GOODJOB" track. NO

Very quick vote, since there's already a lot of discussion above. - That bell lead that begins at about 1:14 is grating to the point of being a dealbreaker to me by itself. Too sharp. Lower the high harmonics (or just use another patch), lower the volume a bit, and you'll be there. - Repetition also a dealbreaker for me. I'd also say that this song would benefit from some detail work: more drum fills to keep things interesting, more melodic interpretation (aside from just straight MIDI rip status on the leads), maybe another melodic element (e.g. a pad or a countermelody or a background arp) in more places, etc. Mix and master is pretty good aside from the bell synth. Drums punch hard, bass is nice and crunchy, the rhythm section overall is pretty strong aside from the lack of variation. NO (but I'll look forward to seeing this one back again).

I'd vibe to this as background music. If your goal was just to effectively "replace background music source with BETTER background music version," you've nailed it! Not enough to be featured as a standalone song, though. It's possible to do this source as an OC ReMix, I'm sure (hey, I've got a bunch of songs interpreting shorter songs than this lol), but this isn't the approach to take for a front page feature. Proph went into the weeds so I don't feel the need to do so, but what's holding this one back is it's just too backgroundey. Good mixing, good mastering, good sound selection -- your production instincts are great! Just gotta improve the arrangement side to where this can stand as its own song. NO