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  1. You know, I think my favorite thing about this mix, the thing that most impresses me, is the restraint.

    The super-obvious choice when doing an EDM arrangement of a track like this, with its dark driving rythms, would be to make something, loud, heavy, and hard-hitting. But this takes it in a totally different direction, while still keeping that dark feel and driving rhythm. Mellow, chill, restrained. It's really refreshing, and works extremely well!

  2. On 12/2/2020 at 2:18 PM, Bironzu said:

    Starcraft 2 co op and trying to get back into Smash Melee or Ultimate

    Anyone playing these?

    Been playing a shitton of starcraft 2 1v1 and smash melee. Feel free to hit me up for some slippi matches sometime!

    Also obligatory #FreeMelee

  3. Oh, completely tangential, but while we're on the subject of Horizon: Zero Dawn....

    There is a real company called Faro, which really specializes in robotics and automation, and has a real product called a Focus Scanner, which is a system for scanning things in 3d and reconstructing them digitally -- and as far as I can tell, this is all a complete coincidence.

    https://www.faro.com/products/construction-bim/faro-focus/

  4. On 10/11/2020 at 5:54 PM, Garpocalypse said:

    1 and 2 are very imperfect games. 1 crashes a lot too or at least that was the chief complaint when i played it many years ago.The OST for it is fantastic though. 2 you are going to need eye surgery after trying to read the text in that game for 30 hours. Even at it's best setting the text is unreadably small but there may be a mod for it now. 

    3 has plenty of character development along with along with everything you need to know about the world so you can jump right in with that one.  There are Easter eggs for fans of the series of course but they aren't deal breakers for any of the various plots in the game. 

    Only thing I would chide 3 over is not doing nearly enough with the elven anti-human "terrorists" known as the Scoia'tael.  The books have a lot that revolves around them and games 1 and 2 refer to them often. That's about it for criticism tough. 

    Good stuff.  

    I will definitely pick it up then

  5. On 10/9/2020 at 2:27 PM, Garpocalypse said:

    Life changing.  If you like Horizon which was a very very good game, there is much more of what made horizon good in The Witcher 3.   Horizon is better than 95% of all games but The Witcher 3 is in that last 5%.  CDPR also had a hand in assisting with the development of Horizon.  

    Only thing I would give Horizon over The Witcher 3 would be that the ranged combat felt better and the combat overall was less demanding.  The Witcher 3 has no problem killing you off until you figure out what you need to do though it's not nearly as bad as games like Sekiro. So if you enjoyed Horizon you should definitely also enjoy The Witcher 3 and vice versa.  

    Do I need to play (or read a plot summary or watch a lets play) of 1 and 2 first, or would I be fine diving straight into 3?

  6. I love Mischief Makers, and I hate Synthwave, so let's see how this goes....

     

    First thing I notice is that it's really quiet. Some mastering/multiband compression/maximization/whatever would help this a lot.

    Low end feels really empty. The only thing that sort of occupies the low end is the kick, and even that feels a bit thin. I hear a bass synth that feels like it should be filling out the low-end.... might just be my headphones, but it doesn't seem to really do it.

    Arrangement is repetitive and straightforward.

    Gonna be honest: this seems like a respectable early foray into music production, but doesn't seem like something that's destined to be posted. It's too conservative in the arrangement and too quiet in the production.

    Don't be discouraged though!

    First thing I'd focus on is making the bass more interesting. I can totally imagine this track forming the foundation under which a rippin' bass solo would run.

    Second thing I'd focus on is making the percussion more varied and more interesting. Right now, it's just a thin repetitive loop, but some slicing and dicing (and punchier samples) could really liven this up!

    Kudos for mixing this criminally-underappreciated game

    DISCLAIMER: I have literally never heard a synthwave track that I liked, so take what I say here with a grain of salt

  7. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-oNix9r7icrR4UB15Pfcbm13SbUoyQVz/view?usp=sharing

     

    Goron City from Zelda OoT/TP. Collaborating with @ffmusic dj on production.

    In a sense, this is a tribute to the historical contributions of black musicians, and an exploration of the history of the banjo. It uses a fretless gourd banjo, a standard fretted banjo, and a bluesy acoustic guitar with a bronze slide.

    Still super-rough as far as production. Levels, EQ, FX, etc have not been addressed at all yet

  8. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KDBJMCXIEATSqdswefry6fCHrzA0TOQZ/view?usp=sharing


    Spekkio's Theme, done as an old time back porch fiddle/banjo tune. Heavily inspired by "Soldier's Joy," another classic fiddle tune (in fact I even snuck in the Soldier's Joy melody in a few parts).

    @XPRTNovice on acoustic guitar, @MagiNinjA on fiddle, and me on clawhammer banjo!

    EDIT: Sources:
    Spekkio's Theme:

    SMW Overworld: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH8mQRXemuo

    Soldier's Joy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlCQBhQ8ZV4

     

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