Geoffrey Taucer

The thing is, we would still have to chose among n00bs who are decently skilled, and can demonstrate the fact. It would be completely doable, but I think we would have to have, rather than complete n00bs, people who have already demonstrated their mixing abilities, but have not gotten posted yet. SirRus, Ellywu, LAOS, kung-fu chicken, etc. If we could gather enough interest among both the necessary n00bs and veterans, it could work really well, though, I think. In fact, I may even run the idea by Brad for our upcomming proj -- OSHITS!

It's a unique idea, but one I very strongly oppose. For one, projects always have enough drama without intentionally inserting more competition. For another, which mix is "best" is completely subjective. Your idea is more or less a series of project-endorsed "favorites" threads. For a third, covering each track twice would be too big a project; if you've followed other projects, you'll know that it's a huge undertaking as-is; if you take that and all-out double it, it's never gonna see the light of day. For a fourth, n00bs of antisheep's calibur are in extremely short supply; what would most likely happen is that the veteran would win on almost every single vote, and I think some n00bs would find that discouraging. I think it would be a far better idea for each veteran on the project to choose a n00b to collab with, take under his/her wing so to speak, and the two produce one track together. However, as one who has done many collabs, including some collabs with n00bs that never saw the light of day, I can tell you that this would be a logistical nightmare as well, and I can't say I'd throw much support behind that either.

Funny you should mention that...

But this assumes that only well-known mixers are top-calibur mixers, yeah? I'm not saying that ONLY well-known mixers are top-calibur mixers, but let's be honest; those who are well-known and respected are generally well-known and respected for good reason. A project with mixes by a bunch of n00bs may very well have some good tracks on it, but if you want a project that's awesome accross the board -- and I think the Xenogears OST deserves this -- your best bet is to recruit remixers who have already proven themselves to be top-notch remixers. Occasionally, we do get people who are brand new who can make kickass mixes. Christian Pacaud, sixto, and antisheep jump to mind; they came outta nowhere and produced fantastic mixes. But such people are rare, and the collossal majority of people who are good at remixing have gotten good because they've been around for awhile, and have thus become well-known. In order to get good remixers on your project, we need to be able to know you well enough to trust you to run a good project. Around here, we don't know you at all. Again, I don't mean to be rude, and I'm sorry if it seems like I'm trying to shoot you down, I'm just pointing out the facts of the situation.

While I love the Xenogears soundtrack, I really do not think you should not be the one to start it at this point. I don't mean to insult you or anything, but the better-known you are, the more star power you're going to get on this project. I'm sorry to say it, but you don't have the noteriety required to start a Xenogears project which would come anywhere close to doing the OST justice. I really don't mean to insult you; I don't mean to suggest it's your fault that big-name remixers aren't going to rush to join this project, it's just a simple fact about the way projects generally work; if you aren't well-known, you won't get well-known mixers on your project. And Xenogears has a soundtrack which fully deserves to have top-calibur mixers if there is to be a project. That said, if this project does get off the ground and if you can convince me that it will be any good, I'll talk to PriZm and the Prophet about redoing our old mix of "Gathering Stars" for possible inclusion in the project, if you're interested.

stfu, n00b. God I need more sleep

Oh hell yes. It's absolutely epic.

I would like a Ukeke3000 fan banner http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=88439 <-- reference material.

Sorry. But wow. That mix is quite simply amazing.

#ocrwip is far less dead these days than it has been in the past. And there's only one way to improve it: COME ON IN!

Holy damnit christmas. This is fucking amazing.

He's got a point, though, Arek: this project has been dragging on, despite the fact that the music, which is the main part everybody's gonna want, has been done for ages.

Ok, the first part is meh, and the transition leaves much to be desired, but the second part, where it goes into the SML dungeon theme, is pretty sweet.

That had not even occurred to me. Perhaps I will. ... when I'm feeling less lazy than I am now.

Another thing we could do is have a central location to plan meetups; rather than having threads scattered all over gendisc and unmod, we could have one particular page/forum section/whatever devoted to meetups.

Like I suggested before, some sort of live performers database, or even a general collaborators database, would be great; the live performers thread is alright, but the first post is out of date and one really has to wade through the whole thread to see what's available. A more organized, updated database could be extremely useful. But that would probably take up only a small amount of space. I do think this community would benefit from having a central knowledge base-type place.

Since several people have been asking for it, here's the acoustic part without the vocals (remastered). For the record, though, I think it's much better with Dave's vocals. EDIT: and yes, this is the exact same recording used in the OCR version. It is not, however, the same recording as the version that was on VGmix.

That would be pretty nice to have a place where we don't have to worry about threads being deleted. Could we also use it to host some manner of live performers database?

Thanks, but too late; already ordered the mackie. I'll keep carvin in mind for future stuff like this, though.

Don't worry: [OMGSECRET]'s JENOVA mix is absolutely amazing. As for one winged angel... ohwait, that's a secret too. (As I've said before, I'm having way too much fun with this)

Thanks.

My Behringer UB502 just died on me, and I need to replace it. I'd like to get something higher quality, and I'm happy to pay whatever I need to for top-quality (though I'd prefer not to spend thousands of dollars on features I won't use) Here's what I need: -2 or more XLR mic inputs with switchable phantom power -stereo line input; I just need one stereo set (though obviously more isn't a problem) As I said, I'm willing to pay whatever price for quality; I'd rather get a sturdy, high-quality mixer that I'll use for years than another behringer I'll just need to replace again. Any reccomendations?

the guitar playing bumblebee. It has a bluesy feel that I absolutely love.

wait a sec... did I hear "flight of the bumblebee" in there? EDIT: also, prizm, what exactly did you use for that lead? I love the tone.

Hale-Bopp, you're an old fart? I had no idea. Anyway, make more mixes pls.