Dafydd

Aight. Looking forward to it.

Are the tags going to get switched with the new torrent, so that you have to redownload all of the mixes? Just curious. I remember reading something about that a while ago.

Remind me why there still isn't a 1001-1800 torrent? Last remix to be posted was #1855...

I sent an e-mail to easysonglicensing.com, as per Mustin's advice. Thanks for your help, guys.

This is getting really gross. Can you please release this soon so people can discuss the mixes instead? Again, I'll be willing to host a mirror...

... I wonder if this would qualify as an OCRemix, considering how the source wasn't originally made for the game? Or was it?

I meant how "sang" is past tense and "breastfeeds" is present tense. If "sang" had been present tense, i.e. "sings", this would had implied she still breastfeeds him, which would have been funny. And it doesn't matter who wrote it first. I'm pretty sure the current grammar is wrong. Either the above suggested change or a change from "breastfeeds" to "breastfed" would correct it. Meh. It's lost whatever was fun about it now anyway.

If you'd been consistent with present tense, that would have been the post of the month.

People are still debating this?

Maybe it was eposhark but on escariot's server then?

... no, I'm pretty sure it was Escariot. Look in the old thread. Eposhark sounds familiar though...

Looks good to me. I'm missing a pun about tap/running water though...

Great, I'm glad to see people are still interested in this. Looks like when Larry drops the bomb we'll be ready. Remember: duck... and cover.

Did you check with escariot?

I'm glad you want to help with this Polo, because, depending on what characters we're talking about, I might not be able to. I'm glad some more mascots are about to be added, too. But we're going to leave making the mascot images to djp as usual, right? Also, unless anyone has anything against it, I would like to rewrite parts of the bios I already wrote. Some of the sentences just don't sound right.

Indeed it is.

I'm wondering if these people giving deconstructive crisitism are judges or not? I know once OCReMixer has showed up at least once more or less vomiting over a wip with little else to say. Obviously, not doing such a thing should be common courtesy and not something to mention in the site guidelines or forum rules. But the truth is, the difference between the best and the worst mixer in the wip forum is huge. Should the really good mixers refrain from commenting on the really bad wips in order not to scare them away? Should there be a wip playground for people who REALLY don't know how to mix? I don't see how it would work - the worst mixers usually think they're a lot better than they actually are, and being told you posted something in the wrong forum because it's not good enough would be as effective at scaring potential mixes away as anything. As for what makes a good melody, I'm not sure if there's a way to come up with a definition that everyone can agree on, and it's certainly not something I would ask OCR to do. I agree some people need more guidance, but the problem would pretty much solve itself if most people spent more time in the wip forum. I know I haven't been there a lot lately. But, and this might come off as disconstructive critisism, not everyone is capable of making good music no matter how much training they get, just like with anything else (becoming the world's fastest runner, an astronaut, or a magical wizard). If you don't have a feeling for what makes a good melody, then maybe writing music isn't the best choice for a career (just like if you don't notice if the drums and the melody in a song are playing at different tempos - it's happened right here on OCR). In your case, you have what it takes, even if you're not yet good enough to make something to pass the judge's panel. But not everyone does, I think. I like the idea about one-on-one lessons, but are you suggesting people who already have mixes on the site would offer lessons over the internet in exchange for money? That the judges should do it as a means of bringing in more money to keep OCR running? I'm not really sure where how much money OCR makes is of any relevance (also, it's barely making enough money to keep the ship sailing, as far as I've been told).

Who needs drum samples when you can slam the buttons on a keyboard?

I knew you'd say something along those lines. It wouldn't hurt to put a link to that post from somewhere in the wiki though. The submission standards also don't mention the existence of a wip forum...

I have a feeling this idea won't really be welcomed by the site staff, or it's already been done (or is covered by the submission standards), and the site staff has more than enough on their hands already, and as always, but here goes: How about an article in the site wiki on the top 10 most common reasons for submissions to get rejected, either 5 regarding production and 5 regarding arrangement/interpretation, or 10 each? Possibly even one listing the 10 most common ones for remixes that don't even reach the panel? I think this could be helpful to anyone who wants to submit a remix, and in the long run, if enough people read it before submitting, it might even make being a judge more fun (or maybe not, depending on what you think is fun, I guess). The article itself needn't be very long, maybe only a sentence or so for each of the 10 reasons. Ideally, the list would be compiled by judged who have been on the panel for some time (let's say a year or so) and who are either still on the panel or who left it less than a year ago. The reasons would be taken from the top of your head, not by going through the threads in the jd forum (unless a non-judge wrote the list, in which case this would be pretty much the only way to do it). I have a bad feeling about this...

I'd like a Ennio Morricone styled version of Tal tal heights from Zelda 4. I must have said so 10 times on this forum by now. I wish Ennio could hear me.

I did try to make a remix using only the Reason Subtractor synth, including drums and everything. I did use some additional effects (reverb etc) though, as well as a sample that only serves as an intro. Here's a link, in case you're interested: http://www.dafydd.se/wip/Dafydd - WiP - Grand Prix Circuit.mp3

1. I hadn't heard of it before 2. It's the slowest website I've been to since I first used the internet Thanks for the tip, though. And thanks, Sologamer, for making it easier to use.

Reading this thread makes me regret not being more active in unmod. Then again I remember I didn't really like it while it was still around. Or I didn't fit in. Meh. If anyone can post some screenies of the old blue version of OCR (or the orange one for that matter), or tell me on what pages such screenies have already been posted, I'd really appreciate it.