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Maybe you can get a friend with a faster connection to download the Kore Player installer for you. Chances are you won't get anything better for free.

yup, works for me. Well, maybe pick up some books on advanced theory and learn how to modulate into other keys and shit without trial and error/sheer luck. Independent hands on piano wouldn't hurt either. And maybe get rid of that annoying early stage carpal tunnel syndrome that i've had for 2 years now; keeps me from playing guitar for more than half an hour. But yeah, most importantly, steady output.

still a very cool track! getting all sentimental listening to it as it won the PRC that i did my very first vg remix for. It stuck in my head as a good example of how to work with a theme more freely and creatively, when i was still busy loading midis and trying to apply changes that didn't sound like crap. loving the white noise btw. so simple, such good ambience.

Man, great read. Honestly, i like elaborate feedback just as much, but just knowing that you infected some people with happiness is about as sweet as it gets. Wow Roe, you identified the piano. yeah, there's a lot of ST2 stuff in there, but it's a mixture of that and Kontakt stock stuff. You really know your SampleTank though. I have some stuff for Kontakt that surpasses the Sampletank content on paper, but i keep coming back for some samples in there because there's something about them and they're really usable. It's certainly not the realism! Interesting point Funny though, I sequenced the whole thing from memory (I've been dicking around with these tunes since i started sequencing. I even remember transcribing the SMB2 Theme on a polyphonic cellphone in 2002, 2 years before i picked up a proper sequencer. It probably was pretty horrible.) Still, I landed right in the key of C! Coincidence? Or maybe it's just the key that Mario tunage is supposed to be in? who knows... Hahaha...owell i suppose this needs linkage. http://olremix.org/remixes/717

My Nina would destroy any cameo from that fucking button mashing game

Secret of Mana ending sequence, '94. The tears were running and I had a total blast.

Ah. I think I actually heard this on youtube as part of this rock candy...'project'. Really like this, has sort of a ponderous quality to it. Great balance between Shnabubulean virtuosity (while not getting too heavy) and thoughtful restraint. More mixes d00d! Actually, I challenge you to make an impro remix employing that lh>drums/rh>bass concept you had started on a while ago. That'd be tits

I had a microkorg (the classic one) for a while, but didn't get to much use out of it. The sounds are pretty nice, but it's nothing you couldn't do with software. Editing patches is bothersome and unintuitive with the few knobs available, you'd have to get very familiar with all the submenus to feel somewhat comfortable with the editing process, and it still wouldn't be as fast as having a complete layout with all parameters in front of you. It does have a software editor, but then again why not just use software. I think these little boxes (korg/micron alike) mostly are useful to live performers or people who don't use VSTs (e.g. those who don't like the workflow of software sequencers). What I have now is a little monophonic analogue synth, the Doepfer Dark Energy. Not nearly as powerful from a sound design perspective as the digital synths comparable in price, but it sounds nice and the most important thing is that there's a knob for each and every parameter. You can really work this thing and get lost in tweaking it. I can't say that I've used it in a lot of my music yet either (software is still the best for getting things done for me), but it's simply loads of fun. The fact that it's analogue isn't all that important to me, it's the direct access to everything the synth can do that i find so valuable. I haven't seen any digital synth below $500 that offers just that. Of course, digital synths usually are more complex and thus would require more knobs. Well, YMMV. There's a pretty high demand for these low budget synths, so I didn't have any trouble selling my microkorg for a decent price. Maybe you have to own one for a while to really know if it's the right thing for you.

You serious? It's a gimmick. it's fun, well executed, but not innovative at all really. People have been digitally constructing instruments out of much weirder things since the beginning of sampling.

First impression: Little bit of a weak year this time, i remember '07 being much stronger. That said, I really like the sound of _02.circles (the one at the very bottom that no one on kvr seems to talk about), and the morphing function of massTURBOtar is quite neat. FMMF might be very good too, I just have trouble getting into the tweaking aspect with FM synths and the presets aren't that inspirational to me. Ah, still gotta check out xoxos' new music generator, his stuff is always off the hook, even though I rarely have a practical use for it.

Pfffffffff

Sweet sweet sweet. I can never say a lot about your mixes, except that I always enjoy riding on those subtly euphoric sound waves of yours. Your remixes never scream 'OMG IM HAPPY AND YOU SHUD B 2'. They just infect you with their happiness, not that they'd care. It's awesome that you've found this way of expression through the obscure hobby of video game remixing.

This is super light-hearted, pure fun. Had I known of this mix when it came out, it would've been all over my OCR mix cds back then. Right next to Maze's Turtle Wave. Strangely nostalgic. The basses sounds very spc700, extremely groovy. This being OCRemix, I'm almost weirded by the fact out that no one complained about the 1:47 lead sounding off-key and ruining the song for them or whatever. It threw me off for 2 seconds and then I just had a laugh. Great little wtf intermezzo man. I'll listen to some more Palpable now, to be honest with ya I didn't know your music at all!

Yeah, that horn. Not my fav part either. I was planning to send a revised version just because of that one, actually, but didn't get around to. It started to annoy me soon enough, guess I should've given the track a bit more time to sit around (it was made in a day). Glad you liked the rest though Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Halc said to me something along the lines that once his first mix was posted, his lust for remixing has only increased; I hope that'll hold true for me as well! I really gotta submit stuff more regularily now though... *signs off to spam subs@ocremix with his entire OLR collection*

nope. You guys make me feel soo ordinary. Screw you all. Wait, I do get images with music when I'm really spacing out, almost half asleep. Sometimes when I'm in that state the music starts forming sentences and starts dia-/monologues, not in the common metaphorical sense but something with an actual, non-abstract meaning. However, it mostly stops making sense in my memory when i'm getting more conscious again. Oh, and the piano roll thing, but that's an entirely different story, haha. But really, the fact that I have to get stoned or try to tune in to a certain state of consciousness to experience what some people get just from listening to music fuels my envy.

It's not about DIY, it's not about presets being bad. The question simply is, is buyware necessary in this case. I purposefully didn't give a definite answer, rather 'maybe, maybe not. check out the free options, then the commercial ones if that doesn't cut it.' I didn't say that freeware works just as well in every case, I said that it MIGHT be sufficient for the OP's needs. I just can't know based on what he said. You see, the thing is that newbs often don't know what awesome and instantly usable freeware is available. I just think it's a good idea to shed some light on that first. For the record, I own a few commercial synths and I'm glad I do. For example, I wouldn't know how to get the filter sound of Twin2 or Imposcar with freeware. Dunno what else to say for clarification...it just seems like you're reading things into my posts that I just can't see. Maybe we should give it a rest, we're running a bit in circles here.

Wow BGC. You're talking rubbish now. I was just saying that I obviously agree with you in that respect. What the hell is wrong with that? By this you are implying that I'm hating on buyware, which is ridiculous if you look at what I said. I provided a few examples that have hundreds of usable presets available. You want me to name more? Sure, Omnisphere or Kore Player products will beat them anytime as far as instant gratification/inspiration goes. But we're definitely not talking about hours of tweaking time here. Where did you cover my attempt at balancing the discussion by naming good freeware alternatives? wtf? If you break it down, I said 'inform yourself about the options, then decide'. In what way do i take the final choice from the end user by saying that? who the hell claimed otherwise? if you keep making up/distorting other people's views then I'll avoid any further discussion with you. Maybe that's just what you want though. You're acting completely overdefensively again. I never wanted to attack you or show any disrespect to the way you work. I wanted to put emphasis on free alternatives and maybe save someone a couple bucks in case he turns out to be happy with the free stuff.

I pretty much know for a fact that some commercial synths do stuff/have a certain sound that can't be matched by any freeware available. Is that even up for debate? You're missing the point. It's simply the safer route to first inform yourself firsthand about what freeware can do and THEN consider spending money if you're not satisfied. What if the guy buys Omnisphere, then downloads a couple free plugins and realises that those are all he'd ever need? Would be way more frustrating than the first scenario wouldn't it?

word. http://www.greenoak.com/crystal/ http://krakli.com/krakli-cygnus/ Those two are especially good for evolving pad sounds with a lot of motion in them. Plenty of presets available for both. on a sidenote, the dev of crystal now works for spectrasonics (omnisphere). if that works as a seal of quality for ya. For less complex sounds, synth1 should do a fine job http://www.geocities.jp/daichi1969/softsynth/ There's a very nice pad soundbank by tim conrardy for synth1. Should be quite inspirational. it's included in here: http://rekkerd.org/tim-conrardy-patch-collection/ Seriously though guys, it's cool that you're gearsluts and are having fun with your stuff, but don't spoil the newbs I think it's nice to start small and develop a sense for what freeware can get you and for what it possibly can't. You can still shell out money if you think that the free stuff doesn't cut it.

Hey Roe. Glad ye like! The pad sound is from Oatmeal, nice freebie. About the bitcrushing thing, can't remember, but could very well be I rarely make anything electronic without some crushed bits somewhere. Nice to hear that you like the detail. Others would call it randomness

Breakcore Braindance DnB something. Pretty abrasive, if that's not your cup o tea... Enjoy. http://tindeck.com/listen/rgvu

I'd be interested as well, if anyone has a key for me. I play a bit of DotA occasionally so I should get the hang of it rather quickly.

Haha, KVR has quite a few of those people, with way too much money on their hands. There's this one guy in particular that keeps buying anything new and shiny and then tries to sell it in the forum's market place a couple days later because god forbid there was some work involved in making it sound like in the demos.