sephfire

I'm glad to see you trying your hand at remixing. Your first attempt shows promise. There's plenty of room for growth, as others have pointed out already, but keep at it. You've got plenty of peers here willing to help you along the way. Good luck.

Hard to critique this early in, with only a midi to go on, but it has potential. Of course, you'll want to lengthen it a tad and possibly work in some variation during the main body of the mix, but it's a start.

I'm only requesting this because I lack the equipment and skill to do the job myself. Greg Edmonson's work for the Firefly TV series was absolutely beautiful; a gorgeous blend of bluegrass-country, eastern and orchestral elements. If anyone could apply this style to a remix of ANY game, I'd be a fan for life. The guitar/mandolin/slide guitar/fiddle stuff is just too far out of my knowledge base (and my sample library isn't nearly up to the task). Samples: http://www.sephfire.com/firefly.mp3 http://www.sephfire.com/barfight.mp3 I don't expect anyone will take this on, but I figured it was worth a try anyway.

Don't be dissing the Cool Spot. Sure, it's a big fat 7up ad, but somehow they managed to make a top-notch game out of it. Edit: Too many people have been too hasty judging this game. I defend its honor regularly.

It's rather nice seeing how this potentially flamatory topic turned into something constructive. And now we may have a new remixer join our ranks. NIcely done, OCR.

I know, I know. Bad me. I swear this thing will get done. Really. I hate it being left unfinished as much as you do.

Just couldn't find the time to color it. Might do so later.

And, with that single stroke of brilliance, the thread is revived.

Ooooooohhh. Yeah, forget it. I'll wait it out.

Blizzard's offering free server transfers for a limited time. Beats re-rolling, that's for sure.

Onyxia, Darkspear ... I'm game for anywhere you guys prefer.

Phew. Our poor Illidan server is packed. Anyone else considered taking advantage of that free server transfer? Perhaps our scattered OCR "clan" should relocate. Also, characters: Sephfire (Orc Hunter) Kirithem (Blood Elf Paladin)

I say/quote this every time this thread comes up. "Good graphics can't save a bad game. But they can take a good game and turn it into a great one." I've never heard it summed up better than that.

I swear, /1. General Chat is like watching a GameFAQs board in real time. Painful.

Perfect summary of the situation. Excellent presentation, Mr. Gecko.

Chill. Ignore EazyP's post, he clearly didn't read yours. And while most people's replies to you may have been unnecessarily personal, most have featured valid rebuttals. Don't get your panties in a bunch over a heated topic. We've seen many people claim OCR music as their own over the years and it annoys us more every time. Seeing the same thing done to someone else doesn't make us any happier.

Take the word "definitely" and swap in the phrase "very loosely based upon" and you'll be a bit closer. I should know, I wrote that cello part. Besides which, that very subtle, filtered addition to Coactive lasts all of ten seconds of the entire five minute track, which is completely original. Then recall that the melody which "definitely" was from Mario Paint is a mere eight notes from the whole source tune. So SGX used a very liberal note progression I wrote which was very loosely based on eight notes from a Mario Paint tune for ten seconds in his five minute remix? That doesn't even compare to the current discussion. I understand what you're trying to communicate, but seriously, this whole example was a senseless reach.

I've actually wished on several occasions that we had a nice downloadable folder with a collection of OCR site art. The headphone/controller combo, the site name, the soundwaves behind the katakana, the silver bar thing behind it all ... all as one big downloadable kit that we could use to OCR-ify anything we wanted. I've seen other sites do this sort of thing (usually musician homepages trying to use their fans to generate more publicity). Just wishful thinking.

Well said.

Give it time. The newer the game is, the less time remixers have had to fit it into their schedule.

TRON. I can't believe I didn't think of it. Brilliant.

Is that Midna-Kirby? Man that was totally on my to-do list. Nice work.

Nicely done.

Gordon Freeman? Or just Michael Moore bringing us a crowbar? Up to you.

Meant to color the other three, but was enjoying working on this one too much. Will post the others later.