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Messy string work along with poor mastering brings this mix down. Low end is too high (ha!). Guitar sounds so GM. The arrangement is repetitive. Not much in the way of development other than passing that eighth note continuo line to different intstuments. Needs more work. NO

Way too repetitive and some of that resonance on the pads get a bit too much at times. I really don't think there's enough evolution in this piece to warrant a YES. Perhaps if some of the textures changed to more different sounds I could pass it, but there's just not enough development here. NO

Wow. The pilot samples were cool in the beginning, but then you just kept playing the SAME ONES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Talk about overkill. As for the mix, its quite simple. Coverage of the melody was very underwhelming. That lead doesn't do anything interesting, ever. It seems like its just going through the motions. There are points where I'm thinking that the lead will switch up into something crazy and fat, but it stays the same boring lead. Unexpressive, unemotive, repetitive, simplistic. Nice texture, but you need a lot more than that to get a YES. NO

Wow so tricky; however, I'm inclined to agree with Prot and Vig here. I get such a major key vibe from this song, and the original is so clearly minor. And even though it's cool to go from minor to major and vice versa, this just comes off so much like an original song inspired by Black Dream than an actual arrangement of the song. The chords seemed to be altered, the melodic lines are changed, its just a different song with a few common threads. What a disappointment; such a nice track. I'm keeping this. NO

Water should drop out after a while and we should start concentrating on the instruments. Reverb is crazy in this song; everything's bleeding together (ohnoes get a bandaid!!~!). Mastering is total poop. Come on man, you're a lot better than this. Oboe/horn thingy is nice, but it bleeds in with everything else. Remaster and resubmit! NO

That last part of your email is bullshit, bro. We can do without that next time, thanks. Here's why you get passed up and other people get posted. You do covers. Like this one. Very nice sound, but weak arrangement. It follows the original very closely in terms of instrumentation and feel, which means you didn't really bring much to the track. Same genre, same instruments, SAME SONG. We're looking for a remix, not an expanded version of the original. NO

Prot: Alex sent you his sheet music? Personally I like the buildup to 2:20; nice stuff there. Piano section sounds a lot like the original; not much changed except it's got less emotion. Seems kind of plunky. I would have enjoyed it more if you went for something fresher. However, the rest of the mix is not bad at all. Nice textures and stuff. I like it! YES

Summed up: pretty much a cover of the oringal, albeit played very nicely. It's just that it's too repetitive; it doesn't do anything that the original doesn't do. Lets get a guitar solo in there man! NO. Work on and resubmit.

Damn this mix gets way to repetitive. I checked my timer and I was like, "Damn this thing has been going for 4:40 already and nothing new happened." Vocals are sloppy and amateurish; there are some intonation issues that make me cringe throughout the mix. Vocal tricks don't work; I can see what you're trying to do, but they don't work. NO

YIKES CLIPPING!!! Lets get this fixed and go for a resubmit, shall we? Look at levels, balance, and general mastering issues. The clipping is annoying, but the arrangement is good. NO (Please Resubmit!)

I believe it stands up as an addition. It's got a nice, groovy, laidback feel. Sounds are very sharp and clean; a trademark of ziwtra's work. I like the arrangement too; progresses nicely with some good variation. Nice. YES

No balance on the sounds! Bass is overbearing, and things blend together way too much. That lead is detuned boredom in audio form. Some nice percussion stuff WAY later down the line, but it starts repeating itself, which kills the charm. The whole thing just has a very amateur sound. The percussion for the most part is the same tinny hat sound cutting through the whole mix. Gets annoying after a while. Pay attention to the balance of your instruements. I don't know what to listen to. NO

Repetitive, boring, and unoriginal. DO SOMETHING with the song. There's hardly anything here of merit that I can't get listening to the original. Relies way too much on source material. NO

Nice concept, nice execution. Nice work. Can't get much higher praise around here than that. YES

Arrangement feels too repetitive for me. Some nice drum work, but some of it's a bit loopy. Hi-freqs could use a boost. It's a nice take on the source material though; bass stuff is really tight sounding. Overall its a very groovy piece, with some overlookable issues. Borderline YES, but I'd feel better about it if we could get a re-EQed version.

Eek clipping! Some nice guitar playing, especially around 2:16, good stuff; too bad there's clipping. Gotta work on production values man. Arragnement needs to vary up a tiny bit more I think too. Resubmit please. NO

Don't let it go late.

Not true. The concept of the album is character themes. This isn't a full soundtrack remix album. I have already stated that two or three times in this thread. We can't have two mixes that are both "Theme of Great Ace," for example. It does not make sense. Alright so I just realized that both Rellik and KirbyMixer are mixing track 22. I just talked to KM, and he's going to mix Fountain of Dreams as Water Drop instead.

Peer review means I would more mixers to work on the project, but still keep the original amount of slots for the tracks. For example, lets say I want to work on the track for Water Drop, and you also want to work on the track for Water Drop. We would both make our remixes for it, and then at the end of the project, everyone would all vote on the mix they would most like to be on the album for Water Drop. If your mix won, it would be the on the album, and my mix would not. Either way, we'd both get a good mix out of it. One of the reasons I'm leaning towards allowing more tracks and going into a PR system is that some guys have expressed interest in working on the project (Darangen, Zircon...MYSELF , but I don't have any slots open for them. As for politics, I don't think I'll have to worry about it. We'll just have to stress that the music must be the only thing that is reviewed.

I've toyed with the idea of implementing a peer review, but at this point, I don't want to hurt any feelings. If all of the remixers are okay with it, I'll devise a Peer Review process. The problem with auditions was that I accepted people as they applied, so it went more like a first come first serve. In retrospect I should have waited for all of the auditions and picked the cream of the crop. Everyone please add your thoughts; should we do a Peer Review? I'd like to hear some arguments.

I'm having a hard time naming all the quotes in the guitar at the end of Beneath the Surface. I got Frog's Theme and Kraid. Any more?

Analoq, thanks man. Glad to have your support. Kye-U, sorry, but this project is for Kirby's Adventure songs only. Dreamland songs won't be included. Alright guys, I set up a chatroom: #kaproject on irc.enterthegame.com. irc://irc.enterthegame.com/kaproject Please lurk and chat whenever you can. If you're a mixer or backup for this project, msg me and I'll voice you. Keep the chatter clean; it's not #ocremix.

Very impressive, however, all of my slots for tracks are filled up. You have three options: 1) Be a backup. If someone drops out, you could take over. 2) Convince someone here to collaborate with you. 3) Wait until my next project. Sorry man; your stuff sounds killer, but it wouldn't be fair to bump someone. Anyone willing to collaborate with Darangen?

Perhaps you can trade with someone? RELLIK MAYBE?! I get a bunch of different vibes from Rellik's WIP; its kind of light, but also a bit epic, with those vox synths. Maybe Swift Hunter would work. I'll see about this later today.

Well I want this to succeed, so I'm not interested in rushing things. Setting reasonable, attainable goals will help this project reach completion, even if it takes a while. Just so everyone knows, my target completion date for the whole project is around either the beginning or end of January. Also, I was thinking about possible titles for the album; what do you guys think of 'The Adventurers'? It's a nice throwback to the title of the game, as well as referencing the fact that we're doing character themes?