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I guess everyone does their commenting on youtube now, but I just wanna say here that I think this is absolutely fantastic. Love the harmonies and the alternate melodies and the overall sound is killer. I'd love to play B-type Level 9 Speed 5 with this in the background! Well done.
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2. ready for review Street Fighter II USA Medley
zachaction replied to SirCorn's topic in Post Your Game ReMixes!
Okay, sure, I'll give you some feedback! Overall, it's good, and I think with a few simple changes, you'll be on the right track. First, I think the biggest problem is the EQ of the whole track. It sounds like there's a blanket over it. On the mp3 I've attached, I've made the EQ changes you can see on the attached picture. This "smile" EQ curve is pretty basic and goes a long way to improving your track's clarity. I also compressed the heck out of it, trying to give some life to the whole track, but the drums in particular. The programming of the drums is fine, but the sound itself i -
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1. work-in-progress Zelda (NES) - Dungeon
zachaction replied to Starphoenix's topic in Post Your Game ReMixes!
Love it! I know they are sticklers for the % of source material, but no matter what, very cool what you did here. Sounds great! -
OCR03559 - Super Mario World "Mario for Airports (1-1)"
zachaction replied to Liontamer's topic in ReMix Comments/Reviews
Thanks for the kind words! While recording ambient works isn't really "my thing," I will certainly try and find some other game songs to try and arrange in the genre, as it was quite fun to do and a welcome change of pace from my usual rock-based work. Glad everyone is enjoying! -
Gario, I appreciate your very constructive criticism of my submission. I agree that the velocities would need a ton of work. As I said, I just did the FFL2 soundtrack in this style purely as a personal labor of love a couple years ago. The "two handed" limitation of the piano is something I'm aware of, but I was never going for realism-- just wanted something cool to listen to in the car! But I did want to thank you for your review and suggestions, and the same goes to hoboka and Zorrakh. Long live this beautiful underrated soundtrack!
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OCR03397 - Mega Man 2 "Dark Depths of Wily's Castle"
zachaction replied to Liontamer's topic in ReMix Comments/Reviews
I was unaware of RushJet1 before this. I promptly headed to his bandcamp page, donated, and downloaded his entire catalog. -
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Double Dragon 3 - Mission 3 (Japan) Remix
zachaction replied to Nostalvania's topic in Post Your Game ReMixes!
Wow, I'd say both the arrangement and the mix are fantastic! Has a really great energy and vibe and the musicianship is flawless. Love the room sound of the mix as well. If I was absolutely pressed to give one piece of constructive criticism, it's that the piano is a little wide across the stereo spectrum for me in a mix like this as opposed to a solo piano piece. But I'm not all that familiar with jazz and that may very well be a common mic'ing and mixing technique in the genre. At any rate, you should be really proud of this and it's nice to hear something so polished from a game that doesn' -
I've always loved this theme and its Brian Eno-ish vibe. I did this rendition just for myself but thought the community here may enjoy it. It's not much more than a simple instrument-replacement and I'm not pretending otherwise. But just a nice track to put on while you're working. Hope it finds some listeners! http://tindeck.com/listen/vovku
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Hello all, I recently completed a conversion of the OST of Final Fantasy Legend II for the Gameboy (Sa・Ga2: Hihō Densetsu) into piano tracks. I won't pretend that I did any sort of complex arrangement or anything of the sort; I took midi dumps of both FFL2 and the DS remake (Goddess of Destiny) and tried to make them as musically realistic as possible. They sound great but are more of a "piano roll"-type sound, that is, something that couldn't really be played with just two hands (with some exceptions). At any rate, this game had some phenomenal music and I think you'll find that these pia
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OCR02757 - Final Fantasy VI 'Bad Octopus'
zachaction replied to djpretzel's topic in ReMix Comments/Reviews
Like I said about "Endless Stair," this is the best possible version of the source material. A+.- 12 replies
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OCR02721 - Final Fantasy VI 'The Endless Stair'
zachaction replied to Liontamer's topic in ReMix Comments/Reviews
This is one of my favorite tracks from B&R. The whole album is great obviously, but to me, the best tracks are the ones that make THE BEST POSSIBLE-SOUNDING VERSION of the original. "The Endless Stair" is the absolute best that the Tower of Fanatics theme can be. The mood is flawless and the buildup is impeccable. I applaud Argle for his contribution and point to the fact that I finally registered in this forum just to post this.