The Radical Sifu

http://chaffcitycomic.com/trs/The_Radical_Sifu_-_The_Beauty_Machine_%28Banjo-Kazooie_WIP_2%29.mp3 This still isn't very good, but I don't know why. Would very much appreciate pointers. (I've played with the mixing a LOT. Don't know what y'all will make of it now). Re-reading over this thread I forgot to address a couple of the points made such as humanising the synths and putting a proper ending on it. I guess those points still stand

One of the best things I've heard on OCR for a while. Easily Ben's best work to date IMO. Epic in a thoughtful and mature kind of way.

It is snowing outside my window. It never snows here. The fact that this track has been released today of all days is awesome, and you know what? It fits perfectly. This is the perfect thing for me to listen to right now.

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I'm re-doing the mixing and working on it, I should be back with a new version in a week or two. Btw BlackPanther... this is the longest 'sec' in the history of the universe

Yes, there is. I'm hazy on the details, but I know I can be done because I did it myself many years ago. I've been wracking my brain trying to remember Have you tried the N64 Sound Bank Ripper from this website? http://thecpy.emulation64.com/thelastresort/pluginstools.htm#N64%20Tools

Or, what I sometimes do is to set the sample to Cut Itself and then put in an extra note after the cymbal with 0 velocity, effectively causing the sample to be cut off by a silent extra note. Useful for those annoying instrument samples that have built-in delay and tails, too. Try it, it's handy.

Just popping in to say that I absolutely love this remix and listen to it every morning. djp, this is my favourite of yours. (Although I also love your Secret of Mana piece as a close second)

Yeah, but the point I'm making is that if you didn't recognise all the Banjo themes until I told you they were there, that to my mind indicates that I've arranged them in a sufficently interesting way. Only the intro, based on Bridge To Grunty's Lair, is used almost verbatim from the games. Absolutely everything else has been tweaked, embellished, re-written and played around with. Like I said, I'm happy with my arrangement (rubbish ending notwithstanding). @BlackPanther: Looking forward to your feedback

So it's too liberal until I point out all the source references, and now it's too conservative? Are you making this up as you go along? I'm pretty happy with my arrangement this time, I can't see how this is any more or less conservative than every other OC Remix ever. Any comments on the production, guys?? I have a couple of issues myself with a couple of things (especially the bass in a few places). I'd be interested to hear what y'all have to say.

Thank you

I realise the liberalism of the remix may be hard to judge without an intimate knowledge of the games and tracks remixed herein, so here's a breakdown of the mix: 0:05 - 0:23: The Bridge To Grunty's Lair theme, done pretty faithfully. 0:23 - 1:12: transitions into the chord progression from the Lair theme proper. Picks up the melody midway through, and riffs around it but doesn't stray too far. 1:12 - 1:31: An eight-bar solo built around the Lair theme chord progression. This is the only completely original melody found in this mix. 1:31 - 1:51: This is Klungo's theme from Banjo-Tooie, slowed wayyy down just to be different. Again, I've riffed around it and embellished it. 1:51 - 2:10: Joined by a countermelody that is mostly original, but informed by the Lair theme motif. 2:10 - 2:29: Part of the chord progression from the Lair theme, drama'd up. 2:29 - 2:39: This is my version of the intro from the Lair theme 2:39 - end: This last bit is taken from the Final Boss Battle music and riffed around with but still very recognisable to any Banjo fan. Hope that helps

Yeah, it probably is too loud and overcompressed, and I suck at writing endings. Good calls on those. I'll work on that. Disagree strongly about the arrangement being too liberal, though. I've played around with it and had some fun, but it's Banjo all the way through.

Hi everyone! Back again with attempt number 3 This time, it's the Grunty's Lair theme from Banjo-Kazooie (also containing bits of Klungo's Theme from Banjo-Tooie, and the final boss music and Bridge To Grunty's Lair theme from B-K as well). I've been working on it for so long that I've lost all objectivity, so some feedback would be nice. Does anybody think it's got promise? DECEMBER 23RD UPDATE: http://chaffcitycomic.com/trs/The_Radical_Sifu_-_The_Beauty_Machine_%28Banjo-Kazooie_WIP_2%29.mp3 This still isn't very good, but I don't know why. Would very much appreciate pointers. (I've played with the mixing a LOT. Don't know what y'all will make of it now). Original source tune: Responding to criticism of past mixes that my arrangements have been too faithful to the source, I've tried to be more creative this time. Don't know if I'm anywhere near fulfilling OCR's demands, though. Above all I hope you enjoy it and PLEASE CRITIQUE. I want to improve on this. Me and this game go waaaay back, and if I'm going to make a submission, I want this to be it. Thank you!

Yeah, this was one of my absolute faves from the album too. This is what I like in a remix - something that kind of keeps the original vibe, but turns it up to 11. More often than not, the remixes where Castlevania gets re-done as lounge piano or whatever just strike me as novelties. I like to feel that you could take the remix and use it to replace the original level music, and the level would still work. This remix does that. It still sounds like a castle level. I like that a lot.

I hate this, to be honest. It's lazy and I was bored of it after thirty seconds. There are some of us who work our arses off to try to get stuff posted by the dragons on the Judges' panel, and then djp just direct-posts a pile of crap like this. The production isn't even nearly glossy enough, considering that that's just about all it has going for it. Sounds like someone threw it together in about two hours to be honest. Sorry, if I'm offending the artists. But this really shouldn't have been posted, it's not up to standard.

This is another one of those tracks that completely encompasses what OCRemix is to me - a mix that takes something fairly obscure and geeky, and transforms it into something with attitude and swagger, something that yells "SO I LIKE SNES MUSIC, BITE ME!" The growly bass, the screeeeaming synth solos... man, this has got so much style. I dig hugely. <3

Ouch, that's a kick in the shorts. I thought I was getting somewhere with this one. Oh, well. I'm bored of this track anyway. I'm going to start another new one.

Actually, hang on. For some reason, my drums are now all unbalanced, despite the fact that I haven't touched them. Something's gone wrong somewhere. Ignore this version. I need to go back. EDIT: OK, I've reuploaded a not-fucked-up version. Sorry about that. Changes I've made are: I've nibbled at the upper mids, fiddled with the troublesome strike at 2.27, and shaved a few seconds off the fadeout. Hope you like it better. EDIT 2: I'm marking the thread for Mod Review, I wanna make moves towards getting this subbed.

Any better, Gario? http://cbnow.co.uk/theradicalsifu/Mega_Man_7_Junk_Male_4.mp3

Argh, so close XD Will leave it a day or two to see if I attract any more comments before I set to work on what I seriously hope will be the final version.

Alrighty, here we go again! New mixdown, the EQ on the pads has been addressed and everything has been re-balanced, loads of tweaks. Hopefully you'll like this one more? I think it rocks a bit harder, not to mention cleaner. http://cbnow.co.uk/theradicalsifu/Mega_Man_7_Junk_Male_3.mp3 Am I there yet?? *fingers crossed*

THIS IS AWESOME. Stuff like this is what OCRemix is all about, to me. MORE please. <3

I love the source tune, but this didn't really do a lot for me. The first two minutes are structurally almost identical to the original, and then it seems like the main melody gets way over repeated from that point out.

I really love this! Can't stop listening to it. Hope I can be this good someday.

I love this. Really hope it makes it up onto the main site.