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Protricity

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  1. I like the rhode chords, but aside from that, this is just a cover. Everything is simplified, and concentration is definately on soundquality. Drums have pretty cool compression that makes me wanna ... go try somethings right now.. but I'll finish first here.

    I'm not hearing anything but a cover here. accompany changes slightly towards the beginning, but later on its pretty much verbatim. Towards the end some variation comes in, really nothing specially. This mix was pretty much like an intro to a more interesting song. Pretty short-lived at 3:30, and a meh ending.

    Whole thing sounds nice and chill, but does not seem to want to make it over that bar.

    NO

  2. Oh, man. Memories! I love this game.

    Definately a lot of arrangement in this track. I really like how it was put together. Later on medleyed with the good ole title theme.

    Everything is good about this song except two major points:

    1. Production, everything is lo-fi and grungy. If I want to turn up the volume, the bass floods everything out. Gotta go for that clear sound in the higher registers and focus more attention on mastering and sound quality.

    2. Arrangement/Drums. Arrangement provides lots of variation, but its not perticularly good variation. It kinda just fumbles all over the place. Drums are cumbersome and rough. Better samples/mastering would help, but really it needs to be done better.

    NO

  3. ReMix: http://www.ocremix.org/detailmix.php?mixid=OCR01213

    ReView thread: http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1009901#1009901

    RECALL VOTE GUIDELINES:

    Please don't vote yes or no again regarding whether you LIKE the mix here, or think it should be removed due to sonic quality or other unrelated issues; the sole criteria we're evaluating is whether it's enough of an arrangement to work with our standards or whether we let something through that we probably shouldn't have.

    Some of the judges feel that this song should not have made it onto the site. So we will do a recall vote in hopes that it may be subjected to the same scrutiny as every other borderline submission. As usual, it is solely up to dave on what to do with this thread.

    Please Vote YES or NO.

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    So basically, I would not have passed this as it is ridiculously close to the original. Allowing these kinds of songs on the site basically opens the door for midirippers, and other such people who generally do not want to contribute originality and would rather take credit for the work of others. This is not saying that the author is any of these. Given, there is a little variation in this song, but its so minimal, short, and ill conceived that it hardly matters.

    Other problems include ridiculously high amp, high note bass that makes the song very anoying to listen to, fade out ending, campy rnb loop that does not change, overall lack of progression and activity.

    The chant of 'Lets not mess with what is already good' is not very convincing or justifying, and does not change my mind on what I consider a subpar remix.

    NO

  4. So I always liked this song, but recently I listened to the original soundtrack. It was very disappointing to discover that this remix is scarcely anything more than a cover. Its basically the level1 and boss1 music put together with live guitar. Everything else is note for note with minimal changes.

    A fine upgrade, but alas, nothing more than an upgrade.

  5. I noticed that the first time, but I can't even concieve why the artist would choose to do that. It ruins the feel for me completely. It feels like a deliberate flaw to ruin someone's fun. Its the kinda thing that surely will have people slapping their mp3 player against the wall again and again.

    Just can't accept something like that. This is on ocr for good, you know.

    NO

  6. I'm assuming the chimes are supposed to be non-harmonic and simply for percussive/environmental purposes, but that does not make them any less annoying.

    As for the rest, repetitive, builds a bit, but does not vary at all. Repeat Repeat Repeat, and always present are the nails-on-chalkboard chimes.

    NO

  7. Biggest issue with this song is that the lead is so damned quiet and muffled.

    Drum samples are good, and unlike many rock submissions, it actually has a bassline!

    That lead is really annoying me, so I'm rather borderline.

    At some points I can barely hear it at all.

    Borderline NO because such a small problem shouldn't have been overlooked in an otherwise good remix.

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    Had a talk with snapplefag. Apparently he agrees but deleted the work files. Can't be fixed now, so

    YES

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