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So... reviews! ladyWildfire - Nice mood right from the beggining. Voices sound a bit rough (Sir Nuts said it well when calling them lofi) and the flanger like effect doesn't fit that well. Arrangement is a bit repetitive but I guess that is fitting for this style of music Covenant - Vocals are mixed better in this one. Soundscape is more barren than wildfire's song though. The arrangement is also repetitive and the song is a tad short. It's very impressive for one of hour of work though halc - I like the mood and instrumentation set from the beggining. Vocals are way too loud, making the arrangement hard to notice. It seems like a very good arrangement but the vocals being so loud make it hard for me to enjoy it much sadly Disambiguity - I like the mood (reminds me of Super Mario World's underground theme). Percussions are too quiet. Overall, this is an interesting song but it lacks more elements (like more variations or more instruments). Sir Nuts - Bass synth is veeeeeeeeeeery loud. I love the idea behind the mix though, it's a very fun song and the vocals fit well (even though a few clips are a tad too loud too). It gets a bit crowded sometimes, but I guess just messing with the volumes of the tracks fixes it. DJ Max-E - This is quite strange haha. I'm not honestly sure what kind of feedback I can offer to this... I think this works very good for what it tries to be. Xenonetix - Intro is cool! (choir a bit loud though). Like others mentioned, drums really lack power and that kind of makes the song feel less exciting than it should. Hakstock - This is so happy haha. Acoustic guitars sound very good. Violin is a cool idea but the sample sounds so fake (the "bend"-like articulation sounds terrible, but that isn't your fault ). Very good song! Ryan Jobson - Nice mood right from the start, super smooth (I'd add a bit more reverb to the snare though). Arrangement is clearly more conservative than Hakstock's one, but it's a good arrangement, everything flows nicely. I like the synth work too. Amphibious - I love the intro, the e. piano and the high-pitched synth are very cool. For some reason, I was expecting weirder harmonies in the 0:45 section, but it works fine now. Transition to the slow part is a bit weird because the drums hint at a fast section coming. Anyway, those are small nitpicks since this is very good! Cash - Main lead doesn't work really well, it lacks presence next to the bass. By the way, bass work is pretty cool in this one. Drums are lacking a bit though, they could be more funky. Also, the snare is a bit too muted, add some reverb or something for more presence. A nice song! SuperiorX - This is a nice song. I'm not 100% sure but it seemed like you used a lot more of Metropolis than Hot Crater. My only real criticism (besides that) is that I can't dig the snare sound, it sticks out a lot. Trism - Very different from SuperiorX's take! I like the "evil"-ish mood you set at the beggining. However, how you mixed the songs really bothered me, it looks like you didn't check if the keys and tones of the notes match, and a lot of things sound weird (seems like you mixed a lot of major melodies in minor chords and that sounds very odd). For example, throwing Metropolis' bass line in 1:00 doesn't fit at all... Also, drums are a bit tiring, add more variations. Some cool songs this round! A lot of vocals and smooth funk/jazz!

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, drums are a bit muddy, I had some trouble with the snare particularly... I actually combined them a lot. I guess the big separation is the middle section where I totally switched styles for a bit Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you don't remove my track from your playlist. Glad you liked it That flute tone is some weird exotic flute I found in Kontakt Factory Selection. It's pretty neat haha. I'll have to check on that. I'm quite sure I EQ'ed the guitars so that they don't clash much frequency wise, but maybe I just planned to do it and then actually forgot to do it... Thanks for the feedback guys. I've been listening to the tracks and I'll comment on them during the week!

I'm not sure my process has evolved much haha. What I usually do is sit on my keyboard and mess with the sources I want to remix for a while, until I get a decent idea. Then I go to the DAW and start messing with sounds and stuff until I establish how the mix is going to work... Then I just write, usually recording everything through MIDI. I normally mix after writing. I got that habit on my old computer that could barely handle the VSTi without crashing, so I was forced to do that. I should experiment with mixing while I write though!

Happy bday!

Same for me. Feedback is greatly appreciated.

I haven't played Legends, but Origins has these: (the harmonies here... amazing) If Legends has a better soundtrack then... WOW.

The OST from this game is sick.

I submitted mine! It's mainly a fast rock song, but I got a bit carried away in the middle section Source usage should be easy to notice, but in case it doesn't here's a breakdown: - Intro uses Sky Zone's intro and a part of the main Green Hill melody. - 2nd riff introduced is very loosely based on Sky Zone. - 3rd riff is based on the last part of Green Hill and also includes a melody from Green Hill. - E. Piano section and the one following are based on the chord progression from the main part of Green Hill. - Outro is once again Sky Zone and Green Hill's intro, plus one other melody from Sky Zone.

I don't play enough modern games to be sure about this, but most Nintendo games still have amazing soundtracks. Super Mario 3D World, for example, is great. Also, Capcom still keeps their touch with Okami and the Phoenix Wright series.

The other guy? Anyway, my entry is like 95% done. I hope to submit in like 1 hour.

I'm like 20% done haha, this will be a long night.

I have the full arrangement planned but absolutely nothing done in my DAW... It's working time now!

I'm glad Lucario is back, I used him a lot in Brawl. I also expect Mewtwo to be in the game, with all the mega evolutions crap and that.

Yeah, and people can spend a lot on that even for products that they'll never use It could be a good business for them but one I don't really care about. Hope they don't leave the traditional console business.

So I'm progressing now, I just accelerated the rhytm a bit and my song idea turned out nicely! Hope Brandon is progressing too

Yeah, this is very loud. Do some experiments with less compression and see how it goes. Raise the volume of your speakers sometime! Anyway, is it just me or is the flute sample you use at the intro a little out of tune? It sounds really weird to me.

Embrace the Night is very pretty, I loved it in DoD. The weird effect you did on the vocals bothers me a little though (especially on the first verse), I feel it would work better if the clean vocals were louder there. In any case, it's a minor nitpick since you really nailed the folk-ish metal style for the song! Also, in the part of the chorus, I think you should cut down the sss sound of your singing part (I know there must be a better term for it but I guess you get what I mean), it's a tad distracting.

Nice guitar tone! I really like it. The intro gets a bit too loud, I think the choir sample should be quieter. The arrangement is nice but I don't think the synth you picked helps much. It's a bit hard to understand what it's playing and makes the song feel "melody-less". Maybe you could add a simpler synth and layer it so that the melody is easier to pick up? You could also add some variations in the second repetition

This is chill! Panning seems a bit unbalanced... Not sure why though, maybe the E. Piano could be louder? Or is the bass panned? In any case, this is sounding good. Maybe the vibraphone could be a tad quieter, to make the rest of the instruments stand out a bit more.

Haha don't worry, I'll submit something! I was working on something on Sunday but I'm not sure of it because it was TOO SLOW... Sonic wouldn't approve.

I haven't progressed much on mine really. I've been tired ;_;

Step 1: Download MIDI files for both sources. Step 2: Open MIDI files in DAW. Step 3: Randomly intercalate sections of both sources, it doesn't matter if they don't fit. Step 4: Grab some awful synth presets and put them on your MIDI tracks. That's it!

You want some trash talk? I'll kick your Butt... Zone... Hill? Yeah, that.