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The drums are just really lo-fi, although they're played well. The guitars come off sounding polyrhythmic at some points, though not in a cool artistic way; more like a 'the timing is kind of wonky' way. Soloing is really nice, but the recording is poop, and starts sounding more and more like those lo-fi drums. Halfway through this song, the piece really loses a lot of energy. That ending is so weak. You have nice ideas, and guitar skillz. What I want to see is some good production skills, and a better arrangement. Like Danny B said, it seems incohesive. The arrangement is not logical; it's jumpy and doesn't really take me anywhere. The ideas are strung together, rather than melded. This has serious potential, but I think that the arrangement issues especially keep it from a YES from me. NO

I've always liked this remix. Very solid stuff.

I agree with Baranowsky; this is clipping like a barber. I'm YES-ing the arrangement, but I think we should we contact the mixer for a non clipping version. Yes?

Manoria Cathedral and Wind Scene.

Ugh. Please stop doing that first post garbage. Anyway, really sweet mix here Kaijin. Really sounds nice; smooth and happy, just as music should be. Perhaps a bit too straightforward in arrangement though. Nice werk over all.

Not much else to say. Good stuff here. I like it. Groovy and stuff and stuff. I'll close this out with a YES.

Just received this PM from the mixer today, on May 20, 2004. Shall we relisten and revote?

No beat? There's very strong beat there.

I'm in agreement with Vigilante. While the arrangement is mostly reiterations of the same theme, this is a pretty good rendition of the tune. Dynamics are used very well here. Samples get the job done, and you used them pretty well. Could have used more rearrangement, but certainly passable. YES

This mix sounds so empty. A lot of it is a crappy synth guitar and drums, with no bassline or any kind of harmonic support. Boring and lifeless. The beats are not groovy, and the melody is quite jumpy. I just can't get into this; sounds really amateurish. NO

This is an exact replica of the original. Way to get my hopes up. *NO OVERRIDE*

I love Relm's theme. Don't mess it up. Okay. The drum track sounds really extraneous. There are some nice change-ups, but it gets a bit repetitive. Sounds to me that the piano is just too loud too, compared to the drum track so there's a balace issue. Sounds like the drummer is sitting WAAAAAY in the back of a big room, and the piano is right up near the door, and we're standing in the doorway. The piano is pretty nice though. I'm going to say NO on this one, but please consider fixing up the piece. Maybe eliminating the drum track altogether would help?

This is so lifeless. The sax sounds very mechanical. Vary up your velocities once in a while. The drums are the same 1-bar loop over and over again, and they seem to stress count 1 all the time, which is a no-no in most forms of jazz. As for the arrangement, it's a bit repetitive and it doesn't really go anywhere. No highs, no lows, no nothing. Boring. While I can hear the source tune in this, it's not all that prevalent, and I wouldn't be able to tell you that this is a Goron mix upon the first 50 listens. Balance between the insturments is off too. Sax is too quiet, guitar is too loud. Here's a tip about jazz: it has to sound live. That means that the drummer won't play the same thing over and over again for three minutes. The saxophonist won't play every single note at the same volume. You will hear the arrangement build and release; you'll hear varying degrees of intensity in the same song. If you're writing 'jazz,' you need to capture that. This piece does not capture that. NO

DEAR GOD YES

Straight guitar cover over drumloops. Pretty unimaginative. The guitar is too loud and fills my ears in a bad way. I sincerely hope you do have something better up your sleeve. NO

Right around 1:19 I'm thinking to myself that this song is just too repetitive. Certainly a nice texture, but I think that it's just too basic as far as percussion and accompaniment go. Arrangement follows the layout of the original piece, and the melody is just too quiet. NO

This is a fairly straightforward piece. When it starts I'm thinking "oh man, another mmtss-saria mix ," but as far as mmtss Saria mixes go, this one isn't really that bad, especially after getting further into the arrangement. It's a bit on the repetitive side, but what's there is nice and pleasant to listen to, and I think there are some spots in this piece that really shine, 3:21 in particular. Nice texture going on. Certainly not the greatest mix ever, but I find it to be an enjoyable, straightforward mix that makes no pretense at being anything other than fun. YES

Very interesting mix. I didn't like that arpeggiator at the opening, but it disappeared soon enough. Lots of nice percussion stuff going on, and yeah, it's very off-the-wall. Some of the processing stuff reminds be of SirNuts' stuff, in a good way. Nice sounds, interesting arrangement. YES

I agree with the other judges. The square wave and the guitar = teh awesome, but unfortunately, this mix repeats a bit too much for my liking, and the percussion is pretty weak. It could use a bit more bass too. Not bad though. Some nice ideas going on here, and a good texture. I'm going to say NO, but this one has potential. Try to spruce up the percussion and work on the construction of the song. GO GO GO NO!

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Here is my FINAL JUDGEMENT: The drums are wonky. What's up with the loudness? Aside from that its a pretty boring arrangement, which has nothing really going for it aside from that "OMG ITS A ROBOT MARCHING UPON US!!! DOOOOOOOM!" feel to it. NO

Hmm... The piano is pretty good in my opinion, but the sound quality is poop. Poop, I say! What's up with the hissing? Like BD mentioned, the strings are unnatural sounding. Also, harpsichord shouldn't have varying velocities. The harpsichord always has a constant velocity; that's part of the reason the pianoforte was invented. Do more things than just doubling the melody in two instruments. First it was the strings, and then it was the harpsichord. How about some harmony? NO

Seriously man. Naked chicks are cool and all, but let's keep it out of the sigs if we're posting outside of UnMod. Anyway, this is pretty neat, albeit simple. Like Prot said, drums are weak, but the other sounds make up for it. Nice synth stuff going on. A bit buzzy for my tastes, but not bad. I give it a YES. Not a totally awesome YES, but a pretty good YES.

A lot of thick chords that I'm really not a fan of. Strings sound really unnatural and cut too quickly. Leads are unexpressive and the entire arrangement is a bit too short for what it attempts to accomplish. Piano was kind of awkward and jumpy in the opening part too. NO