Chimpazilla   Judges ⚖️

Whoops Joe, thought you knew, no need for any kind of moderation now, not even the automated variety, as the workshop is being done away with. Hope you enjoyed your short stay on staff, I know I did! Btw Bananator is already operational, has been for a couple of months now. We just never announced it. Careful what you say, folks!

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If Judganator said yes, then they are accepted. Yes, they are stored in a huge cloud database that we recently designed. You will have a bit of a wait though, until we complete the Postanator program (in progress) so you can see it on the front page. But hoo-boy, when THAT is up and running, posting will be immediate (for accepted tracks).

I'm so happy this is finally up and running. Even though I've been canned, I'm just super happy to know that the judging process has been sped up to this extent, the remixers deserve this immediate feedback. I sure enjoyed judging for the brief time I was on the panel, I'll miss it but this is such an improvement. Great job, guys!

This is an unusual circumstance and has been rectified (derp!). But yeah it's too long. We're working to fix it, bouncing ideas now in fact.

Seriously Brandon? Oh come on! Will's cover is quite good, and is meant to be SUPPORTIVE of whatever creativity YOU bring to the mix. So get to it already and quit'cher complainin'.

Is this a typo? The file is 28MB.

This entire compo is composed of Team "Just Having Fun."

Guys! This is a non-violent compo! The only violence should be to our ears, depending on the horribleness of your entries.

Oh yaaaaay! Some singing and maybe some... chickens? *hopeful*

Hey everybody! Today's Meteo's real birthday. Let's annoy him senseless with saccharine birthday wishes!!! Happy birthday, Meteo!!!

List will be updated.

To anyone who is confused or unhappy about this compo, sincere apologies! It is in fact a bit of a developing idea. Bear with us. We are trying to make this a very fun compo, where you can either show off your extensive vocal skills or your capacity for humor and/or raw creativity. If it works out great and is fun, we will probably do it again in the future, in a more refined way. We would like people to officially sign up for this compo. So if you're really in, post your name here. We will update the list as often as possible. Thanks for your great suggestions and your patience. Whatever happens, it WILL be fun!

What he said, me too. Sorry! Recommence circlegeeking.

It does have that circlejerk vibe to it, doesn't it.

We thought it would be easier to use songs that already have lyrics and that most people will be familiar with. Anyone is free to write new lyrics or sing the existing lyrics. That said, if this goes well, we may do another round of this compo, using VGM tracks, where *writing* lyrics will be part of the compo, in addition to *singing* them.

Again for emphasis, these tracks are going to be quite diverse and may seem like they are locked in to a particular gender or style. This is where you really need to get creative! Do whatever you want. Be funny if you want. Do a rap song over a ballad. If you feel the track isn't singable by your gender (and beware, some of them WILL be like that), do something completely different with it, make up different lyrics or whatever. As long as what you do still fits the vibe of the song and makes a cohesive track, and most importantly, showcases what you are good at! This is going to be so much fun, I'm so excited for it to start!

The songs will be very diverse, in terms of vocal style, range etc. This first track is primarily for fun and to get things started. Later tracks will be a little more "serious." Keep in mind, you can sing the songs any way you want to. Also, you don't need to sing every round, since it is non-elimination. Just do the ones you want! There will be some tracks that may be more male-vocal friendly, and some that may be more female-vocal friendly, and many that will be easily singable by men and women. But all of them are opportunities to be unique and fun.

I feel like this could work, consolidated on OCR, as long as the database for Workshop ReMixes was kept separate enough from the Official ReMixes, and labeled clearly. Also, I suggest adding another labeling category for workshop threads: in addition to "wip," "mod review" and "finished," add one more thread classification to indicate a mix the person feels is ready to be in this database. I'll try to think of a new term that works. How would adding the track to the database work? Would the mods maintain the database, and add the tracks to it themselves? Where would this database reside? Or, will this just be a separate forum for threads containing such remixes? Questions, questions. Also, what kind of QC will there be for these mixes? Will they need to adhere to OCR standards, and who will check this?

...maybe... XPRTHungNovice?

Anything goes. Will is looking for real singers, but who knows what may come of this? Put your thinking cap on and come up with something unique and cool.

Oh man, this track feels new to me each time I hear it. The vibe is so dark and painful. Luckily most of the ear pain has now gone away. Funny, the track almost feels like it NEEDS to still have the ear pain to be complete. But it is definitely easier to listen to without it. YES

I believe Will will say you can do as you like and just have fun with it. Keep in mind, he is actually looking for vocalists to work with on real projects going forward. Anyone interested in working with Will on future projects as a singer might want to keep their performances as real and unprocessed as possible (meaning well-mixed and gently effected, but not over-processed). The "popular vote" winner may end up being different from who he reaches out to as potential singing collaborators. Whatever happens though, it is meant to be FUN! I personally can't sing, but maybe I can record my cat...

That is one beefy kick. It may be the beefiest kick I've ever heard. I love it, so much. It's probably too loud, though. Unfortunately after I've really started grooving with this kick and a terrific bass groove... what follows is a rather wimpy choir patch which is indeed sounding behind the beat due to it's slow attack. This choir is acting as a lead for awhile, until it is joined by an equally tame faux flute thing, then back to soft choir for a bit, then a breakdown already? Ok here's the buildup... waiting for something epic... generic saw lead, ok. More choir and into yet another breakdown. At 2:35 I like the lead best so far, but it still feels very meek and tame and I'm expecting so much more based on the unbelievably cool kick and bass groove that's still going. At 3:20, super soft pad. At 3:34, more soft choir. Where's the epic lead work? The instrumentation in this mix feels so unbalanced. The other big issue in this track is that the writing/arrangement is very repetitive. The verses, breakdowns, buildups and drops are all incredibly similar, with the writing in each section being super simple. There are three of each and they are nearly identical to each other. The part at 2:35 is really the most unique and best section imo, but the rest is just too similar. The section from 3:04 to 3:34 is just way too sparse. You've got a really thin sounding rimshot break before some of the drops. I'd recommend removing those completely as they add nothing to the drops. Take them out and push the drops up by that one bar where the rimshot break was. The track seems to be mixed pretty well. My main issue is the repetitiveness of the three sections of the track (3 verses, breakdowns, buildups and drops). A bit of more varied writing would help keep it interesting. I also feel that some more exciting lead timbres would really make the instrumentation match better, and maybe a wicked solo section somewhere. This song could really be so epic. NO (resubmit)

Interesting intro idea, I like it, although when the mix begins at 0:15, those first few notes feel way too loud by comparison. The intro idea is cool but the execution isn't quite there. I'm not hearing "lossy" per se (maybe it's because of that 8-bit snare and white noise bursts?), but what I do hear is that all the timbres seem to be competing for frequency space, and many of the timbres could use a high-pass to cut out some low frequencies that are conflicting with the bass. With this many similar timbres at once, each one needs to have it's own frequency space, and they can't all have the same volume. The flute synth sounds just a touch too realistic to fit in as a synth, and too fake to be real, and it's lost in that fakey middle ground. That bit of string backing has the same issue, although it is less pronounced since the strings are a backing and not a lead. You've got some unique writing ideas. I love glitchy stuff, but I think it could have been pulled off with a bit more finesse by using it a bit more sparingly and without the panning. I'm not a fan of fadeout endings in general, and I always think it is a better idea to end a track on some resolving chord, at a minimum. NO (resubmit)