[Need program suggestions]

I'm planning on making remixes of mainly two styles, orchestral and rockish/industrial. My main influences would be VAST, KMFDM, Metroid Metal, Hybrid, Groove Addicts, Hans Zimmer and of course OCR people. WHat would be good programs for those styles, and what would i need component wise when building my computer for this purpose?

I recommend Steinberg's "Cubase 5".

You're able to record audio on audio tracks or MIDI data on MIDI tracks.

And for orchestral sounds, I recommend "Edirol Orchestral" or Propellorhead's "Orkester" refill. (free)

For guitars use real guitars and record them in the Audio Tracks.

[Super Mario 64 - The Final Battle Drum and Bass remix]

It sounds like you've obviously put lots of work into this, and it sounds to me like it has potential. My biggest critique for the moment would be that it sounds very close to the original. It takes 40 seconds into the song for any major variation from the source to pop in. And then the main variation of the song is the addition of bass and drum. With the basis you've already established, try to work some more variation in the song - change the sequence the song follows, add some alternate harmony, change the key, change the style for a section, or add something else to make this really your song.

Thanks, Shake and Slaker,

I've been working a few weeks on this, all kinds of critique are welcome!

Yeah, I noticed that most remixes here aren't 100% the same as the original song.

I will add some of my own melodies, also, I was wondering if the mastering was ok, cuz I'm not really good at mastering.

[Super Mario 64 - The Final Battle Drum and Bass remix]

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/390303

This is a remix of the final boss battle from Super Mario 64.

(Full ED.)

[183 - 130BPM with a LOT of tempo changes]

original version