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the thing is, the suggestions are always with respect to the criteria. it's always "fix X, Y, Z and it will be better and it will be accepted." i don't think i've ever seen a suggestion like "make this simpler and more repetitive, it will be better but it won't be acceptable for OCR." it's true that the artist doesn't have to listen to the suggestions, but you probably would if your goal is to get something posted. there's constant pushing on the judges forum, workshop forum, and WIP forum towards the OCReMix aesthetic i'm not saying criteria is bad.. i'm not saying the newer tracks are worse than the old.. i'm not saying i don't like the direction the site is going. i'm not being negative at all, even though some of you are inferring a slightly negative tone from my earlier post. i'm just offering my explanation of why people might think that the music has changed here over time

hmm quite a thread here... i'll start by saying that i am one of the people who think that newer music has a different feel to it. i don't wanna say it's lacking anything or doesn't have "soul" but there's something different. this sentence kinda explains what i'm talking about back in the day, there was no such thing as making music for OCR. there wasn't really any specific judging criteria, and people did just make music for fun but as time went on, the judging criteria got more specific, and this concept of an "OCReMix" started to take a life of its own. people started asking "how can i make an OCReMix to get on the site?" and "how do i OCReMix?".. as if OCReMixing is something different than music making in general i do think that it has evolved into something different, something shaped by the judges criteria. with the goal of creating an OCReMix, somebody is going to specifically and purposefully adhere to the criteria to obtain that goal. that inherently alters the feel of the resulting music such that it becomes an OCReMix some people might retort that the criteria only "raises the bar" and promotes more "good" music. i really have to disagree, as any set of criteria is going to impose restrictions and steer the resulting music in a particular direction, no matter how open or "we accept all types of music" it may seem. and basically that's what i sort of feel is different with today's music on OCR. some of it has the feel that it was constructed to specifically meet the criteria. when that happens, a sense of freedom is lost.. the sense when an artist has complete freedom and can create anything within the musical universe, instead of being boxed in by judging criteria as an example, the term "OCR trance" is used to describe some trance music on this site, as if it's different from "real trance." i'm not going to debate whether that's really true or not, but the fact that that term exists and some people feel that way shows what i mean.. that there has become a difference between an OCReMix and other "normal" music that has been shaped by judging criteria hopefully i'm getting my point across since it's sorta difficult to explain...

if it sounds good then it sounds good.. pretty simple really. everybody is going to have different opinions on what sounds good. it also depends on what type of samples and what you are using them for. violin samples might sound good individually but horrible when you put them together in a phrase.. and it would be judged on how close it sounds to the real thing. synth samples on the other hand.. anything goes.. it all depends on how you use it

yea i was lazy.. Central Park Sunday sounds like a mashup between Take Five and Watermelon Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNrmYRiX_o http://www.amazon.com/Cantaloupe-Island-Herbie-Hancock/dp/B000005GXT -- listen to Watermelon Man.. and the whole album too overall, it seems what you're looking for is "straight ahead jazz." check out a lot of jazz from the 1940's through 60's... there's way too many artists to name

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i dunno if this will help since it doesn't seem like you can download the sounds, but here it is anyways http://www.entertonement.com/collections

http://www.gossipgamers.com/10-video-game-theme-songs-that-just-sticks/ did they steal the OCR logo? list is ok i guess, for a top 10 list. street fighter 2 title though? never really like that one

something like this: http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-ROL-GI20GK3?SRC=D0407FG0HAMS0000&utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=feed& i've played one of those... not that model but the GR20 i think. it works pretty well, you just have to be careful not to let any strings ring that you don't want ringing. you can adjust the sensitivity though. there's also a bit of delay so you'd have to get used to that

yea its a synth solo... but this guy plays it pretty well on guitar:

i'll be going to the OneUps concert on the 4th if anybody else is going...

your laptop soundcard is probably not that great. it might be acceptable depending on what you wanna do with it. why don't you record something (like play a midi file through your Yamaha) and post it here?

nice playing love the mcdonald's and portrait of tracy quotes

haha i read the title of this thread and as i clicked on it i was thinking i would post a link to that vid cuz i just saw it yesterday. then i clicked the link and BAM

yea Epitaph, this thang: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hwnlkf7krY

first thing that came to my head was Setzer's theme from Final Fantasy 6, the slow one with guitar intro... forgot what it was called

the buzzing comes from the strings touching the frets when they vibrate. you'll have to adjust the truss rod so that your neck is at the right angle since it's probably too far back. there should be plenty of tutorials about this if you search "guitar setup"

good stuff man. age has nothing to do with it.. you sound good regardless of age

2 of my fav soundtracks, both on SNES Lost Vikings Super Adventure Island

i always compare my EQ to other tracks to get a ballpark balance of frequencies. for me getting the right brightness on the high-end is always the hardest, so i make sure to compare with several tracks with similar sounds. personally i don't like those cutting ear piercingly bright cymbal sounds, so i'm always careful with EQing that

if you're talkin about pop music.. this can give you a good idea of what's out there right now http://www.yesasia.com/global/en/mandarin-music.html

yea i was thinking maybe i should drop by the class just to see what a ZOO it is hmm.. i guess i missed the first class which was last night

roland rd series is great if you want more of a digital piano http://keyboards-midi.musiciansfriend.com/product/Roland-RD300GX-DIGITAL-PIANO?sku=703120 http://keyboards-midi.musiciansfriend.com/product/Roland-RD700GX-DIGITAL-PIANO?sku=703119

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i haven't really thought about making my own filters or synths (what would i do that hasn't already been done?), but i have thought about developing a sequencer/DAW. i definitely have some ideas for that... but it would just take waaaay too much time

oscilloscope but i guess you're not dealing with that low level stuff, so it prolly won't help u