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I hope you guys are able to get all your supporters and pledges back. Thank you so much for kickin' so much ass with this djpretzel, while still holding down the site and posting lotsa remixes like a boss. Seriously, you rock <3. And thanks to the rest of the staff to. You also rock <3

This - also the right amount of reverb and EQ will help out your sounds a lot.

Love the dark ambience here - the production on this piece is super cool. Piano is great, and so are the strings. The pads used in this piece feel very good, very mellow but spacious sounding. This piece is very cinematic sounding which I like it. Good job on creating that sort of dark atmosphere! Yup. One of the best Zelda mixes in a while IMO, but I'm a sucker for this type of music anyways . Also did I mention the gating is super cool? Because the gating is super cool.

Still got 5 minutes to say happy birthday Mr. Level ９９． (Ignore that silly number my input is all wonky atm.)

Ok, so we can modify the music, but seriously? This is 2012. How much effort could it have been to just include the original OST? What the hell? Also that pic scares me Bleck. D:

I don't think I have to even post this one, but it's schala's theme for those who don't know

Awesome! I'm really digging all the guitar duet / solo guitar songs we get on OCR. Utopia, all of Pot Hocket's works, and this. The performance is probably the best thing about this song - that along with the arrangement makes for something unique. 6 + minutes of guitar love, this is an instant download in my book. You've got yourselves another follower Super Guitar Bros! Excellent stuff here.

i wanna echo 3 things that i agree with so far 1.) a noobflood would be nice *wink wink* 2.) a compo flood is an absolutely awesome idea! 3.) This. Not trying to say that it wouldn't matter what a judge or somebody would have to say (because i love reading judges decisions threads), but when mixes are posted, the coolest part about the post other than the song is the writeup, and djpretzel not only does them super good and in-depth, it's also super cool to hear what the big man himself has to say. hopefully the tradition of djpretzel writeups never has to change. they themselves make the entire process worth the wait. : D (including songs that have yet to be posted on OCR too, not just my own )

edit: Ok, i'm editing this out. I was expressing interest for a particular song, but after messing around with the genre, my samples just aren't going to cut it. If you still need somebody later down the road feel free to message me though you'll probably get a lot interest before then anyways.

Can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm having a very hard time taking this guy seriously.

Try out Radiohead, I think they might be a good start for interesting layers and structure like you said. It's also very electronic vs. acoustic. Try their Kid A and Amnesiac albums. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmqJ7XijOrI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE_xlgoDI30&feature=related

p, I do want to pitch in and say that the periods between post should never be too fast, though. Mixes should be allowed to have just as much splotlight time on the front page as other mixes do.. I'm pretty sure the admins already consider this but just putting that out there for everyone else. Edit: I feel like I completely contradicted this post with a later one, so edited kind of

I'm cool with it if that counts. It is video game related so it certainly does belong in community, and a thread dedicated solely to VN's probably wouldn't get that that far anyways.

I was actually afraid that some Starcraft fans weren't going to dig the arrangement. If I had known the source a little bit more, and maybe even had a bit more time to sit down and put in more parts I would have, but that was ultimately the section that stood out from the get go and what I went with. Still glad that even though I didn't get to arrange a lot of it, that I did get to tackle a song from Blizzard finally. Their WoW soundtrack is amazing, and their Starcraft music is equally amazing.

Fixed it up. Thanks a bunch to both of you then : P

Woah & dat 80's rock. Ok, got my selections, thanks for the suggestions everyone! : D And HUGE thanks to Mr. L for all those links! That's super cool of you to do! 1.) Frost Walrus - X4 2.) Dark Mantis (especially the second part) X8 3.) Commander Yammark Stage - X6 4.) Crystal Snail - X2 5.) Magna Centipede - X2 This sounds like it could be a good opportunity to practice my skills with House electronic music. super sweet

Something that has actually been bothering me for the past couple of weeks - figured it'd fit right in this thread: I've been trying to learn how to compose/produce j-pop/chiptune influenced music (those songs you'd hear from anime OP's, or maybe stuff from Protodome or any similar artists on OCR) for the past year or so and I can never seem to get it right. Why? Because apparently I don't have the musical brain of some people who are able to create insanely catchy and cool melodies/chord progressions, not to mention the stuff out there is just too good and in turn it's just too intimidating (scary). For some reason I haven't manned up and let people criticize these works either, I just let them go unfinished because I don't like them and I know that they can be better, but they won't really get better until I can get some feedback, will they? What a bind.

Man, I really do want to participate in this but I have NO clues about X's music. Just the original Mega Mans and that's about it. I'll download a lot of chipamp stuff tonight and go through them. Hopefully there are some more chillax or minimalistic themes to choose from, those are always fun to mix. : D

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay good game everyone! super happy to have been a part of this compo. : D

i'm going to contribute to this popular show hate discussion to talk about how i didn't like serial experiments lain all that much. It's so weird, too, because I'm all for the DEEP and dark psychological shows and games, but idk... lain just didn't cut it for me. i'm thinking it might just be the fact that i wasn't a big fan of the characters.. but i also thought the plot was very weird and confusing a lot of the time. maybe if i watched it a second time things would be different, but that most likely won't happen in the near future. great idea for an anime though, and i can definitely see why others liked it. just not exactly my thing. cowboy bebop should be on my list soon - just curious though, which is better, the sub or the dub? i heard somewhere that cowboy bebop was one of those rare shows where the dub was actually much better than the sub.. but when it comes to an old show like that a lot of people tend to prefer dubs because of their nostalgia goggles.

Results are coming soon! Can't wait to see how this went.

It really only happened whenever I got FL Studio, which happened on January last year. I didn't really get into music writing until I was done with my first song the summer of last year. I was learning a while before that, though, from djpretzels little writeups he gives for each song - just trying to figure out what all that technical stuff by ear. Didn't really mean much until I started actually applying it, though. edit this in: Also, feedback was crucial - but I think listening was even more crucial. I love the type of music I write because I listen to it all the time, and that in turn helped me to be more dedicated in making it as good as the rest. I still have lots and I mean lots of room to improve, but I've started somewhere at least. : D Took a lot of work to get to where I am - I mean I've been pretty much obsessed with music writing, music production, and sound design etc. for the past year. But I've already found the style that I love, am playing lots of guitar lately and hoping to record it soon, and already have a remix accepted to OCR as of now. It was worth it all : D

stupid question stupid question. i have reading comprehension problems obviously. Looking forward to this. It'll be short and fun.

Really nice song. I could actually see this playing in the background of some cartoon / anime or something. Production-wise it sounds nice. Nothing sticking out to me. Really dig this. Maybe a little to conservative for OCR if that's what you're going for, but still a nice listen.

Basically this. Also it's not that hard to get your room tuned decently for monitors unless you just have a lot of stuff and not much space. I'm not sure what the "perfect" room is, but you shouldn't completely disregard monitors just because your room isn't perfect. Even "decent" or "ok" is good, and it's much much better than just mixing with headphones. (But you should always mix with both)