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I'm sure there's a handful of people who would find this to be the most absolutely l33t thing they've ever heard. Unfortunately, this track relies way too heavily on the beat and [omgbias]groove[/omgbias]. The instrumentation was awfully bland and hollow. It's the sonic version of eating a peanut butter and jelly-less sandwich (aka plain bread). Fill in the frequencies, man. Needs some midrange someting fierce. You can't always rely on a cool drum groove to carry a song into the winner's circle. Expand on the foundation you've got here. Perhaps find someone to collab on this one with you. I think you may find the right person's influence on a track like this invaluable. NO refine/rework/resub

well, to say that song of storms/windmill hut hasn't yet been remixed is a little inaccurate. it's just that none as of yet have been passed. i'm sorry to bear the bad news, but this isn't going to make the cut either, in it's present form. here's the short and simple of it. you've got a track that's six and a half minutes long. absolutely nothing changes. it's basically a loop over and over and over and over. no attention whatsoever to the "rearrangement" factor we're looking for here. at first, i thought you just had a long intro going on here, but then, after it kept going, i was thinking "man, 2:30+ is kind of a long intro" as i was expecting it to take a more emotive and refreshing direction, but it just kept it's course. right up until 6:31. Shorten this one up a bit, and don't rely so much on simply looping the source. Change up your instrumentation. And the metronome-ish cymbal ride is pretty dull. I mean, I think this does fairly well at conveying the mood of after a devastating storm, as it were, at least initially. but frankly, it's just too boring. you need to find a way to engage the listener. and i don't mean turn it into a 160bpm techno remix. even slow mood tracks can be engaging. NO on a separate note, let me just rant for a second. in regards to this source tune in general, i think it's somewhat of a pitfall for remixers to attempt. it's definitely got a catchy riff that can get stuck in your head for hours when playing the game, but it's basically about :24 seconds long. My own personal opinion is that this would either have to be extremely uniquely expanded upon as a stand alone, or else have to go hand in hand with some other LoZ tune to fill up the space and defeat the tendency of over-repetition. that is all. go back to your cyber-lives now.

I absolutely love this soundtrack. ... Wow. I know this OST like the back of my hand. Well, let me just say, this is not a smoking fresh track that you wrote. It is a blatant rip. Try reading our submission standards. Darn shame. I was really looking forward to hearing this one. NO OVERRIDE

Awfully addictive. This one grew on me further and further into the track. Terribly fun to listen to. I have no qualms that would hinder me from passing this. Fun fun fun stuff. Soitenly

I basically would be wasting valuable energy (takes a lot to type, ya know) by writing out an extensive vote, when basically I can pretty much quote TO verbatim. In fact, there is absolutely not one thing I can add that he didn't already mention, and not one single thing that I disagree on. So I'll just leave it at that. I hate to bust out the glib vote, but seriously, it's already been said. borderline YES congrats on another mix, roe. I know you've been a pretty persistent remixer despite a lot of no's. keep up the good work. just take it easy on the compression

pretty funky stuff. though i found the drums a little boring and wish to death that there was more variation in the choice of samples (same kick and snare and shaker throughout the entire song) i suppose i agree that the patterns changed sufficiently. i give this one points for creativity and execution of theme and style. the vocoded speech synthesizer is unique and refreshing. this is a pretty darn good turnout for a remix that's based on such a short and meatless source. YES

you're using FL right? what exactly are you using primarily in FL? default plugins? Sytrus? I'd like to know, exactly. I know you've gone through 2 resubs on this as well, and if you don't mind I might like to take a gander at your .flp PM me.

First thoughts--nothing too extravagant, but fairly enjoyable nonetheless. I thought 1:00-1:10 was a little hollow, but then the shortsynth jumped in to save the day. Heh, I really enjoyed the "c'mon!" throughout, though it was perhaps approaching borderline overuse. I guess after comparing to source, this is a lot like the Ambertrance mix that recently got passed. I think that though this is nothing spectacular, it's still YES worthy. It's a quality mix of a simplistic source that is produced rather well. And though it may not have the fancy embellishments that more and more mixers try to shoot for, it's nothing short of OCR-acceptable. YES oh, and by the way rofl

I liked this one quite a lot. That being said, it wouldn't take much more to nudge me over to the YES side of the fence. Here's the deal. The drum grooves are funktastic, you scored points in your pattern programming. The double edge to that sword is that for the most part, the drums are too loud and drown out the melancholy piano, which is otherwise great. The choir pad is way too quiet throughout. I could barely hear it at all. Sitar-like synth at 1:31 was pretty cool. Overall, the interpretation and genre-adaptation from source was terriffic. I just want a couple of those production issues fixed. I have no qualms with the minimalist approach. Only other quirk worth mentioning, and it's not a big one as far as I'm concerned, is what Vig had to say about drum transitions. They sounded a bit on the lazy side. I think you could have thrown in some ambient effects and more effectively utilized some fades to make the drums seem to flow a little easier rather than "Meh, I think I'm just gonna run out of steam and quit". This is definitely worth a quick tweak and resub, so I hope that's what happens. Great work, overall, and bring this one back soon! NO RESUBMIT

wasn't really sure what to make of this initially. parts of it seemed kind of rofl-ish; for instance, anywhere in the track that featured the "bop-du-wap" kind of vox. This track is saturated in the GM feel--pretty much every aspect of it. I suppose that there's some fun stuff going on in this track. 5:30ish sounded really muffled and cluttered. I personally would have preferred the track to simply end after the 5:00 mark portion was over... and even that dragged on a little longer than it should have. I dunno. This is not bad stuff, by any means, it's just too--cheesey, and I hate to say it like that, because I don't mean to sound really critical of the track in and of itself--I've heard some terrible stuff--we all have--and this isn't terrible. But the vox in addition to the extreme GM-feel of virtually every instrument, the sonic clutter during the "busy" parts and the gimmicky chiptuneish transitions have this interesting take on the SMW theme falling a few bars shy of the OCR goal. Fun stuff, just a little long, and definitely craving some better selection in terms of instrumentation, but this would be a great song on any other music tribute site as-is. NO

nice. very nice.

I'll be honest, I like the drum loop. It's groovy. Unfortunately, this track is, to quote the mighty Bilbo Baggins, "butter scraped over too much bread". Just doesn't float as acceptable by OCR standards, for exactly the reasons Larry's spelled out. That's great that you're trying to get your bud's music heard and all, but generally, it's not really good form to submit anyone's work but your own, for various reasons. I think the one that applies most to this particular situation, is that your friend (and you, it would seem) are not familiar with the submission standards and guidelines. Read them. Know them. Love them. Cherish them. (Oh, and yeah, 12MB is kind of a slight no-no.) YES (to Larry's NO OVERRIDE)

interesting... is the "dont come!" from time crisis I?

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Who ees dis SGX? Sum n00b? ::listens to track:: Ja, definitely sum n00b. j/k. The track is awesome, btw. Very relaxing. Great work!

DS is right--too much reverb. LT is right--too little interpretation. So yeah--too dry, dull, and underdeveloped. Not to sound short/rude, but this hardly lands close to what OCR is aiming for. Keep at it, and better luck next time. NO

Source - track 3-06 "Shala's Theme" Stylistically similar to your MP2 mix, the source is built upon with a substantial degree of ambiance. Pretty chill kind of vibe throughout. Definitely seems to have more direction than your previous submission, and by that, I mean the chord progression and theme themselves seem to have a more solid structure. Lots of phasing going on in this one, almost makes it sound low-bitrate-ish at times, at least the support pads. I actually like how the percussion stays really soft throughout. The leads themselves are a little on the rigid side. Harp was a nice touch. I really dig and appreciate the effort you've put into the soundscape, here. The minimalist approach seems to fit this theme nicely. I think you've made a lot of progress on this one since the last submission Shaun, nice work. I'd say my main qualms would be the overly-mechanical melody, where I think you could have really utilized some slow pitch-bending techniques to really stir up that droning, ambient, vibe. Also, I hate to say it, but the arrangement leaves room for expansion. It didn't jump out immediately, mainly because your mix is done at a slower pace than the source, but there's plenty of room for you to take this theme and really truly make it "yours". I'd like to hear a resub on this one, for sure. Bend it, flex it, expand it, and really make a killer "avaris arrangement", in addition to the style. Do that, and you're in the green. Keep at it, bro! NO RESUBMIT

cool take on the theme, i really like it a lot. I absolutely loooove the stuttering. very creative use of the technique. guitar is beautiful, drums are ok... but kind of shallow. i'm kind of surprised at all the YES's on this one. This song has absolutely AWESOME AWESOME potential, but Larry's right. There is no meat. I repeat, NO. MEAT. The EQ has almost completely neglected the low end. This, my friend, is a WIP. I just can't get myself to be OK with this as a *completed* track. In terms of arrangement, 2:11 was kind of an awkward transition, but I liked the ambience thereafter, but I would have really appreciated more development from that point on. Rather than one 3 minute track, this seems more like listening to 2 short, underdeveloped tracks. Branch out on some ideas, fill up some more space, bring the bass and drum parts out. I think there's a great opportunity to throw a great bass riff in there. I wish "Moon Rhapsody" was already posted so I could give you an example of a track with a great bass countermelody and bass support in general. Keep at it, I'd hate for you to not resubmit this one, Chris. NO, PLZ RESUBMIT! KTHXZOMGWTFBBQBYE

i really like the *studio* version of this song. i've discussed this in #ocrjudges, because while i appreciate the *style* and intentions here, OCR has kind of evolved into a very finely-polished showcase. And while all genre's, styles, etc. are received with an open mind, some things just simply don't fit no matter how interesting the approach (Shnub's Espergirl comes to mind, which I LOVED) Quoth the submission standards: so yeah, that's pretty much it. as fun as it is to have a "live" version of your track, it's not really got that "showcase" appeal. I'm not saying I'll never YES a live track, but the deliverance is a little weak on this one. So I guess Malcos summed it up in a less-wordy fashion. I dig, man, but it's just not for here. NO

bump. $50 off and still a week to go before the group buy is over. That's about %30 off!

does anyone else think that's funny? Larry, I woooooove yooooou!!!!

Larry, you moron, Space Cadet Pinball has been installed on every Windows machine since what, Windows 95?! It's like fucking Solitaire, except it has music! ROFL No seriously, I don't care who you are. That's funny. I've half a mind to post this on the "Currently in the J-ing process" thread. I'll try to get an actual vote in on this tomorrow.

I'm kind of surprised remixes of such a short length aren't automatically slapped down with the "NO OVERRIDE" stick. I'm very disappointed in terms of the shortness. That being said, this is quite pretty. I like the eerie vibe until :29. A little muddy in terms of the mixing--a little too heavy on the mid-low end, I think. Man, there's really not much to say other than you need to find a way to stretch this one out a bit. I just can't get over how short this is. I realize that there are some rediculously short remixes on here, pretty much all really old mixes from before the panel was created, but those days are long gone. Take my fellow J's advice on this one and then bring this one back, bro. NO

See my original vote, and just know that really, all my previous gripes/concerns have been addressed. On that note, let me just say, that this is awesome work, my friend! I can't even begin to tell you how fun it is to listen to your much improved track. I liked the first version fairly well, but this is just plain fun. Creative variation in your sequencing scored you points, as well as a stronger arrangement. I love the tempo shifts. Fantastic gating/chopping as well. Good luck with the rest of the vote, Sebastian! YEP

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