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  1. Gario
    I have every intention of finishing the track - removing the rather slapped together ending, improve the dirty bass sound and lean on the strings less are a few of the things that the song really needs. I do hope when Zircon and McVaffe look at the music they take that into consideration, as being considered for the album is the sole reason I joined (I couldn't actually use the prizes, for the most part, save for Zircon's discography).
  2. Gario
    Alright, Deia has enough attention going to her in this thread. Now we all need to give praise to the genius that guides her every action. ALL HAIL JOOJCAT!
  3. Gario
    Woo, thanks for the thread, everyone! The cake is awesome, too - I'd so want to use a butcher knife on it while shouting 'EVERYONE'S GRUDGE!!', then point out the obvious irony of the situation after cutting the little bastard up... yeah, those guys always game me trouble... fucking stepmine. Only thing missing is the 'Nice Birthday' - it's just not a complete birthday without Coop's blessing, is it?
  4. Gario
    Hmm... One thing that perks my interest is the whole Rack Extensions deal that's coming with 6.5. So from what I gather, it's essentially a development tool for 3rd party developers to create their own Reason rack devices (much like how other programs have VSTs, though it's not the same thing)? 'Cause that'd be pretty freakin' awesome.
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    I think Zircon had a thread for that, though it's more like an 'Ask for a synth and we all can see if we can provide' thread. It's close enough, though.
  6. Gario

    Ooo, I like what you did with those changes. Yeah, that's what that last section needed, there.

    Not much else that I can add to this one - it's sounding quite good, to me. Good luck, and thanks for the b-day wishes! :)

  7. Gario
    Well, you put the extra work into it, and I suspect it'll pay off in the panel. There's really not much else that I can say about this one - good luck!
  8. Gario
    Melodically, yes, it's almost all distinctive (except the repeat in 1:44-2:02 - that's nearly a verbatim repeat, there) but structurally it repeats six times. Your harmonic and bass line from 1:34-1:43 repeats in precisely the same manner. Like I said, it sounds like you added some nice flourishes to what is in essence the same thing - melodic and timbrel changes aren't enough if the structure itself feels repetitive. Also, as I mentioned before there's the power of two rule that you break with that section, too (repeating the bass pattern six times, not two, four or eight times), so it feels asymmetrical. In my opinion, one of the repeats from 1:44 - 2:02 and the 2:21-2:29 section could be removed entirely and create a much smoother effect, overall. I don't think you'd even need to make any transition between parts; just straight up remove those parts and it would make that section sound much better. My opinion remains pretty close to what it was. You don't have to make any changes, of course, but I feel like it would clean up the middle section considerably, if you did.
  9. Gario
    Hey everyone! Drop Bass Zone Source: Got a mix I'm going to send through the panel. I'd like to have a few more sets of ears take a gander at this and see if there's anything that I should do with it. There's one or two spots that I'll probably shorten by a bar or so, but otherwise I'm thinking it's pretty close to OCR standard, here. Any thoughts and critiques are appreciated.
  10. Gario
    O rly? It looks like Brandon is having a tough time with Wildfire this round, and if I get through this time around I've got some pretty epic ideas that I'm going to be employing against my opposition, too. On the other side, Amphibious has been consistently awesome throughout the compo, so it's entirely possible for Rexy to be knocked out, as well. I'm honestly confused by your statement, there - no one at this point has been lagging enough in this compo for anyone to make any sort of prediction.
  11. Gario

    Sorry I can't be any more specific than that, but there are things where it's purely an artistic choice. I can give suggestions, but as far as exactly where to add these things you'll just need to experiment and play it by ear.

    Just sprinkle a few in your last section - it won't take very many decorations to keep it distinct enough from the first section. Best of luck with it.

  12. Gario

    Hmm, that's an area that I can't tell you too much more detail on. For me, it's really a 'feel' sort of thing. Personally, I like to add the decorations to accents in a melody line - peaks and valleys are great places to make variations to, for example, as well as notes that land on the beat. Everyone is different, though.

    When it comes to decoration, there's almost no wrong way to do it. You say you don't see where it could fit, but in reality decorations are, by design, able to fit anywhere - because they're 100% cosmetic and not structural, there's no way to put it 'in the wrong spot'. If you're completely unable to find a place to insert the decorations then 'drop the needle' somewhere in the third section of your track and add a decoration in a random spot, see if it works. If so, great, if not then simply undo the action and try another spot. Or try some of the suggested places that I mentioned.

  13. Gario
    Yeah, DJ-T-MayN, everyone needs to start somewhere. No one minds that you participated - no one is worse off for it, and you get better by doing things like this. In fact, you should do stuff like this more often, as most of us would love to have you join in the other compos on the site.
  14. Gario
    Happy birthday, NOOBS!! ... ... yeah, I'm just jealous of the cake. I wish I had one like that.
  15. Gario
    I'm not planning on sleeping. EDIT: I followed through with my plan, and my body is telling me that was a bad fucking idea. Oh well, at least I got my mix finished - time to do a little mastering and send it in. EDIT 2: Submitted. Be very afraid, this one's a beast.
  16. Gario
    I misread the post, I thought they wrote the soundtrack. It's less impressive when they're just featuring tracks from Arch Enemy. Not that it's a bad thing, but I wanted the chance to do an OCR arrangement of an Arch Enemy track...
  17. Gario
    D'aww, no sub from me. I dunno, I just wasn't feeling like I wanted to submit that one. Eh, people can always go on my Newgrounds account and find it there, if they want to compare. Actually, I don't submit too many tracks - I suspect if I did I'd have quite a few that would be waiting to be posted (rather than one, probably another on the way when the panel gets it). Oh well, this was a fun match-up, when it happened. We actually had a similar style going with our chippiness, though yours was certainly bouncier. The arrangement was alright for your track (personal preference to my own, though; I guess you can't blame me, lol), and the production was really great. I'm glad to see this one up here - it was a very fun track.
  18. Gario
    Wait, Arch Enemy is on the soundtrack for this?! Fuck, now I actually kind of want to play it.
  19. Gario
    Even if you don't finish, you can do what I did for the FFVI compo and slap an ending on what you have so far and submit it, then finish it later. It sucks when it comes down to that, but it's better than a blank submission (despite how the submitter may feel about it, the listeners always appreciate a submission, even if it's incomplete). Maybe it won't come to that, though - you still have one day left, so best of luck.
  20. Gario
    Yeah, I was thinking of adding the flourishes to the melodic line. Grace notes, a trill here and there and some additional passing motion would be enough, I think.
  21. Gario
    Well, I'll put it to you this way - with what I've got now (minus the flatulence), I can safely say that if you were not on the receiving end of this track you'd enjoy it quite a lot. In other words, it's coming along great.
  22. Gario
    Well, as expected this is turning out to be the most interesting track that I've made for the compo, so far. Interpret that as you will . Also, I'm not nearly bored with my source, yet. The Street Fighter compo I was getting burnt out on my choice, but this time around I have a whole lot of ideas yet to be incorporated.
  23. Gario
    Saying that this objectifies women is like saying Blazing Saddles is racist. It goes so far over that line that it's impossible to be offended by it.
  24. Gario
    I have one single sound produced. It is an awesomely amazing sound, but it is a single sound, nonetheless. It's a pretty perfect sound, though, and I bet everyone will know what that sound is when they listen to it. So my mix is coming along exactly as I planned it - rushed on the last two days, built around a very particular thing. It's kind of how I work.
  25. Gario
    MOD REVIEW: Lowering the song a semi-tone actually makes it sound a bit richer, in my opinion. I like that change, and it's not like people will notice if this gets posted, eh? The piano does sound considerably more human in this version (I'm hearing more variation in the one particular part that I mentioned earlier, so nice work). For the sake of OCR, I think it's humanized enough. I could still imagine it better, but that's just the pianist in me speaking - you've done well bringing it up. A small point about the last section of the track, though; it's a touch too repetitive, for my tastes. You do change it up from the first section a little bit, but there are a few melodic parts that repeat the first section note-for-note that stand out in a monotonous way, for me. It'd really just be a matter of adding trills and maybe some grace notes (and perhaps an improvised line rather than the source melody, too) to fix that issue in the last section, though. I'd recommend adding a few of these flourishes to it before submitting. Fortunately, that's all cosmetics and generally quite easy to do, so that shouldn't be too much trouble (in comparison to more humanization, at least). Other than that, I'd give it a pass for OCR. Add some fun little piano decorations to the last section and send this one off. Nice work, and I hope to see this one on the front page.
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