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    OCR00980 - Donkey Kong Country 2 "Assembly Line Apparitions"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    Although the guitars aren't the most realistic, I was highly disappointed...

    This song didn't meet my expectations... winamp says 6:37, and I only got to hear 4:54...

    I mean come on, if you're expecting protricity quality music for 6:37, you best get it ><

    ^_^

    yeah this was an excellent mix done by protricity, very creative very interesting, and it's incredible how he can take any voice/patch/soundfont and make it sound incredible. I love the guitars, I love the synths, the orchestra, the drums, his arranging and notation is awesome.

    I'd give this song a 9/10 by my standards. if not a 9.5

    Download or die.

    OCR00950 - Mega Man X4 "Zero Sky"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

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    It sounds decent enough to be accepted, however there are some things I definately have a problem with.

    1) The kick needs to be lowered quite a bit, there is a point where it's simply style, and it's simply too much. We all like kick, but if we like it this much, we could buy a drum machine...

    2) Too much empty space, yes there are times where empty space is great, but in this case, the song just felt empty and unfulfilling. The voice is kind of cool, but I think throughout the piece it is a bit overdone.

    3) I like the synths that come in at :43, but they are overwhelmed by the incredible bass drum, that does eventually fade... a little bit

    4) The choice of synths at 1:10 is the same old synth from earlier in the song, it lacks depth, motion and all together sounds like a crappy preset from reason. The least you could do is add a changing mod in the synth so it sounds deep or something, I dunno, bad choice of synth.

    5) Yeah, when it goes up an octave, great technique, bad synth, just makes it more obvious that the song sounds like it has no backing pads or backing moving middle chords.

    6) The backing middle chords or arpeggs you have running at... 1:40 (same throughout most of the piece), sounds great, but doesn't have the depth to support such a huge bass kick, and a lousy lead synth. Match your synths better ><.

    7) Your transitions are decent, although semi abrupt sometimes, I think you could certainly make the song feel to move through the different ideas a lil better.

    I did like the way the synth comes in at 3:02, it's nice to listen to, and the voice in the background sounds pretty good, nice build up at that point, but the rest of the song is lacking.

    8) The bass, not the bass drum, the bass... for the kick, it is too soft, lower the kick, raise the bass. The bass you could almost get rid of in the piece, and it would seem the same.

    9) Ok, we've heard the same melody millions of times now, go repetitivity, yes it's trance, but for the sake of what is good in trance, try changing the synth voice PLEASE, or maybe add different pads, or something.

    10) The ending, ?? what happened, did you die, and the remix stopped?

    FFmusic DJ

    You are like one of my heros of techno remixes. When I hear you did something, it makes me uber-happy. I expect quality like "bof-sad melody" or "ff7-string machine". I really feal betrayed by this piece, when I hear it I don't think it came from you, it sounds like someone trying to pose as you who has no grasp on techno techniques or musical theory. The ffmusic dj I know has a lot better grasp on techno, and especially on the way to mix the right synths, I mean, your sound quality usually is way beyond my grasp. This song, aside from the vocal, I could easily make in a few days if not hours.

    If you like megaman X4 download the song, if not, don't.

    I give this song a 4/10

    ~djc

    OCR00940 - Castlevania II "Simon's Symphony"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    Heh, I said I wasn't gonna post much for a while, where here is an exception. Great mix!

    DJ Crono has stunned me again with the awesome use of vocals, the beautiful use of the ever changing but steady rhythm, and even though he uses some basic synths and pads, he knows where to place his samples beautifully. I never get sick of DJ Crono's music, because I always pick something new out that I hadn't noticed before everytime I hear his pieces, and this song is no exception!

    This song was a perfect song for DJ Crono to do, he probably saw the opportunity in this song, smiled, and jumped on it right away.

    Great job DJ Crono!

    ~the other djc

    OCR00919 - Bahamut Lagoon "Dragons of Paradise"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    You can see the progress he's made since this song was submitted, and I hope to see more from you in the future. I'd have to agree with ghetto lee lewis, I mean, I like the piece, but there isn't anything out of the ordinary about it, it sounds like a mediocre ambient song. Pxfury, ur a great guy, but I think you could expound a bit more on this song.

    in my book, appropriate soundfonts gets an 8

    appropriate rhythm gets a 7

    overall effect gets an 8

    so that'd be 7.66/10

    download if you like the game or if you just like pxfury's style, like me =D

    OCR00920 - Legend of Kyrandia "Kyrandia Medley"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    I had a broken soundcard when I was mixing the two parts together, my skills weren't as good as they are now, and I had no idea what compression meant. I hope to resubmit this song later with a better transition, better keyboard, better drums, and yes, better equalized guitars. I wouldn't call this my best work, but I plan to "re-do" this song in reason or a better program than what I used.

    what I used??

    midisoft!!! OH MAN MIDISOFT IS SEXY, that and my creative sound card sound font fun =D. Then I just recorded it analogly into acid 3.0.

    Same with ryan, from what I hear, he's gotten much much better since. I hope we can either re-do this song, or coop in another song later on.

    ~djc

    edit: note that I submitted this months before I submitted my luigi's mansion mix, if you want to hear the progress

    OCR00792 - Donkey Kong Country "Stray Donkey Strut"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    This is a good remix, it's not one of my favorites, nor is it what I'd consider one of djp's best. Appropraite soundfonts/patches/voices...etc etc... 10/10 appropriate rhythm 10/10 overall affect, I felt it just became tedious/monotonous after a while, it lost my attention after around 2 minutes, it's a good piece, sounds like something we'd play in my jazz band, but it just sounded to... it just didn't seem dynamic in the way it progressed. 8/10

    overall would be around a 9.33/10

    Good piece, recommended download if you like jazzy/funk pieces, if you like the song from the vg, or if you just like djp :D (my reason :P)

    ~dj carbunk1e

    OCR00731 - Crystalis "Calming the Angry Sea"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

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    I found this to be a great remix, especially after I started playing the game =D. It's amazing how the liking of a song can increase when you know where it's from :lol:

    Anyways, I usually grade according to appropriate rhythm, appropriate soundfonts, overall effect... you can see how this song would create a problem with those grading types...

    I think that he kept the tempo pretty stable, especially for playing guitar without any backing beat. I think he did an incredible job, the song definately gives a soothing effect (which I presume he intended), and I think that hey definately put a lot of effort into this piece. I don't know if it was particularly difficult to play or not, but I think he did a good job.

    ~dj carbunk1e

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