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There won't be any feedback on SCRAMBLE until we get a new WIP together. I'm hoping to build the new WIP with the 'new' parts this weekend, but we'll have to see. I'm still behind and have quite a few things to do.
You have feedback on Cornerian Hall of Fame. I think the only one you don't have feedback on now is the Boss Roll.
Oh, and don't take the quiet as inactivity. I'm sure everyone is just working REALLY HARD on their tracks instead of posting, that's all.
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Yeah, sorry I've been a bit absent lately. Life has been complicated for me recently, but I'm getting my stuff straightened out and should be back on track next week.

Not having been up on consoles the last... twenty years, is a region-free console a big deal? Is that new, or is that common now?
2.5 to 6 hours of battery on the tablet... more like 2 to 4, at best.
$299 US... so $350 CAN? $375 CAN? Oh god, they're going to charge us $400 CAN, aren't they?
Looks like I'll be getting the Wii U version of BotW.
EDIT: That new Mario game is set in New York. You know what this means? After 30 years, they're finally giving us a tie-in game for the Mario Bros movie!!

CORRECTION!
The switch presentation is TONIGHT at 8PM PST/11PM EST.
http://www.nintendo.com/switch/

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There's a presentation for the Switch tomorrow.

Had a great time at MAG, and it was great hanging out with all the OCR peeps! I'm also glad I went to the panel, there are a couple new projects I still need to go download. Good stuff.

Thanks for letting me on board

I'm so happy to be part of this beautiful tribute! <3
Thank you so much for inviting me!

OC ReMix presents Heart of a Gamer: A Tribute to Satoru Iwata

December 6, 2015
Contact: press@ocremix.org

FAIRFAX, VA..."On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata (1959-2015)

On what would have been Satoru Iwata's 56th birthday, OverClocked ReMix pays tribute to the late game developer and president & CEO of Nintendo with the community's latest album, Heart of a Gamer: A Tribute to Satoru Iwata. Iwata was a gigantic figure in the world of video games whose loss was felt throughout the gaming community and around the world on July 11th of this year.

Heart of a Gamer features six tracks from eight artists arranging themes from eight soundtracks of games developed or contributed to by Satoru Iwata, a man whose life work was making the world a better & brighter place through video games. Organized by director Gerry "The Damned" Wheatley, and featuring artwork of Iwata surrounded by characters of games he worked on by Davy "Odai" Owen, Heart of a Gamer is available for free download at http://ocremix.org/info/Heart_of_a_Gamer:_A_Tribute_to_Satoru_Iwata.

This album was produced to help promote video game music, was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or HAL Laboratory; all original compositions, characters, and logos are copyright their respective owners.

The album's selection of games from Satoru Iwata's career includes: Super Smash Bros. Melee & Brawl Kirby's Adventure Rollerball Nintendo Land & Balloon Fight EarthBound; and Pokémon Gold Version. "Whether in front of a computer monitor or a boardroom of investors, Iwata's love of games were what came first," observed director Gerry Wheatley. "His devotion to his company was never truer when, in financial trouble, he took a pay cut to make sure his employees were safe. When his colleagues were in need, he lent his time and skill to save their games. He wasn't just another name in the credits. He was truly part of the team."

Heart of a Gamer marks Gerry Wheatley's second directorial effort for OC ReMix. His first directed album in 2011, Pokémon: The Missingno Tracks, also honored a game franchise critically influenced and assisted by Satoru Iwata.

About OverClocked ReMix

Founded in 1999, OverClocked ReMix is an organization dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form. Its primary focus is ocremix.org, a website featuring thousands of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers, resources for aspiring artists, and a thriving community of video game music fans.
 
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Download it: http://ocremix.org/info/Heart_of_a_Gamer:_A_Tribute_to_Satoru_Iwata Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Heart_of_a_Gamer_-_A_Tribute_to_Satoru_Iwata.torrent Comments/Reviews: http://ocremix.org/community/topic/42317-

The MAGFest schedule has gone live in the Guidebook app for iOS. The app is obviously on Android too, but some of my old buddies in the Metroid Metal community mentioned last night that something is buggy about the schedule on that side, as an advance warning. I imagine it will be fixed pretty soon.

OP post has been updated with the OCR panel names and times. If anything else happens event-wise (like, say, a last minute OCU Spring Break dance party in someone's room or something), I'll continue to edit the post as necessary.
Nine days to go! GET HYPE

well the good news is i'm probably going to be doing most of my sleeping in Jamspace so i likely won't miss any of that

OCR workouts will be when we can fit them in, but ill for sure make announcements in the discord meetups channel. Be prepared for Nandos-fueled GAINZ.
THere isn't an official OCU concert, but I just reached out to MAG staff to see if I can sneak in a Jamspace DJ set, i'll keep things updated here. It'd be cool to have our own secret show.
Panels TBD, but it will involve me bench pressing @Nabeel Ansari, so please look forward to it!

Hey guys,
Another update--I'll also be performing with Austin Wintory on Friday, and for the GANG remix competition with DiscoCactus, and I'm doing a panel about making big collaborative arrangement albums Thursday at 8:30 pm!
I'm a busy boy~

I'll be attending as part of the Radio Hyrule party this year!

Magfest was a pretty unreal experience for me.  Thank you to everyone who came to see me perform!  I'm only bummed that I didn't get to spend more time hanging with friends--especially the OCR crowd (I had to miss BOTH PANELS!  UGH).  I guess there's always next year! (or maglabs/classic or anything else)

I'm looking for some help in populating a Google Calendar with notable video game anniversaries for games that have remixes here on OC ReMix. This calendar is meant to be used in conjunction with zapier (an automation tool) that will help us automatically promote game pages on OCR's Discord server and possibly our social media accounts.
Right now OCR doesn't track release dates of games in its database, so I can't ask djpretzel for that data. I need folks to help find release date data and create events on the Calendar in a specific format. I'd prefer to use release dates from the country of origin, so Japanese release dates for games from Japan, North American release dates for many western games, etc.
To participate, you need a Google account (i.e. gmail address). The event should be created with a start time of 12:00PM on the day of the anniversary. Multiple events on the same day should be spaced by 15 minutes. The title of the event should be Nth Anniversary of Game. The description of the event should be a link to the game's page on OC ReMix. Here's a sample event. I think we can focus on 5x Year Anniversaries for now.
Let me know if you'd like to help out and I'll give you access.

The LBoC was very good, fun but also very fascinating to hear how the guys work their songs.. LOVED the multitracked saxes at the intro of the song. I thoroughly appreciated In Between the Lines as well, thinking it's very generous of Laura to do this kind of thing and I definitely want to hear more.

I suppose I would say tracks from sci-fi themed games-- but go with your heart!
- Stephen

Interesting list of Pokemon music. Haven't listened yet, but I'm very curious to hear this episode's Solo Track segment!
I think I'm going to re-use my Dew Point suggestion "from the brilliant soundtrack of the brilliant Risk of Rain" for the sci-fi playlist.. even though the little sci-fi aspect it has in the setting is just a bit of dressing (as far as I've been able to tell while playing!) The playlist should be pretty interesting, it is a wide theme, I have an impression it'll have a certain coherence but it'll be fun to see how it comes together.

It's so nice to see the Oblivion soundtrack acknowledged every once in awhile in the face of Skyrim's popularity.

I loved this episode! Grant was super honest, and sounds like an overall cool dude. Before I got much into music (or VGM), I was a metalhead just like him, and now, I definitely have the eclectic tastes he speaks of.

Yeah, he was kind of a doofus, but luckily doesn't read these forums so no harm done.
EDIT: But at least he's not Bryan
Thanks Eino! Before the interview started, I asked Grant if he wanted to focus on a single game or series, maybe Viva Pinata or Yooka-Laylee. In his agreeable fashion, he said to ask him anything, he'll talk about anything, and just see what happens. First interview on the OCPC I've done without notes. It was fun.
And yeah, Mr. Kirkhope gets pigeonholed with the goofball tunes, and that's all true-- but don't stop there. His biggest influence is John Williams and you can tell.
- Stephen

What's with your co-host this week? He sounds like someone grating cheese with a guitar.

This week we celebrate the memorable melodies of Grant Kirkhope with an In Tune interview from the man himself, get all nostalgic with a Banjo-Kazooie edition of The Big Ones, and put our hands together (‘cause we want to clap) for a very Kirkhopian Playlist!
Direct Download: https://ia601501.us.archive.org/24/items/OCPC30/OCPC%2030.mp3
Next week's Playlist: American music
ReMix ReWind:
More Than MoN - Mazedude Searing Aggression - Zircon An Enjoyable Face Remodeling - Shaboogen Aveh Mountain Breakdown - Chris ~ Amaterasu, Doc Nano In-Tune Interview with Grant Kirkhope:
Collect Secret Item - Banjo-Kazooie Main Title - Banjo-Kazooie Island Welcome - Viva Pinata Jungle - Yooka-Laylee Terra Incognita - Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth: Rising Tide DK Rap - Donkey Kong 64 Bears and Birds (Radio Edit) [feat. Grant Kirkhope] - Power Overwhelming Tranquil Hours - Viva Pinata The Big Ones with Matthew Tucciarone (Major Third): Banjo Kazooie
Music from Banjo-Kazooie The Playlist: Grant Kirkhope
Bears and Birds (Radio Edit) - Bid Bad Bosses (Fenix Down)
Gargos Theme - Killer Instinct 2 (SquarEvil)
Chicago Stealth - Perfect Dark (The M Disk Playlist Podcast)
DK Rap - Donkey Kong 64 (Jean-Marc Griffin)
Main Theme - Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (Kyle)
Jinjo Village - Banjo-Tooie (Stephen)
Dalentarth - Kingdoms of Amalur (Matthew Tucciarone)
Oven-Fresh Day - Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise (Liontamer)
Fractal Aquilion - Civilization: Beyond Earth: Rising Tide (Grant Kirkhope)
Bumper music:
Late Night Sneakin' - HappyBivouac Jet Set Groove #3 - Hideki Naganuma S.E. Tape - SEGA Oldies But Happies - Hideki Naganuma The Concept of Love - Hideki Naganuma  Like It Like This Like That - Hideki Naganuma S.E. System01 - SEGA Extra info:
Twitter: @OCRpodcast Stephen: @StephenKelly180 Cin: @Cinshadis Grant: @grantkirkhope Matthew: @major_third Email: podcast@ocremix.org
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ivb42azxllrsxwg7zavtptcho2i

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Regarding the Killer Instinct guitar: there is a Kontakt instrument of it out there, however it sounds really bad as it's missing a lot of the articulations/timbre changes (eg. with changing velocities, modulating etc.) that come with the TS-10's synth engine. Doesn't even sound remotely like the original - with SNES stuff it's different because the instruments are all built with (usually) one single sample.
With the DKC guitar, it sounds that 'harsh' by default in general. It will help when actually writing to add slight volume automation fades with each sustained note, use of pitch bends and a delay to emulate how it originally sounds in the DKC soundtrack... hope that helps.
It does look like Gangplank Galleon is in the works by BlueTronic; the FLP for that is in the Dropbox folder if you want to take a look.