TheVideoGamer

Alright i submitted my entry and a bonus. I'll move onto the voting. Thanks for your patience guys!

Final 2 days extension. If nobody enters, the win automatically goes to Karaerler.

I made the place less lonely with my submission lol.

Ok i've been away for a week, so i haven't had chance to really sort of check upon this. Nobody has entered, so i'll give you all another 3 days extension. If nobody has entered, i'll get Souperion to send another source for the next round. DEADLINE IS 4TH OF APRIL VOTING DEADLINE IS THE 11TH APRIL. Good luck!

Bonus entries in!

Thanks for pointing that out! It's fixed.

Great work everyone! Next round is up!

Compo: MnP (Meat 'n Potatoes) Congratulations to Souperion for winning MnP Round 137! Round 138 was a New Year's Special, so most of the rules were relaxed for that round, and no bonus entries were to had. Now Souperion and I entered, and under the rules Souperion cannot select a source twice. So source selection was passed on to me. Technically this means i won MnP Round 138, but only by default. More info about the rule change below. Because Round 138 was a New Year's Special Round, this meant that Souperion had to move his pick to Round 139, and whoever won Round 138 would have their pick alongside Souperion's effectively making this a Double Dose Off (That honour went to me). As a result, Souperion and Me both got to choose their own source for this month's MnP source! Here's what Souperion said about his pick: "I totally fell off in checking OCR over the holidays, so I'm just now noticing your previous verdict on MnP 137. If it is still the case that I now bear the responsibility of submitting a source for MnP round 138: Ruined Castle Corridor from Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow. I experienced the GBA Castlevania trilogy not too long ago, and this was one of my favorite tracks in them all." - Souperion GAME: Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (GBA) SOURCE: Ruined Castle Corridor VIDEO: And here's what I have to say about my pick: "I went for a Shinobi game, just because i feel like theres a lot of underrated tunes in the series, being left untouched. Granted i went for the most famous game, however i did probably go for probably the least remixed. Revenge of Shinobi is a game that is very simple in design, but is extremely fun to play. There's not much to the game, but you do find yourself playing it a lot, and just having a good time. It's not a game that expects you to focus, but rather for you to just let time go by. It's a fun time waster, that i've played, but not yet completed. It's not something that i would seriously want to dedicate my time to. If you are bored, this is some fun time to kill. Now this is the first Shinobi game made for a Console, if you don't count the unlicensed NES game in the same year. This is mostly considered a Sequal to the first Shinobi game, with Shadow Dancer being almost like a Spin Off. Enough of the game though, we need the music. Crafted by our finest Yuzo Koshiro, this score is his transition from Synthpop and Funk, into more House and Club Music of the era. At the time he had only gotten a glimpse of house from his time abroad, and was mostly working with the Synthpop sound based on what he was listening to at the time. He would perfect the Club Music formula in Streets of Rage, and eventually move onto harder styles in Streets of Rage 3. This track i've picked is actually the most simplest of the bunch, and the most overtly rave centric of the bunch. Tracks like Run or Die and Sunrise Blvd are more overtly in the Rock and Funk Category, whereas Ninja Step is a dance piece. It's also the one with little to no melody, and honestly not much chords either. It's funkiness comes from the drum programming, it's cutting synths and various syncopated licks. It's a lovely tune, that is worthy of expansion. I picked it, for you to be creative with it. It's a blank canvas for anything for you to add. I'm gonna wrap it up here, i hope you do this one justice!" - Me (TheVideoGamer) GAME: The Revenge of the Shinobi (Sega Genesis) SOURCE: Ninja Step VIDEO: Deadline: 19th March @ 1PM Closing Date: 21st March @ 1PM Vote Ends: 28th March @ 1PM MnP ARCHIVE - made by Trism submit: https://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/MnP139 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 Rules for Picking a Source: All video game sources are limited to the 6th generation of video game consoles and earlier. This was due to community consensus, where people preferred to remix more retro games, than newer games. 6th generation includes: GameCube, Xbox, PS2 and Dreamcast. I'm now restricting big name franchises (Such as Zelda and Mega-Man) to one source per year. This is to encourage more obscure games, that not many people will know about to be picked. Make sure you provide me both a video and a MIDI of the source in question. In the event that someone wins both a normal round and a special round within the span of the each other (E.G Person A wins both Round 137 and Round 138, with Round 138 being a special round.), then the win will automatically go to the runner up and or the 2nd entry (If there is less than 3 submissions). If there is only one entry, which happens to be the winner of the last round, then i will pick a source, just so we can move onto the next round. This process was designed, so everyone gets a fair chance in submitting a source/winning. Ask questions if you are unsure i am always here to help. Note: This is subject to change. Also keep an eye out, if any special rounds come into fruition. Guidelines: 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)

I saved it from being one entry.

Ok there's 2 entries, and Souperion won MnP 137, so to keep things fair, since he's selected a source for round 139, i'm gonna add a source for round 139 as well. Expect to see this in the upcoming few days. Thanks for keeping this from being just me Souperion! Nice work everyone!

No entries yet. 2 extra days added. You can still upload, even if it says voting on it.

Thanks everyone. Source coming your way!

Submitted, I saved Hleet from being the only entry. So i have a bonus, and a remix of Tyrian.

Congrats Souperion, great round people!

Also would you look at that. Two PC sources in one round lol.

Ooh i'm digging the Tyrian Tune! It reminds me of Mid 90's Jason Page/Alister Brimble for the C64. Awesome pick!

I also submitted! Just want to point out, what's on ThaSauce is a lower quality version of the soundtrack, because i had to scale it down to 20mb. If you want to listen to a Higher Quality version of the soundtrack. Click here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l4d2o8gkkwplup9/Jelly Pops Original Soundtrack HQ.mp3?dl=0

Happy New Year everyone!

Congrats Souperion! Next round is up!

Also congrats to Evktalo, i need to catch up on my voting, there's so many rounds i'm missed! Evktalo - Really nice laid back sound. Great beats and bass. Sounds like it has some cool slides, that belong to a western, even though it's a synth piece. The wonky melody was a lovely addition. There's a lot of the original source that has been taken away in favour of the melody. If you get a chance to expand on this, adding other elements from the piece, would really add a touch of sparkle and atmosphere to the whole thing. But what i heard was lovely, minus the abrupt end. Well done! Souperion - Really liking the key change and the melody, it's also kind of laid back, maybe a bit more happy. I love the guitar work in this, really gives it a change of pace. Some of the sounds can be a little muffled, but nothing like a touch of mixing could elevate this. You said you scraped this together, so i am aware this was done in short notice. Still though, sounds lovely, really vibrant and you know...lively lol. Well done!

I think it was more to discourage duplicate sources, rather than to encourage originality. I'm also not sure if this is the reason why people are not entering. It could be just because not many people know about it as much. However that being said, this might open the pathway for more freedom in choosing sources, so i'm embracing it. It might work.

Forgot to say awesome job on your remix Souperion! And thanks to all who voted for me!

6 Day's ago was the beginning of 2023! For those who had a great new year, i hope you enjoy this one, and for those that didn't then....i'm sorry. Were going to kick it off with a new year special! To see what you have to do, just ready the stuff below. Ok so for this round, i'm gonna get you to pick any source from ANY PAST MNP ROUND. Specifically one that you have NOT YET REMIXED yet. If you've remixed the source, then it won't be allowed. Simple as that. There's nothing else to it really. Go through the past MnP rounds, and if you like what you hear, and you've not submitted a remix for that round? Go for it, i'd love to hear it! There is no rules for the source selection, other than what's on the MnP round that hasn't been submitted. For this one, i am ok if one person does Source A and another person does Source A. Just as long as they haven't remixed that tune yet. All the MIDI's you'll need are on the round pages, so it shouldn't need to be a problem. Here's the list of past rounds: https://compo.thasauce.net/compos/view/MnP Any questions? I'm always here to help. Make sure you write down the game and source in the description, to help us when voting! THE WINNER WILL JOIN SOUPERION IN A DOUBLE DOSE OFF FOR ROUND 139. Deadline: 3rd February @ 1PM Closing Date: 5th February@ 1PM Vote Ends: 12th February @ 1PM MnP ARCHIVE - made by Trism submit: https://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/MnP138 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 - Not applicable this round, but will be in normal/future rounds. Guidelines: 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. For this round you can remix more than one source. Do make sure you let me know which source(s) you've picked in the submission notes. 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) Edited January 10, 2022 by TheVideoGamer

Ok Souperion is the only entry. So congrats to Souperion for winning by default! Please send me your source pick for Round 139! Ideally for next week (Roughly the 13th January). I say 139 in this case, as Round 138 is gonna be a New Year's special!

Only Souperion has entered. 2 more days and if nobody submits by then the win automatically goes to Souperion. I’ve also extended voting by two days as a result of this.