CJthemusicdude

I approve of this.

Welp I submitted this mix.

So I decided to take Spakku's advice and put some vocals in there. I have some "rough draft vocals" in the beginning to give an idea of what I sound like and the vibe I'm going for with this remix. I may need some advice on compression/eq cuz I'm not terrific mixing vocals. Any and/or all advice on that would be good. If the vocals sound ok in the beginning then I'll add some lyrics to the later parts. I also editing a few other things, including the bass in the intro. Updated Link - http://ocrwip.fireslash.net/?fid=1201

One thing I love about FF8 mixes is I never have to listen to sources cuz I know em all :] Well I like the idea you have, the themes and motifs from FF8 are all fairly similar and can interweave nicely together. Your transition between the themes was also pretty darn good. One major problem for me in this mix is the guitar. It just sounds fake, bad and out of place. Guitars mix with orchestral stuff pretty well but you've gotta change that guitar sample, because it's really distracting. The other big problem is the arrangement itself. It's way too conservative to be a remix. If it's a remake your going for than cool, but if you want it to be a remix than you got to add a lot more personal flavor to it. Jazz some parts up, do some soloing on some chords, etc. I think this could be a cool idea so keep working on it.

Yea my instrumentation with the guitar and piano isn't the greatest, but I'm kinda going for that cheesy synthetic vibe, cuz it's battletoads I just don't want the sounds to sound bad though. So I will swap out that piano for something better though, and I'll try to tweak that guitar part in the chorus. I debated adding lyrics myself, trouble is I have very little vocal mixing chops and I also couldn't rap my way out of a christmas present

Well, this got rejected, so I'm back to the drawing board with this one. I probably won't be submitting this one again any time soon but I will someday so I would like to get some feedback to try and figure out how I can improve this mix. In the rejection letter they said that the sample qualities were too weak. I've never been good at knowing what good or bad samples sound like so maybe some of you can help point out to me which samples are good and bad. Any advice is appreciated! Link to my mix - http://ocrwip.fireslash.net/?fid=1257 Source -

DVS Saxophone is a pain to try and humanize, but you'll have to try and smooth it out, cuz it sounds fairly mechanical and out of place. The piano/bass combo's were really nice though, and the beat isnt bad. I would suggest maybe changing that lead. The saxophone just doesn't seem to fit. Some nice synth would go good there methinks.

I was a little skeptical at first, but when the beat dropped it made me smile. I like the direction your taking it so far, I wanna hear moar.

0:30 is very short so it's hard for me to really say anything right now. My only suggestion so far is maybe change that the way the string and piano sounds are played. They sound a little too mechanical and notey, change some velocities and let them flow more.

I like what you have so far. The guitar tone is clean and it's a nice straightforward cover :] For remixing, I would suggest maybe after going through one verse in a cover, maybe you can start mixing it up. Maybe do some soloing over the modes of the tune, or borrow one of the mini-themes and do something with that. Also maybe you could throw in a few more instruments into the mix for texture. I'd like to point you over to "Walk on Water" by Housethegrate, another sonic remix with some great guitar, maybe you can get some ideas. Good luck with the mix

So I decided to try and remix the Library tune from Mickey's Ultimate Challenge. It always sounded like a sea chanty melody to me for some reason. Let me know what you think, I'd love some feedback Source - Starting at 1:00My remix WIP - http://ocrwip.fireslash.net/?fid=1157

(Updated Link. New and Improved version.)

This is a good start, nothing really bad pops out and it's a nice listen. The only criticism I have is that the arrangement seems really conservative. You should probably do a little bit more with the source and mix it up. Maybe mix the instruments up as well. The whole remix kinda blends together into this mesh and it's hard to distinguish one part of the mix with another. So go a little crazy and do some more to remix the tune. Other than that so far so good, good luck with this WIP

In my opinion the intro part from 0:00 to 0:35 is a little too long and sporadic, it sounds like you just took the sources and glitched it up a bit. If that part was maybe 3 times shorter it might work. It gets better at :36 when the synths come in though. Not sure what else to say since there's only about a minute done but good luck with this WIP.

(Posted up the newer link. Added a proper ending and changed a lot of the sounds and a few bits of arrangement, so it's about 95% done now.)

So I decided to give this a listen cuz I didn't want to see a 0 reply float away. The source for this is "Mission 4" for anyone else who doesn't know the source. First off, I do like this as an enhancement of the original. It's a nice listen and very true to the source. however that's the main problem, it's way too conservative. For it to truly be a remix there's probably gonna have to be a little more in the risk-taking department. (That means a lot coming from me trust me ) Slow down some spots, speed up some spots, throw in some fun filters or effects, etc. Do more with the melody lines rather than just copy them. Also, I like that you took the tempo slower but it loses some of the energy of the original so you have to make up for that with style The main glaring problem to me is the drums. They sound nice but they don't change throughout the entire song. Mix it up a little. I really like the transition at 0:11 - 0:12 but that piano sample also gets old quick in the mix. Maybe switch the piano sample with a bass synth or another sample at that transition or another. The last big thing is that guitar..ish sound at 1:46, that's gotta be changed, it just sounds out of place and is a bit too quiet to be a lead sound. And there was that sweet sounding stuff happening right before it that it's kind of a let down when that sound comes in. Anyways those are my two cents, take my advice with a grain of salt cuz I'm nowhere near expert-level. Hope this mix turns out awesome

So I decided to mix together Ninja Gaiden's (A Decision) tune with the title theme for American Gladiators on the SNES because they both share the same progression, Aka: that downward I Vii Vi V. I've got about 4 mins of it finished so it's I've basically got all of my ideas in the this mix. Any and all feedback and constructive crit is appreciated! let me know what you think. http://ocrwip.fireslash.net/?fid=1155 <--- Remix Sources: (At :22)

Updated the mix, a lot of new changes added, some things removed and I have a proper ending now. http://ocrwip.fireslash.net/?fid=1117

I was gonna post about how warm and fuzzy this mix made me feel but I was beaten to the punch. But I can definitely say that this was my favorite track from the album and I lovez it so much.

Wow! That's like, the most feedback I've gotten for anything musical ever. Thanks a ton Dr. Mokram I'll definitely take your advice and run with it, expect to see a new and improved version of this mix in the coming days. I've got a lot of stuff to improve.

(Updated the link, mix is prob about 85% done.)

If you want to put a guitar solo in it somewhere, perhaps we could collab BJK? :3

Hey, what's up all? So I decided to try and create a much needed gunstar heroes remix. It's not complete yet, but I've got a good chunk of it done, and I decided to post it to the WIP forum for some feedback. If you have any suggestions/ideas let me know so I can make this mix as awesome as I can. http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=33280

(I submitted this, so there's nothing to see here anymore. :3)

Sorry bout that, I had to re-up it. It should work now.