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    Mecha Sephiroth (Those Chosen By The Bass)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Am I mistaken, or does the initial bass have a long release? It kinda makes the notes bleed together.

    There was an unnecessary delay on a return somewhere. I removed it. If you are talking about the "alarm" like sound in the very beginning, it is supposed to be that way.

    Anyway, I need to point out some resonances in this mix for you to look into:

    - 0:54, 0:58, 4:04, 4:07, etc. from bitcrushing (a lot)

    - 2:09 and 4:33 from the sound with an envelope speeding up its LFO (slight)

    - 2:47 from the wobble sound (a little)

    - 4:15 from the arp (slight)

    I fixed many of the resonance issues above. As for the "bit crushing" (which actually isn't bit crushing at all or even sample reduction but I'm not going to get into my synthesis techniques) I removed some of the shrillness and made it clearer but I want it to be somewhat jarring. It is about a robot after all :P

    1:49 gets pretty muddy. It's hard to hear the piano over the bass. Scooping the mids will help bring out the piano a little bit more.

    The leads have been changed to strings, and some EQing has been done

    2:11 and other spots with vocals could have clearer vocals. I think the vocals are saying *something* Latin plus "Sephiroth" somewhere. I can't tell what, and I don't think I can, even with lyrics.

    I did make the vocals slightly clearer by adjusting some of the release times, however I don't want it to be too intelligible. Its supposed to have a "cylon-like" aesthetic

    I think the lead at 3:20 and 3:34 has some slightly late notes. 4:43 and 4:53 are really muddy, especially in the bass.

    Timing should be fixed, let me know if you still hear this. The muddiness should be resolved as well

    Overall, it does have recognizable source usage. The production has room for improvement in the low bass and upper treble mixing.

    Please elaborate, I'm not sure what issue you are talking about. Is it a stereo phase cancellation issue in the lows? It seems rather mono compatable to me although my monitors don't have a sub.

    The arrangement, while an interesting concept, seems like it sticks to each mood for a long time in certain spots. For example, 1:49 - 4:13 has essentially the same atmosphere throughout, which can get grating.

    I will consider this. ATM I am happy with the arrangement. I'd like to see what some others have to say about it.

    The lead sounds are pretty basic waveforms (square wave, for example), which could work against you.

    Leads changed to various string instruments. I'm hoping the original "uncanny valley" issue is resolved; they sound ok to me but I'm not able to work with a real orchestra so there are limits to what I can do.

    I can see how this started a joke remix.

    Not sure whether to be offended or not by this statement. It did start as a joke but I've put quite a number of hours into it at this point.

    It'll take more polish, but this could be cool.

    Thank you.

    Mecha Sephiroth (Those Chosen By The Bass)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted · Edited by antiPLUR

    I am aware the the sub bass really needs to be cranked for this to work properly, this is really just a preliminary proof of concept and I mixed it without a sub. I will look into the problem of the melody not being apparent enough and try to find a solution that addresses the "uncanny valley" issue at the same time. Thank you all for the suggestions :)

    *edit* wow that link of that other mix sounds really similar, especially the vocals. I wonder if I should change this one up a bit. :/

    Mecha Sephiroth (Those Chosen By The Bass)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted · Edited by antiPLUR
    added link

    The lyrics give the song real character and really made me go "Wow" when I first got to that boss. I understand we can't use the source, so I found a solution for not having a choir that I think you will enjoy ;)

    Now working on the strings

    I updated the link in the original post, here it is again https://soundcloud.com/dichter/mecha-sephiroth-those-chosen

    Mecha Sephiroth (Those Chosen By The Bass)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    The choir acapella was extracted from the game. TBH it will be a lot easier to mix properly with it omitted so I don't really have a problem doing that. Everything else is original (well as original as you can get for a remix). I will see about messing with the strings and brass; They are most certainly fake sounding :P Nero did an orchestral dubstep piece but he worked with the BBC philharmonic and I don't exactly have an orchestra available. I may go the "make it more fake" route as you suggested.

    This was actually more of a joke than a real remix but since there is some interest I may finish it. I was on an Excision kick and figured "Why not?". The bass is super fun to design.

    Instrumentals

    in Post Your Original Music!

    Posted · Edited by antiPLUR
    added link

    Actually, it's not clear he's doing that at all. Never does he say he's sharing someone else's work. I never even interpreted it the way you apparently did.

    Take a look at his blog, which gives the illusion of being informative with production advice and such. He has a list of "Top 5 instrumental Albums You Should Own" and lists his own at the top. I'm not saying that this isn't a valid (albeit sneaky) way to market yourself, but it is antithetical to the purpose of this forum.

    *edit*

    It appears he has removed the link from his signature. You can find the aforementioned blog here http://tymeworkbeats.com/blog/

    *edit2*

    I forgot to mention a registrar lookup of this blog lists its owner as Brynton Durant, quite obviously the OP. But yeah not a big deal like I said its just a dishonest way of promoting yourself. The music is actually not bad.

    Instrumentals

    in Post Your Original Music!

    Posted

    First off, huge pet peeve of mine and I'm sure many others will agree:

    Don't come onto a forum pretending like you are sharing someone else's work when its your own. A simple registrar lookup blows your cover right out the window.

    That being said it is an interesting release. Not my style but the production seems solid.

    If you want people to be honest with you about your music, you should be honest with them about it as well, don't you think?

    Getting your snare to pop?

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    With regards to the limiter on the snare I would have to recommend against it. It is likely that you will be limiting the master of your mix and that will squash the transient as it is. In addition I do some waveshaping to my snares and this also can affect the transients. Compress aggressively if you must but save the limiting for the end. Also, I would recommend against adding heavy compression or limiting to the drum bus as you can get ducking etc.

    These things work for me so I do them. If you can find a better method that yields better results for you then by all means do it. Somebody mentioned parallel compression and I would highly recommend looking into that as well.

    Trying to make the vocals pop a bit more

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted · Edited by antiPLUR

    I am writing/producing a song called "Spiders". I have most of the mix done (At least I think so. I'm sure the more experienced people here will have some suggestions on improving it as usual:P) however before I record the vocals for the verses I want to make sure the vocals to pop a bit more so they can be understood more clearly. here is a link to the WIP:

    http://soundcloud.com/aaron-dictor/spiders/s-IXSdC

    Again only the chorus vocals are in this version, but it is the busiest part of the track and if I can get them working there I'm sure it will be smooth sailing on the verses.

    Any suggestions about the vocal issue (or any other suggestions about production/mixing) are welcome and appreciated.

    Thanks

    **edit**

    I think I solved a big part of the problem. I had a noise gate that was chopping off the consonants.

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