MindWanderer

It seems weird, but this and the backwards compatibility announcement for Xbox One are combining to make me actually consider buying the system. I missed out on the Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark games the first time around; Nuts and Bolts is still on my "reasons to consider buying a 360" list somewhere. If Blue Dragon gets Xbox One support, I'll probably finally get on this train.

They already have official orchestral scorings of several of the tracks, done by Uematsu, so they might well take those and hire someone (one person) to do the rest of the soundtrack in the same style. There's an infinitesimal chance they'll hit up the fan community--this ain't Capcom. With Uematsu gone, it doesn't seem like they place any significant value on music at all, so we'll probably be lucky to get anything vaguely tolerable.

Yeah, there's a reason Ryu costs $1 more than the other DLC characters. They all seem overpriced to me, though (especially compared to Mario Kart 8 DLC, which has great value). I'll hold off and hope for a discounted bundle at some point. Yes, I know there's already a bundle, but the discount is underwhelming. Out of curiosity, since all attacks use the same button(s), how can the game tell between a Hadouken and a Hurricane Kick when Ryu is on the ground? There's no "back" in SSB unless you're airborne. Does it just infer based on the direction to the closest opponent?

Deadline is tomorrow, and I have no entries yet. Get 'em in!

Sure, that's fine.

With OCR around, I hardly ever feel the need to buy music. I pre-ordered History Repeating. Money damn well spent. Their lyrics are cheesy but often clever, their arrangements are a lot of fun, and their playing is fantastic (listen closely to the guitar solo in Annihilation of Monsteropolis--most guitarists just sort of smush their fingers all over the strings at that part, but they hit every note. I finally understood "hammer-on/pull-off" outside of Guitar Hero once I saw this live). If only they'd write faster.. I believe they all have full-time non-music jobs, so I get it, but man it's hard to wait years between each of their albums.

If it's possible, a tag system like many BBS software uses might be nice. Let it be a fill-in, but with autocomplete suggestions, so that tags can be consistent for the purpose of searches, etc. Anything anyone else has already entered would be suggested. This has many of the strengths of #3 without a giant list of clutter. Not sure I see the advantage of #2. "Favorite" is probably best--with this community I don't think people will list plugins they don't use, especially if it's in the same section as DAWs.

I'm not sure there's a sane way to use Reason in this type of format. If that's your only DAW... well... you can use the free trials of FL or Reaper, or give Ardour a try (Ardour 4 just came out last month, it works on Windows and is free if you compile it from source yourself, or pay a buck for a .exe installer).

This round's secret ingredient is Togu Audio Line's TAL-NoiseMaker! Get it at http://kunz.corrupt.ch/products/tal-noisemaker(32 and 64-bit, Windows or Mac). TAL-Noisemaker is a subtractive synth with several customizable oscillators, filters, and LFO's. It has a distinctive sound that can easily be used in almost any type of electronic music, and has a lot of room for creativity in sound synthesis. No one has chosen a partner so far, so arbitrary matchmaking time: Supercoolmike with Geoffrey Taucer, Mark Sparling with Garpocalypse. Go for it!

Maybe it's a temporary caching thing, but it looks like deleted posts in "Remix Comments/Reviews" show up in the remix comment summary section. See http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03139and http://ocremix.org/community/topic/41084-ocr03139-doom-helljam/ , with timaeus222's experiment in getting ampersands to appear (was post #3).

Season 3, Episode 6: Iron Remixer Challenge The Iron Remixer Challenge is a theme based on a particular instrument or effect, called the "secret ingredient." Remixers can use the secret ingredient as a "main ingredient" (lead), a "spice" (harmony, pad, arpeggio, or other accompaniment), or both, but should make an effort to take advantage of it and illustrate its use, i.e. to "best express the unique qualities of the theme ingredient." This round's secret ingredient is Togu Audio Line's TAL-NoiseMaker! Get it at http://kunz.corrupt.ch/products/tal-noisemaker(32 and 64-bit, Windows or Mac). TAL-Noisemaker is a subtractive synth with several customizable oscillators, filters, and LFO's. It has a distinctive sound that can easily be used in almost any type of electronic music, and has a lot of room for creativity in sound synthesis. About ReMixing With the Stars ReMixing With the Stars is intended to give beginning remixers some support, encouragement, and mentoring in their quest to become great, and as a sidenote, to become posted remixers. Beginners are mentored by experienced remixers to push their abilities to new heights and submit collaborative works according to the theme of the month. Who's a "Star" and who's a "Novice?" There are no fixed rules on this. Originally, RWS treated anyone with an OCR mixpost as a "Star" and anyone else as a "Novice." Later it evolved so that anyone could elect to be a Star, but posted remixers couldn't be Novices. The reason was because a lot of really good remixers expressed a lack of confidence in their abilities and didn't feel they were good enough to mentor someone else, but RWS gets a lot more Novice than Star signups. Now anyone can sign up as either, but please be honest with yourself. If you have several direct posts to OCR, you're probably in a better position to give help than receive it. If you have a giant bowl of Wooden Spoons from PRC and mostly only win by default, the reverse is probably true. But if you feel that you're pretty good and your OCR submissions just get NO'ed due to minor nitpicks, go ahead and sign up as a Star if you want. If you have been posted but each submission takes you months and multiple resubmits, feel free to sign up as a Novice. Or not, it's your choice. If you're on the fence, bear in mind that being a Star is a much smaller time commitment. One caveat: This should not be your first attempt at creating music in a DAW. The Stars' job is to provide mixing, production, and arrangement advice. It's not to teach you how to choose or install a DAW, load VST's, work with a MIDI piano roll, arm your microphone, etc. If that's where you are right now, try PRC or MnP as a first compo. Rules Enrollment/Pairings: Stars: Sign up by posting in this thread that you're available. Mention any time restrictions or or other limitations you might have, or if you have any particular strengths you'd like to offer (playing a live instrument is a great one). Novices: If one or more Stars have signed up, just post to claim one! First come, first served. Get in touch with your Star as soon as you claim them, so you can get started on your mix as soon as the theme is posted. I encourage Novices to rotate between multiple Stars to get different learning experiences and perspectives, but if the same people keep signing up week after week, repeat pairings are fine. If there aren't any unclaimed Stars, feel free to post to say that you'd like one. Exception: If you signed up for the last episode and got paired with a Star, but did not turn in a mix, you get bumped to the bottom of the list this round. You may only get a partner if there's a Star left over at the end of the enrollment period. This penalty is only for the one episode unless this becomes a chronic issue for you. Pairings for everyone who signed up within the official "enrollment period" will be posted at that time. However, if anyone wants to sign up after that, or can't find a partner until after that, they're welcome to join in. Mixes: The Novice must be the primary remixer. Stars can contribute by giving advice, performing with a live instrument or vocals, and with production, including sample quality, balance, and minor arrangement adjustments to fix timing or dissonance issues. If you don't use the same DAW, you can exchange MIDIs or rendered stems. The Star may also contribute a short solo segment arranged entirely by them. No one other than the Novice and Star may help in any substantial way. You can use multiple sources in your remix, but at least 51% of the remix must be based on one or more qualifying sources. For example, if you use 3 sources, and only one fits the theme, but it's present in more than half the mix, then it's fine. Submissions: All entries must be submitted to ThaSauce by the deadline. Check the ThaSauce page for the exact amount of remaining time (the image in my sig should also be correct). Give credit to your partner in the submission description, and provide link(s) to the source(s) you used. File sizes cannot exceed 20MB. If you have trouble uploading the file or getting a ThaSauce account working, post a link to your mix in this thread and I'll get it on there. If this is your first ThaSauce compo entry, don't do it at the last minute! Voting: Use the ThaSauce page to vote. Entrants (Novices or Stars) may not vote for themselves, but your mix gets a bonus first-place vote if you vote. Support your partner by voting! The deadline is on the ThaSauce page (or in my sig, once voting has started). Previous Seasons Season 1 Compilation Season 2 Compilation Pilot Episode: "Beginnings" Season 1, Episode 1: "Spooky!" Season 1, Episode 2: "Origins of Home Gaming" Season 1, Episode 3: Special "You Can Never Have Too Much Mega Man" edition Season 1, Episode 4: "Yesteryear" Season 1, Episode 5: "Ultra-Modern" Season 1 Finale: "Touched by a Star" Season 2, Episode 1: "Country Road" Season 2, Episode 2: "Tropical Vacation!" Season 2, Episode 3: Special "Wish on This!" edition Season 2, Episode 4: "The Need for Speed!" Season 2, Episode 5: "Pacifism" Season 2 Finale: "Rising Stars"

Scores are updated, and corrected for the fact that Jorito voted for himself. (Fortunately his third-place vote could be deduced.) Tree Fort in the Clouds by Mark Sparling: 20 points Macaques and Margaritas by fxsnowy: 19 points Turtle Soup by Yoshiblade: 14 points Draculesti Hall by Jakos: 13 points Good work all around, and again, special thanks for all the Stars who volunteered this round. Next round signups will open shortly.

Hm, not an overwhelming amount of response here. Is this still going to happen?

Fortunately, it looks like all 4 other contestants got entries in (although Yoshiblade didn't specify his source). Still a good turnout!

24 hours to go, nothing submitted yet. Hope everyone is going to be ready!

I was waiting to see if someone could test with Sforzando in FL and give some input, but since they haven't, I'll throw in my 2 cents. There aren't massive differences between the different sf2 players, although Sforzando is a bit of an odd duck in that it technically isn't an sf2 player at all--it's an SFZ player with an sf2->SFZ converter. Jeskola and ShortCircuit (either version) are my go-to sf2 players. Some people like Phenome but I find that it's more muted than the alternatives.

Wait, there's a VST that would let me remix K.K. Slider singing Mega Man music? <heads straight for demo page> Well, partially. He has 5 different phonemes, I think ("Wei," "Mi," "Oh," "Now," and "Na"), and this is more like a "wei-oo" and some hard-to-name vowels. Still, these are pretty cool. If the STriFE and F2FM demos are made 100% with their respective VST's (minus the percussion and true vocals, I assume, and the chords you mentioned in the description), I definitely want to try those out. Edit: However, looking this up led me to a Youtube video where someone made K.K. Slider singing "Poker Face" and linked the soundfont he used! Can't wait to spring that on an unsuspecting compo.

Of course!

Looks like when I edit an event, it disappears entirely. Presumably it will come back when a mod approves it, but this is definitely undesirable.

Correct. It's partially based, loosely, on some theatrical Mickey cartoons (e.g. "Mickey's Fire Brigade"), and partially created out of whole cloth based on Disney characters. Nothing in it comes from a TV show in particular. On the other hand, if you wanted to write the theme song to a theoretical "The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse" TV show, that would work under option B.

Never heard of it, but it looks legit. As long as the source you remix isn't taken from the show. Ehh... "Steamboat Willie" debuted on the silver screen. Mickey's actually had precious few appearances that were first shown on TV. If the game you choose is specifically based on something that came out on TV first, that would be OK. Time's a wastin', and no word from KingTiger, so let's assume he isn't signing up. Yoshiblade with Esperado, Mark Sparling with Jorito. Go for it!

Sure. TMNT was originally a comic book, but the games are based on the cartoon. Sure, though the usual OCR guidelines for indie games apply (i.e. it shouldn't be too obscure). In this case, if it's officially licensed, it's probably fine. For instance, Transformers Legends (based on G1) would be OK (I'm assuming it has a unique soundtrack, I haven't played it myself), though Transformers: Age of Extinction would not (being based on the movie).

Yes, that's more like it. Sorry about the nomenclature; these aren't "remixes" but could be considered "ReMixes." Staffpad is only good for notations and very rough mockups, though, so they're not really good for promotion either. The problem with putting none of your music online where people can find it is that they have no reason to be interested in you. I hope that once you have an actual chamber recording, you'll put up at least one of them, or even just a sample of it. Your Facebook page links to your YouTube channel, so right now you have a serious branding problem. I'd personally suggest taking the Let's Play videos off the channel, at least until you have way more videos that show off what your group is actually about.