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I'm refering specifically to that clause that occurs in the Terms of Agreement. I was going to join, except that little snag caught me. The debate on the news was about how they possibly held all information posted on Facebook on a private database after the user unsubscribed (needless to say unethical, if they ever did), but I don't know if that was true.I'm pretty sure I'm reading that correctly, though - ask them about it... If I'm wrong I may think about it (although I'm a bit busy, atm, so I can't guarantee it).

Very unique. And likable. And in-the-pool-y. At the end it felt as if it should move on to a new section, but then it ends . It works as an ending, I guess, but I feel it has potential to continue in a very awesome manner. Bringing out the highs for the percussion may work, just be careful not to muddy what you've got going, there. I'd also like to hear a bit more bass in it, overall. Otherwise, it's very interesting (and good). I like.

Sounds like a good idea to me. If I have anything for you I'll let you know (and hopefully I will ).

Helloooooo~! I didn't see this one back when it was originally being worked on (I was busy with my own project, at the time... ages ago ). I listened to the first WIP and the most recent submission, here - I'm frankly amazed how far it's come, since then. No, not OCR worthy, but certainly a vast, vast improvement. It went from a complete 'Meh' factor to a 'Wow, this was nice' outlook (Just not quite 'Holy shit, that was INCREDIBLE' yet; that's the OCR standard that I've seen ). Many mixers don't get out of the 'meh' outlook, for me, so great job on that. Now, for a little critiquing... The original WIP had too much source - now I feel it suffers ever so slightly in the opposite direction. The original sections that you've added don't have any sort of reference to the source that I can hear. Broken parts of the melody, source harmonies, rhythm, etc. would be nice to refer the listener to the source while not necessarily repeating anything. It keeps originality and continuity in one nice happy bundle. While using the stereo spreading... plugin thingy (name slips my mind, atm) to fill the channels better is generally good, you've got too much going on, as it is. Try centering the music a bit more when you master the thing. The instrument choice is fine, albiet blaise. None-the-less, I really did enjoy myself while listening to this. If not for OCR, try submiting this to other sites when you finish (VGMix, OLR, ThaSauce - I'm sure one of these places would be more than happy to accept this and give you even more feedback on it). It certainly can't hurt, and the feedback you'll get from a variety of places could certainly help. When your done mastering, that is .

It comes from 'Man, it would be better if they did this...', then try the idea out yourself, for me. Listen to the music and ask yourself 'Wouldn't it be awesome if they did [fill in the blank] with this song?' and try it out. Sometimes it's the genre/style, sometimes it's something that's implied in the source but couldn't be filled out on the original hardware (this C64 or NES remixes, here), perhaps it's a reharmonization of the melody. Whatever it is, that's often the best place to start. New ideas will come as you work on it. Like DJ SymBiotiX said below, if you don't feel it (eg the song is perfect as it is ) then don't remix it. If you feel it, don't hesitate. Personally I say stay away from midi ripping, if you can help it. Try to put the music down by ear (or base it off the track itself, as you said) - more often than not you'll put stuff that you didn't know you wanted to do in the music (which contributes to the personality of the remix). Personal preference, though; some people would fight me on this.

The down sides of living in the middle of nowhere... Alas, tell me how it goes - it sucks I'll have to miss it (C'mon, Gamer Symphony - hurry up and go on tour in New Mexico)!

Be careful what you post on Facebook - they grant themselves non-exclusive rights on anything that is ever posted on the site (that's in their terms of agreement). If you write music for the site be aware of those policies - they can use your stuff for whatever they deem fit without your consent. Just FYI - Sorry, because of that I won't get myself involved.

Yes, I think that's normal ('normal' meaning I do that, too).Ah, the days without sleep that I've had... I remember one time when I got up at 5:30am one day and didn't sleep until 4:00am the day after (that's 46 1/2 hour day, my friends; it doesn't quite beat the 80 hour mark, though - 48 hours is my limit, atm)... I woke up at 2:30pm the next day and I thought my clock was broken, so I tried to 'fix it' and go back to sleep (as I seriously thought it was something like 6:00am)... I think I missed four classes that day and came into my late afternoon class incredibly groggy... No sleep is awesome, isn't it?

Well, what do you know, DD came in here to show us he is still alive. Way to go, thread. Surely it is, but it did it's job, all right . Alright, I'm all good; You may now get back to your 'life' (or whatever you call your excuse not to write for us anymore ). Stupid 'responsibilities'...

I've noticed that a few forums have gotten more attention than before with this new layout (like 'REQUESTS' and 'REMIXING' - the activity has certainly increased significantly since the change). That's good news, for sure... However, although I cannot say for sure, I suspect that the good ol' WIP forum may not get as much attention due to the lack of it being in the forefront of the forums page. I guess time will tell; that would be my main complaint about the new setup, It could lead to fewer people in WIP. Ah well, we gain some and lose some - I believe the benefits outweigh the problems, in this case.

Yes, Schala's theme works very well. As for all of my mistakes, I'm not familiar with any of the instruments that you listed me for being wrong with... probably why I attributed them to other instruments, lol. My bad. As for the guitar (I was talking about the guitar ) I believe the tone sort of threw me off. It makes the sound blend a little too much, making it sound mechanical, for me (That's personal preference, though - nothing wrong with the tone, technically). So was that a Didgeridoo at 1:52, there? I thought it was electronic, but now that you mention it... heh, it sounds very nice. I'm actually a huge fan of 'kick-the-shit-out-of-you' sudden transitions. The psychological impact is awesome... just don't do it for every transition - keep it at once or twice per song to keep the full psychological impact.

It's funny - I'd think that this source would be one of the 'over-mixed' sources on OCR (due to it's awesomeness), yet it only has two or three mixes... How sad. I find the instrumentation to be a bit out of place for the beginning. The guitar is a bit out of place (even if it will be real - it just sounds slapped onto the song, as it is), the pan flute clashes against the guitar, at this point (not note wise, just instrumentation-wise), and the strings are a bit bland. I really like the idea presented at 1:52, though. Very interesting 'Asian' sound to that, combined with some electronic awesomeness. The pan flute is awesome from this point on, as well. If it were me I'd actually start the song there and develop those ideas - that's where it really starts to get going, for me .

Damnit, I wish you would submit to the ORC competitions (link in my sig), this would be an incredible midi to remix for it! Hell, screw the ORC - I may or may not give something a shot, here, anyway As for counterpoint ideas, I don't know if Counterpoint would quite do this justice - however, being the avid Counterpoint fan I am I await what your rendition will sound like with anticipation, OA. As for your dry spells, just listen to more music (and really listen to what the music is doing) - you'll find that eventually you'll hear something that you say 'Hey, why didn't they do this instead?', try it yourself and find out you've just composed something new. Don't throw yourself out of the race just yet - you obviously have the resources (to write midi, which is my favorite medium) and you have some obvious skill, here. The 'creativity' will come in time - don't give up! Don't be hatin'.

My my, no one's entering?! This makes me sad. I'll get something up here, have no fear. Maybe. I put a link to ThaSauce in my signature, by the way, for anyone that needs it.

Maybe, but I'm a western realm player before the patch goes up... and I'll need to start a new guy (I'm still a bit rusty... and careless ).

Louder bass is better. However, could you turn the portamento down on it? It sounds just a little goofy as it is. It sounds like it sweeps up to every note (which doesn't happen on the bass, normally).

Well, sadly your all probably right. I hate to see prospective composers walk away from a great craft due to pride and stupidity, but it's where this kind of thing leads up to (basically agreeing with Snappleman, here). Hey, maybe he'll leave for a while and come back when he musically matures a bit (fat chance, though...). I did get a good quote for my signature from this thread, though - at least SOMETHING good came out of all this .

And yours, as well, Prophecy. Actually, yours is probably worse than mine was (ear infection > cold/flu imo, especially with a composer/remixer). Mine was simply an excuse not to put 100% into my remix .Go, pick an awesome mix for PRC!

Thanks Willrock! That would've bug the hell out of me trying to figure that one out. Youtube... Why didn't I think of that?! Yes, this sounds exactly like the Silver Surfer music, and that's my favorite soundtrack on the NES (the megaman series doesn't even hold up to it - that's pretty incredible). Much love is going to that Wolverine track as well, atm. Sweet, sweet Follin... Why couldn't you do music for purely awesome games (making them even more awesome) rather than making incredible music for terrible games (making them somewhat decent)? Quite a predicament, there (probably why he quit ).

The grace note at 0:14 bleeds into the next note too much - it sounds like a wrong note, as it is. Cut the grace note extremely short. Also, the melody clashes with the harmonies terribly there (the last note of the phrase should be a half step up from that). At 0:20 the melody just sounds out of tune with the harmonies. The repeat has those same problems, too. Those are the notes throwing people off, here. Personally, I don't think it's too bad, myself, other than those bad notes (although the drums are a bit cliche to my ears, but it doesn't bother me that much).

Holy shit, what is the song at 6:32 of the X-men AVGN? I'm making a judgement call, here - a track that amazing sounds like a Follin song, for me, in it's pure bliss. I could be wrong, though, and I'm incredibly curious. Does anyone know anything about that song (I'm guessing it's from the Wolverine game, but I don't own it so I can't tell)?

Here's my comments on that from the voting portion of PRC... The EQing was the only real problem, in my opinion. Otherwise the quirky nature of the music has a real charm that I can't deny - I liked it, in general, it just needed some time put into the mastering stage. It sounds raw, atm.Whether or not your going to tinker with this is irrelevant, though - it's still great .

Which instruments? The brass sounds nice and wet, but a lot of the others are very dry (like the bass). They could use some more, in general, imo. It could be the type of reverb your using, too, so perhaps a different setting or reverb plugin is what's needed, here. As for the bass, you don't need them to be prominent if you don't want them to be, but they could be brought out a bit more than they are (that should make us bass-loving heathens happy). I know what you mean - just a touch would do.

Alright, James, get this through you mind - the people here are trying to help. They tell you what sounds bad so you may fix it and not have it sound bad anymore. Listen to the people here - they know what they're talking about. Everything that I say basically confirms what they're saying, so this isn't anything new. Your mix is not perfect. It, in fact, has a long way to go before achieving that status. It's repetitive, the samples are mediocre (could be made up for with the proper use of reverb, btw), nothing stands out as a theme so the mixing could use an incredible amount of work (please take some time disambiguating the instrumentation, here - nothing is in the forefront nor background - the song sounds like mud, due to this) and finally (and most importantly) I can't find anything new in the music, thus claiming it as yours is pretty close to plagerism. You may be under the impression that it sounds good right now because the source was amazing and you practically repeat it note-for-note (with a few instruments added here and there). It's not your mix, right now - it's Nobuo Uematsu's music that sounds good. We need something that's involves your own rendition of the music in here (the bits you've added do not change the original nearly enough). By the way, I like the solo for the guitar starting at 0:51 seconds, but it is in the background so it doesn't sound like a solo (again, the mixing is terrible). If you don't like constructive criticism (which is all you've gotten here) then I highly recommend not getting into music, at all. I'm serious. Everyone needs constructive criticism to grow as musicians, so if you don't use it your hindering your growth, thus leaving you as a stagnate, mediocre composer for the rest of your days. As much as you don't like it Tensei-san nailed it on the head - your picking and choosing what you like, not considering all of the criticism given. What are your qualifications? What gives you the right to tell people they don't know what they're talking about (and disregard the advice that they spent their time and effort trying to give)? What you've said in this forum shows us you need to mature a bit before posting again - and don't take this lightly, either. Snappleman, that's a great bit of wisdom, there - it's now in my sig. My brother says the same thing... I agree with it completely.