MindWanderer

It'll probably depend on whether the voters have a preference for NutS electronica or Strader vocal silliness. You both have mad technical skills but it's really hard to compare one to the other. Nice new sigs, BTW. I'm beige again but at least I'm shorter. Two hours to find out whether I win by default....

Wow... if we'd done some sort of seeding thing, that's pretty close to the exact opposite of what we would likely have come up with.

Yeah, please come kick my ass so I don't have to try to remix something during Thanksgiving weekend.

Like Sixto would have anything to gain from me anyway, and I can use any advantage I can get against him. Anyone who wants a preview of the chaotic mess that is my attempt to reconcile Hiryuu with Strago may find it [thread=45444]in the Workshop[/thread]. If you feel like providing feedback, please do it soon, as I'll likely have no time to work on this tomorrow.

Seems weird to be posting a compo entry to the WIP forum before the deadline, but Brandon suggested it, so here goes. Blue Wind I welcome any and all comments and criticism. I'll only have a few hours tonight to work on it for the compo, but if I get generally positive feedback, or if I get any votes at all against Sixto freaking Sounds, I may keep working on it afterwards. I may also end up removing all the Strago parts (which don't blend well with Hiryuu and changes keys every other stanza or so) and replacing them with another theme, so if you're seeing this some time after the submission deadline, I'd be interested mainly in feedback on the Hiryuu sections.

Mostly done here. Just need to work on volume/EQ and maybe try to make the ending a little less abrupt. I'm very happy with the Hiryuu parts, a little less with Strago. Damn thing can't stay in the same key for more than about 5 seconds. These two sources do not play well together. If my remix is even slightly well-received, I may take a second stab at this once I'm eliminated, using a different companion source.

Well, we're pretending that you're the Star since you volunteered, but it doesn't make a ton of difference in this case. If you want to just decide which of yours is better after the fact, I'm fine with that, just let me know so I can change the "sources" links.

Why leave the third slot empty? I already voted, and didn't.

He can write a solo up to a few measures long, but if there's more than that, yes, you have to write the parts.

I'm doing orchestral with mostly strings and sampled guitar, does that count as something different?This is actually kind of creepy.

Likewise. I don't get to start remixing for another 6 1/2 hours. Which I will spend trying to get Strago's theme to stop turning into "My Sharona" in my head.

I'm anticipating a wide range in this regard. Amarant and Barrett; Beatrix and Kain; Lenna and Locke totally work. The others could be really tricky. I think Strago is going to come out pretty deformed in mine.I'm really glad this is a symmetrical compo, unlike the WCRG's. Both opponents will be in the same boat as far as source mismatch goes.

Welp, round 1 is sure gonna be my last one. I mean to go out with a bang, though, and I'm getting better all the time, so Sixto, please be sure to kick my ass well and thoroughly.

Not sure how that even helps you. Aside from the challenge of figuring out what one "job class" Sazh, Basch, or Hiryuu have, you'll have to be plenty creative to decide what, for instance, "blue mage music" even is without it just being Strago's theme.Also I will laugh very hard if you end up facing both Kain and Freya.

Also a reminder: You should avoid using sound sampled directly from any Final Fantasy game. Firstly it makes a remix ineligible to be posted to OCR for legal reasons. Secondly... SquarEnix is really touchy about this stuff, and it's possible that if someone on their legal team discovers sampled sounds, they could make Brandon take down the whole compilation and could possibly give djprezel and co. a hard time about even having the link on their forums. So be safe, don't do it. Edit: @Brandon: I think you're preaching to the choir here. Templates and saved filter chains are great ideas if you're interested in replicating what you've done before. For folks like me, who've never come up with anything worth repeating, not so much. And anyone better than me already knows how to use these.

Pairings shadow24 with Esperado. Sources: http://youtu.be/qA-bGE6ZFAk http://youtu.be/KF32DRg9opA Anorax with HeavenWraith. Sources: http://youtu.be/hqd9EsVlZAI http://youtu.be/YNGvBL8J_JU Trism with DusK. Sources: http://youtu.be/6LB7LZZGpkw http://youtu.be/glgnxgLTtRY Knock yourselves out. These pairings actually all sound really natural, you should have fun with it.

Current signups: Trism: Silent Hill 2 - Theme of Laura Anorax: Mortal Kombat 2 - Screaming Forest Esperado: Perfect Dark - Chicago shadow24: Dark Souls - Moonlight Butterfly / Dark Sun Gwyndolin DusK: Aladdin (Genesis) - Boss Esperado: Duck Tales - The Moon HeavenWraith: Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers - Zone 0 shadow24: The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse - Dark Forest ATM Esperado will go into one category, and shadow24 in the other. Well, hopefully it will still be a learning experience. I think next time I do one of these mashup rounds, I'll just put both topics up and ultimately go with whichever arrangement is more popular. Definitely sounds like I could have gotten at least a couple more signups had I flipped the categories, but too late to do anything about it now.

Ugh, I was hoping to have Sunday the weekend before Thanksgiving to work. I kind of hope I lose in round 1 now, or else I'll only have 2 evenings to work on round 2.

I don't think anyone thinks you would cheat by actually sitting down with a DAW and working on it, but a few extra days to just have the two sources floating around in your head during your commute or shower might make the difference in having that one awesome inspiration that makes the whole thing gel.Edit: Hmm, why is Hiryuu beige? It's blue in the game.

Hmm... I'd thought that the older, more experienced remixers would be more keen on the old-school Disney sources than the M-rated ones (which are generally newer), but I seem to have erred. Would there be more interest if I flipped them? Novices with Disney and Stars with M-rated games? If you're cool with that, please go ahead and post a source pick, in the end I'll go with whichever arrangement is more popular.

I hope you aren't even thinking about your entry yet. You kind of have an advantage here, knowing your second source 4 days before your opponent does. Perhaps you should PM them to let them know and level the playing field?

You mean this? (2:30) http://youtu.be/U60ad2wRYII?t=2m30sIf so, that's a slow remix of the Duck Tales TV show theme song and is thus ineligible per OCR general rules. Edit: If you want some excellent soundtracks to start with, I recommend the NES soundtracks to Duck Tales, Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, and Tale Spin. Rescue Rangers is a personal favorite that didn't make it into the WCRG (especially the Capcom-eriffic Zone J). If this ends up being a collab thing with people who are more or less at the same skill level, then so be it. Not gonna cancel it this time.

Looks like I have maybe a 50/50 chance at having a chance of surviving the first round, so that's good. Listening to the sources... this seems like it's going to be a lot harder than the Mega Man/Sonic/Street Fighter/etc. compos. Those all involved action-y sources within a fairly narrow range of intent. These range from ambient to epic to goofy. At least each opponent is in the same boat in this regard.

There have been enough tournament-style compos over the last few years, and enough repeat participants, that doing a formal seeding process would be fairly feasible. This would also mean that the best remixers would last longer in the tournament (not going up against each other and being eliminated early on), so overall music quality would probably improve. On the other hand, that would automatically place me against someone much better than me, so go go random!

I personally always thought of "Those Chosen by the Planet" as Sephiroth's "character" theme, while "One-Winged Angel" (and for that matter "Birth of a God") was his "boss theme," the same way that "Dancing Mad" was Kefka's "boss theme."