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Very nice. The compression is mostly dealt with i'd say. I think you have alot of bass frequencies clogging up your bottom end at points, and sometimes your backing instrumentation gets lost, due to overcrowding, altho only slightly... might be worth trying to clear stuff out. However, I'd say this is solid enough to pass. I'd sub it, but it might be worth putting in some extra polish first just to be sure Just bare in mind that you need 50% source usage to pass, you hit that and you shouldn't have too many problems I wouldn't have thought.

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Everyone remembers you as that horrible 13 year old remixer from the WIP forums? I wouldn't call you that. You're that horrible 15 old remixer from the WIP forums You've heard my opinion on this tho, chill-blahblahblah-epic-blahblahblah-chillagain-blah. Aww yeah.

First off, i'll say nice source tune - wanted to remix this one for a while myself This is a pretty cool take on the theme. I'm hearing what I think is deadmau5 influence, but i'm not totally sure seeing as Ben Briggs (chthonic) and halc are currently doing the whole deadmau5 thing (or so they say, I don't listen to his music) and this has some similar characteristics with their music which is what i'm basing that on This mix reminds me of Spoiled R0TT3N - Ben Briggs. On to the critique - good mixing, and a really creative arrangement, props on that solo at 0:56 onwards. However, I think this has a few small flaws production wise. The first is over-compression. Its not too noticable and is somewhat needed in the whole electro-house thing you have going on but the execution could be better. I think you need a stronger kick than what you have right now because the compression is more noticeable without a powerful kick to drive the track and the more rock style drums at other points in the mix doesn't quite fit with the amount of compression you have going on right now. The compression is especially noticeable at 0:57 onwards, and other similar styled sections like it. The style transitions work well btw, I don't find myself alienated at all by the variety in styles shown here. I think this plays it a little safe with the basic waveform synths you have, but there is some more diverse sound design that saves it. I think the drum samples, while passable, could be better tho. Arrangement seems a little liberal at points, but I'm cool with it as is. Nice work there I think this just needs a little more polish on the production, namely the compression, and maybe some more complex sound design, and then it should be ready for submission imo. Nice work!

Sup Jewbie. First off - nice source tune, gotta love Naruto. It depends on how you treat the rest of the mix source wise, but the intro you can get away with as far as source usuage is concerned imo. Sounds like everything is slightly over saturated in reverb atm, but other than that, the production sounds crisp, and really tight. That first lead you use (the one you use as a call and response with the flute - sound slightly too detuned to me, but that won't bother most people. Not going to comment on the flute as its just a place holder for awesome. What you have right now is a good base. Expand and variate, and you'll have yourself a winner for sure!

OMG NOT ANOTHER ZEAL MIX. That aside, pretty good stuff what you got so far man. I think its a generally solid mix with some quirks. You got a good style going that is reminiscent of halc. You have some good variations on the source that work well and some generally nice and creative ideas that make this one really nice to listen to. A few things that stand out to me that should be fixed tho: The sine lead which carries the melody at 0:30ish is pretty strong in the mids, bring down the EQ around 500-1Khz so it doesn't sound so piercing. The volume gating at 1:00 is a nice idea but the execution leaves alot to be desired, it just throws me off completely, it almost sounds like the track pauses before each beat for a split second to me, throws off my sense of timing. Nice idea, but that bit needs work. You have some quite nice synths, but some of them leave something to be desired in the sound design department (like that bell lead at 1:50ish), altho I can fly with the fact that its a stylistic choice. The sawtooth writing at 2:35 is awesome as hell, but the leads get lost in the mix as the sawtooth gets louder. I'd suggest EQing the sawtooth to make more room for the lead to breath The transition at 3:09 is rather abrupt, I'd try and ease that slightly. The only other issue I have is that things get slightly muddy the busier the track gets, and it does go on a little (I started to lose interest after the 5 minute mark) The ending is cool but it seems to cut off abruptly, was expecting it to sort fade out longer. I'd say, its flawed, but its enjoyable. In its current state, I think its lacking too much polish, the arrangement and production are good, but there are some poorly executed transitions, and some unpolished mixing going on here that brings this one down slightly. I'm not positive this would pass the judges as is, but with some TLC, this should pass imo Nice work man

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Currently following this. Hope that the casualties from this are minimal, and I hope OCR people currently stuck in the middle of this are ok.

@ Guitahheroe: Everyone different. I tend to do it all at once, Mixing, Mastering, Arrangement. Most people would probably go :0 at that but it works for me. @Gar23: I just found the source and liked it. Never played the game but apparently its a good one

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Docnano? What rock did you crawl out of then? this is better than the average newbie work on ocr. In fact, i'd go as far as saying this is one of the best remixes i've ever heard, the arrangement is fantastic and the production is great, the piano and violin both sound perfect to me. I've just done a source count, which is the only thing that would stop this from getting passed the panel at ocr. There is well over 50% source by my count, I'm 99% sure this will pass, if not get a DP. Sub it, it deserves the exposer, and you guys deserve a pat on the back for a job well done. Great job!

Awww I almost wish you no'd it right there for epic lulz (no offense halc, ur mix IS good <3)

The Lion King is the King of disney films for me (no pun intended) I gotta say, this film looks pretty funny, might go and see it if I can

LOL he played it live dude Nice mix Proto. A bit short, but more than a bit AWESOME.

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Nien. I refuse to accept that what is probably going the biggest ocr album this year not have a listening party. I'll organize it MYSELF if I have to.

I think you both have a point. Yes, the OP should be grateful - and he did say he was as well - and OCR should probably get more credit for what they do right. Its very hectic behind the scenes I'd imagine, and they are doing this for free, for fans of VG music. But that doesn't mean that telling us about problems shouldn't happen, or that ocr should just decide "not to release an album" or w/e. If you ask me, ocr are bound to make some sort of mistake at some point (like putting in the wrong MP3 of Drowning Blue) but shit happens, and instead of attacking ocr saying they "aren't professional enough" or that they don't have an acceptable degree of quality, people should respect the work that has gone into the release, tell ocr the problem without being a douche about it, and ocr will fix any issues that are wrong on their end. Its all about methods of communication. People have the right to tell ocr if something is wrong with the release, but they don't have to bite the hand that feeds them to do it.

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Disc 2 Review 1: WillRock - Champions Horizon Not sure what to say about this one that you guys don't already know. As far as length of time to complete comes to mind, I'm pretty sure this one takes the grand prize for the longest for me to finish as it was over a year before it was done from the point I started it. I wanted to capture that grand majestic feel of the original and rock it to shreds later. Wasn't completely happy with my guitar work (I never am) but I did manage to get some good stuff going in this. 2: Insert Rupee - Precious Metals The combination of halc and Ben Briggs has seen to be one of ocrs biggest collab artists, whos tracks have become classics in the community. This track is soon to join them, I love this one. Some interesting use of pokemon crys that i'm not sure quite worked the way they could have done. That said, this is a solid remix that deserves a place on your play list. 3: WillRock - Slowpoke Shuffle Seems like all my tracks are scrunched up together in one spot. Partly my fault as I helped with the tracklist. That said, this was a bit of departure from my usual style, going for world music with some pop music sensibilities. Not sure the production on this one really stands up to how good it is now, and some of the sound choices make me wonder what I was smoking, but this is an OLD track. Like... i'm not even sure, it might predate all my posted mixes in terms of when I made it. 4: Mattias Häggström Gerdt, GSlicer - Casino Lounge A fun fact: I JOINED this project to remix the lucky number theme, and it was already done T_T. Kinda a killjoy, but it got quite a cool treatment from these guys. I'm not sure if I like the source more... I reckon I probably do. Not to say this is bad, but I didn't find it grabbed me as much as some of the other tracks on the album. 5: DragonAvenger, Chrono - Divine Olivine This one had just been finished when I joined the project, I remember it being judged for project approval (We had a judging system where everyone would chip in as to whether it was up to standard) This one has been a personal favourite for about 2 years now. Nostalgic bliss. 6: Jiggy Choir - DragonAvenger Oh god. This ALMOST didn't make it on the album. I remember when I first heard this, it had been done some time before I joined the project, and I was surfing the WIP forums and found this. DA had done it as a joke and I thought it was one of the funniest and most awesome things i'd ever heard. Responses had been similar so I, along with others pushed to get this on the album. Its a bit of a black sheep, just a jiggysong placed in the middle of the album, but JEEZE, ITS SO GOOD. 7: Protodome - Home Is Where the Luvdisc Is... Its Protodome again! He dances! (I think) He sings! He EVEN PLAYS THE SAX. Seems like protodome has a bag full of tricks, and this is a short but sweet track from The master of jazz/chiptune. Might be a bit too short, but there is alot of reply value here. Can't say I know the source but that doesn't really matter. Great stuff, a bit too short to be a highlight tho, it comes and goes. Also proves proto is the worlds worst at pun titles 8: halc - My friend Mudkip So I herd u leik ths remixez. U do? Of course you do, and I do too. Genesis drums, and chiptune stuff. I think it comes off as a bit "safe" but there is nothing wrong or remotely bad with this remix. If you like halcs standard chips, eat your heart out. Good stuff. 9. The Orichalcon - Argent Vexemon Industrial stuff from an old face - the Orichalcon, He had some remixes posted before my time, and lots of them. Pretty interesting stuff. The source is slightly miss with me. Has a nice riff but the arpeggios don't quite fit with me, which I would have fixed. Generally, this is a pretty good remix. If you like the style, you'll love it to bits, but its not for everyone. 10: Protodome - May I Have This Swords Dance You might have noticed by now, but protodome pretty much owns this whole album. He's done some chiptunes, sang, played sax, done some jazz, and all this climaxes with this remix, which is my personal favourite of protodomes, and probably my favorite on the album. The sax playing is this is fantastic, really soulful and expressive, and its just a pleasure to listen to. Put in some rather keyboardy piano sound, really cool jazzy chords played on a synthisizer, some glitchy drums, and you have yourself a masterful remix. Its everything thats good about protodome in one remix. Get this one, its essential. 11: Fishy, Andy Jane - Super Effective If I remember correctly, Andy Jane did this arrangement and fishy spiced it up with guitars, bass and drums. Good Collab strategy. Fishy also proves he can shred like a manic in his one, with some fantastic legato playing. 12: halc, Protodome, WillRock - Bullet for My Piloswine Haha! The title and intro were both protodomes idea. He gets full credit for EVERYTHING. With that out of the way, I had the idea of doing a 3 way collab, and asked protodome and halc if we should collab. It became apparent quick that we all liked Route 225 so we decided to remix it. The idea at the end was for everyone to do certain parts of the instrumentation, but protodome and halc got kinda bored with it and left me to finish it off. I think it was still good regardless however, and they brought more than enough to the table to leave their mark on this rather breakthrough mix for me. 13: pu_freak - Journey's end I made a track called journeys end as well. Pu Freak, stop stealing my titles. I love the way this goes from bullet to journeys end, its just so fitting, and a perfect way to end the album. This is another nostalgia blast, and a great way to end a fantastic 2 disc set. Well, thats my thoughts on all the tracks here. As a remixer on this album, I hope you guys enjoyed this album, my tracks included

You DO realise that the anime came second to the games right? The games came first, they have NOTHING whatsoever to do with 4kids, and you sir, are an asshat

Review Time! Going to go through them one at a time, post personal thoughts etc Track 01: Fishy - Game On Hah I remember the first time I heard this. Thought it was amazing then. Still do. 20 Seconds of pure awesome, and folks, a little tip for you - THIS is how you start off a remix album in style Track 02: Level 99 - The Mighty Mighty Pokemon I've never really thought the Pokemon main theme was iconic of sorts, it doesn't stick in my brain when I hear it on the gameboy. That said, this rendition is pretty rockin, and level 99 really did justice to this theme. Also, the tempo change was a pretty neat idea and really gave that added OMPH when it was needed. Nice work man Track 3: halc - Shades of Red Three guesses what this tune is from the first 5 seconds. I wasn't sure how halcs stuff would sit with me at first regarding the first two gameboy games in the series, because remixing 8-bit to chiptune seems kind of... I wouldn't say pointless, but I generally perfer to hear non chiptune takes on chiptune sources. halc (Halc? start of sentence, w/e) really made this work however. Rhodes with chiptune is nice. Tons of cool personalisation in this as well which really makes this more than just your average chiptune remix, but its halc, We expect nothing less from the master of chiptunes Track 4: Jaroban and alot of other people - My Greatest Rival Going to be honest here. Didn't really like this one. Its that sort of cringe worthy cheese that just makes me turn off what i'm listening to. Not to say its a BAD remix, because its not. Its a pretty unique take on the source, purposely reminiscent of the opening theme from the anime. The execution was lacking in parts of this tho, the drums sound weak, and the rhythm guitars don't cut through nearly enough. Some nice playing from fishy, but would have liked it to be more upfront. Maybe I have a weird sense of humour but those issues, coupled with the WAY cheesy vocals kills this one for me. Sorry guys! Track 5 - Protodome - Rain Prayer Like many people here, protodome made his start on the project. He'd been around the forums a bit, done some compo stuff on the forums, but it was when he joined this project that I really started to see how talented this guy is. This is a fantastic blend of jazz and chiptunes, somewhat liberal at points, and some might find it plays around with the source a little too much, but personally, I love what he's done with the theme. One of the highlights of the album Track 6: Prophetik - Viridian Vibe This one is all about the sax. Some really soulful and passionate playing on display, but the repeative background instrumentation makes me , could almost be one of those home keyboard autostyle backing things, with the one bar background looping. If you ignore the background and listen to that sax tho, you'll get memorised in its rather hypnotic style. Track 7: Cerrax - Out of antidote Oh god this source. One of the rather weird sources from the pokemon soundtracks that I reckon caused people like vig to revolt against the soundtrack. Can't say that due to the sample choices, as well as the iffy source to begin with, I really like this one all that much. Some mixing issues doesn't help the matter - too loud leads at the end etc. Me not liking this is not exactly Cerrax's fault mind, as there is only so much you could do with this source to make me enjoy it 8: Protodome and Level 99 - Hope to see you again soon. After cerrax's rather aggressive remix before, the pokemon center theme hits in what is probably the perfect style to remix this source in. Level 99 shows stylstic diversity and protodome shows some impressive vocal work - +1 to protodome and level 99 skillz. Its liberal at points, which caused the judges to reject it through what I felt was from a technicality. Shtyjdgfgts. 9: Fishy - Battle For The Badge The title tells you pretty much whats coming here. Fishy hinted at some kick ass hard rock in game on, and my greatest rival showcased some of his very precise playing technique, and a dazzeling legato technique. While this track doesn't show too much in terms of legato playing (altho tho intro arpeggio guitar parts are SICK) this really shows that fishy can rock, and has some downbeat breakdowns for good measure. Kinda sounds like dream theater at points, which can only be good. This is more hard rock then heavy metal tho. Standout stuff from Fishy. This was also one of his first mixes, thus proving he is 10X better than you. 10: Protodome - On the origin of the species Gotta love protodome by this point, and if you don't then there is something wrong with you. More jazzy goodness, but the shortness of the source and the remix, as well as its repetitive nature doesn't make this stand out too much. Some nice ideas tho, and a cool ending 11: Ben Briggs - Drowning Blue Chiptune God Ben Briggs tackles the SS Anne theme. Of course, its fantastic stuff. Sometimes I find it hard to tell halc and chthonics styles apart, but Ben seems to go with more risky arrangements than halc, while halc has more pristine production. Great stuff here tho, altho poor ben got the short end of the stick with an unpolished version of this remix making the album by accident 12: Rozovian - Spume Rozovian was another up and comer as this album was in the works, like Protodome, Fishy and Level 99 before him (tracklist wise) Rozovian has shown in the past he is very adapt at doing both ambient music and more upbeat electronic stuff. This one is hard to push a style at however. It starts of ambient, then hits with an upbeat Synth Rock beat. Really fun stuff, and worth the listen if you like ambitious arrangements. 13: Tweek - TEEM.ROKIT Most of you have heard this as this has been posted on OCR already. That said, this is probably one of the most solid tracks the album has to offer. The drums sound fantastic, and the source has been really well handled (another one of those weird pokemon sources for me) I feel like this one plays it a little safe - it never kicks in like I expect it to and oh does it tease you. Its too bad because I was expecting an epic finale and didn't get one Still, an album highlight, download this one. 14: pu_freak - Clash of the titans I made a track called clash of the titans but he penned this first so i'll forgive him. Solo piano stuff, which is an interesting choice given the source, that altho goes on a bit too long, is a pleasant listen. Some of the piano playing feels slightly loose at points but its nothing that detracts too much. Not one of the best tracks imo, but not the worse either. Give it a shot if you like piano solo mixes. 15: Rozovian & WillRock - Blue Haze My Album Debut! If you guys want some insight to what inspired this remix, then I'll fill you in. I was playing Pokemon one day and I thought to myself, what if articuno had flown over route 1 and frozen the whole route, changed the climate, and of course, put a blanket of haze over the route. With that image in mind, I made this remix, and got rozo to help me with sound design, mixing, and some arrangement perks Successful? I think so That concludes My thoughts on Disc 1. Disc 2 coming soon.