Anorax

As the ISW tech support guy, I had nothing to do with the development of SAC other than general cheerleading.  That being said, I can't wait to answer YOUR emails when you can't figure out how to extract a RAR file!
 
(Also this library is going to be awesome and I can't wait to start playing with it)

This just in, zircon and djpretzel claim to be part of the OCR community, BUT DO THEY REALLY WHIP THE LLAMA'S ASS?

Yes, and also... yes. We don't use direct game names, but for many of the Genesis sounds specifically, you can easily guess based on preset euphemisms/references. Recreating most types of SNES/Genesis sounds is entirely doable, and with the other systems, all the core waveforms are there. It's pretty darn flexible and has pretty wide coverage.
So let me get this straight... any time the staff & founder of OCR want to put OCR's name on something, we need "clearance" from "hundreds" of people?
Have you noticed that you're the only one expressing this perspective? That's why I asked others who might agree to chime in - it's so bizarre and out of left field that I'm genuinely curious if anyone else feels the same, or similarly. If as the founder/president of OverClocked ReMix, LLC I have to get "clearance" from "hundreds" of other people before doing something like this, I'd quit. So would you, if you were in my shoes. There ARE decisions that involve/require community feedback, namely when we do anything that affects the submissions process or content policy. We didn't get "clearance" from "hundreds" to run our FF6 kickstarter, or for that matter to release Random Encounter, which YOU directed. I'm not going to throw insults at *you* personally, but your *position* on this matter *appears* to be hypocritical & inconsistent... it's a VGM-related sample library, worked on by many OCR regulars/veterans, conceptualized by the founder of OCR & a former-judge and current ReMixer who's organized some amazing OCR albums. Again, the connectivity & relevance seem blatantly obvious to me, and appear intuitive enough to others.
FWIW, I do appreciate the role of "watchdog" and I don't mind decisions like this being questioned, but you're going beyond questioning and just making bad faith assumptions that don't seem to be grounded in reason. There's a cutoff point where it stops being "useful questioning of authority that prompts warranted reflection" and starts being paranoid accusation, incomplete appreciation of reality, or repetition of unreasonable & inconsistent claim...
If you cannot explain the above inconsistency more clearly, perhaps refrain from further contributing to the thread until your position is more fully-formed?

Almost every person who worked on Super Audio Cart has been a member of this community for over 10 years.
OCR is not and was never about preserving the romanticism of slaving over art without any compensation. That's stupid (attributing it to OCR, that is). Something you apply for yourself; that's fine, there's nothing wrong with having that as an ideal, but keep it to yourself and don't say nonsense like this "disrespects the community". This was made by our community.

Stop being a dummy.

But OC ReMIx never stood for "Don't endorse super-cool commercial projects that are completely relevant to the site mission of promoting VGM"... that was never a restriction, at any level. We are, first and foremost, a community of fans creatively expressing our appreciation for some amazing music. But the site's mission & principles have always included promoting VGM, and that includes commercial offerings if they are relevant. This is relevant.
A portion of each sale will go towards supporting OCR, by the way.
If anyone else agrees with Brandon's concerns, please chime in; to me, it seems like most people get the connectivity & understand why this is something we have been part of & will be a part of. Some amazing music will be made with this library, guaranteed! Some of that music will end up on the site, some of it will end up in games... sure feels like a win-win, to me.
Heck, when you see who's putting together some of the demos for SAC... if you still feel raw about it, I'll be waiting.

Sorry to hear that Anorax. Your characters wouldn't have to be anyone even remotely obscure or anything you know. Surely you've had some experience with at least one Final Fantasy? If you're absolutely sure you're out, thank you for considering entering and I hope you follow along.
So we've got two more days left for my intended sign-up period. Right now we've got five heroes (Garpocalypse, Touchstone, Ghetto Lee Lewis, Xenonetix, and alfredofreak), two villains (Timothy William and Ronald Poe), and two undecideds (Chernabogue and HoboKa). Over halfway to a full roster so I'm feeling pretty good about that. We'll see how things go over the weekend. Ideally we'll get enough last minute people to fill out the roster and everything can proceed as planned. 

As much as I would like to allow it, I cannot accept Elizabeth as she is not a playable hero. The pool of possible hero choices is already extremely large so there is no need to include NPCs into the mix there. I do agree with your sentiment that it'd be great to have some Persona representation this year.
You do bring up a good point I've been wrestling with as I was finalizing the rules for signing up. Should people who want to be in a specific bracket that has room for them have to provide a list for the opposing bracket? Honestly, in that kind of situation, it does feel unnecessary. For anyone who either does not care or hasn't decided at the time of signing up which bracket they want to be in should still provide both lists.
I do not mind amending the rules with this change if no one has any issues with that. I'll leave it open for discussion and act accordingly before the sign-ups open.

The ReMix Role-Playing Competition 2016
 
The ReMix Role-Playing Competition 2016 (rRPC 2016) is a ReMix competition in which participants assume the roles of heroes and villains from role-playing games such as Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger, and use those characters’ themes in a series of rounds. Participants will be divided into two brackets, one for hero characters and another for villains. The Hero Bracket will represent the quest of an RPG hero as the participants arrange their character themes with sources associated with events such as visiting a town or exploring a dungeon. The Villain Bracket, however, will directly pit its participants against one another as they combine their own theme choices with their opponent’s. In the end, only one hero and one villain will remain to determine the fate of the land.
 
 
News:
The ReMix Role-Playing Competition 2016 has concluded.  Congratulations to our winner, Ghetto Lee Lewis, and to our runner-up, Ronald Poe!
I created a spreadsheet that contains YouTube links to all the sources that have been revealed so far. It can be viewed here.
Previous rounds:
Hero Round One
Villain Round One
Hero Round Two
Villain Round Two
Hero Round Three
Villain Round Three
Final Round
Rules:
 
- Participants may select one character theme that they will use for the duration of the competition. If your character has multiple themes associated with them, you must choose only one.
- Collaborating with others regardless of whether they are participating or not will not be allowed unless otherwise noted.
- After clearing Round One, the Party System will be unlocked, which provides participants with an additional character theme that may be used in place of the theme you signed up with. Participants may not use the party members of their current opponents in their mixes unless otherwise noted.
- The Party System is not available during the first round. It will also not be available during the finals.
- Voting will be open to everyone and will last one week per round.
- There are no restrictions regarding musical styles or genres. However, if you submit a mix with lyrics, please include the lyrics in your submission PM so they can be included with the music for that round.
- Be sure to follow the Competitions Code of Conduct, as well as the guidelines for OCR submissions.
- Have fun making awesome music!
 
Set-up:
 
- Everyone’s starting positions will be determined randomly before the beginning of the first round of their respective brackets.
- Each match-up in the Hero Bracket will be given a randomly determined source track associated with the theme of the round (i.e. town themes, dungeon themes, etc.). Each hero must make an arrangement combining their character’s theme with the provided round theme. Heroes do not use their opponent’s character theme.
- In the Villain Bracket, each participant must make an arrangement combining their character’s theme with the theme of their opponent’s character.
- Mixes will be due one week after the start of each round.
 
The Party System:
 
The characters selected by the participants are not the only heroes and villains that will appear in the rRPC 2016. After the first round has been cleared, the heroes and villains will cross paths with other characters that will join them on their quests. These character themes will be distributed randomly in the appropriate brackets and may be used in place of the participant’s character theme. Party members will not be allowed in the final round between the Hero and Villain Brackets.

 
Sign-up:
 
- Sign-ups for the rRPC 2016 will last for two weeks beginning on Monday, May 2nd and will end at midnight EST on Sunday, May 15th.
- You may sign up by PMing me (FenixDown) a list of 3 characters related to the bracket you wish to enter in (Hero or Villain). Character themes should be listed in order of preference with your first choice at the top of your list.
- If you are undecided at the time of signing up or have no preference which bracket you are entered in, please provide a list for each bracket. Anyone who does not make a clear choice by the time sign-ups close will be sorted randomly between the brackets assuming both brackets have available openings.
- I would also like the lists to be posted publicly in the thread to give other participants an idea of what character themes are being considered to help reduce any possible conflicts.
- Submissions should be typed as [“Game Title” - “Character’s Name” and “Theme Name” - “Hero or Villain”].
- Only RPG characters will be accepted. If you have any questions regarding a character’s eligibility, ask me.
- Based on the first rRPC’s turnout, I am aiming to have 16 participants (8 heroes and 8 villains).
 
Voting:
 
Voting will take place in the Public Voting forum. For each round, a thread will be created with a poll for each match-up. Voting will last for one week unless otherwise noted. Everyone is welcome (and encouraged!) to vote regardless of whether you are a participant or not.
 
When voting, the most important thing to consider about each mix is how well it incorporates and arranges the sources used. Production quality and your personal enjoyment of the mixes should also be considered before placing your vote. Participants are free to vote for themselves in their own match-ups. Please do not post your reviews in the voting threads, instead include them in a single post per round in the main compo thread.
 
Music Submission:
 
Please send all entries to me (FenixDown) via PM on the forums with a link to a trustworthy hosting client (like Dropbox or Soundcloud) and I will download your mixes from there. I will only accept submissions sent in WAV format. Please do not send MP3s, I will encode the MP3s myself.
 
All file names must be in the following formats:
 
For Heroes:
ReMixer - Mix Title (ReMixer’s Character Name & Round Source Name).wav  
Example: FenixDown - Tonedeaf Terra (Terra & Tone of the Town).wav
 
For Villains:
ReMixer - Mix Title (ReMixer’s Character Name & Opponent’s Character Name).wav
Example: DarkeSword - Kefka Beckons (Kefka & Lavos).wav
 
When using a party member, replace your character’s name with the name of the party member. Any mixes that use provided source themes should use the Hero Bracket’s format while any mixes that use two character themes should use the Villain Bracket’s format.
 
You are free to capitalize your name and mix title however you like, but please properly capitalize the character names and source theme titles. I will not accept files that are not named properly, repeat offenders may be disqualified if it becomes a problem.
 
FAQ:
 
What is the schedule for the rRPC 2016? How will the rounds be divided?
The first Hero round will begin on Monday, May 23 at 12PM EST and will last for a week. Then on Monday, May 30, the first Villain round will begin and the previous round’s voting will also begin. The two brackets will alternate weeks for mixing (Hero: June/6, June/20; Villain: June/13, June/27) until only one hero and one villain remain. The final round will begin on July 11.
 
The schedule may be subject to change depending on circumstances. I will try to be as flexible and accommodating to people’s needs as I can, so long as it remains fair to the other participants.
 
What games can I select my character theme from?
You may select your character theme from any RPG. They can be Japanese RPGs, Western RPGs, Tactical RPGs, Action RPGs; if it’s an RPG and it has music, it should be fine.
 
What is the criteria for what characters I may use?
You are free to pick any character you want, as long as they: 1) are a playable hero or a villain from an RPG, and 2) have a theme that is recognizably their own whether in name like Terra's Theme from Final Fantasy VI, or in association like The Red Wings for Cecil from Final Fantasy IV.
 
What if my character changes sides in their game’s story? Which bracket should I submit them in?
You should consider how often the character in question is working alongside the heroes of the game opposed to how often they act as an enemy. Characters like that could technically fit in either bracket. Magus from Chrono Trigger would be a good example.
 
Does my villain have to be the final boss of his/her game?
While the final boss is usually the main villain of their game, you are not required to pick them if there are other villains available. For example, Sephiroth is the main villain from Final Fantasy VII, but you (or someone else) could just as easily pick Rufus Shinra or Jenova. You could even choose to run as a minor villain like Don Corneo, as long as they have their own theme.
 
How are you going to choose the round source themes for the Hero Bracket? What about party members for the Party System?
I will be using a randomizer to decide which match-ups of the Hero Bracket will receive each source track out of a diverse list I have compiled. The same applies to the Party System, I have a fairly large and diverse list of possible characters for each bracket that I will pick party members from at random.
 
What if the character I want to run is a spoiler for his/her game?
If simply running a character as a hero or villain is enough to spoil the game they are from, you should consider a different character.
 
I am not a ReMixer but would like to contribute. What can I do to help out?
I will definitely be in need of artistic people who can design the brackets and signature images for the participants. We did not have signature images for the first rRPC so that would be nice to have this time. Knowing how to use Photoshop would be a big help. If you are interested, get in touch with me or post in the thread.
 
Getting the word out and bringing in people who might be interested would also be a great way to help.

Oh gosh... how long has it been? Almost two months? Yikes...
Sorry all for the break of contact and activity. School got in the way, but luckily, that shouldn't happen for the rest of the year (yay graduation!).
And, as a new part of this project (half to keep me on track), I'm going to create a timeline, from now to release, and hopefully, we'll be able to make it.
...What, you were expecting the timeline in this post? Heck no! I've got a lot of things to try and put together in my head, and that's going to take a bit of time. However, I will let you know that my target release will be this October...ish. That gives us about 4 months to pull everything back in and get it polished, 1 month to master everything together, and 1 to release. No problem...right?
Now, let me get on that timeline.

Built me a new PC! And I created a build thread over at PCPartPicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/rxBPxr
 
Here's a picture of the revamped and freshly cleaned-up studio desk:
 

The wait is finally over!
Now that Q4 2011 is finally here, it's time for volume 2 of Final Fantasy V: The Fabled Warriors... Water!

We've left no puddle unsplashed, with 10 great pieces painstakingly and wetly arranging classic FF5 themes from "The Prelude" to "Song of Storms"!
 

The People's Remix Competition 319
PRCv13-07

Hello everyone and Welcome to the People's Remix Competition!
 
PlanarianHugger, RonaldPoe and Bundeslang participated in the last round. The winner was PlanarianHugger and he selected the source for this round. The selected source is related to the source of PRC45 and PRC118. In PRC118 it was Rexy, the organisator of the contest at that moment (yes, that was in a period when the organisator of the contest did actually win rounds with more than 1 people entering) who claimed victory with a track called Just Ribbon and Me. That source was selected by another PRC legend: Sir Nuts
 
. The source was Pop Star, from Kirby 64.
 
 

 
Source: Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64) - Shiver Star
MIDI
 
Source Information
ThaSauce link: Click here to submit

To submit a song at the compo page a ThaSauce account is required.

If anyone has problems with registering or uploading the song to ThaSauce, please upload the song somewhere else and post a download link in the thread. I recommend Soundcloud, don't forget to allow downloads to enable me to upload the song at ThaSauce.

To register and submit, do the following.
Click the ThaSauce Link. Click the 'You are not logged in' button in the upper right. Click on 'register' (at the bottom). Read the terms and click 'I agree to these terms'. If you don't agree with them, upload the song somewhere else and post a download link as mentioned above (by doing that, you allow me to upload the song at ThaSauce. Continue the process by filling in your information. You will get a question to confirm that you're not a robot. Here are some possible answers: Name a compo: PRC Who organizes One Hour Compo: Starla Name a ThaSauce subdomain: compo.thasauce.net Who created Mega Mans: Capcom A confirmation mail will be send. There might be some issues with it (meaning that you don't get it), if that is the case, upload the song somewhere else as described above. Once registered, login with your username and password, go to the mentioned page and submit the song. If you want submit two or more songs you can create multiple ThaSauce accounts or upload the song somewhere else and post the download link.  
PRC instructions
Limitations at ThaSauce require your entry to be 20 MB or less in size. Length for length's sake and MIDI rips are not allowed (only as Bonus Mixes). Entries must be posted in the  by Monday April 4th 2016 at 10:59 am ThaSauce time (18:00 UTC, 19:00 GMT), check the ThaSauce page for the exact time left. You may enter as many mixes as you like and work with as many people as you like on each mix. You are free to create a second ThaSauce account for that, it's needed to be able to upload a second remix. You can also upload it somewhere else and put a download link in this thread Do not make qualitative comments on an entry until the results of the vote have been posted in this thread. Mixers cannot vote for themselves but if they vote they recieve a free first place vote added onto their score. The winner of this round may select the source for PRC320. The winner of PRC318, PlanarianHugger, can only take part by submitting a bonus mix. You can find the full rules list at this page as well.  
GOOD LUCK!


PRC ThaSauce Home Page!

Still relevant.
 

Congrats and brown-nose salutations to our new Strader Music Listeners.

I hate them already!

I like this except that I feel the full date display just seems like overkill...
For the purposes of collaborating with someone & assessing their availability, I feel like:
"Today" "Yesterday" "This Week" "This Month" "Last Month" "Mon YYYY" (e.g. "Dec. 2015") Should do it...the specific day seems superfluous, outside of it being within the first three ranges... make sense?

Thanks to feedback from @Daniel Caton (thanks) & OCR staff, we've made some substantial improvements to the workshop skills pages, e.g.:
http://ocremix.org/workshop/skill/studio-one http://ocremix.org/workshop/skill/vocals-female http://ocremix.org/workshop/skill/french-horn Changes are as follows:
Switched to bootstrap tables Switched to font-awesome icons "join date" is now "joined" and is just the year "last visited" is now "visited" "real name" moved under user name user name larger "real name" column replaced with "skills / tools" column, including DAW & instrumental Secondary sort added on visited (sorts by collab status first, then visited date, DESC) Made additional instrument links clickable Made DAW links clickable icons The last four items are bold since I think they represent the biggest improvement - now, when looking at members who have specified one skill, you can see the other skills they have specified as well, and you can click on those skills to jump around a bit. Plus fancypants DAW icons. And the sorting based on last visited (most recent first) gives you a good idea of who's more likely to be around/available.
Feedback appreciated, although this was kind of a "burst" of energy for these specific pages, knowing full well I might not get back to updating them for awhile given more pressing concerns
GET COLLABORATIN' Y'ALL!!

This awesome OST.
 

you could partition the drive, but with 120gb SSDs being so cheap nowadays, just installing on a separate drive isn't a bad idea. samsung 850 EVO is the gold standard for SSDs, but there's a lot of good ones out there, including the mushkin enhanced cronos and crucial's line as well.
make sure to unplug both your 3tb and your SSD when you do the W7 install so all system partitions go on the drive you're installing to.

omg. My bad Anorax, I completely forgot to make an update. Yes I did receive the package, It came on the 23rd of December so it was a fun after party when Christmas was done. I have always played this game but never actually had my own. Thx a bunch
http://puu.sh/mmyoj/74547a8dc2.jpg

I got you all a digital download code for free music, I'm gonna hide it below in white text so that it isn't taken by people not involved with secret santa:
www.ocremix.org
To everyone else, hope you had a good Christmas  

I also wanted to mention how much I enjoyed how cocky Poe Dameron was regarding his piloting skill, and that it wasn't just mindless boasting. He was able to back it up.
And we should've known Finn wasn't cut out to be a Stormtrooper. I mean he can actually hit things when he shoots!