Chimpazilla
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Hope you had a great birthday Meteo!
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http://www.minecraftforum.net/forum/51-minecraft-mods/ - This is probably the safest, most reliable place to get mods from.
Thank you for that. We successfully got him Mutant Creatures and he is so happy!!!
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Oh Nathan. (and all you super-young dudes) You don't even wanna know how old I was in 1997. Haha! We haven't let him into the deep internet jungle yet. My husband and I are hacking through it ourselves. I'm not really into fighting viruses all afternoon, so I though I'd ask if anyone knew of a better way. Ah, well. And if my kid turns out as nice as you, that's just fine with me.
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Hi guys/gals, my son (age eight) is obsessed with Minecraft. He and his friends compare notes about what mods they have for the game. We tried finding these mods for him, but always we are lead to sites with viruses and/or the flashy DL buttons that take you to stupid stuff. Even when we find the actual DL button, they want you to DL iLivid too. Is there a safe place/way to find these mods, and what other advice can you offer on this subject? Thanks!
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Some lead loudness was the only thing that made this feel not a 100% polished piece for me. Solid, groovy, lushy, lots of detail in there. Nice nice work.
--Eino
Thanks, friend!
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Thanks for that review, Rozo! You will always get a detailed source breakdown from team Timazilla. Thanks for the comments, glad you liked it overall.
Embrace the voice clip. Many of us like them quite a lot. Why not? It gives the track a great flavor of the game being remixed. Embrace it I say!!!
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I'm just gonna bump this. Needs dat mod review that I requested from both Rozo and Flexstyle, both of which I PM'd (which I would expect you guys to see by now, since I've seen some random posts on OCR that were after the time either of you received the PM). Either person is fine, but it'd be great to have both if you both want to. Just whenever I guess, take your time. Chimpazilla and I both want this on OCR. Any other mod is totally welcome to check this out.
T don't forget Gario! He gives an excellent mod review as well. I think they try to take the mod reviews in order of request date. I'm sure one of these fine gentlemen will get with us shortly!
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Sorry Plas, that I dragged you kicking and screaming, against your will, into the warm, fuzzy pool of like-minded friends that is OCR. (no I'm NOT sorry, I'm NOT!) But, you could have at *least* made a useful and helpful post.
Thanks for that Plas, and welcome to OCR, finally!
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Joe, I've asked my friend (Plasuma!!! who just signed up on OCR after a year of my bugging him to) to chime in here. He owns every plugin ever made by EWQL and tons of other orchestral stuff too, and uses Cubase. Hopefully he'll jump in here shortly.
I personally have Kontakt with Albion and Session Strings Pro and love both. For fun drums, I do have Damage which is super duper fun but Argle is right, wait for the sale. I also have the Evolve packs but haven't even delved into them yet.
I also have Omnisphere, and like Argle, I use it in every single track. There are so many great sounds in Omnisphere, they are amazing right out of the box. (many of them are reverb-drenched but you can always turn that off) Omnisphere has so many capabilities to explore, so many ways to process the sounds. My friend (Plasuma!!!) calls it "song in a box" and for good reason.
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Saturday morning bumpity bump!
Timaeus and I wanted to tackle Plants vs. Zombies for two reasons. First, it's a really great soundtrack to a totally addictive game! Second, NO ONE has done it yet! This amazes me! Laura Shigihara has one mix posted on this site, and in the writeup thread, djp mentions how excited he will be to hear the first remix from Plants vs. Zombies. We are hoping this will be that first posted mix from the game!
Chernabogue, thanks for the kind words! Anyone else (mod or not) have any thoughts?
And once again I must say how much I enjoy collaborating with Timaeus! More mixes are already in the works!
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Really nice mix here! Oh wow do I hear some familiar timbres in here, haha! T is a great collab partner, isn't he!
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I love low bass too! Well I guess since you're mainly using it for sub bass it is ok. Maybe someone else can give another opinion!
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Um... do you have bass-heavy speakers? Because I replaced the older bass for a newer one so there was a bigger bass. The bass is way louder now, dude.
The low-end is way higher.
Well I only listened on my headphones... I'll give it a better listen on my monitors later, I have some workmen here today and they are making quite a racket... so I'll reserve judgment on the bass level until later! It's possible the new bass just need to be a little tighter.
edit: listening on monitors - the bass is still inaudible, maybe not due to volume but as I said it isn't tight. I can't discern what melody it is playing, not without straining my ears. It is there, nice and low but indistinct. The previous bass timbre was almost better in this regard. You could try emphasizing the fundamental frequency with eq, and cutting out extreme lows and also some mud from 200-400ish Hz. Or, try layering this bass with another that has some pluck sounds that will make it more audible. If that makes sense!
Another snare idea... why not start the snare transition earlier than 2:20? Just a few groovy hits before.
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Whoa, where'd da bass go??? I like the new bass writing but it is so quiet I can barely hear it! Bring it up, but be careful to cut the low frequencies below 35-40Hz out.
I like the added grooviness! I like that synth solo at the end! (sounds a lot like, nah... haha!) I think you could begin the solo at 2:21 though, start out tame and get groovier after 2:33. 2:21 - 2:33 is a lost opportunity otherwise.
The snare is still a touch loud and is also dry. Some extra snare variation would be good. With varied velocities. (not the same hit each time)
Also, I'm hearing some moments of overcompression/clipping, like the harp in the intro, and even the bell lead that starts at 0:20. Make sure those aren't getting limited too hard. Make sure the overall track isn't getting limited too hard, it does sound hot in several places. If so, you'll have to go back and rebalance some things.
It's improving! Nice work.
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Good job Wes! I do love this mix! It has a great feel, very appropriate for DK, and man... DAT BASS... just enough without being over the top, fits in just right... love it!
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How much to make my baby awesome!?
Haha Joe, your baby starts out awesome, she is related to you!!!
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I like this, what a creative idea. There are some really unique inspired ideas here. There will absolutely need to be more drum variation, the same kick/snare/shaker combo gets old. At a minimum, it needs some soft crashes at the transition points! I think there may be crashes in here, but wow are they quiet. Change up the shaker pattern at least by 1:33, better yet, make it a different instrument altogether, and some different patterns, to accent the different moods of each section.
I'm not sold on that bass. I know it is meant to be funky, but it just sounds a bit flabby and out of place to me... personal opinion. Also, bass writing could be varied here and there, it's very static.
My main gripe about the song is the leads. When they play, they are buried. At 1:33, there is a piano playing. I don't think it is meant to lead there, but what if it did? Push the fairy melody back a bit, bring that piano forward and do something more original with it. Right now it is just a jumble of countermelodies with no focus. Go through the song slowly and carefully, considering what is the main focus at each point that the listener should be paying attention to, then bring that out.
That break at 1:57 is my favorite part! The staccato strings and new chords are gorgeous. But there is that *same* shaker, yawn! Even changing that to a soft hi hat would give variation. Or what about just a few triangle hits? Just something different. And at 2:09, there is an opportunity to introduce some new kind of lead over the established instrumentation, something soulful and louder than the background!
Again at 2:22, just background and no lead. You could do a mini-lead melody here, getting us ready for the lead solo that follows at 2:33. I like the snare break that leads up to 2:33 a lot, the song needs more of this kind of thing!
Harp could use just a drop more reverb. Just a drop!
I hope you keep going, I really like the ideas you've got here!
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The brass was a sample out of Smoker's Delight which I processed and did some chopping and repitching to get the melody and rhythm I wanted while still keeping all the unique articulations of a recorded human performance 'n' stuff. A lot of the sounds in this track are samples I've treated as such.
I'm hugely impressed 'n stuff by this. It sounds great. 'n stuff.
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Ha, yeah ya got me, I didn't realize they were for sale here! I like the Etsy design much better. That girls' shirt is still a little boxy, how about something more this shape? Just a little lower scoop, fitted and cute!
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The original design, or the limited edition one?
Gosh, not sure, I only see the one on your etsy page?
edit: I mean two, the regular one and the customized one. I like the regular one just fine.
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Well, that *is* smoov, isn't it. I'd say it's downright luscious. What did you use for the high brass? Maybe for that next section you could change up the chord progression, just slightly? Really nice, I like it.
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I just love the OCR logo shirts... if you offered a slightly more feminine cut shirt, I'd buy like 15 of them. *hint, hint*
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Wow ecto, you sure do an awesome job given the FL limitations, I am just as impressed with this one as with "Slut." Awesome soundscape! I would have liked a little more lead writing throughout, although that solo at the end utterly rocks. Nice work!
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Utterly lovely. Just brought tears to my eyes. Congratulations Aivi and Chris!
"They See Me Rolling" - OoT Goron City - chimp, anterroir, timaeus
in Post Your Game ReMixes!
Posted · Edited by Chimpazilla
They See Me Rolling - Soundcloud
by chimpazilla, anterroir, timaeus
edit 4-9-13: added glitching by timaeus, and posted for mod review.
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Hi There!
David and I thought it would be fun to take a trip to Goron City and hang out with the big guys for awhile. Turns out they are quite groovy.
We are still tweaking this but we consider it 98% finished. We will still be working with the vocals to make sure David can be heard over the backing, while maintaining all those fun effects.
At this point in our production, we thought it would be a great idea to get feedback from our fine OCR friends. Listen and comment!
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Lyrics:
All my brothers, they see me rolling
All my brothers, they see me rolling
The guy in green, he sees me rolling
The guy in green, he sees me rolling
And I'm watching him, watching them, watching me
Rolling round, and round...
And they're watching him taking out his bombs,
To blow me off the ground!
It may be a small place, so many of us in it,
Yeah we're pretty big guys, with tutus and shit you name it
Still we're easy going, smooth, everyone it's alright...
Let's roll around the town tonight.
Hi there! You see me floating... well... yeah...
Come on man, do it again, bomb me, BOMB ME yeeeaaahhhh...
All my brothers, they see me floating
The guy in green, he sent me floating
And I'm watching him, watching them, watching me
Floating round, and round...
And they're watching him taking out his hook,
To pull me to the ground!
It may be a small place, so many of us in it,
Yeah we're pretty big guys, with tutus and shit you name it
Still we're easy going, smooth, everyone it's alright...
Let's roll around the town tonight.
Source breakdown:
ReMix..........................Source
0:00 - 0:08 8 seconds 0:27 - 0:35
0:08 - 0:15 7 seconds 1:02 - 1:10
0:15 - 0:23 8 seconds 0:27 - 0:35
0:23 - 0:30 7 seconds 1:02 - 1:10
0:30 - 0:35 5 seconds 0:09 - 0:17 (melodic metallic barking)
0:35 - 1:36 original writing and lyrics
1:36 - 1:44 8 seconds 0:27 - 0:35
1:44 - 1:52 8 seconds 1:02 - 1:10
1:55 - 2:26 31 seconds 0:27 - 0:43
2:26 - 3:12 original writing and lyrics
3:12 - 3:20 8 seconds 0:27 - 0:35
3:20 - 3:27 7 seconds 1:02 - 1:10
3:27 - 3:35 8 seconds 0:27 - 0:35
3:35 - 3:43 8 seconds 1:02 - 1:10
3:43 - 3:51 8 seconds 0:27 - 0:35
3:51 - 3:58 7 seconds 1:02 - 1:10
3:58 - 4:07 9 seconds 0:09 - 0:17 (melodic metallic barking)
total is 137 seconds - 137/247 = 55.47% source usage