The judges DID accept SFO. DJP vetoed the YES decision by the judges, not due to arrangement quality, but due to the fact that it incorporated a non-vg sourcetune.
While I do agree the the production is not what it could be on this piece, I think it more than makes up for it with innovation, and with some truly hot sax.
Fixed.
The lead, though very obviously fake, is listenable. The chord chugging, though, is like fingernails on a blackboard, except not quite so pleasing to the ear.
Which is a damn shame, because this is otherwise an awesome mix.
Dude that one orchestral mix could have been SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better with a real orchestra.
There's a difference; it's pretty easy to come by a guitarist around here.
I pretty much agree with the judges on this one: it's listenable, even enjoyable, but could have been SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better with real guitars.
It's not so much about immediate audible differences as the fact that when mixing, etc, it's a good idea to mix with lossless formats. You may not be able to tell the difference between a lossless version and a 320k mp3, but if you reincode that mp3 at 320k several times in the process of mixing and then compare it to the original, those differences are greatly magnified.
Yeah, like I said, I really wanted to do this one. But I committed to more projects than I can handle, especially with all the additional hours I've been getting at work.
Magus was a breeze.
As was Lavos, if you actually bothered to complete all the side quests.
Queen Zeal at the end of the black omen, though, she was fucking hard.
Dark Link in OOT was just fun. In fact, I wish that game had a 2-player battle mode (preferably one which doesn't allow the use of shields) so you could have battles like that whenever.
The Axem rangers in SMRPG owned my ass the first 20348752093578 times I fought them.