So the WiP CrU and I decided to come up with n00b friendly ways to remix your favourite songs into your favourite style of music.
ORKESTRAL: find midi, remove percussion, change every patch to strings
TEKNO: find midi, add obnoxious drumloop
HIPHOP: find midi, remove everything but bassline, add 808, talk about bitches
RAWK: Find midi, replace everything with FL Slayer
MINIMALISM: find midi, delete fucking everything!!
METAL: find midi, add DOUBLE BASSDRUMS
IDM: Find midi, delete everything, insert Absynth, play random notes and presets throughout entire song
TRANCE: find midi, loop 4-on-the-floor-generic-drumloop for 7 minutes
AMBIENT: Find midi, delete everything, insert Absynth, find a pad preset, let it play one note/chord throughout the whole song OR find midi, replace all pads with sytrus presets, wet reverb 100%
JAZZ: Import midi, replace everything with trumpet and sax soundfonts, insert lots of random notes
ELECTRONICA: Import midi, replace everything with hoovers, basses and leads, repeat alot
SPEEDCORE: find midi, make tempo 999, add kickdrum
TERRORCORE: find midi, make tempo 999, add kickdrum, bring pitch of entire song down 1200 cents (optional: add distortion)
NOISECORE: find midi, distort fucking everything
ETHNIC: Import midi, change every instrument to marimba
JUMP UP: Import midi, hit magik 'Aphrodite greatest hit' button
POLKA: Import midi, replace everything with accordeon soundfont, accent off-beats
DRUM & BASS: Import midi, add amen break, loop for 6 minutes
CRUNK: Import midi, WHAT!?, IMPORT MIDI!!!, OK!!, add 808s, YEAH!!!, talk about bitches
If we missed a genre, feel free to post it and we'll painstakingly figure out how you may go about remixing it.