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Yeah, mastering is more than just putting stuff on the master channel. It involves stuff such as checking EQ on many audio systems for consistencies, checking loudness consistencies between tracks on an album, track flow on an album, etc. I would also call simply using the master channel "finalizing", because you're really just finishing up the track with those master channel edits. As for me, I finalize with just a steep high pass at 28Hz, a steep low pass at ~19000Hz, a soft knee limiter with a 72.4% knee, and sometimes a little parallel compression.

Ooh, phaser harp. Dunno if that's even been done before. At 0:20, it's a small thing, but maybe you could widen the soundscape a little bit more. At 0:31, it's about good on the stereo field IMO. To me, the lead at 1:02 is a little too upfront; maybe try EQing down the low-mids a bit. Nice and nuanced tones overall. Perhaps at 1:53, you could try delaying the vibrato until a little bit later in the note sustain, for some variation in the vibrato predictability, but that's not a big deal. Nice change-up at 2:14. The key change works. Also my opinion, but at 2:34, considering the harp being there, maybe that arp could be pushed a little further back for some dynamic contrast (with reverb dry mix, or EQ). Maybe you could even automate the dry mix up from a low value to make it seem like it's moving towards you from far away? Otherwise, this is a great update. Finish it up!

The FluidR3 soundfont has some orchestral auxiliary percussion, which includes an anvil.

Impact Soundworks: Impact Steel - Kontakt 4 or above

I'm using Firefox 31.0 on Windows 7, and I also have no display issues of any sort.

Just my opinion, but if he/she's just starting, a competition would be too big a leap (prereq: able to compose, but composition is still something that is challenging). This I would recommend.I would start by learning independently. I don't know of many in-depth guides for just writing music in general besides that one, but I would try listening more attentively to music you like, and trying to identify what's going on. That might give you an idea of how you can create a cohesive piece of work. Then you might want to start getting acquainted with your DAW, learning what each plugin type is supposed to do, and trying it out to get the context. In the process you might also want to write something short to hear the plugins in action. It doesn't have to be a long piece. Perhaps you could start writing 1-minute-long pieces or so.

Oh yeah, that's a good one. And Typer Shark is another that comes to mind.

Something in the intro kinda bothers me though. It's some sort of... bell-like drone? It gets rather loud at its peak levels (0:07, 0:09, 0:12, etc.). Also, this is a small thing, but at 0:45, there's something bassy and thumpy, probably bongo-like, that's panned rather far right; to me it could fit more sensibly in the center or near the center, but that's just my opinion. Yeah, the guitar is a little better. Still has issues though with the round robins, but is otherwise alright. I would still find it an issue concerning OCR standards, but as a casual listen it would be fine. As for the E. Piano, maybe you can try jRhodes3? That's one that I think is really good, and comparable to commercial samples such as Neo Soul Keys. The one right now occasionally has a loud note here and there (1:59, 2:09, etc.), and objectively the tone is pretty good, but I thought maybe you'd like an alternative with lots of velocity layers. The piano is less exposed now in the timestamps where I heard it sound mechanical. Perhaps you can try out these piano soundfonts I picked out and see which one fits this remix (though "Piano 4" and "Piano Jazz" are rather loud; you could scoop out some of that ~190Hz and ~330Hz to help some of these soundfonts). "Steinway 2" and "Steinway 4" are rather good.

Hehe, I don't really get how this sounds like zircon. These drums feel like his typical 80's style. This is *good* in many, many ways, but IMO, it just sounds like Will's usual awesome self.

Rayman, Mario, Pokemon, Super Hang-On. Or y'know, anything but Cooking Mama.

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Okay, so first things first: I'm listening at 85% volume, and that's about where I would consider this particular track at a good volume, so perhaps try lowering the overall volume by 15%? I found the supersaws fading in to be a little cheesy, and perhaps a little odd, IMO. The dubstep wobbles aren't too resonant here, so that's good. The strings though, as before, are a little more mechanical than I'd like, despite this being electronic. Perhaps trying to find a live violin player to collab with might help. Perhaps TeraCMusic? The part with the violin reminds me of . The piano isn't as exposed so I don't find that a problem.Btw, FL Slayer is totally in here. Any chance you could put a more realistic guitar in there? Sounds good overall.

I'll check this out soon!

FRACTION FRENZY. lol I played it in 7th grade, and it was like this. Teacher: "What are you doing? Class is starting." Me: "Math." Teacher: "Okay then." *walks away*

It was exactly as I intended to say it!

Boss. 'nuff said.

Such subtle advertisement. I never even noticed. Yeah, I dig this. Easy to relax to downtempo music.

Happy Bev Day! : D

Damn, some crazy development in this! It sounds like swung jazz for a while, but then adds a little string staccato and E. Piano here and there, goes through a dissonant battle-like phase (in a good way) about 1/3 of the way through, then goes back to its jazzy self about 2/3 of the way through, mixing in the strings again and a little E. Piano as well for the ending. Recommended!

I don't really know Rexy outside of her piano arrangements (maybe that's a sign for me to check out more of *her* music). This is a very well-developed chiptune arrangement that deserved to be in the mixflood. Some quite excellent bass, too.

The point of the differences is to show the effort in transforming the source tune and the personalization that can be put into remixing it. Even if the instruments are different, if the notes and dynamics are too close to the same, then it still counts as a MIDI-exact arrangement. We don't forbid conservative remixes, but we do try to encourage a substantially different interpretation in the notes, instrumentation, mixing, and overall structure.

Technically, if you get permission, then yes, you can submit it (though really the original composer should submit it), but there is no guarantee that the arrangement will be substantially different enough to pass.

I hear dat devil's interval, though I'm not really bothered by it; for me the dissonance stopped at 2:00.

Nice and punchy. I might remix this source tune someday.

What. What is this. I didn't say a thing on this ReMix? C'mon son! This is a fantastic example of Drum & Bass with Dubstep done well. I love both genres, but this manages to mix both together without a grating quality, repetitiveness, off-putting qualities, excessive abrasiveness, or anything like that. There's definitely some extremely tasteful glitching, and I love it. I downloaded this back when it was posted, so just to be absolutely clear... THIS IS BOSS.