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If this kid is a video game , 3D Dot Game Heroes will probably be too easy for him :[ that game would have been awesome if it weren't so damned easy.

Alundra for Playstation 1. You can get it on the PS3 (downloadable), maybe even on the 360. It should put him in his place very difficult 2D Zelda clone with perhaps the coolest town music ever ( ).

Ya'll bitches best be prepared. TGH cooked up one badass mix for you this week.

Yep, I think everyone is kicking a wonderful amount of ass. Warning: my entry next week will not kick ass for two reasons: 1) finals week, and this ain't undergrad; 2) holy shit, I've been in the worst musical dry spell since my last remix. /bitching

Mmmmm, loved it, man. Very nice solo-work, and smooth transitions. Gotta go with halc that it could use a little bit more production polish, but whatevz. I really enjoyed listening to it

Psh, my mix wasn't even on the list, and it didn't have any chiptune elements or elevator references or wahtever.

you're not cookin'! yeh, dude... Characteristic condescension spoken through your teeth! Thanks for brightening everyone's day

mmmmmmmmmm, now this is what I'm talking about. Awesome suggestions Why didn't I do that? Why is the intro as loud as it is? Because my production abilities aren't very good Those things didn't even occur to me, and my ability to hear things like that is so deficient that I don't even know if your assessment is correct or not, hah. I'll go back and make adjustments once I hear what the mods have to say.

you mean he wasn't already?!

Oh gawd, I love Sequelitis... ... and I can't help you. Sorry :[

Prepare to have all of your expectations metNOEXCEEDED by his OST in this music pack. I've had that particular album for a while. LOVE. IT. The stage select music... ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

DO IT. FOR ME. please.

OK IT'S AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD youpeoplemumblegrrr

LIK'D. You owe me an OCR hoodie

ENJOY THE REMIX (updated 2/16/12) elec man source (I've been told this source is a bit hard to identify -- IT ISN'T! 1:50-3:00 is overt albeit slow Elec Man, as is the piano outro; there are elements of Elec Man in the solo near the end as well) mega man 5, wily stage 1 source YO. This was my entry for the Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet last week. I've had a few issues with it, namely that the final couple versions of the project file mysteriously vanished into the 12th dimension, so I just now attempted to recreate what was lost in terms of production value. I think it's about back to where it was. Let me know if the highs seem a little too bright to you. NEWAYZ, this mix is supposed to convey an electric sleep, hence the name -- synthy dreams and mystical soundscapes and all that. I would like to make this my first sub if and only if you think this would be passed. I'm kinda on a mission to have my first sub be unanimously YES'd. I want to feel like I've earned it. Also, does anyone know of any good, timestamped audio hosts besides soundcloud? I miss Fireslash's wip host :[

Oops, I just $10'd. Would do more if it weren't federal aid money.

As always, this is just kind of a stream of consciousness as I listen, so if there are errors, DEAL WITH IT. Liquid Metal -- Nice tubey guitar tone here. I hate scream vocals about 90% of the time :/ That said, this is very well arranged and produced, especially the way the Wily theme carries it around 2:30. The lyrics were pretty entertaining, especially the random "fish" at the end. Cherry-on-fucking-top. What drum plugin were you using? I've been looking for an awesome one for rock/metal recently. Ecto wants to write some synth metal... Satch Man -- Another Willrock-augmented mix! I'm down. Yep, this is the halc I know, finally having exorcised all the hatred and aggression out of his life through chill dubstep, whatever that is. I want your magical power to retexture your mixes constantly :[ Production-wise, I don't really have any complaints at all. Willrock's solo was short and sweet. The flute at the end was an awesome touch. Soooo, yeah! Very enjoyable I'd like to see a solo halc mix in Round 3, though, frand. Cold Dreams -- ooooo sounds all time stretchy and flange-y and freezing god damn cold, so good work on the ambience there! The piano even manages to feel like icecicles somehow. That doesn't even make sense. Basically, you did a fantastic job making things seem super cold. The sound design in general was excellent, as was the production. The part at about 3:05 was very, very well done My only complaint is that the snare was almost nonexistent. The arpeggios around 4:00ish reminded me of Bubble Man. Bonus points. I Don't Have Time to Make This Song -- The kick made me poop my pants, but in a good way. And, well... it's all very good Shitty review, yes, but know that I probably would have voted for it had it been finished! It was coming along very nicely! Passing of the Night -- The guitar processing could use a little work, maybe some more verb and some EQing to make it mesh with the dreamy soundscape a bit better. There was some weird panning in the right channel at 0:36 with the countermelody. The drum work was really solid. Around 1:00, the blippy arp and the intensifying soundscape were pretty sweet and really pushed the mix along. I was a bit worried at the beginning that the slightly-sounding guitar belied a not-so-good mix, but I was dead wrong. I suppose my biggest complaint would be the solo at the end sounding a little rhythmically forced and almost out of time. This was really good overall, though Electrostatic -- Bitching soundscape to start it off, especially those sweet drums. The tweety sample at 0:48 & other times needs some mixing attention, especially its panning position being pretty far left. The phase lead also needs a little blending with the rest of the sounds. The part around 2:37 didn't mesh well with the rest of the mix, just a bit forced harmonically. There were a few parts with somewhat piercing highs. Dude, you have super-mega potential, you just need work on production. Your texturing is consistently interesting and the arrangement ideas have this awesome feel of controlled chaos. The Death of Mr. X -- The rhythm in the beginning makes me want to kick some ass. I wasn't a huge fan of the ensuing rhythm guitar breakdown, kinda sounded a little Nirvana-esque, and I've never been a fan. I wasn't really into it until around 2:30 again -- very gripping solo. The dirty acoustic after it with the neck-y guitar outro was a very fitting complement to the beginning. Much like Hylian Lemon's remix from last round, both the intro and outro gave me a desperado vibe. Overall, though, it just wasn't my thang stylistically. Dayquil, Nyquil -- Nice name, this had better be suitably trippy. wtf, chrome does not recognize trippy as a word. Badass bass and percussion, especially the progressive left to right panning on the percussion, awesome idea and execution. Both could have used some variance, though, as the bass could have changed with the chords a little better, and the drum lick, while cool, would have sounded better with some alterations. The ensuing symphonic part kicked my ass. I thought the hat on the off-beats was a little hot. The flute-work was really engaging and interesting. The arrangement was tight, if a little conservative. Wow, looking back on the review, there's a lot of negatives, but my overall impression was that it was GREAT. Keep abusing the x-quil as long as it inspires great music like that. YOUR HEALTH IS SECONDARY TO MY ENTERTAINMENT. I Dreamt of a Man With Two Heads -- Nice hook at the beginning (accidentally typed it as "nice gook" at first, was barely able to will myself to fix the typo). I don't envy your task having to remix Search Man extremely difficult source. The trippy soundscape was complemented well by the chromatic descension of that slow-attack saw. Everything is great up until the outro which needs some work as far as note choices go. Yeah, so holy shit, man, this is a mind-blowing improvement over your last remix. That bass around 2:20 could have used a little more attention, and the piano needs some humanization and maybe a bit off the high end. I loved the percussion throughout with that slightly distorted kick -- nasty, yet reserved. In fact, that's kind of the vibe I got from the whole mix. VERY good work Copperhead Drumstep -- ok, teamie. I'm in love with the pulse arpeggios near the beginning. They belie a sense of urgency that's expanded on in the next section with the electro bass and even more in the Snake Man breakdown beginning around 0:55. The pizzicato strings are an excellent choice given the classical chord progression and that it starkly represents the other source theme. The call and response between the themes once that section picks up is badass. I love that backwards-sounding synth around 2:10ish. And an outro with chip drums? I'll take it. Except I can't legally vote for it. I mean, come on. Smooth Operator -- The panning at the beginning was a bit extreme. The claps need some more presence and reverb probably. Otherwise, the harmonies are sick, as was the instrumentation and the bassline. Once the mix picked up after the intro, everything was suitably chill and awesome. The cross-panning cymbal sweep was a little sharp on the highs. I loved that rhythmic filtered noise bit throughout. The outro made me feel like I'd just had sex and was finishing off my post-coitus tobacco stick -- all in the waiting for my post-coitus sandwich that SOMEONE had better be in the kitchen making... ZERP to DERP -- Another typo that I'll just kinda roll with. The chord progression really needs to change with the melody, especially at 0:31. The drums after that have some unusual volume issues, like at 1:01. It's loud for a measure, then quiet for a measure. I really liked the transition at 1:38 and the ensuing arrangement & BASSLINE (sweet instrument choice, although it sounds a bit midi ripped :[ ) Nice work tightly arranged in a fun & compact package. kthx guys, this has been the best round overall so far. Voting is going to be a tossup basically between, like, 8 mixes. 1st = I Dreamt of a Man With Two Heads 2nd = Dayquil, Nyquil 3rd = Satch Man

YEPYEPYEP, got me a nice AxiomPro61 MIDI keyboard, but I only use it for, ironically, soloing over loops I've made. I sequence everything by hand. I really don't find it to be difficult or tedious or time-consuming doing it by hand... it's much easier to ear it out to create really cool, complex music I probably wouldn't have done otherwise while improvising.

Was joking I know how to mix down my tracks pretty well. See Gario's Post of Clarity.

Yep I did so days ago, and I even mentioned that again in one of my last few posts Regardless, I still don't think it's that piercing as it was submitted, but again, I do recognize the shrillness everyone is hearing. Lesson learned: master track --> eq --> brickwall everything over 1kHz --> yeah.

That's possible, but I use Sony MD-7506 headphones for monitoring, and as far as I know, those have a pretty solid frequency response across the board. It could also be that all the loud music I've listened to over the years has killed my ability to hear high frequencies

You still owe me $20.

Ready? Magic trick. Check again. That'll be $20 for the mind-fuck, babe.

I suppose it is. I just listened to my remix again, and although the highs are a bit shrill, I really only think they're a bit shrill. Not even close to anything that would make me turn off the music, and I listen to music at a fairly high volume. Perhaps its just a difference in perceptual intensity. Nonetheless, if several others are hearing something I'm not, it's probably an issue worth correcting.

Sting Operation -- The snaps about 20 seconds in were very loud and distracting. The synth brass was sequenced very well, and it gave the piece an awesome sort of dire "desperado" feel. The constant retexturing was awesome and verrrry well done. Air Man in a G String -- I'm a huge sucker for shred guitar being that I was a budding shredder myself before the first two years of college ate my free time. The guitar work was gorgeous and mixed fantastically. I enjoyed the liberal interpretation of the source tunes, and... yeah! Not a lot to complain about. I suppose the intro percussion felt a little out of time in some way? unto dust -- Hm, so there's how I should mix those screeching synths of mine The superb sound design stands out to me immediately, as does the constant retexturing. The chugging guitar riff around 1:00 could use a little mixing attention. Running With Scissors -- You had me at speed metal. I'll have to agree with whoever else said that this seems like a mash-up of a lot of good ideas. There's not a lot of cohesion between the sections, but the mixing and performance are both badass. This could be an epic metal anthem if you expanded each section and added elements to cohere them better. Power Outage -- Again, I'm not a huge fan of vocals, but your performance was good considering you didn't autotune. There was a general sense of dryness as far as the synths went. The section around 1:40 and after was very disjointed (again, the dryness) but I heard a ton of potential in it. If you connected all the ideas in the section with a little processing and some more attention to how each part is related, it would be pretty damn sweet. The ending petered off a bit. Like Neko's mix, this one had a lot of good ideas, but it didn't give each one enough time to develop it fully. Tripping Through -- I'm just now getting into trance a bit, and man, do I love it. This is no exception. Superb mixing and pulse from the get-go. The pulse lead was a bit corny, but that's just personal preference, never did much like those. The more spacious lead that comes in soon after that is excellent. I though I heard some weird harmony around 1:30, but maybe I'm just crazy. Beginning around 2:00, I thought the mix started to lose direction and cohesion a little. The lead around 3:05 got VERY quiet. Overall, this was very well written and interesting minus the bit around 2:00, but the themes were kept completely separate. Topsy Turvy -- Would it be weird if I told you I wanted to kill you and eat your heart to gain your sound design prowess? Don't answer that. The arrangement was excellent, the soundscape got me fucking AMPED, the bass was bowel-movement-inducing, the transitions kicked my ass. Screw the haters. I liked the ending. First place. Riding The Avalanche -- Orchestral music is another genre I'm starting to crack in to a bit. This is a good reason why I should keep exploring it Obviously, the length is an issue, but what you have is excellent -- dramatic and very well composed. The harmonies in the last 30 or so seconds were totally badass. Electric Sleep -- was ok Solidity -- The drop at 1:04 was sweet. I thought the detuned saw patch was a bit corny, but WHOA, the part around 1:30 was gorgeous, and once you filtered those saws, they sounded very nice. Some of the notes around 2:25 just kind of sounded wrong (artistic license, I know, but they didn't sit well with me). The transition into the more overtly Crystal Man section was well done, and although that section was extremely conservative, the great instrument choices kept it fresh. It led into the Wily theme quite naturally, too. I thought that some of the transitions lacked punch. Hooray for you for making a long remix, too. I always prefer more music to less. Topsy-Turvy = 1st place vote without a doubt. Air Man in a G String, Solidity, and Sting Operation are tough to choose between for 2nd or 3rd... I have to give it to the sweet guitar performance and mixing for 2nd: Air Man in a G String Solidity is a bit more tailored to my musical preferences these days, so I'll give that 3rd over Sting Operation, but I just want Hylian Lemon to know that it was the hardest decision I've ever made in my life... ever... in my life. Pete you're a fucking Ecto andihateyou Love, DICK