GrapplingHook

Well, it would've been fun if I'd had the time to work on it properly (or remember to rename the file - oops). I'll vote, but elsewise make myself scarce in this thread and hope the shameful scent of incompletion washes out.

Alright! Some free time! *cracks open project file* THAT'S ALL I GOT DONE? *looks at clock* THAT'S ALL THE TIME LEFT? Well then. LET'S ROLL.

I never intend to fail to submit, so SOMETHING will come out of my computer whether it's worth a third of a damn or not, but the last few days have been exceedingly unwilling to let me have any time at my desk. I have to go pass out now, and when I do get up I have phone calls to make, but rest assured a file that contains some sounds at least vaguely reminiscent of Locke and Lenna's themes will be up before the deadline.

Aw heck, I should really be asleep already. Submitting now.

You not alone! I promise! I just want to try to squeeze more time out of my days to do this because [QUALITATIVE REMARKS REDACTED], but I promise I have what I consider "enough" to submit already done. I will submit tonight or tomorrow before leaving for work, depending on how late I'm up. I'm not particularly good at any of this yet, and time pressure on top of that just makes it worse. I don't just want to submit an entry. If I can help it, I want to submit a good entry.

Don't worry, I'm planning on submitting. I haven't done it yet because I keep telling myself I'll find the time to [QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTORS REDACTED], but whether I find that time or not I will be submitting what I have.

Whoop. Although silly isn't particularly descriptive, especially given that I haven't made enough things to have a "standard" style from which silly would deviate. Eh, I'll just shut up until after voting.

I can see very few matchups where I'm not immediately and instantly destroyed. On the other hand, whatever ends up beating me to a pulp is gonna sound good. Monday is a fine day to die. Let's hope I can go out with a bang, not a whimper.

Further analysis shows it actually only seems to happen when I post from some other physical location (need more locations tested). This post, made from my home desktop, will probably go through no problem. Huh. To stay on topic, the Quest for Gold theme mentioned is almost definitely not allowed, and the super short theme I mentioned (while probably allowed) would be hard to squeeze enough out of while still being recognizable as the source and is probably a bad idea. Sad day.

Well, this is going to be a very silly take, but I doubt I'm going to have the time to come up with anything else.

May have meant this but that is an awfully short source. The remastered version is a little more substantial, but starts to borrow from the show's main theme.Err... nevermind. I'm incapable of adding a colonized statement to a title in my head and assumed that was the name of the TRACK, which sounded different on that port. [Also, I can't edit my other post because it hasn't been "approved" yet? Izzis a feature of being an un-established presence, having all my posts scrutinized until I hit some respectability limit (like 30 days or 100 posts or whatever)? I get it if that's the case, cutting down on spam and all, but I don't see this mentioned in the posting guide... bleh. It's not a discussion for this thread.]

Hey, calm down man. It's not like Terra's theme has been remixed more times than any other song on the site. It's only TIED for first.

So many parts to juggle! Terrifying!

Alright, avoiding people's first picks at every turn: Locke Cid (FFVII) Cid (FFIX) And on the off chance there is any conflict, I immediately concede all coin tosses.

My worry isn't that I'm "not good enough". I'm not, but that's okay because more music is never the wrong answer and everybody starts somewhere and blah blah blah. My problem is that I don't want to take anybody's pick from them and then wind up producing garbage or not finishing in time. I'd feel super bad if somebody's favorite theme got snatched from them and then not even done justice. So I'm kinda sitting around waiting until near the end so I can pick the least picked.

Oh man does this sound fun... but I'm way too new to the game to even do any individual themes proper justice, let alone two at a time. For multiple possible combinations. Every two weeks (assuming I live past the first round). Yeah, not gonna go well. Normally that wouldn't be a problem because more music is never bad and I'd just do it anyway, but since themes get claimed... I don't want to take anybody's favorites away from them. Hrm... what's the least popular character theme of the entire numbered series...

There. Another one in, and I'm learning a few things (not that they necessarily will show just yet). Less odd instrumentation, more subtle changes, brand new mistakes.

Voting over - qualitative remark ban lifted Well then. A little sad to see zero points, but I can't exactly blame the people. All else aside, you can barely hear mine when compared with the others! EQ/compression is super important and I don't yet have a good grasp on how to make the final product audible without just cranking the gain and clipping everywhere. And before anybody chimes in with a link to a tutorial or something, I've read a few already. Conceptually, I get it. I'm just having difficulty making the tools I have work. Maybe I'll have it figured out in time for the next thing I try to do.

Something is better than nothing, right?

Ooh... this sounds perfect for me. I'm just now faffing about enough with music to pretend I can remix instead of being forever listening, but a competition specifically designed to stay conservative so I don't have to stretch my not-yet-existent arrangement muscles too far? I like it! A perfect place to debut my negative skills and snag second-to-last place.

Introductions? Well, let's see... I like video games. I also like the music therein. Recently, I decided there was no good reason for me not to get my hands dirty and play with the music myself. Even more recently, I learned that I need to learn a lot before I can do that with any degree of success. In due time, I will gather the courage to post some of my slop and hopefully improve in the process. We'll see.