DarkeSword

There is an overwhelmingly human touch to this song; it's dynamic, expressive, and intimate. Highs are high, and lows are low; it's not what we typically get, but I love it. Midranges might resonate a bit too much for some; I think it's fine. The arrangement is pretty straightforward, but I think the human touches and small intpretations make this piece work. YES

Yikes. Slayer strikes again! Drums are too loud, melody is too soft, everything is too messy, sounds are not defined enough. Pretty repetitive. If you're going to do a punk mix, at least try to make slayer sound like a real guitar. Better yet, use a real guitar. NO

I think it's pretty good. It's got a nice texture and some good 'additive' ideas, like Larry said. That solo around 2:00 is really nice. However, I think that overall it's a bit too close to the original. Some more expansion and stuff like the solo would be good. Try playing around with instrumentation more too. NO, but please try to work on this more and resubmit.

The first half of this mix sounds so sparse and dry, especially when the amen loop comes in. Bassline is so boring in those triplet sections. DUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDundundundundun....... Yeah. What happened to the groovylicious fungus funktion DJ Orange sound I love so much? Did you LOSE YOUR WAY in the MAZE?! The sounds are really cheesy, and seem to do a lot of unison rhythm stuff that doesn't balance out with other elements like percussion. Arrangement is varied, but the progression of ideas feels haphazard. Needs work. NO

No energy here. Simplistic drums and little in the way of development. The sounds are uninteresting and don't seem to build a good texture. Needs more oomph, more development, more ENERGY. NO

This is pretty damn creative. Frentic of course, but really tricky and hi-pulse. Yeah, it has SPC sounds, but it also has other synthwork going on, and the percussion sections are really great. Nice arrangement too; varied and dynamic. Good stuff. Cheesy sax fits the texture of the piece. I like. YES

That's quite a library of sounds you have. Anyway, the sounds are good but the arrangement is pretty boring. Nothing really happens. It's a lot of instruments playing the melody in unison over sustained chords. I'll admit there are some nice bits, but overall, I think you need work work more on concurrently running ideas like countermelody and harmonic support, rather than relying on pretty samples to convey emotion. Needs more. NO

Sounded a bit similar to the original when I first heard it, but I went back and I listened to the original again, and I can see the variation. Lots of nice percussive work here; subtle and dynamic. It really accentuates the piece. Piano is nice, even though its not there much. This is really chill. I wish the flute wasn't as shrill when it hit the high notes, but it's not horrible. Nice texture. Ambient nature sounds are used tastefully. YES

Yo bhai-sahib. This is a pretty good mix. I like the overall texture of the piece; nice strings and piano and stuff. However, that low flute sound just swells way too loud and resonates way too much. Percussion could also use a little variation. Also, the ending is poop. At least FADE OUT instead of just trailing it off like that. I could see myself YESing this, but I think that there are some things that should be looked at before I do. NO (resub)

Yeah buddy. I didn't like the fakey violin in the beginning, but man oh man, the rest of the mix makes up for it. Very dynamic and expressive. Everything locks together quite nicely in this piece. Nice harmonic ideas. Production more than gets the job done. Beautiful. YES

Hmmm...too similar to the original in the beginning. Also, that background synth choir pad thingy playing the arpeggiating line is way too loud and verby; it makes the whole thing sound messy. There's a really crowded sound here. There's no balance here. Everything is just in your face the whole time. NO

Really fantastic arrangement for such a small source tune. It's under 3 minutes, but that's expected when your source tune is about 10 seconds. Anyway, I like what's going on; groovy beats, nice synths, good variation. I gotta agree with Larry though. High freqs are too hissy; I'd like to get a reEQed version. NO (resub)

Needs mastering and production help. Super compression is killing this piece. For pete's sake, just turn everything DOWN a bit. Aside from that I really like the sounds and the arrangement. Nice texture, good variation. NO! Please resubmit this piece after remastering it!

Pretty solid, enjoyable stuff. Natural elements work surprisingly well in this context. Flute stuff is good when it happens. Synth work is solid as usual. Nothing wrong here. The arrangement stays varied and doesn't drag itself out. Nice. YES

Whoa. Nice stuff. Synth work is tight, and perfectly compliments the percussive stuff. I love the section around 2:00; it had me dancing in my seat. Nice arrangement throughout. Ideas are clearly presented and developed, although the piece as a whole is a bit medlyish. Still, nicely done. I like it. Could have used a little less reverb, I think. YES

The waves were compressed with crc check rar files. Anything can get corrupt in a transfer. The rars are as viable as anything else is gonna get. flac was considered and dismissed as the file size difference would have been something like 5%; simply not worth the n00bie brigade outcry of pain and ineptitude that would surely have followed. You know who you are. Anyway, I told coworkers about this last week, and they absolutely love it. STILL GOOD AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

No. While this sounds great, I believe the "arrangement" for the second half is dicey at best and pushes the boundaries of what's acceptable. If anything, I'm borderline NO because the presentation is excellent. If it were a lockdown candidate, I might vote to keep it, but in terms of taking it as a submission, I ask for more votes. I am not trying to simply hold up the process, but ask that the nature of the arrangement be considered closely. My request is to please go to 6. Sounds good to me.

I'm sorry, but why do we need 6Y on this piece? There are four fairly strong YESes with a borderline NO. That doesn't seem like a very borderline piece to me.

Yes, like I said, I want to be realistic. With the way things have been going, April 1st seems like a very realistic completion date.

I want to set a realistic deadline. April 1st (seriously).

A little while ago, GrayLightning gave me the bad news that his mixing computer went down, and that he wouldn't be able to complete his Hero of Lore piece. That's the third mixer who dropped out on it, so I've worked out something with reelmojo, the coordinator of the People's Remix Competition. The contest this week is to remix Track 56 in the style of a Hero of Lore track. I encourage mixers already involved with the project to try and compete as well. http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=51656

Sounds good to me so far. Need to think on a name.

This is a very nice take on Sky Sanctuary; very emotive playing. There were some points that felt a bit odd because of timing issues; some of the piece ends up sounding disjointed, rather than the emotional quality it strives for; then again, maybe I just use FL too much (omg quantization). Anyway, that little minor section in the middle doesn't sound like anything from Sonic, but it's quite short compared to the rest of the mix, so I'll chalk it up to originality. I do like the Sky Sanctuary bits; a bit conservative on the arrangement, but still, nicely interpreted. YES

Ouch, badly used shakuhachi sound! It's way too low, and ends up sounding lo-fi because of the reverb. Balance between elements really sucks. Strings come on too strong, and don't mesh well with the rest of the song. Everything gets messy when the electic guitar comes in. Sounds like slayer, but way too muffled; too much distortion on the lead too. Sounds ugly. Balance issues, production issues. This one's a NO.

Percussion has no punch! Everything still sounds splashy. I remember commenting on this back in the wip stages. There's a lack of balance here. Lots of things vying for attention! BALANCE! It's so important when you're mixing elements together! Aside from that I don't feel any kind of energy from this piece. It's sparse and high, and the sounds, while having a nice old school sound, aren't really that impressive. The arrangement goes on long, but it doesn't feel like it's going anywhere; just going through the motions. NO Special note to future submitters: If you request that your mix's link be left in the thread once it's moved to decisions, please don't tag the file with OC ReMix in the title. Use OC Submission instead. Thanks!