Hello! Some time ago, i made a cover about very sensitive song. This song is from the game, that is very memorable and still one of the most important games i have ever played. Chrono Cross - Singing Emotions.
It's pretty simple rendition, but i like how nicely acoustic guitar fits in...at the end i mixed it with the same kind of sound, that plays in the original. It kinda express the sensitivity of the cover more .
This seems very close to the original track and might not fit the arrangement standards of OCR. The judges tend to look at submissions on how you made them with your own ideas, not just the quality of the performance or how good it sounds. It needs to have something that makes it stand apart from the original.
It sounds great as it is, it does, but I didn't hear anything new and that's something the judges are going to look for.
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This is a good start, but there are definitely some things to look into.
If you listen more closely at 0:24 and 0:37 for example, notice how the notes on the violins and/or violas is detached. A real violinist would keep the bow on the strings when playing a long phrase. What you had at 0:30-0:31 was a good example of how I would recommend the notes at 0:24 and 0:37 be executed. Similarly, in other spots where such notes are detached, it's worth trying to overlap them. I mentioned these two spots because they were the most obvious, but there are probably other spots that you should check.
At 0:41, the piano that comes in feels dry. In other words it sticks out too much. I can somewhat hear a midrange reflection indicating that you do have reverb on it, but having a touch of low-mids reflections in the reverb would help glue it into the mix better. You might be able to accomplish that by lowering the Low Cut on the reverb a bit. You can also improve this further by having the piano play actual chords.
At 1:36, the piano is somewhat competing with the brass. The brass sounds like it's supposed to be "softly" leading (meaning without the "blatty" tone), so maybe you can slightly lower the velocities on the piano by the same amount at 1:36 - 1:57 and slightly raise the velocities on the brass.
Good transition at 2:02 with the harp roll, and I like the textural development from 2:02 to 2:44. It helped accent the descending arp to use that xylophone/marimba and use some more-active low-end percussion. Cool chord progressions. At 2:44, I hear more of those detached violin+viola notes, so try overlapping them more to make a more natural phrasing.
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Overall, you do have a pretty good understanding of using automation to add swells to your longer notes, and for the most part the reverb is pretty cohesive.
Production-wise, the mixing is a little distant, but is on the right track IMO. Just some minor balance issues with the brass+piano, the piano sticking out of the mix a bit too much at 0:41 (maybe have it play chords, too?), and some more major issues with the detached high strings notes wherever they should be more overlapped, such as 0:24, 0:37, and right after 2:44.
Arrangement-wise, this follows the original pretty closely, but you did add an original intro and expand on each section in the original.
Based on the straightforward arrangement and good (but not great) mixing, I would definitely recommend getting a Mod Review before submitting this to OCR. It's getting there, but I do believe it's borderline.
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As for "EBU128", I wouldn't worry too much about it. If your music currently sounds good to you, keep mixing the way you're doing it. I have never heard of "EBU128" until a few weeks ago, and I've never used it. I still turned out fine.
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