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    OCR01338 - Mega Man Zero 2 "Cool Mind"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    you know, it's been a long time since i actually sat down and wrote a review. but i felt this song truly deserved one because of the POTENTIAL for greatness.

    let me start by saying that the arrangement here is awesome. one would expect a decent arrangement from one of OCR's esteemed judges, but the work here stands above and beyond. the pad used in the beginning is quite beautiful, and creates a nice light suspenseful feeling. some nice subdued piano with delay adds greatly as well. in fact, everything seems very well placed. the percussion seems far too subdued however. i keep waiting for the percussion to start kicking ass and it never does. also, the dropout at 0:55 and the repetition of the motif at 1:14 were unnecessary and seemed like they were there only to add to the final length. the percussion starting at 1:07 was FAR too quiet, and seemed to just be there as minimal filler. you should have raised the volume. and if you had it so low so as not to detract from the orchestration/arrangement, then you should have used some other method to keep focus away from it, or done away with it entirely. for some strange reason my brain does not like having the drums so low in the mix. it's like WHY FOR PERCUSSION SO QUIET. and on that note, the overall volume of this mix is way too low. and there needed to be much more low to mid-range on the EQ as well. i can't hear any bass at all. at 2:04 we get another drop out, followed by a change in exposition. here things start to pick up the pace a bit. but yet again, the percussion is lacking severely. however, the usage of the choir here is very adept, and accents the progression nicely. some synth stabs are used in here as well to decent effect. at 3:11 there is again yet another dropout. at 3:35 we return to the main theme once again. at 3:58 an attempt at spicing up the percussion is made, which only lasts 8 measures, is contrived, too quiet, and muddled in the EQ. it drops back into the subdued percussion once again until 4:45 where the song sets into conclusion mode and heads on out to the end. i must add that the ending here is well conceived.

    so overall.. i would say though the arrangement and instrumentation here is CHOICE, the song is about 2 minutes too long, and is lacking in both the percussion and mixing departments.

    OCR00973 - Chrono Trigger "Forever"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    i no longer use the samuraihornet@yahoo.com address.

    it got far too overloaded with spam. i tried telling djp to

    update it, but he's a busy guy. and when he's not busy,

    he's drunk. but it's all good. anyways, like Antelucan

    said, the original song is 'the day the world revived'.

    it's track 6 on the 2nd disc of the OSV. it's also in

    the rsn available here on OCR. not sure which track it

    is though, but probably something like 30, or 2-6 (i

    don't recall how they are ordered in the rsn). if you

    don't know how to play the rsn, there's a list of

    programs/plugins available here. hope this helps! ;)

    thanks a bunch guys.

    ps: my current e-mail is suzumebachi@gmail.com

    Sample Request

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    Could anyone reccomend a good magazine that comes with sample CD's? I know of a few, but subscriptions to these are expensive, so If I could get any reccomendations, it would be appreciated. To me, the content of the magazine would be just as important as the quality of samples usually included.

    I just figured I'd post in this thread because my request is mainly focused on the samples.

    Thanks for any reccomendations.

    seconded. i too would like to know of some good mags, especially some that come with samples and crud.

    VG Frequency: U Love VGM

    in Projects

    Posted

    I always miss the good shows.

    Except for Kong in Concert. I was there.

    I think KiC was the last show I got to listen to. Probably because it was the last show that actually worked.

    And larry needs to start using ogg instead of mp3 for the show archives.

    also: a.) when are we gonna do the RoFL show, and b.) when are you gonna fix the stream?

    Live Performers offer and request thread

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    I MIGHT be interested in getting someone who can do a laid back jazz improv solo and is able to record well.

    No trumpets because if I have a trumpet part in the song I'll play it my damn self. Any other (jazz) instrument I might be interested in. email/pm/aim me. Have samples and whatnot. This is just a quick idea at this point, and I'm just gauging if there is interest.

    i'd be willing to lend some jazz guitar if/when i get a chance (kinda busy with school at the moment)

    OCR01250 - Secret of Mana "Tidal Sequence"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    nice work. totally not as good as protricity's manbeef on rainbow street though. or fowl jive.

    anyways. i'm totally digging the synths and the drums. and what is that at 2:23? nice touch. i like how you worked in the stuff and crap. overall nice arrangement. best orchestral arrangement i've ever heard. god i love that distorted bass. i love that DnB! when the song started picking up again at 4:19 i thought i was listening to DJ Megamansonic for a second. the dancy bits around 5:27 are awesome too. ps: i didn't know you played guitar!

    VG Frequency: U Love VGM

    in Projects

    Posted

    So...my laptop is the brokez. It won't be looked at for a week, so the organized show has gotta be postponed until I find out what's wrong with it. Could be a week, maybe 2. May even have to format my hard drive. :P Just gotta roll with it.

    In any case, this Saturday, we will still play crud and hang out in the NEW VG Frequency IRC channel (#VGF @ EntertheGame), but we will do what is commonly known as ze freesty00L and bullshit around.

    Should be some good stuff as we play any requests that I can download onto the radio station computer and shoot the shit with people on the air, although Species will have to help out and record the stream if he's around, since I won't be able to. Oy! We're down, but not out.

    see! told you guys it didn't have anything to do with the unprotected anal sex comment! it was erm.. an unprotected anal sex virus!

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