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OC ReMix & The Bad Dudes Release Heroes vs. Villains February 7, 2011 Contact: press@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA--Metroid. Mega Man. The Legend of Zelda. Street Fighter. Streets of Rage. Kirby. Castlevania. God of War. Monkey Island. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. What do these legendary gaming franchises have in common? They're all featured on the brand new album by OverClocked ReMix and the Bad Dudes, Heroes vs. Villains, available for free at http://hvv.ocremix.org! OverClocked ReMix today released its 22nd album, Heroes vs. Villains. Started as a challenge by game music arrangement collective The Bad Dudes, the album consists of twenty diverse arrangements featuring classic characters battling it out through their anthemic themes, with OC ReMix representing the heroes while the Bad Dudes represented the villains. Heroes vs. Villains is available for free download at http://hvv.ocremix.org. This album was produced to help promote video game music, was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the game franchises' respective companies; all original compositions are copyright their respective owners. Twenty-four artists collaborated on epic musical match-ups including: Samus vs. Mother Brain Mega Man vs. Dr. Wily Link vs. Ganon Ryu vs. Sagat Axel vs. Mr. X Kirby vs. King Dedede Simon Belmont vs. Dracula Kratos vs. Zeus Guybrush Threepwood vs. LeChuck Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs. Shredder. "Even though the project started as The Bad Dudes vs. OverClocked ReMix, the end result is that we're all just doing what we love, and the VGM community - at its core - is still strong and working together," said directors Kunal Majmudar, Christopher "Mazedude" Getman, and Mustin of the Bad Dudes. "If you're reading this while listening to the album and still have a face, congratulations. But don't freak out when your face starts melting. We warned you," they concluded. About OverClocked ReMix Founded in 1999, OverClocked ReMix is an organization dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form. Its primary focus is ocremix.org, a website featuring thousands of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers, resources for aspiring artists, and a thriving community of video game music fans. About the Bad Dudes In September of 2006, Mustin assembled some of the best and brightest that had contributed to the various albums released by OneUp Studios, to form a new clique that would collectively be referred to as the Bad Dudes. Mind you, this has nothing to do with the arcade/NES title Bad Dudes, merely a kickass name that applies to a group of kickass musicians. To date they have released several free EPs, and in 2009 received critical acclaim for their first official album, CHRONOTORIOUS, a collection of arrangements from the SNES classic Chrono Trigger. ### Preview: Download: http://hvv.ocremix.org Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Heroes_vs_Villains.torrent Comments/Reviews: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=33435

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We'll split the difference and settle on 15? Even at 10, that's eons in technology, specifically music technology, and it seems the situation is likely to persist. I'm all for educating people, and if they're saying "Sounds like a MIDI" because they truly have no clue why that statement could be misconstrued/inaccurate, go for it. There's ALWAYS merit in trying to educate people, or almost always. For example, to be just a little catty, you don't elucidate someone. You elucidate something TO someone. So in this instance they'd be happy to have the topic elucidated for them, but not to be elucidated themselves. Hopefully this was elucidating I had an Ensoniq back in the day. Great American company with a strangely French-sounding name. I don't think we should stop trying to educate people, but I also don't think the statement "Sounds like a MIDI" is particularly bad/wrong/problematic, because - while there might be a misunderstanding - there's no real miscommunication.

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Well, let's see... "Listen to MIDI" - wrong, but I honestly haven't heard it used much "Listen to a MIDI file" - technically more correct, but rather annoying, because few people say "listen to an MP3 file" or "view a JPG file"... the "file" is inferred from context, hence: "Listen to a MIDI" - should be just fine, really; the article "a" clarifies the context as being a file, vs. a protocol I think that reasoning is sound, and also covers the whole "Sounds like MIDI" vs. "Sounds like *A* MIDI" issue, which is more or less about grammar. I strongly believe in the syntactical value of articles, and would hesitate to rob them of merit in this context. On to the thread title, "Sounds like a MIDI"... yes and no. We know WHY it's wrong, or at least most of us do - the actual audio output of compositional MIDI data is completely dependent upon the rendering, which is variable and inconsistent. EXCEPT... How truly inconsistent is it, in practice? Many of us use this operating system called "Windows", and a few others use OSX and Linux. Some use this software called Quicktime, others do not. Bottom line is, for the VAST majority of REAL, ACTUAL PEOPLE™ out there - and common usage can and often should dictate answers to questions like these - double-clicking on a MIDI (file) is going to produce a similar result. In probably more than 95% of scenarios, DirectSynth or Quicktime are going to be rendering said MIDI, and it *IS* going to sound a certain way, and that aesthetic IS going to have certain connotations for listeners. Largely, relevant to modern production values, negative connotations. You can piss into the wind all you want to, but majority implementation of MIDI playback is really rather consistent, and it's exactly what people are referring to when they say something "Sounds like a MIDI". We can pretend we don't know what they're trying to say, but let's be honest: We do. We know that they're saying it the "wrong" way, but in this case the "wrong" way is also by FAR the most intuitive way. The "correct" way would be akin to saying "This sounds like a MIDI rendered by DirectSynth" or possibly the more streamlined "This sounds like Windows' default MIDI playback," but either statement is ultimately asking too much from the common man; remember, this is the Internet. Also, newsflash: People don't care about how computers, files, formats, etc. actually work - that's why Macs are popular The best way to have prevented this WOULD have been (and still may be) having out-of-the-box MIDI playback rendered with MUCH higher quality by newer versions of Windows and OSX, so that a Windows 8 (hypothetical) user could clearly see that X MIDI file rendered vastly differently than on his or her older Windows 7 box. In over a decade, that hasn't happened, things have been stagnant, and it seems unlikely to change. I consider that to be quite unfortunate, personally, but the end result is that default MIDI playback, which most users will never stray from, has sounded quite similar for over ten years, probably more like twenty. In other words, the misuse represents the facts of an unfortunate lack of development, in my opinion. I don't see any merit in preaching against what is in my mind clearly just a logical, predictable, very human symptom...

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I preordered it, BUT I feel dirty...

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#ocremix on irc.esper.net Sixto and gecko are both on here rather often, and since I haven't seen you, I'm assuming you haven't tried this option?? Would you be open to a co-director coming on board to help coordinate/hassle people or even contribute some tracks his or herself? There might be staff willing to help you see this through and get it released in 2011...