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Yeah I gotta agree with Larry's latest comments; when you switch gears the song really loses something; I think it's that percussion you're using. It's a really weak snare sound, and I think that after listening to it more, the conservative of the arrangement gets exposed there. I kind of like the overcompressed sound the percussion has starting out. Anyway it's not bad, but I think you could do more in terms of interpretation; some more original lines and countermelodies would help. NO, resub

I think this ended up sounding like the music equivalent of a page filled with doodles; good ideas, but underdeveloped. I agree that you need to get a little more creative with your writing and try to really expand on the source. I like the old school electro sound, but make sure you don't end up sounding like you're just trying a whole bunch of different presets. Choose some sounds and work with them; don't fall into the trap of trying to constantly change up the lead to a brand new instrument everytime the melody is iterated. Anyway it's not a bad sounding piece but it still needs work. NO

Gotta agree; this needs to have a meatier sound. Vinnie is right; the whole soundscape is thin; you need to have more than just a gated lead, pads, and oompah bassline. I don't think the transition to the breakdown section was too bad, except that once the breakdown starts, things get THINNER sounding. The percussion sounds like it's run through a hi-pass filter at points. Needs work. nO

Hey guys just so you know I'm going to be going by Darke Sword now. MIND THE GAP

What exactly is verbatim?

Drums are pure boom-chick-boom-chick; zyko's right, they're very weak. WHERE ARE THE HI-HATS? Maybe I just can't hear them, but kick, snare, and ride isn't cutting it. I'll also agree that the texture is really flimsy. There's an emptiness that's pervading this mix; I think it has to do with the thin sound of the synth guitars. They need to be a lot beefier. Plus everything else supporting it sounds like an old SNES game. Not really helping in terms of a substantial texture. I dunno man, hit the EQ and fill out those drums. NO

Clipping is HORRIBLE in this. WHYYYYY? That said I think the arrangement is great and I think that working within the boundaries of the chord progression works. This is Maridia through and through; Jesse's right, it follows the typical structure of jazz: head, solo, head. Considering the nature of the source tune, I'd hazard to say that the chord progression is one of the defining aspects of the Maridia song to begin with; I mean we're not talking about something as ubiquitous as I vi IV V here. I think I can only name one other song off the top of my head that goes up a tritone, and that's because I just remixed it (Into the Thick of It). I think this is wonderfully chill, and a great take on the source. YES, conditional. Fix the clipping.

Eh, it's Bach, it's public domain, and it's stylistically similar. Isn't a lot of Castlevania music inspired by Bach's stuff anyway? Anyway I think the track is pretty rockin'. The organ sample's not great, but it fits into a supporting role quite nicely; never too exposed. If the Bach stuff in the beginning warrants a veto, then I'm fine with that, but to be honest, I don't really believe that it's an issue in this particular case. Nice. YES

This is exactly what this song needed. Freakin' great man. I love the break down at 1:45. MORE PLEASE!

Yeah. PlayStation d-"pad" sucks too. Why the hell is that middle part underneath the controller case?

I just watched all of Kamichu this weekend. Amazing supernatural slice-of-life series. A few episodes actually got me tearing up. It's got all the charm of a Miyazaki film with none of the pretentiousness.

Yeah it's pretty amazing, isn't it? When the beta was out, I tried it with Thicket and was totally diggin' it.

No, we removed one of his mixes during lockdown because the source music wasn't originally from a video game, but from the Sailor Moon anime. Dave never posts anything of his own to the panel.

I'm sorry, I don't really see the problem. That looks AWESOME. How do I get mine to do that?

Never. In fact, when my own music gets posted to OCR, I never listen to it ever again.

Man what is it with you and headphones?

Feel free to ignore Arek. He's the resident internet-cool-guy.

And you know this because..........? Don't worry man, I won't tell pixie.

Sorry, but that's total bullshit as far as WIP forum is concerned. The WIP forum is one of the most important aspects of the site that simply does not get enough attention because it's buried in the forums. OCR is about the remixes, and the WIP forum is for the development of upcoming artists and their remixes. Top-level link would be great Dave.

It's out in trade. Street Fighter: The Comic Ultimate Edition. It collects the entire first series. That's what's sitting on my shelf. PAY ATTENTION DUDE

You can't be serious. BitTorrent is a way to download remixes. Why wouldn't they be there? It's not a cross-reference tool, it's a download option! 'Cause you know, the torrents aren't mentioned on VotL's own frontpage, or VotL's album page, or on every single download page, including mixes from VotL. Oh wait, they are.The torrents took up a lot of vertical space on the homepage, and in the interest of promoting other important areas of the site that were not getting enough exposure, like the WIP forum, torrent links were removed from the homepage.

No, it wasn't by Prot. It was by sadorf and modified by Prot. Also, that wasn't the best A1 joke OCR ever played. The best A1 joke by far is EAMix.

Torrents are ON the download pages for every remix on the site.

We aim to add 20 new judges in the next 6-8 weeks or so. If any of you think you have what it takes, write a 100-200 word essay explaining why you would be a good judge and send to darkesword at ocremix dot org.

The Russian Remix Roulette icon should be a bullet bill, stylized for consistency with the other icons.