Gario   Judges ⚖️

As the score holds right now, I'm one vote behind, atm, so there's a decent chance you'll be up against GuitarHeroe, instead. You never know, though - it's only a single point. It can still turn around pretty easily, if anyone else decides to vote on this compo

Wait, is that how the samples/synths naturally sound? If so, EQ'ing them won't help much in the long run. I assumed it was an EQ cutting issue, but perhaps it's a sample issue if there are no effects on them (I hope not, as that's a bit more difficult to fix while retaining your chosen timbre colors, which are great).

Oh, I forgot about that one. Already cleaned the production up, was planning on doing a couple of touches to the arrangement, but I forgot. Maybe I'll do that now. EDIT: There, finished it. See y'all in the WIP forums. I suppose this isn't the place to talk about that stuff, though .

Oh, I missed this post... could you re-upload the track at any point? I tried to give you feedback on it on YT (got the link form DjP's visitor messages), but it wouldn't let me comment, at the time. From what I recall it was pretty good, though. Can't give you details on it from a faded memory, though.

Aww, how sweet. I'm mistaken as a posted remixer, lol. Sometime soon, maybe, but not at the moment Thanks for the sentiment, though.

Yup, listening to it now - Rushjet just posted the album in here. Community is certainly an appropriate place for it, though. Everyone, do yourselves a favor and listen to it. EDIT: Nevermind, it seems to have been moved already.

I love you, man. Just sayin', is all. Now to go listen to the soundtrack... EDIT: Just listened to the first track. Yeah, I love you. EDIT2: I'd love to see some of the NSF files for it - dissecting NES music and remakes on the hardware is a bit of a hobby of mine. I tend to learn a lot of cool things from it

Yes, it's about the lack of highs and lows throughout (save for the bass drum that comes in at ~1:00). It sounds like it's an EQ restraint that you imposed on it, if I'm not mistaken, so I suggest relieving it from time to time. Your Hurry remix had similar issues, and if I recall correctly it was rejected due to those issues (though for some reason I can't find the Judges Decision page on that track right now - I'm not imagining that, am I?). I'm pretty sure the low and high cuts you made will ultimately knock this track down, in the end. At some points the cuts sound great (as I said, it's a great way to open a track, and this one is no exception) and perhaps for effect in the middle of the song, but to have it throughout the entire track sounds unclean and strange. Again, try opening the sound up a little bit and see where that gets you.

I think you stole the artwork from Legendary Frog's popular art style, with the simple shading, no outline stylized look which... Wait a minute...

You know, I like your style... sometimes. I feel there are similar issues between this track and your Hurry track, though - it never seems to open up the soundscape. There's so much room in the upper end of the EQ that needs to be filled that sounds artificially cut. When those drums come in at ~1:00 the whole song feels as if it needs to open up, but it never does. So... yeah, the mid's only effect is a sweet one to use in short bursts, but not for an entire track. Try letting some of the other instruments use their highs and lows more often. The silence toward the end of the song should be about a measure shorter. No, overall I like the track, but the soundscape is confining. If you could open it up (and perhaps make it a little longer) I think you'd have a keeper here.

Dyne has all the mastered wavs (the two Crystal Snail wavs were pre-mastered already). I'll send you some write-ups today, though (I wasn't aware that we needed them ).

Believe me, I know how you feel.

Man, that sure is a tight, TIGHT match-up. It keeps shifting to either of our favor, right now, not moving more than a single vote away. Geez, this is actually kind of exciting - keep them votes coming, there.

My favorite in X2

Makes sense to me. I mean why else didn't the rapture happen.

I guess minor would work, too. Gotta admit that it'd be pretty impressive to make it in major, though

Technically, the Baroque era (Baroque = Misshapen Pearl, named in the classical era because they thought the music was terrible) is defined by it's ability to define a single emotion very well (as opposed to later eras using multiple emotions to contrast one another in a single song). It also uses many 'inventions' and preset techniques to get more sound out of their instruments (like heavy use of polyphonic lines). From my own experience, the rhythms are often restricted due to this, but that's just what I hear in it. The columns track uses very heavy polyphonic lines. Very baroque technique. Atelier uses a harpsichord and has that nifty polyphonic line in it. I'm also hearing some heavy use of sequences - other eras use sequences too, but Baroque tends to use it without masking the sequence at all, like in this song. Sam and Max wrote a fugue (or at least imitated one). That's pretty hardcore Baroque, there. Tonal fugues really weren't written often after that period, so they tend to sound 'Baroque'. Also, HAHAHAHAHA, Deis Irae at 1:38. I wrote a whole article about that in my good ol' theory thread . That... doesn't point it to Baroque, per se, but it's always fun to point it out whenever I hear it. Good ol' Zircon uses those polyphonic lines and some rich counterpoint reminiscent of some of Bach's works. Particularly holding the bass while having the lines move above it, creating the illusion of chord changes. Very Baroque. Dance Dance Revolution is a remix of one of my favorite Vivaldi tunes, . It is baroque, by definition. Go listen to it and tell me if you recognize it.Castlevania overuses the whole polyphonic lines thing + counterpoint over a static bass. God bless their hearts. Hopefully that answers your questions about it all.

Make it in Db Major, just to mess with everyone's minds.

Never heard any of the music, so this'll be a source-blind run, here (OHO, see what I did thar?!) This... is wonderful. The singing really takes your track to new heights, bLiNd. Wonderful voice, Ashleigh - we need to work together on some music some time, remix or not. *Ahem* The trance + vocals are excellent. The dubstep is abrupt, but well done, and as it weaves throughout the track it meshes very well. The vocal splicing with live vocals is amazing, the effects are awe inspiring. The strings are a bit too dry, IMHO, but they still work well. Great work, both of you. I feel that I better listen to the soundtrack now, after hearing this take on it.

An hour and a half later I've listened to them all, given my feedback and voted. Holy hot damn, this is going to be amazing. For the most part I think everyone was paired off perfectly, here - every match up is very hard to vote on. A round of applause to everyone in Mega Man bracket! Let's see what the Proto Men have as a response!

Wow, this is an epic round. Most of the tracks are truly amazing. This'll be fun, I can tell... no matter who wins this round .

My questions are not answered on the page. Just letting you know. When you get it maybe you could answer them for me.

*yawn* Just got mine finished. Had an intense spurt of inspiration last weekend and then... nothing until the last day. Go figure. Hopefully y'all like the minimalistic approach to this one (not 'Hurry' album minimalistic, either). It was a fun little track to work on.