Jorito

Challenge accepted! Looking forward to collab with you again, it has been too long

Just like Chernabogue, I also did a remix for the FF3 project . Thought I'd share for your enjoyment, so here you are!

So DS394 surprised us early with a claim and an upbeat nu-disco/complextro-ish WIP of "In the Dead of Night". Good stuff happening there!

Ah, you could have sufficed with just claiming a track, but having a WIP included is of course awesome! Can I at least know which track you'd like to claim so I can mark it down for you?

Whaddayaknow, djpretzel just sent me a sketch of his and Harmony's collab of "What the Forest Taught Me", sweet Also, we have private forums for the album, where you can listen to WIPs the other album remixers posted (I just posted mine) and give feedback. Anyone who confirmed their claim or sent in a WIP/finished track has access to it, so come and share! You can find it in the Private Project Subforums in the Projects forums here on OCR.

So, the first deadline has passed. Because of the change of management we already considered this first deadline mostly as a kickstarter without too high expectations. We got just a handful of WIP updates and a few messages from people that they could only make the next deadline on such short notice. On the good side, we managed to confirm the claims of nearly everybody who claimed before. What's also great is the WIPs and finished tracks we've got our hands on so far; there's some cool stuff on the album already and it can only get better! Anyway, the second deadline is for real, no more 'getting started' kickstarters. So here's your reminder for the next deadline for March 5th; we expect to see something from @ergosonic, @Hylian Lemon, @zykO, @Rexy, @halc, @audio fidelity, @Harmony, @djpretzel, @RebeccaETripp, @Sagnewshreds, @jnWake, @PabloComa, @pu_freak, @Chernabogue, @Jorito, @Darangen, @Sbeast, @Fishy, @dannthr, @Starphoenix, @Guifrog. Godspeed.

I am still tuned.... should I stay tuned a bit longer?

Sounds good! I'm already busy running another album project, so I'll stick with keeping an eye on this topic and finishing my album track. But it's good to see some progress.

I heard you mention this track on the Magfest OCR panel stream and I thought I'd check it out. I'm not familiar with the source, but it has some interesting ideas in here. Might be interesting to take the world percussion idea further and add some more ethnic instruments to it. I'm thinking flutes, maybe some steel drums and basically anything else that gives that tropical island vibe. Maybe steal some inspiration from the Chrono Cross OST too, because it somehow reminds me of some tracks of that game.

I'll hop on the 'me too' bus too, as I just reached out to my collaborator yesterday to see if she's still up for the vocals for my track

First of all, best wishes for 2017! Let's use this year to give Secret of Mana the tribute it deserves! And yes, this is also your reminder to send in your WIPs for the January 15 deadline Of course we haven't been idle in the past weeks. We were able to reach out to the majority of the people that claimed a track (way) earlier, and quite a few people confirmed their claim (if you haven't yet and are reading this, please let us know you're still on board). We also got our hands on a good amount of WIPs and finished tracks, and we were able to resurrect some people from their OCR hiatus, so good stuff is happening there. Hope to see some more of that good stuff in 2 weeks. Good luck!

Great to hear some love for the MSX and for Aleste. I did quite a few MSX remixes and even Aleste remixes, so I can totally relate. Heck, I think I even did a cover of this on the MSX, years ago I like the EDM approach you took, sounds good to me (in so far I can judge on my Macbook speakers). Of course the source track is pretty short, so that makes it a bit harder to make a full remix out of it. The intro and outro might be a tad long; it takes about 1 minute before the source really starts kicking in and becomes recognizable in stead of just hinting the source, and the same goes for the ending. Would have been great to have some more elements of the original track spread out over the intro and outro for more nostalgia. Other than that, I enjoyed it, thanks for sharing

So time for some updates... Unfortunately Hakstock had to drop his claim, but we've got a new remixer on board as well. Please welcome StarPhoenix, who claimed Mystic Invasion. Also we got check-ins from a few people and a pretty complete WIP from Sbeast and reportedly Chernabogue's WIP should be reaching us soon. So all good stuff and I'm excited about how it's going

For anyone working on a track that uses french horn, @JohnStacy is a french horn player that is happy to 'excitedly record whatever is thrown my way' (his words). So if your track is in need of some french horn, be sure to hit him up!

So now that we've got a fresh new start under eager new management, expect to be contacted by us over the next few days if you have made a claim Let's get things going again, this great game deserves a great album!

So we finished our orientation and discussion and we now have a new forum topic for the album. Please join there for further updates and discussion on the album because it won't be happening in this thread anymore

Staff Director: Jorito Co-director: The Nikanoru Visual artist: Tabby Remixers: Guifrog, Devastus, Radiowar, The Legendary Zoltan, Mikeaudio, Sir Jordanius, Hylian Lemon, PabloComa, Rexy, djpretzel, Sagnewshreds, Chernabogue, Jorito, Sbeast, Jonny Atma, Fishy, DS394, Kylok, ThirdKoopa, HeavyViper, Blake Inc., RebeccaETripp, Rozovian, Eino Keskitalo. Performers: Smooth4lyfe (vocals), JohnStacy (brass), Sagnewshreds (guitar), LaurentheFlute (flute, vocals), JoyDreamer (vocals), Chris ~ Amaterasu (violin), Trev Wignall (violin), Furilas (bass), VGCelloMusic (cello), Kylok (alto sax), Pichu's Dad (tenor sax) Audio support: Jorito Track list Disc 1: Popoi - The Magic of Mana Variations of Fear - Kylok feat. Trev Wignall & Bree The Color Of The Summer Sky - Rexy Whispers - Jorito feat. JoyDreamer & John Stacy A Curious Tale - Hylian Lemon Firedust - Rebecca Tripp Masters Of Mischief - Jorito feat. Smooth4Lyfe Jema's Victory Groove - Pablo Coma feat. Pichu's Dad Secret Of Mozarella - Guifrog Steel And Wubz - DS Home From Here - Mikeaudio No Cab, Fan Pride: Boku No Infinite Thotty Gaiden - Sir Jordanius Disc 2: Primm - Impetuous Encounters What The Ocean Taught the Forest - djpretzel Kaleidoscope - Guifrog A Sunday Afternoon In August - Chernabogue feat. Furilas & Kylok Together We Will Stand - Eino Keskitalo & Jorito Beyond The Big Infinity - Jorito feat. Sagnewshreds Down The Rabite Hole - Lucas Guimaraes feat. Furilas, Marc Papeghin, VGCellomusic & Jorito The Ordeal - Devastus Eight Magics - Sagnewshreds The Changing Pattern Of Light - Radiowar There's A Dark Lich Hiding In There! - The Legendary Zoltan Disc 3: Randi - Dedication and Determination The Still Night Stirs - Rebecca Tripp In the Dead Of Night - Rozovian Blue Wolves And Ice - Kylok feat. Bree Footsteps To Destiny - Guifrog feat. Chris ~ Amaterasu The Future Foretold - Sbeast Leave Time For Love - GaMetal A Wistful Heart - Jorito feat. John Stacy & Lauren the Flute Meridian Dance - Fishy Shadows From The Past - Blake Inc. Reminiscence Beneath A Great Tree - HeavyViper

So for anybody reading along, we've got a trio of new directors for the Secret of Mana album project: yours truly, HankTheSpankTankJankerson and TheNikanoru. We're already discussing how we'll run the album, orienting ourselves and setting some things in motion behind the scenes. Somewhere in the next few days, we'll probably create a new topic with all the good stuff and get things moving again. See you on the other side

Sounds great! Coincidentally I'm also working on a remix of this very same track (a vocal one), so I am intimately familiar with this track. I think RoeTaKa got more or less the same vibe that I got from this track and I am probably gonna steal some production ideas from him Really good to chill to, nice and dreamy. I dig it.

We don't have a strict release date (apart from 'sooner is better') because we missed Sonic's birthday. But checking in to see if it was received won't hurt I guess.

I'm not the kind of guy to create a vision, but I am the kind of guy who can drive a vision and gets shit done and works with other people to get their shit done (ask Black_Doom or check the Sonic album thread where I was a co director for a reference). I feel I did a good job at the Sonic album giving feedback to artists, helping tracks to be the best they can be and assisting with all kinds of stuff where needed. I also collab'ed with Aaron before with great pleasure and success. If there's a gap to fill and you guys think my skills would be an asset, I'm happy to step in and work with Aaron in seeing this through. If not, no harm no foul

Ah yeah, that was the name I was looking for. Don't use 'em much, myself.

Okay, here's a very short explanation (should get you at least Googling in the right direction). EQ-ing: using an equalizer to change the sound in a certain frequency (e.g. the low mid and high parts of a sound). You can use it to either boost (make louder) or cut (make less loud) a part of the sound. People sometimes call it to a smart volume control for a very specific part of the sound. EQ is pretty simple to understand and difficult to master Compression: a sound typically has loud parts and low volume parts (e.g. a singer has parts where she sings loud and some phrases where it's close to a whisper). Compression is a way of dealing with these volume differences, where you can boost the volume of the less loud parts so the difference isn't as big. Basically you can say "when you hear a sound this low, drop it in volume by 3dB but leave the low volume parts as-is". There's a lot more to it than that, and it's less easy to understand than EQ but an equally powerful tool. Finally, not sure what "sound gates" are, but in general you could consider a gate to be like another volume control. You typically use it when recording, where you want to keep the sound of your recorded instrument, but none of the background noise and hiss. So essentially you say "if the sound volume is lower than -20dB, drop it entirely". Again, an oversimplification, but enough to get you Googling. I've found the Ozone Mastering Guide an excellent resource for explanations of this kind of material, even if it's mostly aimed at mastering. It does explain EQ and compressor (dynamic) well and gives you some use cases as well as other sound shaping concepts that can also be applied to mixing. Check it out here: Ozone Mastering Guide - iZotope

Mine is just arps + some strumming, that's why I think I might be able to do it myself, but since I'm still learning it's good to have an option in case I can't

I created a track for this and was just about to release it when I remembered this thread. Is there any way this will start moving somewhere soon-ish, or should I just go ahead and release my track in stead of waiting?