jnWake

Uh, I think I'll wait until more lyrics progress is made to see which track I can tackle (after all, I guess the composer has to write the vocal parts too, right?). However, some of my faves are the Middle Boss theme, Stone Tower Temple and the Final Hours theme. But I like almost the entire soundtrack so I'll just wait until the project is a bit more advanced to see what looks interesting!

Double post! Finished the remix. I followed some instructions and managed to make CVPiano sound pretty. I also added a few more sections. The ending is "original", following a chord progression similar to the intro's one. Anyway, comments and feedback are very appreciated!

Cool. I'm not very experienced at producing but I think I handle composing decently, and I love MM's soundtrack, so I'd like to participate!

I like the overall feeling of the mix, it has the same forest-ish mood than the original. I'm not very fond of the strings intro, it just sounds dull IMO. Maybe with pizzicato strings it would sound better. The song gets a lot better when the horn-like instrument comes in. Part starting at 0:50 is beautiful, the pad adds a lot. The snare could use some tweaking to sound a bit better though. Also, I think a ride cymbal would sound better than the closed hi-hat. All the rest of the arrangement is quite nice, though the volume is a bit too low. The piano could use a volume boost in the small section where it plays. You could work a bit on the mixing of some instruments that are too low.

Having 4 screens would be kind of awkward, so I guess they won't develop too much of a connection between the WiiU and the 3DS. However, Smash Bros is coming to both WiiU and 3DS, so you never know.

I like this project but I'm a bit confused about something. You are using instruments to back-up the vocal parts or is this planned to be only voice? In the first case, you plan on recruiting people for the instrumental sections?

Unless I got the concept wrong, this Earthbound mix definitely belongs on the list.

I'll submit my ratings tonight. I think I'll give two or three 5's, a couple 4's and mainly 3's. Probably a 1 and a few 2's too.

I guess that was because they just want the domain removed, so if you change domain the problem would be fixed. At least, you wouldn't lose your website with my suggestion

Since they seem so desperate to protect their brand, why don't you tell them to buy another domain (maybe using your real name) for you? It'd be a semi-pacifical solution.

You could also wait for the entrants to all cast their vote, as I would expect the entrants to think their votes more than the rest (or you could expect them to make really unfair votes ).

I'm also surprised that nobody did Locke's theme. The huge amount of "Gestahl Empire" mixes surprised me too, since it is an odd theme. New Continent being so popular was kind of expected. Anyway, there are some pretty good ones, but way too many "techno"-ish mixes for my liking though. I hope there is a chance to give/receive feedback, since it'd be interesting to listen to people's opinions on the remixes.

And I thought I'd be the only one doing 'Gestahl Empire'...

If you resume does it save what options you put in? Since all the mixes appear on one page, I'm not sure if it will save your choices.

This is my favourite of your FFVI arrangements. I actually wanted to mix this theme too, but couldn't think of anything. This mix sounds great and has a nice atmosphere. I'm not familiar with the Star Trek theme but this has some airship/space kind of feel, so I guess you nailed it

Thanks for the input! Yeah, I'd kill for a real guitar instead of the not very good free sample I used. I feel it isn't that bad, but a real guitar would make it sound really powerful. What's ShreddageX? For the drums I had a similar issue, using free samples. Also, I made the mistake of mixing all the drums into one track, so using EQ to enhance bass drums/snare got a bit tricky. I tried separating them but Reaper started crashing so I dropped that idea Lead you mean the guitar or synth one? I like the synth but it could be a bit more notorious, I have to learn how to make good leads with the VST I have... I liked the guitar lead but maybe the small bit of reverb I added makes it feel a bit distant. Anyway, thanks again. P.D. If any real guitarrist reads this and would like to aid me, just send me a PM!

Watching this thread makes me want to download this, but I started playing SC2 again so combining these 2 games would destroy my free time... I should be on vacation (forever).

Lol the video makes me dizzy, is it sped-up? I love that you used the original soundfont but isn't there an MP3 of this? Youtube's sound sucks.

Almost identical was a bit of an exaggeration, sorry What I meant was that there are no alterations to the style and most of the melodies of the original song. Like I said, the orchestation is quite nice, and you create some subtle interesting moments and harmonies with some instruments, but the core of the arrangement is still very similar to the source. That's what I tried to say in my first comment. The last minute has the most notorious innovations, which is why I highlighted it in my first post.

Finished version is up now! http://soundcloud.com/jnwake/empire-of-metahl Hope you like it. Any criticism is welcome.

Orchestation sounds good, but I think the arrangement is too conservative. Not counting the end, it is almost identical to the source. The ending is a bit more interesting, though some parts are (maybe intentionally) dissonant.

Baroque would've been a fun idea, but I didn't think about it Anyway, I updated the song (link in the OP: http://soundcloud.com/jnwake/royal-coin ): - Changed the piano patch to a better sounding one. - Added Contrabass to the song. - Added a couple new sections. I still haven't worked on humanization/adding effects, so it still sounds quite rough. I'm still not sure if I should add percussion or something like that. Comment if you can!

What is stereo separating?

You can release an album with these tracks

Chiptunes are neat but I honestly don't find them very exciting here. The arrangement is quite conservative, really only adding drums, but it isn't bad. I'd suggest you to add some lower strings, since it sounds too empty with nothing playing low notes.