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Quoted for emphasis. Seriously, this song is a remix of maybe 4 bars of music. ... !? Add to that some pretty generic sounds and a plodding percussive track and this song is stuck in an endless loop of repeating mediocrity. This needs a lot more substance. It's uninteresting, repetitive, and boring. After a while I just phased it out. Needs work. NO

Vig pretty much covered it; the thin, plinky sample really hurts any kind of emotional resonance Rexy was aiming for with this track. This song really warrants something deeper, darker, but with less bleeding in the low end. Left hand patterns are a bore! I'm not a pianist, but something that's more integral with what the right hand does would be a lot more interesting to listen to. The tail end of the piece exhibits this; I'd like to see more. NO for now.

WTF is with the Pokémon hate? Pokémon is an awesome series of games with lots of depth to its gameplay. Don't be a hater. Pokémon is better than you. So get out. You're off the panel. Also, for you information, pretty much all of the music from the anime is arranged VGM. As for the mix, nice interpretation of the source, even though it takes a while to get there; the problem is that the mixing on this song stinks. The reverb is muddy (lol i am hypocrite) and the percussion is a bit too loud. Needs to be re-mixed (HA GET IT RE-MIXED LOL!). Pokémon has cool music so I hope to see more mixes from the series. In the meantime, this mix get a NO. Keep at it.

This is really great. I agree with Dan; this isn't really hollow at all. The arrangement is very dynamic and stirring, and DZ shows off his proficiency with the samples used very well. The dynamics in this song are excellent; lots of highs and lows that not only correspond to volume, but intensity level as well. Very nice. As for the cadenza, not bad; I wish it was done by a real trumpet player though. YES

This piece is really great. Personally I think everything locks together QUITE nicely. Maybe I'm losing my touch, but I'm not hearing this incohesion or dull mixing at all. Everything sits in the mix really well. The arrangement is superb, and I love the texture. Great sounds all around. Percussion is incredibly detailed and fills up every little empty space with something to listen to. There's just so much going on, but it never loses its way. YES

Lead sounds are really thin, but other than that, everything is mixed quite nicely. There's a very clean sound, so kudos for that. Unfortunately the entire arrangement is standard trance fare. Dn't get me wrong, I love trance, but this really needs something more creative brought to it. I'm not saying hyrbid genres either; but melodic breakdowns and more interesting percussive ideas will really help this piece. Right now it's pretty repetitive (which I understand is a tenent of the genre, but this piece is too repetitive). Needs more ideas. NO

Samples are weak, IMO; the rock kit doesn't mesh well with the orchestral sounds either. There's nothing that interacts with the rock kit to anchor it into the rest of the mix. The concept itself is pretty good; the arrangement varies and changes throughout, but it really lacks any kind of emotion or climax. There's tension, but no release. Use the source material in some kind of big, bold melodic statement. This beats around the bush. NO

How can anyone vote without being provided pics to compare?

My clip sounded scripted because I wrote down what I was going to say before I said it. Rambling on gets boring, and I tend to say UM and UH a lot when I don't know what I'm going to say.

What you're saying makes sense, but I don't see it applying to my song. Plenty of pretty clear ups and downs. I wasn't subtle about anything. I have to agree with Dectilon, this song is boring. After you've heard the first 63 seconds of this song, you've pretty much heard it all, and everything that follows is pretty standard remixing 101. "Ups and downs" doesn't really cut it when it comes to creating a work thats truly outstanding. If you were listening to 1000 remixes in a row, would this one stand out? I think not. you're a fucking idiot. this song is pretty cool stuff. Please keep insults out of the review threads.

I think the show should keep it's focus on OCR music. After all, it's OCR's official podcast, not a community/scene podcast, and there's always enough material on OCR to comfortably fill up a show.

Sounds too sparse. There isn't anything going on harmonically at all, which I think this piece could really benefit from. The intro's percussion which is, to borrow Harmony's term, is discombobulated, but I think that works. The problem is, it never becomes...combobulated. ... You know what I mean. The song is one giant intro that never breaks down into a solid groove that locks together with a bassline. It builds and builds but never reaches the apex. Not good. Add to that the fact that it's really repetitive and we've got a no win situation. NO

Strings sound horribly fake, and the low bitrate isn't helping. Also, seriously, why so long? A lot of it meanders and is not very interesting. Seems like a lot of original stuff that can be cut out too. You could really pare this down and make a more focused piece. The arrangement and production don't justify the length. Everything besides the piano and flute sounds shaky. If you're really intent on doing three movements, do each movement as a separate MP3; that way you can encode high and bring up the production values (and have those values evident). NO

What you're saying makes sense, but I don't see it applying to my song. Plenty of pretty clear ups and downs. I wasn't subtle about anything.

Care to elaborate as to how it's "boring?"

Everything is too loud. There's no balance man. Everything is fighting for it's right to party, but its one of those crappy parties with fat frat guys and no hot chicks, just the ugly ones that date the fat frat guys. The problem is the low frequencies and the reverb. Too much of both. Kill some of that. The arrangement isn't really all that strong either. It's the original over some barely audible buried in reverb drumbeats. A cut off ending too. Back to the mixing board. NO

Yeah so I'm sitting here waiting for the full Hydrocity bust-out, and I only get a little taste at 2:50. WTH man? Such solid grooves, such nice sound design, but you couldn't interpret the source material material any more? This mix is basically what Larry said; some original stuff over the Hydrocity bassline, quote the melody, more original stuff. You gotta really interpret the source material more. It's almost there. It just needs to really break out and play with the melody. COME ON MAN HYDROCITY ACT 2 IS THE BEST SONG IN THE GAME NO RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB RESUB

That is also my beef. It is also my chicken, veal, and mutton. Remember Mr. Miyagi: "Whole life must have balance." This mix needs balance man. Everything is fighting for attention, which is a real shame because the groove and interpretation is pretty good. Lots of nice melodic and harmonic ideas, but it just fills up one's ears in a bad way. Needs a production fix, and kill the fake guitar. I do want to say I'm pleased with the lack of sampled Hindi film music. NO RESUB

AHAHA I love that Puzzle Bobble-ish pop sound. Awesome. Yeah this is good stuff. I really dig the genre, and this is a particularly nice genre adaptation. The production is ace. Everything sits PERFECTLY in the mix. The orchestral hits particularly had the potential to mess things up, but right when it seems like there's too much, they disappear. Lots of nice changeups throughout the arrangement too; doesn't really get boring, despite the reiteration of some lines. I like it! A strong YES

This sounds like it was played by the robots I build at school. Very mechanical harp and flute work, and because the whole song is acoustic it really detracts from the overall listening experience. This is another piece that just feels like it's going through the motions. No real highs, no real lows; there are points where I can see the attempt, but without attention paid to velocities and dynamics, it comes off as flat. Read what Harmony said about humanization; he summed it up very well. Take it to heart. This piece needs the human touch. NO

Boring. This mix is just going through the motions. There's no energy, and the sounds aren't very interesting. The whole song is just bland. I also don't like the weird chord progression you used under the melody; the second chord (vi, I think) is fine, but the third chord isn't. Sounds odd under the comping rhythm, which in the original song is the actual chord progressions. The song goes IV I V I over and over again until the B section. Trying to give it a more sophisticated sound by using a different chord progression with minor chords doesn't work in this case because you didn't adjust the melody to fit those chords. It's weird. Gray used the right term: ho-hum. That's the feeling I get from this mix. NO

Nice texture, everything is so tightly woven together. The sounds are solid, the groove is solid, and there's a lot of great variation going on. I love the voice over; nice build underneath. Really solid. YES

For the record, the idea for this project was thought up by Arek without knowledge of Rise of the Star prior to its release (although how he didn't know about Rise of the Star is anyone's guess O_o;). So no, it's not a Kirby copycat project. End of story.

SoS has demostrated forward momentum and progress in the past few weeks. As such, it has been moved to Site Projects. Keep the momentum going! Kyle and Lea have been given Project Coordinator status in this forum; as such, they are able to moderate this thread. Also, to everyone, keep in mind: this isn't UnMod or GD, so no messing around. Don't use this thread for personal, irrelevant conversations; this is a project thread dedicated to the project. Lets keep it that way. Carry on.

Yeah this MIC is so old. I need a better one.