Arcana

I bought a headset, so now I can participate in VGDJ live shows.

Is that what that smiley-face is supposed to be? I always thought it was like, a nose or something. Happy birthday Rayza. I'm right behind you...

No one's demanding anything, Compyfox... but if you're going to post in this thread and write, "Can't wait to see a "mastering" tutorial and all the n00bs raging on about it after that. "zircon said so... I'm a master in masterin nowx0rz!"" then I'm going to look at that and say, "Well, then, tell us how it's done." I know you have a lot of pride in your work, and you repeatedly remind us that mastering is difficult, but there's no need to be sarcastic. Just like there are n00bs who submit to OCR after posting in the WIP forum and getting "OMG YOUR SONG IS SO AWESOME", there are going to be n00bs who will read a tutorial and think, "OMG I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT MASTERING!" All you have to do, Fox, is sit in the corner and smile, knowing that there'll be no threat to your job security any time in the near future. Anyway, I think my point is really not to pass judgement on the people who read the tutorials, and not to speak out against tutorials just because someone who reads it might misrepresent himself as an expert. At the same time, don't speak out against the person who wrote the tutorial either; just because you don't personally think it's useful doesn't mean that no one else should see it either. If there's something that's truly wrong with the tutorial (incorrect facts, poor presentation, etc.) then leave the writer of the tutorial a PM and suggest that they repair it. Of course, there are such thing as BAD tutorials, but I don't think anyone can say that zircon's tips should not be read. zircon, nice to hear that you've decided to stay around. Your presence around this site benefits the community.

*coughcough* Try the demo first (or Reason Adapted) and buy it if you like it. *cough* If the other person uninstalled it and transferred the copy of the license to you then you should be able to contact tech support.

It's always the risk of writing a tutorial to ANYTHING and it depends on how much pride one has in his art -- I can understand how you can be bitter about this, but the thing is that a noob will never become a veteran if they don't have a place to start. How did YOU learn how to master? Was it something you were born with, or did you read books, work with audio gear, talk to pros, and practice? Frankly, anyone who believes that reading a series on Zircon's remixing tips will make them a pro-musician, or that talking to Compyfox about mastering will make them an awesome audio engineer, or that buying an expensive book online and reading it cover to cover will make them totally awesome is deluding themselves. HOWEVER, every little bit helps someone who's thinking about getting into it. If I have no clue what mastering is, and want to learn, I'm going to have to go somewhere and read something... and I'm going to want to read something, then I'm going to read something written by someone who knows what they're doing.

and as Bob Katz wrote in his book I guess this should be clearly stated in your 5th episode, zircon. Still some nice "starter" tutorials. Thanks bro. If you have a moment, you should see if you two can get together and co-author something, or maybe you can add to the series and write something to help people out. This series of tips is the closest thing we have to an "introduction to remixing" as we have on this site.

It's scary how I totally forgot about this.

Malcos is a man of action!

You can also: 1) use different song files. Export to different wavs and concatenate the wavs together. 2) Use Rewire into a host that supports automated tempo changes.

WOAH 51 MINUTES HOT. MORE RAYZA AND AURORA.

Uuuuhhhhh... there's a time signature thingy in the Transport. Use that.

In addition you probably want to change the Resolution dial to like 3/8 or 3/16 or something to get the compound feel. How do you do that? The only ones I see are 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16, 1/16T, etc. Oh oops, use 1/8T or 1/16T.

In addition you probably want to change the Resolution dial to like 3/8 or 3/16 or something to get the compound feel.

Edited: Oh. Rayza. Can you forgive me?

VOTE Shnab to replace Rayza if Rayza ever goes away!!!

Very mellow. Bring yourself straight to the lounge with this one. Neskvartetten brings us here a very laid-back, smooth Jazz remix with his latest posting to OCR. The original tune is barely recognizeable, but might be familiar to those who have heard some of the artist's previous work - namely, "Link Goes to New Orleans". The whole song is rather minimalistic, but refers back to the source enough to be familiar. This song is one of those interesting ones in that it doesn't strike you up front. You do not turn your head and notice this one right away, so in that sense, it differs from a lot of the other remixes on this site. However, it's well produced, and sounds amazingly natural. You literally slide right into this one. The organ is jsut right, and the bass is excellent. However, I'd mostly recommend it to people who are rather appreciative of smooth jazz, because it moves along slowly, and not enough occurs in the duration of this mix to keep firm user interest. It moves along at a slow pace, and has a great improv feel to it, but when it passes, you might not even notice it's gone. There's a slight climax at 3:00, and a stronger one closer to 3:53, but the track does not change mood abruptly or vary strongly in volume. You get exactly what it is from the start - and nothing more, nothing less. It's certainly worth listening to at least once, and jazz fans may really dig this. For me, it was a fascinating listen, but nothing I would repeatedly enjoy over and over again. Definitely worthy of being on OCR, for its uniqueness and the atmosphere that the track generates.

What are you talking about? Border crossing is like, totally effortless. I'd just say I'm visiting a friend. And then the border guard would be like, "Is she your girlfriend?" And then I'd say, "No, she isn't." And then he'll laugh and be like, "Yeah, right."

LOL. DON'T WORRY PIXIETRICKS I'LL PROTECT YOU

I'm literally tingling with excitement. TMI, TMI... Didn't I say that you're getting up there as the Most Desirable Woman on OCR?

Because everyone knows the real reason why we all listen to VGDJ.

You don't want to introduce yourself in Unmod. And go more than one person talking! I agree that if it was just Rayza, I wouldn't listen to the show as much.

See "Spider CV Merger/Splitter".

Great song. And yes, it was Analoq, not Danny B. Props to Analoq for giving us quotable material! (Sorry, I want to delete this post but the delete button is strangely missing.)

Some interesting stuff here - the melody and the tension and buildups are quite nice. It's catchy and has a great flamenco feel to it. The instruments sound painfully synthy, however. It doesn't take away from the dynamic arrangement, and the sequencing is still quite powerful, but you can't help but to notice it when you first play the piece. Danny B I MEAN ANALOQ said it well when he said that because the whole piece sounds pretty fake, it's easy to suspend the disbelief and just listen. Lots of exchanges between the various horns and the strings. That's some fun stuff. Good dynamic range and buildups and releases, as well. The song has a very nice pace to it as well. It's very energetic, and sounds like something that you'd immediately put into a video game as the "fast paced chase theme". The percussion in the background, and some of the instruments sound pretty bad in the higher registers, but outside of this, it's quite a worthy first submission and posting. About time that DZComposer had something posted. Way to make an entry!

And what assumptions about what group have people made about Mustin? What, is this OCR vs. OUS? I didn't see anything on this thread that suggested that it's one group against another... a few people have denounced the sarcastic comment made by Mustin, but to me, it was a specific retort to Mustin as an individual, and not to any supposed "group" that he represents. Even if Mustin liked the song, his sarcasm suggested otherwise. In any case, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but in the interests of keeping all of the review threads beneficial, everyone who says "SONG BAD" should really be backing them up with explanations. One might wonder why "SONG GOOD" should not be similarly backed up - the song (and the artist by proxy) has already gone through a rigourous review process in the form of DJP and his Judges' panel, and thus has passed a certain baseline of "good". Also, a lot of people who visit are fans and just want to show support, which is more positive than trying to denounce an artist. It is the way of life - if you go along with a status quo, you don't need to explain in detail why you are agreeing with the status quo. If you are, however, denying the state of the current crowd, then it is in your best interest, as well as respectful to the remixer, to explain exactly why you felt that the song was not up to your personal standards. Enough politics. This is a review thread, and I've said too much about non-review items. Let me move on to a review, then. ~~~~ I must confess that this song failed to capture my attention during my first listen. I heard the first verse, but the rest of the song failed to register in my mind as words - there's an interesting use of reverb and layering here that makes the lyrics extremely ambient - something like the soft 'oohs' and 'ahhs' that I heard from pixietricks in Journey's End. ... yes, I just compared Brandon's voice to Jill's. I think that increasing the volume of the lyrics in the beginning may have reduced this environmental effect. I don't even think the lyrics are really meant to be listened to, myself. It's meant to be felt. This song is very interesting in that it doesn't make itself stand out unless it is listened to closely - it creeps up on you, and manages to imprint itself into your mind quietly and subtlely. Nice drumwork, great guitar work going on here. This track has strong production. My only observable problem is the transition in metre at 2:10, which sounds almost like a skip. The transition at 2:33 with the repeating syllables - awesome. The whole original improvisation section sets up some variation in the song while keeping the mood, and again we have more of Brandon's great voice work going on. There's a lot of variation here and this is definitely material that most people should be able to enjoy, or, at the least, understand what the hype is about. Sure, there's a lot of hype about this track, but you cannot deny that most of it is pretty deserved. The song caters to certain tastes. If you don't like it, then I would suggest that it is due to personal taste, rather than something specific that Brandon did poorly or incorrectly. Great work.