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    Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Temporal Tower Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    I need to spend more time with the source to make best comments about the arrangement, but I will say there is a lot about this that works. The panned percussion element is pretty cool, and a lot of the sounds you have picked out work very well. The concept is neat transfering the source to a more electronic style, so good on you for that idea.

    Two things I can point out immediately that are holding this mix back are the drums and your choice of panning positions.

    1) Drums: I need to play this on my monitors, as well as my car stereo, but that kick is super-weak on my headphones. I'm not sure if it is based much more on the sub-bass levels, but it is barely audible as it is right now. You would do well to also layer another kick on top of that one that has some punch in the midrange. The snare is, for lack of a better term, "mushy" and very wet. A crisper, more pronounced snare with some reverb on it would likely achieve your desired effect without losing power and covering up other instruments, which is what the snare does a bit right now. The hi-hat also has too much reverb on it, either that or the wet/dry mix is turned too far into the wet. The clap also suffers this wetness. Overall, the drums just need an overhaul.

    2) Panning. The instruments, in general, are either very centered or very hardpanned. For things like the percussion that goes throughout and is present up to the end of the song, that is okay. However, the piano, the chimes, the choir at time, the lead buzz synth, all things like that sound quite awkward when they are hardpanned. Keeping them panned is a good thing, but tone it back a few notches: experiment at what those instruments sound like between the 40% and 20% panning range. I think your soundscape would be better as a result, though after doing so you might need to tinker with the frequencies if mud starts to become present.

    More info as I get more familiar with the arrangement, but I hope that helps for now.

    Are you sure you clicked the right link from my latest post? I'm pretty sure you reviewed the very first rendition I posted, from like more than a year ago. In that one the kick IS practically inaudible, hahaha. . . in the latest one though, the kick is a lot stronger, the drums are better, and so on. . .

    If it's this one that you reviewed. . .

    http://www.box.net/shared/ppqo4k4vdo (This is actually a small update)

    Then I would disagree with the kick not being loud enough, instrument reverb/mushiness, etc. The very first version I posted WAYY back (before I knew how to produce music lol) was pretty bad now that I look back at it, and I think that might have been what you listened to.

    I've done the impossible. . .

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    It's a remix of every single video game song EVER CREATED.

    ...ALL OF THEM

    You think it's bull, right? . . . Well, just listen.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFCey4q8wrc

    Some of my best production AND composition work yet, imo. Usage of every single video game song in existence can be clearly heard throughout the mix.

    And it took me 18 minutes, if you can believe that.

    Don't even bother critiquing, there's no way this could be improved at all, so save your whining, please.

    Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Temporal Tower Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    So I re-made this one. . . . kinda like I did with The Greatest Loss of All, but I think this one turned out better

    http://www.box.net/shared/ppqo4k4vdo

    Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn6yNpgjfP8

    I'll submit this on April 6, which marks the date three weeks after my last submission, which was The Whip's Memory. :razz:

    EDIT: There's sort of a render glitch near the beginning, try to ignore it for now, I'll do my best to get it fixed

    Legends' Lair (Indigo Plateau Orchestration)

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    wel first of i think i shud say tht i dun liek teh celstazs in the begining becuz ethey sound out of the nots and they shoud be takn out but the rst of the sung sonds gud becuas is sodunds lik thtsong reqiem 4a drem or sumthin .or wateaver u cal it LOL but i liek it an i think itz a gud sung but i thikn it nedes to sond beater somehoe idk hw tho becauz i only hav like to yers of muaisc expoeriense so yah ill get bak 2 u on ths LOLOLOL

    (I'll leave a somewhat better review when I have more time to do so :P)

    Castlevania PoR Bloodlines Bequeathed Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    God bless Box.net. I do it all the time... It's even crossed my mind to just turn in a partial remix then finish it later so it goes through the process faster, but I tend to be a little unreliable when it comes to time of completion. Sometimes it's a single day track, sometimes it takes months, so I don't feel like risking it.

    Best of luck, bro.

    Hahah I thought about that early on as well. . . but I decided to play it safe :P

    I couldn't help thinking, "But wut if thay got it b4 i finshed it. . ."

    Which I know wouldn't have happened in a million years anyway.

    Haha, I made a slight adjustment here. . . Boosted the high end just a little more, and the track is now a little bit louder.

    http://www.box.net/shared/0m6gyb852d

    EDIT: I've decided, for my next remix I'm gonna submit a one-second long silent mp3. Wish me luck finishing it before the judges get to it! XD

    Castlevania PoR Bloodlines Bequeathed Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    I'm with Willrock on this one. This track is one sexy beast. Personally, I'd sprinkle the master track with a hint of upper EQs, so help give it a little shimmer (nothing more than 0.5 decibels in that range), and I'd take a good, hard look at the mixing and just be sure that everything is where you want it to be (I think I hear some melodies that could possibly be brought out, but I'd need to tweak the track myself to be sure), but I think this is a pass worthy track even as it stands, bro.

    Very nice - glad we were able to help you with this one :)

    Thank you so much, once again, Gario. You guys have been such an awesome help! :DD

    Anyway, this has been submitted. However, I used box.net so I can overwrite the file with the same url at any time. In other words, even though I've submitted, I can still edit it before the judges judge it :x

    http://www.box.net/shared/0m6gyb852d

    Sources: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFAYyfMmIvQ) <--main source

    and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar0SXjVyWSU) <--not-as-main source

    EDIT: Oh, and Will, I did see what you meant about there being some frequencies crowded in the low range, so I slightly lowered the bass volume in some parts where I thought it was too loud. I also took your suggestion, Gario, about bringing up the high end EQ, and that only cleared it up more :)

    You guys = awesome

    Castlevania PoR Bloodlines Bequeathed Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    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 :D

    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.

    Will, thank you so much for your feedback :D It really means a lot.

    I like the way this sounds now. http://www.box.net/shared/0m6gyb852d

    Castlevania PoR Bloodlines Bequeathed Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Wow! love those chippish synth.Definitively love it.

    Near 1:10, the clap/snare sounds weird like broken because of the sound loudness.

    Same around 2:15

    You should check for your volume level or compression like willrock said. He's totaly right when saying 'overcompressed'. I'm not a pro nor am I near to be, but check out some plugin like maximus. They can change a track and its sounding from nothing to big bang track. But you know, it's hard to get a perfect Eq'ed track the first few time. I'm exactly experiencing the same. Just keep it up till you get it.

    By the way, Very Very nice track. No problem with any part! :razz:

    Thanks. :D

    I actually just looked in my mixer and found. . . a limiter.

    I was liek 'wut?' lol I don't remember putting it there, and when I turned it off it cleared up the track. There was some clipping going on, too near the finale part

    http://www.box.net/shared/0m6gyb852d There's a new version

    EDIT: yeah, forget it for now, lol. . . it doesn't sound right at all, especially the transitions. I'll work on them more soon. The kicks are awful now

    Castlevania PoR Bloodlines Bequeathed Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    I'm hearing what I think is deadmau5 influence

    Spot on. :D

    Thank you so much for the crit, I really appreciate it :)))

    I'm not entirely familiar with what is classified as being something 'overcompressed,' as opposed to just 'compressed'. . .

    In this version I didn't really change the compression at all, but I did change both kick samples; that harder kick now being a more powerful one with a bit more depth.

    Oh btw, I'm kind of partial to keeping the synth sounds the way they are; actually, my original intention was a chip-rendition, but during the process of making it, it sort of molded itself into what I have. But nonetheless I think the chip textures now just add a sense of. . . uh. . . something. (lol) Throwback? Style? I honestly have no clue. But I'd like to keep them, haha

    http://www.box.net/shared/0m6gyb852d I'm not so sure about the transitions anymore though in this version. They seem more pronounced, even with what I tried to do to fix them (added some quiet 'stronger' kicks just because the change occurs).

    EDIT: Just realized a major flaw with the compression in my mixer, fixed it, and I think it's better now in terms of compression

    Castlevania PoR Bloodlines Bequeathed Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    The only issue I'm having right now (other than the fact that it's unfinished, of course) is that it's pretty quiet. You might want to get a limiter on your master track and get the volume up a couple of decibels

    Thanks for your critique, once again :D

    Is this any better in terms of volume? http://www.box.net/shared/0m6gyb852d

    I basically just turned the gain up on the compression I had, and still no clipping. So I kept it lol

    Castlevania PoR Bloodlines Bequeathed Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Alright, here's a little less than 2 and a half minutes into it. I intend to finish out the bridge, then revisit the verse one more time. I'm estimating the mix to finish out at about 3 minutes and 40 seconds.

    And of course, there's always more mastering to be done :-P

    http://www.box.net/shared/0m6gyb852d

    Yeah so I've been listening to a lot of deadmau5. . . but I doubt you'd be able to tell by listening to this. Totally doubt it. :)

    Sonic Colours - Aquarium Park WIP

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    I love the chip textures in this one, as well as the saw that comes in. . . HAHAHAHAHA that snare! Gotta love the classic Genesis reference there! ;D

    I love the source, and this remix is very soothing. . . I really like how you're open to creating different styles of music now. . . It's truly a great thing to see more artists trying (and succeeding) at different styles. :D

    I can't say I can offer any real criticism, as I'm very inexperienced, especially compared to a remixer of your caliber XD

    I have one question for you, if you don't mind. . . When you remix, do you master as you go, or do you create the entirety of the composition first and THEN master? I usually try mastering as I go, perhaps I should try the other way around. . .

    Castlevania PoR Bloodlines Bequeathed Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Gario, thank you so much for the feedback :D I tried out some of the things you suggested, and I think they sound a lot better.

    Alright, here's like 1:45 into it:

    http://tindeck.com/listen/zrfj

    I like this snare now, took me a while to find a good EQ/compression setting. . .

    Of course, mastering and writing are both far from finished.

    The last bit of the lead is actually from the song Hidden Curse, from the same game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar0SXjVyWSU

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