Nabeel Ansari

Don't you agree with me Haha just kidding. However he doesn't have to get a real person for a violin, just find a better sample for it. Same for other instruments.

Nice, but when those strings come in it sorta drowns out the flute/clarinet/whatever the hell it is. Try lowering the volume a teeny bit on the strings. Be careful with that rhythm, it doesn't sound like things are starting when they are supposed to start. The measure placement seems a bit off in some places, make sure you don't start something too early or too late in terms of # of beats away from the start of a measure. Pretty good other wise. Try upping the bitrate to 192, it'll improve the quality (a LOT). As for the too long to upload... well... have some patience. If your file is over 6 MB lower the bitrate until it's 6 or below MB. Can you please provide source links?

"Failure is not an option" for some odd reason, that gives me the idea you guys will be pissed off if I give up on this. :/ (sarcasm) Don't worry, I might change some instruments too. I used some Soundgoodizer here and there and I got this:

WHOA SLOW DOWN THERE MAN HE can't submit this with a simple change of instruments. ... Okay maybe he can. But it's only 2:06! He should expand it some more. Why submit a GOOD version when he can make a BETTER version?

He didn't ask when the next one is. He asked WHAT the next one is. I don't know what projects are next but I do hope someone steps up for Metroid Prime or an Ace Attorney soundtrack.

That's an mp3 version I created by putting your MIDI through Fruityloops I put it through a piano soundfont to give it a real nice human feel... NOTE: I don't own this song I just did him a little kindness by putting it through Fruityloops with a real piano sound. I don't think it's very easy to critique a MIDI. Probably the best thing you've done so far? That's an understatement. Next to "Those Who Fight" (Advent Children piano version), this is probably the best piano piece I've ever heard. Minus the solo which could use a little more human and less machine gun-ny effect.

Ugh, do I HAVE TO? lol Just kidding I'll get to it eventually.

Okay, Snare and "desolate" soundscape. Desolation = forsaken or abandoned Could you find a better word than "desolate"?

Yup... :/ Any other problems with the remix besides the drum soundfont I used?

Yeah I was going for the big drum/rim shot stuff Shariq uses but I don't wanna sound like I'm copying him. He's already done Prime remixes and some of my ideas borrow heavily from his already. I don't wanna become the 2nd Darkesword, if ya don't mind. (If Shariq took any offense to that then let me restate that: I don't wanna become a 2nd ANYONE.)

I don't understand why you're kicking yourself out. You get no sympathy from me. I'm mean to myself enough. Anyways, my next version if up with some minor velocity tweaks, I also increased how long the synth stuff holds out on the end for an interesting ending.

Alright, enough of your reminiscing. First of all, don't curse on my WIP thread. I don't appreciate cursing. AT ALL. Alrighty then: "Then don't ask for our help if you're going to be that way." Eeeeexcuse me? Since when did I say "Well I can't EQ so this remix is good to go!" Never. Never ever. Never ever forever never for never ever. I do agree my mix velocities tend to become a bit... overpowering. If not a lot. I need to lower some stuff. Or just heighten the drums. Anyways, I may be having a sort of problem. Is my melody mixed up? Are the first and second halves switched? Because in Shariq's Torvus Clockwork remix, he did it completely reverse of what my Prime 2 melody is. (I'm talking about the C E F as oppose to High-C D A)

I got some new free Asian instrument samples (The drums are external, they aren't part of the samples) so I played around and got this. Should I do something with it? The sampler is called DSK Asian Dreamz

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY SOMEONE ELSE DOING A PRIME REMIX. Onto the crit: Well first of all your choir sound is really... fake-ish. And the rhythm is completely different from the drum (not in the sense of time signature, but it sounds like you created a drum beat, and then you just pasted it together. Doesn't really fit, ya know) All of your sounds are kinda fake-ish for the first half. I liked when you got to the actual theme, but it sounded just like the source. I like when it got to the trance though. HOWEVER A very recurring problem is your rhythm, your leads and your drums don't sound very cooperative with each other. I agree *nodnod* It's no fair Shariq gets the credit for doing Metroid Prime remixes, it's no help that his little brother gets it either. We need more people (unrelated by blood is preferred) on the Prime Soundtrack. :/

I think I might use more Eastern drums. :/ EDIT: HOT OFF THE PRESS!!! ..er, FRESH OUT OF THE OVEN!!! ... whatever. Added some harmony for the Prime 2 Theme (in the second half of it) NOTE: I AM STILL WORKING ON TRANSITIONS... BEAR WITH ME. As for my snare, I gave it some thought. As much as it pains me to say this I'm gonna keep it the way it is for the final version (You can flame all ya want on how I'm ignoring good advice but remember it's my remix not yours. :] ). When the final version is done and submitted and the judges have a problem with the snare, then I'll give it a go. The Galaxy is Saved by The Hope, The Hunter is The Hope Too long? How about: The Hope of The Galaxy I think that's a suitable name. Skip 2:10 for a gong strike, kinda eliminates some of the transition into Prime1 problem (if not the whole problem)

I don't know what to fix though. You say "Fix the snare" I ask "how?" You say cut out something I don't know what to cut out. :/

I already said previously: I can't EQ. I can't hear this magical stuff you find a problem with.

Yeh I know it's always up top because you guys always bump it with your drum crits and your EQ issues...

??? ... Again: ??? I just noticed this WIP thread has the most posts, besides James The Composer's FFVII and Essence of Lime. Maybe people aren't used to seeing Metroid Prime Remixes... (BECAUSE WE NEED MORE OF EM! GET TO WORK PEOPLE, THERE'S A WHOLE UNTOUCHED SOUNDTRACK THERE)

No I mean stuff that people like, not music like his. xD :/ It's spelled "special". xD You actually wrote more letters in the misspelling which is kind of weird.

0_0' Just think I'll be writin' stuff like Torvus Clockwork and Just a Little More in 5-6 years time. By that time I won't need the WIP board anymore, I think I'll just develop an ear for all this "jarring frequencies" stuff that you guys can magically detect. As far as the rhythm for the drum, I'm not really gonna change it. HOWEVER!!! I WILL change the snare's SOUND (EQ/Replacement sound). Also I might introduce some new stuff later with hi hats if enough people whine for it. My rhythm has a bit of a stop start feel to it, I'll put some stuff in to keep it flowing. As for the transitions, I'm trying figure out the gong sound Shariq used in Torvus Clockwork. EDIT: 1:45 That break of silence after the piano climbs down is intentional and I have no intention of changing it. Right now I'm trying to figure out which frequency to kill on my snare...

I started seriously remixing half a year ago...

It doesn't really go anywhere... It just: Really quiet intro... oh hey look some soft drums... oh nice, a flute... This is boring... it's the same thing and there's a little chiming thing in the background... same old drums... oh look he put a synth in now it's building up!!! ... where did it go there's just a little chimey thing... It does go somewhere. The whole song is like a really big, straight pathway, with the same trees and same bushes and same grass along the way. And it ends... with nothing. That was a good buildup you had going there but it was wasted when you brought the whole thing down again. IT'S ALL THE SAME. VARIETY VARIETY VARIETY!!! Change it up! Don't just add stuff, take stuff out, create different stuff! That synth in the ending was a little annoying, it was goin "Da-da-da-da-da-da-da" Really fast and it was kinda weird because the only thing with it was that slow celestia/ glockenspiel whatever.

I'm very inexperienced, I'm not sure what to put where, I like how it sounds right now but... I can change it... but the changes I make aren't always for the better... they're usually never for the better. xD Unless this is something more objective than subjective, I'm not entirely having a problem with the soundscape. HOWEVER if you guys nag me enough I'll change it. xD

It's 4:00. xD Taking out the 30 sec part will make it 3:30. I don't really want people to see what my earlier versions sounded like... so no. Sorry. :/ Can you explain more about the soundscape? It doesn't seem that frozen to me. UPDATE: I did some tweaking on the Prime 1 section, it's a little less annoying now.