mirev

Final Copy V2: http://soundcloud.com/journeyjay/journey-with-the-machine-gun V1: http://soundcloud.com/journeyjay/journey-with-a-machine-gun-11

I didn't shorten the beginning, but I took your advice on everything else, and this is what came out of that: http://soundcloud.com/journeyjay/journey-with-a-machine-gun-11 I think the guitar is a big step up from before, thnx for the tip! 11-17-2011

Exactly the helpful info I was looking for.

FINAL http://soundcloud.com/journeyjay/journeywithamachinegun

11/11/11 UPDATE: http://snd.sc/u1sf8D

Another Update. Have to work on the flute a little. http://snd.sc/vvXTfU

Updated, still needs work. Any advice or tutorials would be epically appreciated since I'm still learning even some of the basics to music production. http://soundcloud.com/journeyjay/wandering-musician_draft

http://www.esnips.com/displayimage.php?pid=32972109 The intro to a song I'm working on. UPDATED:WIP: http://soundcloud.com/journeyjay/wandering-musician_draft UPDATE:WIP2: http://snd.sc/vvXTfU 11/11/11 UPDATE: http://snd.sc/u1sf8D MASTERING-EQ_FINAL11/12/2011: http://soundcloud.com/journeyjay/journeywithamachinegun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Copy V2: http://soundcloud.com/journeyjay/jou...he-machine-gun V1: http://soundcloud.com/journeyjay/jou...machine-gun-11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original:

New WIP MIX. Comments appreciated http://soundcloud.com/jdcale/beatainstrumental-wip-ocremix

This is my take of Prelude from various Final Fantasy Games. I still plan on making some changes, extending it a bit, switching up the baseline a tad, and adding a vocal track. http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/412294

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/407868 A vocal track will be added to this.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/404305 Still a few modifications to be made.

If only I knew how to do this in Cubase. So, I guess I've got enough input for now. I'm placing this project on hold for the time being, I'll come back with a release in a week or so.

It appears that comments have slowed, so I'm placing the track up for Mod Review. Up For Mod Review--8/8/2010

Here is the first FINAL of my track. The entire song past 2:30 has been reworked so that it is not busy like before and matches with the rest of the track. http://soundcloud.com/mirev/prison-wanderers_five_seven Version FIVE, Revision SEVEN.

Another Update, this is still not my final cut, just another semi-final. I've added two short segments which finalize the composition. (IE, two verses from the source were not yet included in my track, but now have a part). I still have to adjust for some timing issues, and cut down on the business at certain intervals, but i think it's starting to round itself out. Let me know what you think. http://soundcloud.com/mirev/prison-wanderers5-5

Thanks for all of the support guys, I spent the last 12 hours grinding through tiny changes that I think add a positive feel to the track, which I wouldn't have been able to do without all of your wonderful help. My latest revision can be found at the link below, and I think it sounds good enough to be considered my Semi-Final mix. Because of this, I would appreciate the most critical analysis your willing to give on it, so I may make my last changes based on your opinions before releasing a final cut. Changes in this version: a. The background that follows throughout the track has a reverb, is not as intrusive, and has grown more "real" sounding than synth. b. Added a mild ambience track which utilizes a sort of "bells" or "Crystals" type sound that I think complements the mix. c. Small edits to the guitar as a few notes were merging into other sounds and it didn't sound to good. d. The ending was tweaked a little to have the instruments end there tracks at close(but still separate) intervals. e. A violin track was added to keep the song fresher than previously.(I can't remember if I had it in my last revision.) f. Small tweaks here and there(Slowed some things down slightly, which involved redoing the track ) So let me know what you think, I really like it. http://soundcloud.com/mirev/prison-wanderers5-3

Yay! I solved my problem. Turn out I had to disable a "Feature"(pfft) in cubase called Snap, which supposedly automates what it thinks your going to select, so now I can make loops, although I'm preferring not to on sets that are 5 or less notes(IE Tenor Sax VST) Here is the latest and close to final(in my opinion) version of my mix, which does have note inconsistencies in two of the instruments, with one instrument I had to strip out entirely until I can fix its composition. I think it sounds much more "full" compared to the others, and for whatever genre you would call it, I think it fits in nicely. Let me know what you think. P.S. For the one who was considering making an album, let me throw in my two cents. Firstly, I think it's a great idea, but secondly, I think it should be an entire recreation of the Final Fantasy 8 Soundtrack, with a mix of every song from the game. That of course, would take a lot of time and collaboration(Not to mention the original album was four hours long and spanned 4-5 discs), I think it would be a great achievement that could become a major stepping stone in the Video Game Mixers Universe. Without further ado, my latest mix of "The man with the machine gun", let me know what you think, I'm loving the help you guys have for me, it's assisting a lot, and could use any comments you have. http://soundcloud.com/mirev/prison-wanderers5 EDIT: I've tried Fl Studio(Not in a sense...legally), but I found it hard to work with because it seemed very...compact, hard to organize, and with waaaaaay to many boxes. Everything was in a new box, while on cubase you've got two boxes, the program box, and the composition box. Cubase also uses light colors and is strait forward, making it fast and easy. When I looked at FL Studio, it was dark and the lists on the left side were so big that they bugged out the graphical interface. Now, I probably would have found a skin I liked, and a way to feel good working with FL Studios, but for me there was a major learning curve. On cubase, except for that whole snap feature, I learned it within a few hours. So in my opinion, Cubase is better. NOTE: Cubase is reaaaaaally bloated, so if you don't have 4 gigs of ram(Preferably 8 gigs), and a smoking processor, don't go over 6 tracks.

Thanks for the info, it is helping a ton. When I removed the drums entirely, it seems to remove a lot of the inconsistencies throughout the track. I'll learn how to add re verb to vst's, as that's all I'm using.

Here is my latest version, it still needs a ton of work, but it sounds pretty good in my opinion so far. The instruments are different than the previous versions. Let me know what you think. http://soundcloud.com/mirev/prison-wanderers4-1

Thanks for the info, I'm very aware of the timing and the sloppiness, one of the things that needs to be repaired. Also, the reason I'm playing it all out is because Cubase 5 won't let me select parts of a track in the millisecond range, and wants to grab everything in half second chunks, so I can't make any loops. I've grown accustomed to this major annoyance(Which I hope I can fix in the settings somewhere), so if you know how to make cubase's selection tool more sensitive, please let me know.

Thanks for the info, I've filled in the background some more and fixed a few note inconsistencies, added a few seconds to the track, brought in some new instruments, and rose the volume, along with doing some equalizing. I'd say I'm close to finished on this one, still have a few inconsistencies to repair, but I'm liking how it sounds. Let me know what you think. http://soundcloud.com/mirev/prison-wanderers3-1

Thanks for the constructive criticism, this is my first song that I've actually done so any information you have for me is gladly accepted. Here is a further developed mix, which fixes the notes and adds the second portion of the song to the melody. I'm personally trying to make it a semi-progressive mix that transitions to different instruments throughout the tune, with an abrupt fadeout at the end to conclude. I plan to add a few more background sounds to the mix and equalize the instruments so they won't over power one another. Let me know what you think. http://soundcloud.com/mirev/prison-wanderers2

I'm working on this remix of "The man with the Machine Gun" from Final Fantasy 8, got a short background melody partially finished, then realized I had the notes wrong, so I'll be going back over it, but I think it still sounds nice. Have a hear, let me know what you think. http://soundcloud.com/mirev/prison-wanderers EDIT: FINAL version one: http://soundcloud.com/mirev/prison-wanderers_five_seven