Gario

... fuck yeah.

... those are some pretty random critiques, No Escape. Hey, Soundcloud isn't THAT bad of a host, really - he changed it from before, which I appreciate. IF he does get another host, though, I'm an advocate of Box.net. Meh, host wars isn't something I'd get into now, though. And lulz at the shameless recruiting.

But... but I DIDN'T make that joke, see? I said I wouldn't!

Haaaappy birthday! I'd say something trying to be clever but it's actually lame like 'Keep doing circles around them remaxer WANNABES', but I won't. I promise.

I'm glad that I'm a wanted man. It feels so terrible not being wanted.

Meh, I did alright last year (with even less time) so don't worry about me too much, BP. In fact, there'll probably be quite a few late comers, so don't worry about it too much. I better pull through, or Rama'll kill me.

... Damnit, I wish the OCR BC album would've thought of that date. It's already a pretty epic album, but some members (a.k.a. Me) can't seem to get their act together and finish their stupid track for it at that time. Ack, well now I've got BC on my mind. Time to break out the NES and play it again.

Hell, I'm pretty much bringing my entire sound studio with me (in the form of my laptop)... doesn't mean I'm going to do too much remixing while I'm there, though. Oh, and Diotrans, don't take your guitar on an airplane... .

...AAAAH HA HA HA! That's the... um... 7th or 8th Laguna remix I've heard in here, this year. That's freakin' awesome. All that aside, let's hear what's goin' down. I think you've merged them together pretty damn well, here. Not quite flawless, but pretty well, nonetheless. Some of the notes don't work too well together (like at 0:54), but it's a pretty damn good arrangement, despite the few odd areas (especially the great little ditty at 2:58, lol). The soundscape is very hollow, throughout the track. You really need to fill it out with pads, strings, textures of instruments... whatever fits your fancy. It's just too hollow, atm. The drums are annoyingly repetitive. Some of the synths are piercing, but that might be blunted after the soundscape is filled out a bit more. I think this mix is hilarious, myself, and it has some potential to be a really great remix on this site. The arrangement is freakin' brilliant, but the rest of it is lacking, atm (production, instrumentation, mastering). I want to see this happen, bro. If you don't continue with it please submit it to OLR as is... Actually, submit this version to OLR, right now, then continue working on the track, because it's just too awesome as it is not to do that.

FUCK... you remembered. I'll get something good out, don't fret! I'm toying with some ideas, right now, so it'll come to be before the deadline . I'm trying to get a project song finished before Vegas, as well (which is coming along very quickly, now), so... yeah, I'll get on it soon.

If you want some room in your car I can split the load. We're all going to the same place in the end, after all.

Perhaps it's too mechanical. Try varying the frequency of the cycles as well as the amplitude and see where that takes you. For example... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~~... (Pretend the ~ is a cycle) Making it come in slow and build into the faster part will make it sound more realistic for orchestra instruments (they generally need a little time to adjust to the bend). For guitars samples it's probably better to start somewhere closer to the faster cycles, but try to vary the pattern, even (and preferably) a little at a time.

Heeeeere's some comments from me, before you submit it . First, before you submit anything you think is ready, give it a day or so with the 'Mod Review' tag. It helps to have one of those guys come in and tell you what they think. The mixing is pretty strange on the latest version of it. It seems as if you want to emphasis some random elements in the track... randomly, at the cost of more important instruments. For example, the guitar seems to be in the middleground for the track, then when the piano comes in it takes the foreground over. Perhaps the piano was even intentional, but if that were the case then you need to separate the important notes on the piano itself. Things just sound like a wash of sound, atm, because of the strange mixing. While it seems you've played it safe with the production (not really a bad thing) I suspect you could use a bit more in the highest & lowest end of the EQ, to give it some flavor. Not too much, though - as you know, clipping is bad . The arrangement isn't bad, although a touch on the conservative side. I think it's passable, though - no need to worry about it. The guitar + piano were really quite nice. I likes it. The mixing/mastering of this track will take it to new heights, if you work on it. Clean it up, put it in Mod review and see where that takes you.

WOAH! Great job on that one! I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep up with your episodes, there - I've loved those videos for some time now. Glad to see it'll be a consistent thing from you, from now on. Woot.

Pitch bends would be nice, and unlike the 'Modulation' button it's a fairly consistent function. Try using that for the slides + bends. I used to do it all the time for my old MIDI's, and do it now for my RSN files.

Yeah, Stevo's with me. It seemed to work out well enough. Now to figure out the travel plans with everyone so we can all start organizing that stuff from our ends.

This is where we're getting that idea. If you're exporting MIDI's then all the functionality you're asking for should come with the package. GM =/= MIDI. GM is a soundfont that interprets the MIDI - the MIDI itself is in fact what everyone uses when sequencing in FL. It's a standard computer code that tells the computer how to play the music. You should realize that most sequencers use a MIDI format and supplement it with VSTi's and other plugins. If you're using FL then you are, in essence, using a MIDI interface, but overlaying it with better effects and sounds. That's why you deal with 0-127 as your limitation in just about every field you can manipulate. Onto your primary point, is it perhaps one of the plugins that you're trying to apply to single notes? If so, then you can't export it as a MIDI, no matter what you try. If you're talking about the modulation function that comes standard on all MIDI's then it can only affect entire tracks in the sequencer. Otherwise, it should be exported with the track and thus not a problem, to begin with.

Really? I'm not doubting you; I'm just surprised how similar they are - just compare the two and see what I mean . I don't think it'll count against you, either way, so don't worry about it.

Mmm... I've made so many MIDI's using the Overdrive/Distortion guitar instrument. I don't know how I would've gotten around without em'. As for your original question, in my experience with MIDI there is no way to modulate individual notes, only entire tracks. You can adjust 'Velocity' with the individual notes, but that's it. I don't see why, given you're extracting a MIDI, you can't extract the Modulate program along with it. That's a standard MIDI function, along with note, velocity, panning and volume. I don't know anything about the FL demo myself, so I don't know what the limitations on the MIDI exporting are, but they sound strange, if not nonsensical, to me.

Not bad at all! I'm liking what you've done with this classic, here - the changes, the source usage, the instrumentation, etc. are spot on, here. I hear what Emunator is saying here, and I pretty much need to simply agree with it, here. Some of the samples seem a touch simple, to me, considering the sweet texture from the track overall (Malstrom Ebm Lead, if I'm not mistaken?), but I suppose it's all a part of the genre. I use it from time to time, so it's all personal taste, here. Waitin' for the OCR edit; don't let us down!

T'was what I thought . Alrighty, give us something good, Divine Wrath .

Off of your recommendation I went out to watch it. It was pretty darn good. Ending - should've left it in the air, no camera toward the... For those that haven't seen it, I'm not revealing more than that.

I think that's the rule for PRC. I don't know if the rule posted is dated, but the rule Doulifée posts on every compo is... He'll post in here and/or send us a PM, if he wants each of us to send a source, so I'm not going to worry about it.

Um... lol, I guess I called it, earlier. Both mixes were really great. So much so that they got the exact same score . I think Divine wrath gets the source, though, according to the rules. If I'm wrong (or he wants me to post one) then let me know - I had something neat in mind for the next round

I waz here, waitin' for your WIPz. Rawr. I also feel for you with the limited capabilities on a laptop (that's the ONLY thing I have to work on, at this time - I feel the pain). A trick around that is to use the same instruments for different purposes, using filters and such to make them SOUND like they're different Pending on how you submit it you might still be able to make changes to the track before it hits the panel. If you can replace the upload with a newer file on Tindeck then you're in luck. I'm not sure you can do that with Tindeck (box.net lets you do that - it's why I use it ). It's worth a shot, though.