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Zen Frazier

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  1. Lol, wow, I can't believe how long ago that Soul Calibur track was. ^_^

    I hadn't heard of Bandcamp! Looks pretty sweet -- I've been using TuneCore to publish to iTunes/Amazon, but I'll definitely look into singing up there as well.

    Sweet. I've been streaming the album from your site and I'm hooked man. Great stuff!

    I'm not big on iTunes and I didn't see it on Amazon (yet?), but I love Bandcamp because (1) they take only a minor cut, much less than iTunes and Amazon, (2) lossless audio FTW!

  2. That's not same kind of backwards compatibility. Also I don't think my example was quite strong enough. That's like asking a developer to make sure that a PS3 game plays on a PS1. You'd pretty much be asking them to not only develop the game twice over (once for each set of hardware [seriously have you even seen how insane the graphics are for the 3DS]) but supply both of them on the same cartridge.

    That does not sound reasonable to me at all.

    Also, I'm pretty sure the only nintendo precedent for that was the Game Boy playing Game Boy Color games and even then the hardware difference was not even remotely comparable to NDS to 3DS.

    OK that's fine. In fact I really haven't seen how insane the graphics are for the 3DS. I really just thought the "3D" part was just the latest gimmick. There have been so many variations on DS systems in the last few years without affecting backwards-compatibility I just assumed this was another such "enhancement." My mistake, or ineffective marketing on Nintendo's part? Eh, no matter.

    In any event, thanks for the detailed explanation.

    I'm not the gamer I used to be... :wink:

  3. can you play PS3 games on a PS2?

    You don't have to be sarcastic. Given that Nintendo has a generally good reputation for supporting backwards compatibility across its portable offerings, I don't think it's an unreasonable request or expectation for a 3DS game to work on a DS system, sans-3D features. :neutral:

    I believe the carts for 3DS games have an extra notch so you can't place them in older DS models.

    Thanks!

  4. It was at that point I began recording all my Mega Drive games soundtracks to cassette tape via the Mega Drive's awesome stereo headphone jack.

    Those were the days... anything was possible. Damn, I'm getting old...

    I used to do that too, loved the headphone jack. In fact I still have my own "gamerip" version of the Dune soundtrack recorded this way years later (line-in to my laptop though, not cassette). There was (is?) a soundtrack rip done by Grawl somewhere but I found the timing of the tracks to be off (i.e. higher BPM than the in-game sounded). I spent so many hours playing Dune I know the rhythm and pacing by heart, and my line-out recorded version captures it exactly as I remember. :)

    Someone above mentioned Shining Force II - this was also one I loved and recorded to cassette. And Streets of Rage. Classic!

  5. I distinctly remember humming themes from Mega Man, Double Dragon, Ninja Gaiden, Bionic Commando, Faxanadu, and other NES classics while riding my bike around the neighborhood and to/from friends' houses (usually after playing said games). And that was only last week! No, seriously that was when I was a kid like 20-some odd years ago. ;-)

    Got really into soundtrack listening when Sega CD and Saturn discs had the listenable soundtracks. Many hours spent listening to Lunar: Silver Star Story, Sonic CD, and Sonic 3D Blast. Oh and the Castlevania: SotN "black disc" tracks, haha!

    First purchased soundtrack? Final Fantasy VI Disc 3, so I could listen to "Searching for Friends" whenever I wanted. Later found it was a bootleg SM version, boo! :-x But I have an original Squaresoft edition now, yay! :)

  6. I'm checking this out. File size is rawr though. Even though I suppose I have plenty of space I'm still not used to 400+mb stuff lol. I went for the VBR mp3 because it was a little smaller and I didn't feel like going for OGG. It's a lot of music that seems good so its understandable.

    I love the sample music player you have on the home page. I probably wouldn't have downloaded if I couldn't hear some previews ahead of time.

    Thanks for checking it out. I know it's a large chunk of hard drive space but hopefully you'll find it's worthwhile. :)

    The built-in music player is part of Bandcamp's default service and you can use it to listen to the entire album (not just preview samples). :idea: It can also be streamed from an iPhone or iPad (i.e. doesn't use flash on mobile devices). Nifty!

  7. Hi Guys,

    I'mm one of the admins from the Electro Freaks. Our little group put in a lot of time and effort to assemble this free compilation - please check it out and show our artists some love!

    While many of you undoubtedly know zircon, SGX, Hollidayrain, and of course Flexstyle, there's a TON of other awesome stuff on here. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

    Cheers from the Electro Freaks! :)

    (Thanks for the post Flexstyle!)

  8. Haha I just re-read my earlier post and I did sound like a bit of a prick! Sorry I'm not usually like that... I think last night I was starting to get a bit of a headache (long day and all that) and I saw this mix WIP and was like "oh cool, Phoenix Wright"... and well, just not what I was expecting!

    But yeah, thanks for being understanding, and again - sorry man + good luck!

  9. You can disagree about what music you like, but saying it isn't music is just arrogant.

    I think you and I fundamentally disagree on what "constructive criticism" is.

    Music is in the ear of the listener. That's why I put it in quotes. If I want to say that isn't music to me, that's my prerogative. That's why I said we fundamentally disagree - Psychog13 feels this is music, I don't. Neither one of us is wrong, it is what it is. That's not arrogance, it's called having a preference and an opinion.

    Yes yes I'm sure you can find a definition that includes this style, but that's not my point. What I stated was my personal opinion. It's so easy for someone's opinion to get misconstrued as an attempt to assert a definition. That's not what I was saying.

    I don't disagree with you about what "constructive criticism" is; I realize I'm not offering anything constructive, mostly because of the disagreement about this style of music. What can I possibly say or offer to help him improve this remix if I disagree with what it is based on in the first place? I can't, and I know that. However, I did apologize in my last post for being too harsh and I meant that.

    Psychog13 good luck on this if you do decide to continue on it.

    Peace?

  10. Ok I admit I was a bit harsh, I do apologize for that. But I really didn't like the remix and I'm not going to be equivocal about it. Also, to be honest I was a little irritated by the fact that you don't see this as OLR-level material when it is an exactly perfect example of something you would find on OLR.

    Like I said, I'm not a musician so props to you for trying!

    As for OA's remix, well gosh... Dunno what to say to that! Honestly I've much more heavily into electro/trance tracks but OA's gem will forever be in my best of OCR list. Also as an electro fan I just really did not like the sound of your mix - sorry! :|

    EDIT: Oh just clicked on that YouTube video.... I see where you are coming from and I just think that you and I fundamentally disagree on what "music" is.

  11. I'm not a judge and I certainly don't post on OCR very often, but I saw this thread from the home page and had to check it out because I'm a huge Phoenix Wright fan....

    This remix is pure noise and gave me an instant headache. Is that the bitcrush sound? Oh my oh my it crushed more than bits let me tell you.... And the gratuitous use of sound clips = total OLR style.

    Even in your intro to this piece you said "it doesnt sound great and tbh the entire songs a bit of a joke.... so basically this ended up like a mess and i just destroyed it near the end but it was fun."

    If this doesn't describe every other song on OLR I don't know what does! 8-O

    If this really is a serious attempt, my honest feedback is this: tone it WAYYYY down. Nix the bitcrush and the voice clips.

    I love PW so my personal standard for a remix is very high. I'm not a musician so I can't even begin to know where to start, but take for example OA's great remix of the ending theme as a shining example of what a really good PW remix sounds like.

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