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Well yeah, it's by here that I'm starting to feel some light concern. o_O I often thought that I should at least have a stab at getting onto a project made accessible right across OCRemix. Now given the light bashing on either side, I'm now concerned on whether this is going to happen or not. It's almost arguments like these that are making me concerned of dropping out. But yeah, we need thought and support to be able to get through this. I know that we can do it because we managed to sign up for the project in the first place. Even if KFC does end up dropping out from the strain, I'm sure that much of us will be able to help push the project further forward. *cue brief nod* Anyhow... thanks for your commentations on the mix. Can't really seem to go into your critiques in depth at this stage having just come back from a long 12-hour musical rehersal (you hear me, I'm going to be involved in a musical comedy on Thursday night), but I hope to be able to take them to heart and apply them within the stages of the mix. Thanks all! Unfortunately, from the end of May onwards I'd be at home - I won't be able to access Cubase over the Summer break. That shows how strainful for time I am. But I do hope to clear a (hopefully) finalized version by at least the middle of next month. We'll be sure to advance on, believe me

Sure, but remember to right-click and "save target as" Mind, time is getting rather short at my end, and with exams coming I may even struggle to mix these days. But heck, be sure to drop a line or two.

Way to go Myth, and with the first FFX-2 mix here to boot! I can't say I'm familiar with the source material, but I can say that you surprised me with this rather electronic approach to it. Somehow, with all these pitch-shifting and mad-science-esque mixing proportions I'm finding it difficult to gather some form of words here. But it's definitely funky and twisted enough for OCR, in all honesty. You also got me lightly giggling at the Prelude and Terra referencing too, so that can be thought well into consideration. Course, the amount of experimentation done to the track may not quite fit everyone's tastes, but it's definitely good enough to be able to fit onto my playlist for a good chunk of time. Thankyou very much Myth, and it's about time you made it here after everything you've done for the site so far. Best of luck with shaping up the Doom mix project "Dark Side of Phobos" to a completed quality. So it should be about time he came on - he was one of the people whom helped me with the hosting for Tomorrow's Wake to fit on the panel. *THAT* shows how thoughtful he is for others, and so he surely needs the favor back ^_~

That's exactly what we're gesturing at - looking at ways to improve our own works. Although, it can be a bit difficult to me because I didn't receive much criticism on my latest revision...

equinox, yeah it may feel rough, but do you think you could give us a few pointers on how to go about some of the projects?

I still think Snapple has a light point about the amount of quality here. Then again, most of the mixes here are involved in fighting over one song (Hydrocity, Sky Sanctuary) so that shouldn't be taken a bit too personally. What I was hoping for him to do was to provide some constructive criticism for what we as remixers *should* be doing to our works. That way we can learn from our experience and be sure to develop our own works securely. Putting it this way I think the turnout is much more professional than the Sonic 2 project. Back then the only pro-artists that managed to show themselves were analoq, FFMusicDj and Sir Nuts. Now in this project we've got further assistance from Beatdrop, DarkeSword, AkumajoBelmont, Rayza, Gecko Yamori, etc. That could have easily helped increase the general quality factor here. But if we're going to have to keep going, we'll need to show as much criticism as we can; even upon much of the stellar works already contributed. (And for the record, I don't do techno because I suck at it )

I know there are some cool original parts, but at the end of the day it's still a medley. I feel we should still stick with KFC's decisions and take that into account.

Whichever happens, I hope his contributions come around; if not, we may need to throw that to the PRC dogs, like he said

Yep, I certainly did. I think we were a few seconds between each other's posts?

I still feel it'll work better with the Sonic 3 credits theme - I mean, if someone had to make an interpretation of the S&K version it'll be like taking everyone else's mixes (at least some of the S&K ones) and just cutting them up and putting them against one another. Course, we can do with a good breath of originality ^^;

I hate to say this, but I feel Snapple has a point. If we're going to make this project work (and maybe surprass Hedgehog Heaven) we could do with criticising each other to help push our pieces to full perfection. Mind, I found a nice link that can help with some encoding issues anyone seems to have. It can be worth having a try

So this means that you're hoping for Ice Cap, analoq? Sounds fair enough. But does this mean that you're doing that and Marble Garden? If not, I'm sure one of them could be brought forward as a possible PRC source As for the mini-forum thing... that definitely sounds good, although does anyone have any ideas on where to grab one?

I have an idea. It may be a bit of a long shot, but we could make a deal with the people who run the Peoples' Remix Competition and get people to make a remix for that track; the winner gets put on the project. It can be possible - "Rise of a Star" and "Dark Side of Phobos" also did that

I think another light thing we may need to look into is how we're going to structure the project. I think the Sonic 2 set ended up feeling a bit broken by having the first half dedicated to the individual zones and the second half set for all the short BGMs. So I think when the time comes, the tracks could be given a more thoughtful order to better fit the scopes of the target game, adding in a bit of balance. I hope you understood what I meant o.O

Interesting punch line, man. Although it makes me wonder why so many people are aiming for Sky Sanc...* Mind, I'd love to give a shot at Ice Cap, however I've got a lot of other projects on my hand as well as the WIP that I currently have here. Whichever happens, I hope it'll work in fitting the legacy that coverage has left behind already. *Anyone who opted for it for the pure purpose of my take on the theme being utter crap will get a kick in the teeth

Yay ... except... I still need to think of some ideas

Told you it was an Easter Egg

Well, they do share the same background synth progression, but not melody lines Then again, whatif he's using Lava Reef as an Easter Egg or something? That could always be a possibility. Anyhow, I'll be interested to see how it develops

The only difference is that the Sonic 3 credits theme is never applied in Sonic 3 & Knuckles; similar thing to Sonic 3's act 1 boss theme. Hope that expands on that theory

I remember this from the Sonic Revolution contest. Without a doubt this was the best technical performance I witnessed there, as well as enough interest within the composition to easily live up to the Darangen name. In my opinion he had a rough contest with zircon, which I feel has left me somewhat struggling on the overall marking scheme between the pair of them. Anyhow, it's about bloody time he got more stuff up onto the site. As a judge within the competition I'll reflect back to my track commentary, which can also be seen via the Judges' Comments page and my VGMix review. Funnily enough most of my qualms seemed to match with Pretzel's... Anyhow, well done with your position out there, and best of luck with your future works Mike.

6 hours and 40 minutes... Talk about a long session, and I understand why - a rambling pretzel and a lot of drunken antics are good enough for any of us to take on cue. Again, good to see that came through, and best of luck for VGF56 tonight. Patience, o wing deprived one - good things come to those who wait. That, and shows 51 and 54 still need to be taken into consideration...

There's another thing that I should have asked sooner - what explains the orange text on the front page?

Just in time for the deadline, I've managed to finish off the composition for my own contribution - OMG PLZ RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT "SAVE TARGET AS" FO SHIZZLE Quickly mentioning what I intended again - the first half reflects upon the scenery of the first act, as peaceful as ever and with blue skies flapping around it. This half then ended with a climatic proportion as signalled by the zone's mid boss - you know, that machine that ends up putting the whole island in flames. The second half then shows a good amount of grief over the island's fate. No longer is it full of peace - it will take a long time just to recover from its own tormented state. Angrily, the player (controlling Sonic, Tails or Knuckles) makes their dash through the second act, gradually regaining their feelings while going around the many pitfalls that eventually lead to the zone boss as well as the Hydrocity Zone upon kicking the crap outta Eggman. I managed to take in the account of lowering the drum volume ever so slightly and adding some reverb onto the muted trumpet. And I also thought carefully about how to reflect on anger at the end of the first half and the return of the core instrumentation within the second half; things that came to mind here were angry distortion (which have been applied upon some synth VSTs floating around the college campus), a steadier drum beat and a lot of timpani action. Well, that's about it from me (for now); hope this is an improvement over the previous version

From what I heard from Nuts, he's got some big plans on his sleeve Anyhow, might as well mark in my progress. I've finished the scopes of my own arrangement, and with a bit of hope I should master it down and send it in time for the deadline. Just to let you know that I'm not dead... yet

Well, according to the campus landline I'm expected to pay 5p a minute. Shouldn't be too bad