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Oh SWEET. I'm soooooo excited!!! Can't wait to meet everyone!

It's down the block 0.10 miles, haha! I'm not worried about missing anything. My husband though, is worried about my walking back to the hotel alone at night! Gonna need some Big Strong Dudes as bodyguards.

I appreciate that... not sure though that my husband will be happy with me sharing a room with a bunch of DOODZ. Teehee!

Hey guyzzz! It looks like I'll be going to Magfest! I'm jumping on this bandwagon way late of course... so I'll be staying at the Hampton. Anyone else staying there?

*thread hijack warning* Argle, congrats on your latest DP mixpost too! /threadjacking

BIRTHDAY MIXPOST ACHIEVED!!! And a DP too. Nice work, great track Big T!

Again with the peanut butter, Joe? I told you, take a sip of milk before you speak.

Oh jeez that comment is so CHEEEEEESY.

Happy Birthday to my good friend and favorite collab partner. Enjoy your day!

Yeah, great! Will can write a remix in two hours. That's awesome! (yikes for me) edit: Oh btw, that image is sooooo cheesy.

T can you explain what the exophase filter is? I'm not sure what I'm listening for there. Sounds like something neato to try though, whatever it is.

Edward (FF4) Lenna (FF5) Gogo (FF6)

Markus, you do such a GREAT job with these jazzy solopianos. This one is great too! You blended the sources quite well. The Kokiri parts feel just a bit stiff to me though, I think it is the timing, parts of Kokiri don't seem to have the same swing as the town portions? I hear it in the first five notes of Kokiri most prominently, but other places as well. The two sources do blend well, but something is just a touch awkward with Kokiri. The piano sounds generally good with some nice dynamics throughout the piece. You've got a lot of low end (and mid-lows) in the piano though, so there is some mud in some spots, and on some of the louder notes there is what seems like borderline distortion happening. How do you have this eq'd? Have you done any mastering, if so, what? I think you could dial back the reverb just a tiny bit. Not much, just a drop less. Fadeout ending? What? Aw, no fair. I KNOW you can write an ending to this. (edit: so I see you ARE gonna write an ending, yay!) I'd say this is submission worthy after you address these things. Nice work!

I'm just going to close my eyes for a moment and bask in the wonderfulness of this post. Thank you for posting it! This kind of thing is always nice to hear!

OMG so badass. Jordan could you please write something less awesome for once and let the rest of us think we have an ounce of talent? Just kidding, keep 'em coming. Can't wait for your album!

I'm starting a new mix with just a bassline and some basic drums. While I loop that, I'm taking the melody and messing with it... turning it into little motifs and arps and stuff. Eventually I'll come right out with the melody, but not yet, but soon I'll play the melody in a recognizable fashion (after I've toyed with the listener for awhile). Then halfway through or so, I'll do this process again and come up with some kind of breakdown based on the melody, and later on, some wicked solo with the melody as countermelody, or something. Have fun with it. Try a few different kinds of ideas, and string together the ones that work.

^This^ is so amazingly awesome.

What the heck just happened here????????

Haha Argle, yeah he really did. That'll teach him not to say "aw, no one listened to my track" ever again. Hahahahehehe!

Haha neurogen, have we confused you sufficiently yet? Maybe some examples will help. Let's take "Zelda's Lullaby" as the example source song. 1. You could play the whole song verbatim with the same arrangement as the source, but in reggae style, and in 4/4. 2. You could swap the first and second halves of the arrangement, play them in reverse order, in a more electronica style, but still downtempo. Make some unique transitions. 3. You could make an entire remix out of just the first 8 notes of the source. This is more difficult to do but can be done, and you might even need to provide us a source-breakdown so you can show us all the places you used those notes. You could use the motif as melody sometimes, countermelody other times, backing arps or chord structure or whatever, as long as it is recognizable. (I remixed the six-note "Requiem of Spirit" source and managed to make a 4 minute mix out of it, that passed the panel) 4. You could mix in another Zelda source, say "Song of Storms." Make a remix that includes both sources. One source becomes the verse, and the other the chorus, or use one source as melody and the other as countermelody, or whatever, but BE CAREFUL HERE... it just can NOT sound like a MEDLEY... they have to blend and form a cohesive new song with good flow (not a bit of one song, then a bit of another, then yet another and then done). You can use as many sources as you want (preferably from the same game), 2-3 is a good number, more can be confusing, and again if you do this, please give us your source-breakdown writeup. These are just a few ways you can make an OCReMix! Did I leave anything out, anyone wanna add more examples? In your case neurogen, with your track, I'm thinking just a little bit of unique soloing in one or two of the verse or chorus sections might do the job. You already added some cool countermelodies and arps and stuff, so it won't take much. For an example, the part in your track that begins at 1:57, that synth and the writing are a little plain... that part could become some kind of wicked solo! Just an idea. But let's see what you come up with! Also, name that track something cool. Honestly, you clearly have potential here. Hence all this attention. (also, wow you got it to -7db RMS? That's impressive because it sounds really clean!)

Ugh, you're right... *facepalm* Let me rephrase that. *ahem* 1. Feel free to use 100% of the source. This is a fine idea in fact! Arrange it in whatever order you want... it just has to be personalized. Change the style, instrumentation, transitions, time signature, add fun unique solos, or countermelodies, or something. Make sure it's just a little bit different from the actual source song. 2. Your track can NOT be a direct cover of the source song.

Your track is nearly 100% source now. Maybe just make one or two sections a bit more original, new solo or something, or rearrange the parts a tiny bit... don't go crazy, just, personalize it somewhat. 50% recognizable source is the minimum, but 75% source is an even better number. 100% is too much. You can alter the rhythm or cadence or time signature too, and still claim source, while still making it your own. I know it's a bit confusing... it's not an exact science, and yet it is... just do some minor stuff to your arrangement and let us hear it again! edit: 100% use of source is fine, just needs to be personalized, cannot be a direct cover.

Enjoy your day today, Rozo!

I "covered" that already Rozo, haha! neurogen, please don't feel intimidated by Timaeus222... he tends to give very detailed feedback which can be very helpful, but this can be overwhelming if you're not used to his feedback style, haha! Take from it only what you find useful, but please know that your track already sounds quite good. I'm looking forward to hearing this again!

Yikes Timaeus! Let's just find out what he plans to do with this mix first, if he is even shooting for OCR submission at all. Then we can barrage him with ProTips! Welcome to OCR, neurogen!