Malcos

The arpeggio that the mix starts with and the main melody make good separate sections, but putting them together results in major off-keyness between 0.25-1.28. From 1.29-2.50 it was all good. Mixing was good, sounds were eq'ed nicely and mastering was ok. The off-keyness is the main issue here. NO

This had an interesting thing going on...until 0.40 when that synth came in, and literally made my back crawl...eugggghhhh. And then...you know what, I just don't like this guys choice of synths. The arrangement is good, percussion was good, etc. This is a good first submission, but the choice of synths was not appropriate for the mix IMO. NO

Wow, this mix is really loud, the guitar is really loud and the trumpet - sheesh! The samples almost convinced me, until I heard the double notes, which happens when your finger slips on the keyboard, that could have been corrected easily with some careful listening and some editing. It was repetitive, and then just faded out which seemed a bit lazy. Good ideas, but just a bit more work could have made this a really good one. NO

Nice, fresh sounding mix, I particularly thought the piano sections were well done. That bit at 2.48 threw me off - a lot! This was mixed and processed well. Could have had a bit more oomf on the kick but YES

Strings could have done with some more reverb, but apart from this, it's a yes from me for this one. There's lots of beats crammed into this one. It's a bit short, but anyway YES

I don't know why I'm going to use this adjective, but I found this mix.... masturbatory. First of all, this mix is really quiet, no it's not just the intro. It's not going to get any louder. This hasn't gone through any form of mastering at all, but even then it should be louder - it's just tickling the graphical display on my winamp. It's not really repetitive as different riffs are added as soon as you think you might hit the boredom mark. The drums are good, but they don't stick around for long, they're absent for about the last 3rd of the mix. It's kinda spare and could have done with a really outstanding melody. It's almost there...but not quite. This mix could have been taken to another level I'm sure. NO

This is really short, and the sounds are raw. Not good mixing at all IMO, and the guitar and strings don't sound too nice. Arrangement is also quite anti-climax, doesn't really go anywhere. What's that word, oh yes. Lackluster. NO

Hmmm...Hydrocity Vs Metropolis zone. Well the arrangement is impressive, although some parts seemed off-key, just for a second or two, and the sounds weren't exactly high quality. The difficulty for me is that low-quality sounds most of the time equals low-quality arrangement. If I had to choose between the two, I would say that arrangement is more important. YES

The quality of sound is not great, but not terrible either. The arrangement is ok, but to be honest I was bored with this mix. This really is a borderline thing for me, I'm going to go for a NO

I like this, but we want more, more please. You've given us the intro, stop holding back and give us the whole hog. When you get to the main part, give us more percussion and vary it to maintain interest. As it is now, we don't take intros only. NO

Hmmmm, this would get a yes, but I swear that piano part in the middle was ripped. NO

Hmmm, too basic. This needs more layers for sure, because there isn't much to listen to. Just doesn't sound finished. Resubmit please. NO

I didn't look at my winamp, so the ending just cut off leaving me baffled. Waaaay too short, and doesn't really add anything to the original tune. Nice sounds, although some of the effects weren't appropriate IMO, like some of the rapid panning in particular. There's also like a huge digital click at the very beginning of the file. NO

Heh, this really sounds like a game, too much like a game, and not enough like a remix. It repeats a lot, a hell of a lot, and then it just decides to fade out. And I am left with nothing. NO

After listening again, I'm afraid I'm going to have to give this a NO Largely because of the chord issue I already mentioned. A lot of constructive stuff has been said about this mix by the other judges, and I'm sure we would all like to see this resubmitted.

Off-key? What are you on Protricity? All I hear are 'deep chords'. This is nice, but it really is ambient background music. As I was listening I found myself drifting off and thinking about something else entirely, then when the song ended I suddenly realised I was meant to be judging. Not quite sure what that means, so I'll come back to this one.

Lots of stuff going on here, so I can't tell what is off-key, but some stuff definitely is. Too many layers! The part that starts at 1.23 is good, but even that just repeats a load of times before going back to the main chaos. The ending was very unsatisfying. NO

I might personally like this mix, but I don't think it fits on oc. First of all we have to wait a long long time because the intro is so long, and then the percussion that comes in isn't as rough and hard as the title and the intro would have you believe, in fact it's quite weak. The hard (er) percussion comes in more than half-way through the song. Nice sounds used, although the bassline is very repetitive. NO

This is a great shame. This mix sounds excellent, and has a great groove. Unfortunately it got lost in repetitiveness. Had this had a real breakdown/bridge/mad solo (filtering doesn't count as a breakdown), and a nice ending this would have been a yes, but it just got too repetitive. NO

Nice stuff. Could have been taken up another level had it been busier at certain intervals, but this is definitely a YES

Ok. On my headphones and speakers these high hats are annoyingly eq'ed, they really hurt. The mix is repetitive and needs bass. Tempo changes are also not making a good impression on me. NO

This has some good parts, and although a couple of transitions were less than smooth, overall this is a yes. Don't really like the smash bros samples though. YES

The intro was misleading in this I gotta say. I'm not too sure how I feel about this one at the mo actually. I'll come back later.

This is nice, but well.... it's already been said. Bass does play a couple off-key notes. NO

Ok I know you wanted the volume to 'peek out' at places to make it really stand out, but not that much! This would really have been great if 1. You made it longer 2. You gave the mix a harder and more intricate drum beat 3. You gave it more variation This mix could be good, it has groove to it. Keep working on it, I would like to see this resubmitted. But for now NO