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Gack! Sorry, I have to sit this one out, fellas - I got too much on my plate, atm. Perhaps next compo. I will vote, though - here's hopin' for at least one more participant

Well holy piss. 'Tis a shame to see you leave... At least I can rain down my Christian terror upon PPR without any hitches, now (mwahahaha...). Nonetheless, you'll be missed around here. Be sure to pop in anytime.

Hmm... I suspect many of you should now check out Philip Glass and Terry Riley, now that you've got this sort of sound in your head. Not that it's the same thing, but the sound is quite close (without the special effects). This is awesome, regardless.

Stevo's beard vs Penny's vortex in her... *Ehem* Happy birthday.

Alrighty, sounds good to me. Good luck, buddy

I feel for you, bro. I don't want to look at my accounts, right now, and that's just six days dedicated to Vegas... Glad you made it back safe, though.

You probably won't get too much of a response in here, since this is more of an 'I'm new, check it out!' thread. Off the top of my head, Rozo just made a track that has jazz elements (No Hurry, No Escape), AmIEvil has some classic jazz, and Shnabubula is an excellent jazz artist when he's not making chiptunes. I'm positive there're more, but that's what comes to me off the top of my head. You can post something in Community if you want some more information on it.

Your final mix is under 8mbs, right? The final post you've got isn't under 8mbs, so if you didn't fix that then that's a technicality that'll throw you off the panel... Other than that, this is a really good orchestration. I suspect some of the mechanical feel is intentional, so neat effect, there. It sounds quite vicious and in your face. I love the Cave Story theme thrown in there periodically. Good luck with the J's

Well thank you very much for your sentiments . I thought so too, but... well, not quite. No worries, though - it helps me understand what's acceptable and whats not. Perhaps remix.thasauce.net has some more stuff that you're looking for? Olremix.org is an alternative site, as well. Newgrounds has some gems periodically, too - there are more sites than here that host talented musicians. It's not OCR's business to go out 'recruiting' people onto the site if they feel they're good enough (whatever that means to them), so don't expect something like that to happen any time soon. You can send a personal invitation to Rusko, though - you never know, linking him to this site (or this thread, even) might be enough for him to share what he has with us here on OCR, as he seems to be a talented young person. It's worth a shot - he'd be welcome here, I'm sure.

Thanks for clearing that up, Emunator (I missed that part ). So are you with Rusko, then, or are you simply curious about whether or not the track would be acceptable? If you're with him you can let him know our thoughts, I guess, but if not then the answer is simply no, that song would probably be rejected as it is, for the arrangement reasons I stated earlier. If he's around, though, he's welcome to come around here, too .

It's not bad at all, bro. It does sound pretty close to OCR standards, really. The EQ on it is a bit odd, especially for dubstep... or at least for the little dubstep that I've heard on this site. I'm going to shoot from the hip and say this really needs more bass & lower mids and less highs, here. Perhaps it's an artifact from Youtube, though - a direct link to the mp3 would be the preferable method of upload (*hint hint*). The arrangement is pretty liberal - in fact too much so. I can hear the source quite clearly, but it's used in such a way that it might not be counted as 'source'. Up to 0:54, it's pretty clear, but after that the theme is contracted in such a way that it's hard to associate it to the source. I hear what you did, but I don't think it'll pass due to the liberal nature of it all. I'm talking from experience, here - my own track was rejected because it treated the source in a very similar manner. Yes, the source is all over the place, but it's cut up and rearranged in such a manner that it doesn't sound like the source anymore. Interesting arrangement, and I believe you can make a couple of changes to make it closer to the source, but as it stands it won't quite make it on the site. Just take a little time on it and focus it more on making it OCR and you'll do just fine. Nice track

You not only punched ducks, you paid to do so. That makes your duckling punching adventure all that much worse. Duck puncher.

I guess it's time to break a fast. I made it through a fast I had no plans on taking, lol. Didn't take anything, but now I'm gonna get some delicious food. Mmm... delicious food.

Mmm... it's still pretty bright for me. I'm not even thinking about it, though - eating pre-morning breakfast makes it quite bearable. I think I'm on the same clock as SoulinEther, so... yeah. Got a little bit to go.

Next time, Langley... NEXT TIME!

Compliment or critique taken (whichever it was, I'm... not sure). I troll'd you a minute ago, so I'll make it up a little bit and give you some advice. I'm not familiar with the source, so I can't say whether or not it's conservative/liberal/whatever, but I think the arrangement is neat, atm (even if it's short). I'd need the source to clarify whether it's OCR-able or not. It feels more like an intro to something longer, though, with the guitar really blasting like that towards the end, there - we need more sections to this track really embellishing what you can do on that guitar. The mixing is amateur (which is why you're asking about it, I'm sure). There just doesn't seem to be enough room for the guitar to shine past the drums & rhythm guitar. You're going to need to mix some of the elements into the background and/or make use of the panning so it isn't quite as centered (I hear some panning, but with the rhythm guitars there could be more). The master track has an extremely high EQ, atm. Lower the highs a bit along with the mid-highs. That'll take out the 'fuzz' that's taking up the entire top layer, atm. The synths are abrasive. Use some synths that mesh with your soundscape better - softer is better, in this case, especially since you bring in the guitar later (thus really allowing for a neat contrast). The attack on the synth around 2/3 into the track is far too high. Tighten up the attack so the note entries are cleaner. It's really a cool track that I encourage people to listen to. It needs some real cleaning up/arranging before it's an OCR piece, though.

Hmm... I haven't fasted in a while, so I'll join in today. I just so happen to have been up before daybreak, and so happened to have eaten before daybreak, so why not, at this point? Christians are supposed to fast throughout Lent, btw, for people who don't think they do (I'mma lookin' at you, Kanthos )... For those that don't, shame on you - it's really the least you can do, during that time. Alrighty! Ready, set, FAST! EDIT: Cripes, not even water, eh? I'm still doin' it, but I'm glad I checked - almost got knocked out of the running a few minutes ago, lol.

I've started something for this in Vegas, and I'll work on it 'til it's finished (preferably before the deadline). I know you'd castrate me if I didn't finish this now, Rama, so I better make you proud . Thanks for the extension, btw, and I'm glad to hear about your work (even though it cost you the trip + chance to meet you).

Wow... I'm in very few of those shots (even on the Facebook page ). I guess I'm just too much sexiness for one camera . Gah, it's back to reality now, so I've got to brace myself for the week I missed at work and such (as well as the money I lost, argh). The meetup was worth it, though

I'm hearing quite a bit of overcompressed clipping in this track, particularly when the drums hit (bass + snare). There's just not enough space in the track for it with all the textures - tone down some of the sound in there. The trumpet sample grates against my ears... Please change the sample to a higher quality one, or just change the sample completely. I think it's an interesting remix idea, making a dirty remix of this track, but right now the sound is just overlapping too much to allow room for the production. The repetitiveness of the track isn't good, and it'll be hard to tweak since it's not exactly the most varied source. However, there's certainly more in the original than the first few measures of the track that you use. Listen to at 1:38, for more source ideas. Also, don't be afraid to use the action sequence theme from that area, as well (it's also in that vid, towards the end). There's more than enough ideas to generate a varied remix from, you just need to break away from the most recognizable portion of it.It is a good remix, but it still has some way to go, as it stands. Good luck with it.

Pretty damn sweet soundtrack. Opened it up when it first went on Newgrounds to find some of the best chiptunage I've seen in a long time, which was an amazing surprise. Remixes, anyone?

Biiiiiiiirthdaaaaay! Have a good one, and be sure to keep on pumping out the sweet sweet musics .

Pretty much this. Having the samples is excellent (I can only hope to have them someday... soon), but the samples aren't everything. You need to learn about humanization of your instruments, as well. If a person played an instrument at the same volume levels, hit every note with the same articulation, had no variance in their tempo, no vibrato, etc., then they'd sound like the tracks you're providing. You need to work with the instruments at these levels - just using the samples (and adding reverb - is just not enough to make them realistic. There's more to performance than getting the notes right. I don't think you care about getting them onto OCR, so being conservative isn't a bad thing at all. Many (if not most) of us don't really care about being 'close to the source', though, so you probably won't find anyone to meet your challenge (I would try, but I have better things to do, I'm afraid). Make your request on Newgrounds Audio or Youtube and you might have some better luck - people there don't have the same restrictions as here. Oh, and don't beat down someone that's giving you advice when you post in here. There's always room for improvement, so blocking them off with retorts such as 'I know my tools inside and out. I think you don't know what you are talking about.' and 'I suggest you get a straight jacket because you might be crazy.' are unproductive. Like Rozo said, unless you were really trying to imitate the poor midi-ish sound that the N64 had, then you have some work in front of you. Take constructive criticism better and you might improve at your craft.

... Fuck, guys, someone's asking for acapella mixes and NO ONE'S MENTIONED THIS GUY?! Sorry, Cyril, but his version of Gravity Beetle kicks more ass than yours . Also, I'm working on an acapella Lufia 2 choral track with Deia and OA for the project album. It's been on ice for some time, but when it comes out that's another acapella mix to look forward to.

Well shit, I've got save files with every class (and their subclasses), and it's easy to get through the game (I've gotten it down to a couple of hours, now - I've played that game a lot). Unfortunately I don't know what options I have to record with. Give me some suggestions with desktop recorders and I'll get all sorts of footage for you, if you'd like (we really don't have any choice but to emulate that game, really, so it's coming off my comp).