Wassup Thunder

I added another day, so you should be able to submit now.

Got my entry in last night!

Got my entry in last night!

Oh this'll be fun. I remember spending hours being lost in this game, now I can get around to remixing something from it!

Oh this'll be fun. I remember spending hours being lost in this game, now I can get around to remixing something from it!

Got my draft stuff in as a Bonus remix as I just found an old export I did somewhere at the beginning. If anyone likes the ideas and wants to do a collaboration on this track I'd be happy to engage! 
(Edit and Offtopic: Does by chance anyone of you know if one can change its username on thasauce too or shall I just make a new account? Is ThaSauce linked in any official way to OCRemix?)

Compo: MnP (Meat 'n Potatoes)
Congratulations to Souperion for winning the last round. As a result, he get's to pick the source for round 122. Here's what he had to say:
"Feel a bit odd having won a round that featured a spirited, upbeat song by making a slower remix, so let's do some Kirby music! Kirby and the Amazing Mirror: Candy Constellation, specifically. It's a real fun piece, one of my favorites from that little gem." - Souperion
GAME: Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (GBA)
SOURCE: Candy Constellation
VIDEO:
Deadline: 3rd March @ 1PM
Vote Ends: 12th March @ 1 PM
MnP ARCHIVE  - made by Trism 
submit: http://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/MnP122
MISSION STATEMENT
The goal of Compo:MnP is to promote that "meat and potatoes" conservative approach to remixing: this includes the mood and composition of source tunes. It is up to the remixer to create their own personalization, or to simply give it a sound upgrade. Moreover, the compo is a great opportunity to hone your remixing skills and give video game music the respect that is due. SOME reinterpretation is recommended, but not required.
MnP Instructions/Guidelines
Source-Picks are limited to the era of gaming 1984-2006.  In other words, Nes/Sega Master to PS2/GC/XBox 1. I might starting looking at relaxing this rule, to give more leeway in freedom of choice. We'll see how it goes in the upcoming rounds. Modifying the Source is fine, so long as it doesn't sound completely separate from its original intent.  If you're gonna do a genre change, at least make sure the original aspect of the source is not lost. Tempo changes are fine, as long as it's not a big change. I'm talking like,  going from 80bpm to 140bpm.  Submissions must be at a maximum of 20mb (keeping in step with ThaSauce's file size max), and submitted as a MP3 file. Only 1 entry per participant. Previous winner cannot participate but can submit a BONUS entry.  Try to avoid making quality-based comments on submissions until after the Round is concluded.  It is to avoid a Bias in Votes. MISC/TIPS
- When picking a source tune, make sure it has a MIDI to make people's lives easier.
- In-game sound FX are permitted, so long as they don't comprise the whole track (i.e. replacing entire MIDI tracks with just sfx)

Ok a couple of things (Since you asked):
What i liked:
I love the instrument choices, the reverb usages is great. I really liked the stylistic choices here. The vocals samples are pretty funny. The source tune plays to your strengths. The orchestra blends well. The ending is incredible. I loved it a lot. What i think could be worked on:
It's a bit muddy in the low end. I'd be wary of that. The remix is very consistent. For 7 minutes, i would add some dynamic changes, to make it less in your face all the time. So maybe a solo instrument for some kind of breakdown. It's nice and all, but can exemplify a bit of the...how shall i say it...repetition is probably the word. It needs a break basically. A lot of instruments seem to be competing against each other. Needs a bit of balance. The vocal samples stood out more, than they should. However i think this is dependent on how you take this source, and i did like the humour in it, so it was good. To add onto the second point, I think breaking it down into a solo instrument or something, actually gives it a more humanising quality to it. It makes it feel like a real orchestra is performing this piece as well as giving us a break. All in all though, solid work! Keep at it!

This is a collaboration project with Souperion. We created this remix of Destiny 2's track The Farm a while ago, and decided we want to refine the song to be high enough quality to be submitted to OCR.
This song uses various organic instrument samples from EastWest PLAY plugins. We are seeking feedback on everything from sound quality, arrangement cohesion, to whether or not we should leave in the voice clips from the game. And anything else I haven't thought of. I'll greatly appreciate any examples, instructions, or sources on how to go about the changes suggested so that we can improve this piece to achieve our goal of getting it refined and on OCR.
And I never mind being told good things about it too, I'm human XD
 

Bonus entrant in!
I did a bonus for 2 reasons:
1. To give people a chance to win.
2. Not many people might go for Rave Racer, so i'd thought i would at least get something in, in regards to the source.

I got my vote in.
But I'll reiterate what I've said 1000 times over in my critique.
None of it is meant to be mean or dissy. I loved all your work, as I usually do. Just this time I had to be a little more nick-picky and arsey, I guess for lack of a better term, because of that. It's all good and so different from the source, and as usual, I like it and respect the hustle.
Hope whatever I said in my critiques is helpful tho. All I wanna do is at the very least be helpful. >_<;

If something stands out to you, and you find it a little off, you shouldn't be afraid to mention it. While we like the good points, what to improve on, is what strives us as artists. So as long as your not actually bullying, critique (As in, what to improve on...) should be seen as a good thing. 
Taste is personal, as i always say lol.
Thanks for voting anyways!

Results
In 1st place with 22 points: Souperion In 2nd place with 15 points: TheVideoGamer In 3rd place with 12 points: TheVodouQueen And the last place hero with 11 points: Wassup Thunder Souperion please PM me with your source pick for Round 122. Ideally for next week. (Roughly the 9th of February)
Congrats to everyone who participated, you peeps did great! Not expecting a lot of votes this time. 
Comments:
Ok so Souperion had trouble voting, so he's sharing it here. This is his vote:
1st: TheVideoGamer
2nd: Wassup Thunder
3rd: TheVodouQueen
This time around, I feel like TVG got down the MnP themes really well. I loved everyone's innovations and takes, so I relied a bit more on how the song's mixing and such went. 
Wassup: Enjoyed your instrumentation, those pipes really got me. You made some real happening groove going on there, especially with the piano parts. I'm the worst person on the net for giving feedback on guitars and such, but I think the one you used worked pretty well. The reimagined melody sections were fun, made it lively and spirited. Nice take on this thing!
VGM: Don't feel so bad about not being the biggest fan of a popular ost. I enjoyed the energy and electronic soundscape of your piece. Even with very faithful notes, it was alive with your style. Love when the hard kicks come in with a percussion upgrade, shaking my ears and window panes. Seems to me that the piece is a bit heavy on the high and low frequencies, a tad shrill at times, but I really enjoyed how the lead strikes me as something between electric bagpipes and strings. Nice work here.
Vodou Queen: Dang, that stylistic shift! You're right that some of it is a bit sharp, but I am impressed with how you took that mood and atmosphere of the thing and translated it so smoothly. And this piece travels so well, I think it's on the road to the next gig already! I say give yourself some slack from the hard mechanics of the song this time and enjoy what it wanted to be. Come back to this mix sometime later, smooth out and master things, and you'll have a niiiiice song. Keep at it!

I got your message.
I'll post it here, when voting's over...
Also i voted too...

Votes in. This was a real fun song to work with and listen to.
Edit: seems I ran into that weird gimmick again: claims I already voted. Heh. I'll send VideoGamer my placements.

Hey guys, maybe some of you guys know of this page already, but I recently discovered Vienna Symphonic Library's Instrumentology section here
https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Academy/Instrumentology
I often compose using at least somewhat of an Orchestral profile (not necessarily well lol) and one of the things I can struggle with is the roles of the instruments in the orchestra. My background is choir mostly so this to me has been a great help. Particularly helpful though is the sound combinations section for each instrument. I'm mostly familiar enough with the instruments individually but combinations I highly struggle with. 
I hope maybe some of you guys can find use in this as well! I'll probably never own their library (nor do I need it really) but what a heck of a resource. Be curious to see if it helps anyone else as well.
 

Daam that’s unfortunate. Not seen that happen before, or at least not as often. I hope it didn’t go into the laptop, or it’s disaster...
Maybe voting might be the way forward.
All the best....

Dear fellow contestants, I fear, my entry just died due to "tea on laptop" reasons.  (I knew I should have sticked to my one-sip-only-Espresso...) While I hope, that there's not too much damage there's probably no chance for using it to record or mix anything before Wednesday - and that only if I'm lucky.

Once I am done with this composition for the VGM challenge going on on Newgrounds, gonna have fun with this one.
1 song mixed with both and a bonus source from Lufia II.
Probably is going to be 90% MIDI work (first time).
...And only 16 tracks I can work with.
Let's see if the uber excitement, over confidence (and pain) pays off, shall we? XD
@Wassup Thunder I'm sure whichever you picked, song'll be fantastic.

As much as I wanted to treat both of these sources, I couldn't pull a medley off with the vibe I wanted. So only covering one of them, sad to say. Gotta finish fine-tuning it. Man, I look forward to hearing what everyone else is going to make of these songs!

As much as I wanted to treat both of these sources, I couldn't pull a medley off with the vibe I wanted. So only covering one of them, sad to say. Gotta finish fine-tuning it. Man, I look forward to hearing what everyone else is going to make of these songs!

As much as I wanted to treat both of these sources, I couldn't pull a medley off with the vibe I wanted. So only covering one of them, sad to say. Gotta finish fine-tuning it. Man, I look forward to hearing what everyone else is going to make of these songs!

Welcome to the Voting Stage!
There are 4 entries this round. There is 0 Bonus entry(s) this round There IS a voter bonus this round! Kat have a vote worth 2x.  When Voting, if possible, avoid granting 1:1 covers top spot.  MnP requires a bit of remixage after all.   Don't vote for Bonus entries please.  Do let me know if you have problems voting, and we can sort something out. Try and not make any comments about each entrant until after voting has concluded. Thanks! Participants may not vote for themselves.   Vote ends Feb 2nd 1Pm.  
Vote here http://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/MnP121
(Ok so as you can see, Hoboka has transferred all duties to me. So don't be alarmed, when you see my name instead of the usual, since it's gonna be me from now on).

Me three.
And now my brain is uber mush. Song's real complex and full as it is, let alone adding stuff to it. xD

Good work ya'll.