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    OCR02326 - Mega Man 3 & 2 "Magnetic Fireworks"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    Wow very nice Willrock! When I saw this on the front page, I was hoping it just wasn't a direct post of your track from the GRMRB. While, I enjoyed that track a lot, this definitely feels like the definitive version. The expanded length, expanded soundscape, and the tons of nifty transitions and solo elements really stood out in the version. It's a very fun and enjoyable track! Good work!

    For the record, I would never have subbed the original, it just didn't feel like a finished piece of music :)

    Show some love for the newest judge...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    NOW THE PANEL SHOULD HAVE LIKE 4 ACTIVE JUDGES IF NOT MOAR HOPEFULLY THIS MEANS THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE CLEARED UP AND DJP COULD POST A MIX EVERY 3 DAYS AND IF HE DID THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE 300 YEARS TO POST ALL THE SONGS, BY MY ROUGH ESTIMATION

    This.

    Congratulation sand all that lark.

    Also, I now hate you.

    Emu, screw the judges, join with me, and we shall take over and rule OCRemix, as Boat and Rock, and together NO FORCE SHALL STAND IN OUR WAY!!

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

    in Competitions

    Posted

    I thought Sixto uses Drumkit From Hell?

    But yeah, should this version end up going through to refining for OCR (which seems very likely) I'll be sure to consider working on the balancing there for that and the flute. I think I learnt a few new techinques from last night's Punchfest too, so I'll be prepared to see what I can do.

    Thank you again Wes :)

    Sixto has told me himself that he uses Superior Drummer 2. I bet he uses various drum kit plug ins tho :P

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

    in Competitions

    Posted

    My Reviews!

    Gario - Attracted to Power (Magnet Man in Wily Castle 2-1):

    I really enjoyed this remix. It was a great remix of two famous themes done with creativity and flair, and considering the amount of times I've heard both done, I commend you on a job well done. The way themes were used seemed balanced enough to me.

    The Production was nice and clean, but there was some issues with a slightly thin soundscape overall, and some rather iffy samples at a few points. However I do understand that many of these samples were intentionally low-fi so I'm happy to give you the benefit of the doubt. There was also some pops at some minor sections... be sure to keep an eye out for stuff like that.

    As far as this track goes, I found it just on the border of being very enjoyable, thanks to the quirky arrangement style, and the clean if not slightly flawed production. Nice job!

    AkumajoBelmont - Far From Home (Cold Man in Wily Castle 2-1)

    Oh man, this is awesome. I'm really digging the feel of this mix, 80's is my fav decade of music as anyone should have figured out by now, so I'm pretty biased in favour of this stuff. The Arrangement I felt while it did the job seemed slightly lazy to me in some ways... using vocals was a great idea and I give you props, but I felt this dragged on doing pretty much the same thing throughout. Considering the structure of this was basically split into two halfs - Cold man and Wily - the samey feel I get throughout probably isn't a good thing. The Production however is a brighter subject! No issues here, I found it perfect for the style. Everything fit together perfectly, the samples were nice and full, the vocal performance was great... Full marks! Enjoyability was pretty high for me as well, thanks to the 80's feel and the lush soundscape, but because it dragged on a little too long for my tastes, I won't be replaying this over and over in my itunes. However, this is still good enough to hit my top 3 so don't think I be hating! Def a keeper and an awesome job man!

    Mr. L - Glacial Age (Frost Man in Wily Castle 2-1)

    Woah, this is messed up :P In a good way don't worry. It sounds like wily and frost man are stuck in an alternate Icy Universe, all alone, with nothing but ice around them.

    The arrangement is an interesting one. I'll admit that i'm not totally up to speed with frost mans theme, but other than the intro, this sounds like the majority of it is wily. However, the variation on the themes is pretty creative, in someways seems random and improvisational. Very unique arrangement idea for sure that deserves some credit. The production is also interesting. Nothing sounds horrible but nothing sounds drop dead gorgeous either... maybe that was your intention, as it gives this track a very specific feel to it. It feels very minimal overall, again, intentional? This is a bizzare mix and honestly, i'm not sure how to go about critiquing it... its very ambient and the piano needs some EQing to fit in the soundscape better... I feel you could have really gone mad with some crazy effects and had alot of fun with textures... something to try next time maybe? :D My only other critique for you is that you have quite a few dissonant sections in your track, which didn't quite work out for me.

    As far as enjoyability goes, this sort of music isn't really my thing so I probably won't be keeping it, sorry! However, credit were credit is due for a unique sounding mix which seems to have been a successful attempt at getting a specific feel. This is mood music and pretty good mood music at that. Well Done Mr. L!

    Chernabogue - Glitch in the System (Crash Man in Wily Castle 2-1):

    Cool drum intro man, really digged that percussion, also, lol at the voice samples, I actually thought they were used well here. Pretty funny stuff.

    The Arrangement was a little iffy, it seemed like there was a slight bias to crash man, not that there is anything wrong with that but I would have liked to see some more wily myself. There wasn't too much variation, things stuck relatively close to the source but there was a neat groove and some cool little sections in here (like the intro and outro)

    The Production was ok, things were slightly muddy overall, there was minor compression, generic sounding samples, and at the wily section, things got a little thin overall. All small things but they added up.

    Crash man was handed well overall, but wily... what happened there? at 1:43 onwards the bass just starts to do its own thing, and ends up clashing with wilys theme quite badly... something tells me there is an intentional reason behind this but I just couldn't get into that part of the track. The Outro was ace tho, I wish you'd have carried on there.

    Overall, not a terrible mix but not the best of the bunch. Well done Chernabogue!

    Neblix - Light Your Way (Flash Man in Wily Castle 2-1):

    I have to say, Neblix has been one of the people to really look out for in these compos thanks to his continued development of his style. More Electronic goodness from Neblix, but things start off more mellow in the intro, which was a big plus overall... some pretty neat sequencing going on there.

    The arrangement wasn't bad at all... the sources are used evenly and there was some cool personalizations on the themes. The structure was awesome... all good stuff.

    The production had some minor muddiness overall but it packed a punch for sure and all the samples were good. It feels like its slightly unfinished and unpolished to me but its a fair effort on the production side of things.

    I for one really dig this overall - awesome dynamic range between the different sections and it all fits in well. One of the highlights of the round imo, well done Neblix!

    Geoffio - Mr. X was Wily the WHOLE TIME (Tomahawk Man in Wily Castle 2-1):

    I have to say, this mix started out fairly promising. But there is one thing that kills this mix and its the dissonance. Intentional or not, it just didn't do it for me, and really affected my voting for this track overall. The production wasn't terrible, things were a bit muddy, and the samples were a bit iffy (mainly that guitar) but its not terrible. The main issue with this mix for me was the dissonance - fix that and it would have really improved this mix on my ranking of the 12 tracks. Keep at it Geoffio! :D

    Phonetic Hero - No Ticket! (Charge Man in Wily Castle 2-1)

    There is alot to like here! Good energy levels for sure, I dig it.

    I wasn't too keen on the arrangement... the sources were both used evenly from what I can tell, and there was some cool variations going on, but alot of this seemed to have a dissonant flavour which I wasn't quite digging.

    The production was ok, but it was slightly overcompressed, as well as muddy. The sound design wasn't low, but the sounds were a little generic I felt. I've heard much worse.

    However, the energy and overall feel on this won me over - I found myself tapping my foot. Its not without its flaws but its a pretty neat mix overall... Well done!

    Rexy - The Root of All Things (Plant Man in Wily Castle 2-1):

    I've been a fan of Rexy's music pretty much since the beginning of my time at OCR, so I've been looking forward to her contributions here! Does she deliver? Yes yes yes! The style is a sort of cool fusion of rock and ethnic, and it works very well. The arrangement itself is pretty creative... I was having some trouble picking out plant man but what I heard was great arrangement wise.

    Production wasn't bad... I'd heard from some people that there was mixing issues or something, I dunno, it feels like its lacking some bass frequencies that would help ground this thing better and the drums felt a little buried but production didn't seem so bad to me. There was some cool synths throughout that I digged, but I found myself getting slightly put off at times by slight timing issues, which were few, but notable enough for me to hear.

    As for the track itself... I dig it. Something about it didn't grab me in comparison with one or two other tracks but it got my foot tapping for sure.

    Rexy, you're awesome and carry on doing what you do because you do it well!

    Amphibious - Shadows of Wily (Shadow Man in Wily Castle 2-1):

    Now then! I wasn't expecting something with this much energy but DAYM this delivers in a big way for me. I'm a sucker for good rock music and this is good rock music. The arrangement for me is one of the strongest in the compo so far, I really digged the way that shadow man and wily were fused together in the intro, thats how it should be done kids! Arrangement didn't reach the heights of the intro quite after the fact, but there was some really cool harmonies in the guitars and cool chord changes to keep me interested. I do wish it was a little longer tho!

    The production came off as slightly, but overall this was pretty good production wise... good samples (that drum kit sounds midish tho! :P) awesome guitar tone, and the soundscape was nice and full.

    Out of all the mixes, this was my fav. I just really digged the arrangement and the feel too much I guess. I have no hesitation to call this my 1st place mix! Awesome work Amphibious, I want moar!

    Emunator - whatever.jpg (Bubble Man in Wily Castle 2-1):

    Emunator has been a interesting musician in the sense than he started critiquing music before arranging. Since he started tho, he's put out some really nice piano improvs, and he continues the trend here.

    As far as the arrangement goes, i'm not hearing much bubble man. I'm hearing alot of wily, and its arranged well considering the structure seems improvised, but bubble man i'm not getting here :(

    Production is fine, its solo piano, but the sample is great and its mixed well and sounds gorgeous.

    Personally, slow improv piano isn't really my thing so this didn't quite get in my top 3 but you get props for your treatment of wily, even if I couldn't hear any bubble man.

    Nice work Emu! :P

    Obtuse - Smooth Heat (Heat Man in Wily Castle 2-1):

    This one started quick! :P It ALMOST doesn't have an intro I fear but I can let that slide I guess :P

    I really digged the drums here, a really nice rhythm you've got going on.

    The arrangement was ok... it felt rather conservative, not too much variation but you got both sources in there evenly as far as I can tell.

    Production was pretty decent... the samples were ok, it sounded clean... not bad stuff at all. The soundscape was thin overall however, and one or two of the sounds seemed a little over processed.

    The track is alot of fun but I felt ultimately it dragged slightly. Not a bad effort by any means, keep it up Obtuse!

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

    in Competitions

    Posted

    might be a moot point by now, but one thing i've just done was to show people how simplifying the votes properly would have ended up changing everything.

    Right now, My team (block rockin beats) is 5 points ahead with 64 in the voting tally.

    So I found the right number to divide 64 by so it would be closest to five, and rounded it up/down (which is 13).

    If I divide the voting tally by 13 for every track and round to the closest whole number, the points system goes like this:

    Block Rockmen Beats - 5

    Bad Guy Robots From Mega Man - 4

    The Beat Busters - 4

    The Hard Men - 4

    Blue Bomber Brother Hood - 4

    The Concrete Men - 3

    Cold Steel - 2

    Dr. Lights Luminosity legion - 2

    The Mega Ballers - 2

    The GentleMasters Club - 1

    Notice the difference? I sure do. Just a quick observation, go back to your prophecy tallying :D

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

    in Competitions

    Posted

    This all comes down to a matter of perpective. As far as I can tell rexy, the only reason you don't want this other voting system is because under it, some mixes will do much worse than others whereas with the system right now, it would level the playing field up to the fourth vote. Of course, that sounds great for those who are doing worse and will probably make some others feel better who didn't vote well last time. However the voting system is too simplified for those at the top of the ranking board, which is where the flaw is realised. You see, where it levels out people who didn't do as well, it divides the top 3 by a considerable amount even if they didn't do so much better than say the 4th or 5th placed tracks. Therefore, this new system is giving a very fragmented view of how well these tracks actually placed. And because the system is so fragmented, it has the potential to change the final outcome.

    Which do people prefer? A safer but fragmented voting system designed to try and keep people getting upset at massively low scores? Or a more in-depth and ultimately more realistic voting system which might upset those if they feel the voting should have gone differently?

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

    in Competitions

    Posted

    Since people are talking about the voting system, I'd like to add that I think this voting system is slightly silly, and this is coming from someone who right now would really benefit from the current system. The reason for this basically what everyone else has stated... if people voted for the wrong group, then it hasn't really made a difference.

    Not to mention, you've got to count up the votes anyway. Why can't we just count up the amount of votes we've got and just have a separate sheet for each round. Its got to be done anyway, and at the end, just add the votes for each team up. I'm guessing that this system might have something to do with giving other teams who have less experience a chance by tieing everyone 4th place and below but its an unfair system because its not a realistic showing of how the votes went in each round. Its great for the teams that win but its devastating for those that get 4th or below if the top ranks were close to begin with. My team placing 1st to 4th was basically down to a few points and because we got a few more, we are - thanks to this new system - way ahead of those who didn't do as well.

    I've probably said the same thing as people below me but I feel that goes to show that because many of us are of the same mind, it might be worth reconsidering the way the votes are being tallied.

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

    in Competitions

    Posted

    Did everyone bring their A game for the first round and then trail off for this one? What happened?

    I think thats a little harsh as well, but interesting you aren't the only one with that opinion i've spoken to.

    I do think that the first round had a more consistent output (but lets be honest, it was a fucking great round) but this has had some great mixes come out of it as well. Over half of these I plan to keep, which is probably the same as last rounds output considering it was smaller, and these days i'm much more critical of music overall so I'd say its a triumph

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