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An excellent mix of orchestral and electronica styles. I enjoyed the back and forth arrangement ideas presented, but I was hoping to hear more integrated sections as well. The initial lead in the first electronica section comes off a bit thin, but once it starts bending around everything sounds nice. Very much enjoyed. We gotta collab sometime, guys. YES

Yeah I could do with a little more sharpness. HOWEVER, I disagree that it's just an upgrade. 'Those Who Fight Further' off of the Black Mages album is an upgrade. This has a lot of excellent original reinterpretations of the original song. I absolutely love the rolling hi-hat work during the section that starts around 1:38. So chill, man. SOOO chill. Guitar stuff is sweet too. It doesn't follow the arrangement of the original exactly, even though it's the same/of-a-similar genre. I think this is a great example of how to remix a song without resorting to doing a genre adaptation. YES

Don't be so quick on the override. This is definitely resequenced with originality in mind. However, it's just too empty and too repetitive. Needs much more development. Bring in more instruments, start an improv solo, make it more interesting to listen to. As it stands now, NO, but this is a great concept with lots of potential. Post to the WIP, get feedback, work on it more, and go for the resubmit.

uhh... It's not an open project. I did auditions about a month ago. If you didn't audition then, you can audition now. If your stuff is good, you can be a backup. If it's not, you can't mix for the project. Either way, all slots are filled up, and I still have two backups on deck in case someone drops. Hadyn: I didn't MISS Super Star. I definitely know about it. I intentionally left that one out. I'm thinking about doing the Super Star mix myself as a bonus track. We'll see what happens.

Sorry Hadyn, but from the stuff I've heard from you before, you have some issues with balance and cohesiveness in your mixes. A lot of it also sounds really 'defaultish' in terms of how you use effects in FruityLoops. No offense, of course. Important note! WIPs are due by the end of the month! Don't miss the deadline! If I don't like it, you're out! I don't want to have to drop anyone from the project, but I'm not against it, and I do have some guys on the sidelines who would like to contribute to the project. Hm. Some velocity issues with the piano sample. What are you using for the piano? Some of the notes stick out in the opening. It's also a BIT dry, so you might want to look at some reverb options as you continue the mix.

GUH. Brass sounds TERRIBLE. It's like you used a jazz 'brass section' patch instead of actually building your brass texture out of brass instruements. The piano is unnatural and mechanical. No real attention paid to velocities, and its written like a harp part, rather than a piano part. Not good in this setting. Arrangement is pretty boring; it's not Tetris for the first half, and then for the second half Tetris is hardly developed at all. Personally I think the sound effects are obtrusive and gimmicky. I don't agree with Coma's statements about policy violation; the theme from Tetris is game music, pure and simple. I'm not giving this mix a NO because of policy violation; I'm giving it a NO because it needs lots of work. NO

Should be 10/31/04. Fixed.

Uh yeah, Zircon is right. You don't need LSD for MIDI playback. ??

1. Die Hard Trilogy 'I Love The Airport' Too similar to the original. The only thing changed is really the drums and the airport effects. Some decent synthwork, but not enough change. YES 2. Ys 'Beat of Terror' NSF rip with nice samples. Try RPGamer instead. They like this stuff. YES 3. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun 'PharoTeknical' There are parts of this that even sound the same, as far as textures. I just don't think it's different enough. YES 4. Streets of Rage 2 'Funkdreamer' Again, this feels like an upgrade rather than a remix. There are some parts like the sax and bass breakdown that are a bit original, but on a whole, the mix uses the same instrumentation and style as the original. YES 5. Donkey Kong Country 'Strolling The Mines' Argh so borderline on this one. It's really good trance, but it doesn't really attempt to remix the source material in any way. It's just built around it. The melodic line never passes to an original sound save the section at 2:30; there's no melodic play, either. Meh. Coulda been a contender. YES 6. Usagi Yojimbo 'Homage to Amida Buddha' Borderline. Sounds are very similar, but I'm going to have to say that the guitar adds enough countermelodic ideas to warrant retention. I'd NO JUDGE it, but this is just lockdown. NO 7. F-Zero GX 'Dr. Stuard (Jeff & Toad Air Team Challengers)' Rip. 'Nuff said. YES 8. Earthbound 'Dreaming on Distant Shores' I can't for the life of me understand why this was even flagged in the first place. I compared both songs and I immediately picked up on the specific melodic hit points in the remix. Excellent remix of short source material. This is the essence of originality in remixing. NO

If you're having trouble with the one melody, try and work other material in. Check the list for conflicts before. As for the grounding, I have a few guys interested as backups, like Darangen and mv. Orch samples: got squidfont? http://soundfonts.darkesword.com/

Like I said to chth in the chat, I don't really get a Son of Wind feeling from it. I hope he tries to work that in more.

Bandwidth and webspace is not the prime reason OCR doesn't post everything we get. Anyway, nice job Neil. I liked your piece for the most part. Some iffy spots melodically and harmonically in the third minute, but overall, nice work.

Been a few days. Got WIPs? XD

Testing PNG-24 Alpha Transparencies.

Except Brittney Spears is a lot hotter than Dave Wise. ... Okay so who's with me on the BritneySpearsRemixProject? BSPROJECT.OCREMIX.ORG

NOTE - Original rejection: http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=40286

1) Wait until the project is completed before asking. 2) You will not demand anything. 3) You're welcome to submit something, but don't expect it to be a part of the project. I'm looking for exemplary work.

I just want to say hi to all the newbies. HI NEWBIES. Man I'm so bored. postcount++

STFU

Right click save as doesn't work. Make a page on your webspace that links to it.

No. Anyone's allowed to post, so long as they don't whine, bitch, moan, or otherwise complain about the project. Constructive criticism is welcome from ANYONE.

Right right. The list is updated.

KirbyMixer - 22/57 - Water Drop chthonic - 3 - Son of Wind Adhesive_Boy - 41/42 - L'il Traveller Dj_StarChild - 33/34 - Star Herald Rellik - 55/37/22 - Swift Hunter Suzumebachi - 28/29 - Dream Hunter Ellywu2 - 18/19 - Dream Warrior Trenthian - 1/2 - Star General Sir Nuts - 13 - Great Ace DJ Ikronix - 14/15 - Final Star Destiny - 56 - Hero of Lore DarkeSword - undecided/backup mixer analoq - backup mixer Darangen - backup mixer, available for collab There's what we're working with so far; Rellik and KirbyMixer are both incorporating 22 due to a miscommunication on my part; however, Rellik's piece isn't focusing on it, so it's okay. I'd like to avoid any further overlapping though. Trenthian, as you can see, nobody's doing 51, so go ahead and incorporate it if you'd like.

Don't worry about it Rellik. It was my fault. KirbyMixer, remember when I talked to you on AIM the other day? Fountain of Dreams is track 57 on the NSF, so you can work that into your piece. Everyone: if you've got WIPs, post them, because then we can all provide feedback. If everyone can get solid demos by the first deadline, I won't have to cut anyone . Ikronix; the clip sounds fine to me. I'd have to hear more of it in the context of the mix to make a good judgement though. Keep going with it.