BlazingDragon Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I'm attempting to remix the Song of Storms for solo piano, briefly borrowing elements from the Serenade of Water. I'm aiming to add a lot of my own style and stray from the source material quite a bit. I've made a good deal of progress but am having trouble deciding how to end the piece. Also, I'm a bit worried that the mix is too liberal. I just started on this earlier today and would appreciate any advice offered. Thanks in advance, ~Blaze http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/165200 As for a link to the source material...Who hasn't ever heard the Song of Storms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spakku Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I'm listening to this back to back with itself because of NewGrounds's constant looping of it, and I must say the almost unchanged Serenade of Water makes a solid ending to it. If you tweaked the tail end of the Serenade a little it could make a good close to the song, I think. Making a sad song on a piano is too over-done but I must admit it always sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingDragon Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 I was actually thinking something along those lines myself! While I'm somewhat set on ending with some rendition of the Serenade of Water, I'm trying to figure out a decent transition from the climax I built. I don't want to just suddenly drop into the Serenade, as it would be too jarring IMO. Sad piano is indeed cliche, but so is sad violin. As long as it sounds good though, I enjoy it. Thanks for the suggestion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingDragon Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 (Sorry for the double post >_>) I have made a great deal of progress on the remix and am just putting on any finishing touches. As far as the actual arrangement, it is pretty much complete. I edited the link in the first post to the new version of the mix, but here it is: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/165200 I could really use any advice you have to offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spakku Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Octave-swapping in the end was beautifully done. I commend you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Sound quality is terrible, piano seems granulized. Find better hosting. Please. The actual music, however, is pretty good, but a lot of the processing is lost in the file compression. Better hosting! You'll probably have to rewrite parts of the SoW to get by the judges, but it does make a good opening and ending. The creative bits require very little more work, imo. Production is impossible to comment on accurately with this sound quality. Okay, no more sound quality/hosting comments. Source is there, well interpreted, well written. See the second paragraph. Impressive stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingDragon Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 My knowledge of mastering is quite poor to say the least. I don't know what granulized means. I looked it up on google but did not find anything helpful. I will probably submit it as an e-mail attachment, as I don't know of many quality hosting sites. I was a bit worried that the SoW section was too close to being verbatim. I shrugged it off because it is such a small part of an otherwise liberal arrangement. If it ends up being a significant issue, I'll go back and modify it. As I said, my knowledge of mastering is rather poor. Perhaps the bad sound quality is not due to the host site? >_< I arranged this with nothing but free software. That may be one reason for the bad sound quality. (I used an FL Studio demo and a free piano sample I came across) Thank you for the comment! @Spakku: The octave swapping is one of my favorite parts. Unfortunately, the sample I used does not sound very crisp in the upper registers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I arranged this with nothing but free software. That may be one reason for the bad sound quality. (I used an FL Studio demo and a free piano sample I came across)... @Spakku: The octave swapping is one of my favorite parts. Unfortunately, the sample I used does not sound very crisp in the upper registers. Tindeck.com for hosting, it convenient to download from, and I haven't read any complaints about uploading to it either. Using free stuff shouldn't be a problem, with the possible exception of the DAW itself. Refer to the guides subforum, and try google with more specific keywords. If all else fails, ask in the ReMixing forum for a good piano sample. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nohbody Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 GAHH! Screw you. Ive been working on a solo pino mix of song of storms and serenade of water... godammit. I cant perform this well yet, and Id only be able to make a live recording. This isnt actual piano, is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSneak Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 This is marvelous. I thought I enjoyed the current Serenade of Water remix, but this just blows me away. Beautiful. I'm a whore for piano, but I'm drooling over this. I've always wanted to see each of the Zelda:OOT teleport songs made into fully realized, elaborate tunes. Thanks for doing this one, at the very least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingDragon Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 @Rozovian: Well, I submitted this last night. Perhaps that was a mistake. If it is rejected (Probably will be in the current state) I may just go back and tweak it before resubmitting. In any case, I *will* look for some better piano sounds and see if I can learn my DAW a bit better. I noticed that there are is slight popping at the beginning of the song and would like to find out if there is a way to edit that through mastering. Tindeck sounds like a good site. I'll definitely check it out. Thanks for the suggestion! @Glitch: Have you really? That is an odd chance. It isn't surprising that someone else is working on a piano mix of either of those songs, but what is the chance of both of us using the exact same two songs in a piano solo? O_o This was arranged in the demo of FL Studio using free sounds found on the internet. I couldn't half as good as this right now. >_< @ MrSneak: That is quite encouraging. Thank you for the comment! I would love to ReMix a variety of the Ocarina melodies piano. They are simple and ambiguous enough that I can easily add my own chords and fit in original material. That is one reason I have had such fun with this project so far! I do not believe that I've listened to the current Serenade of Water remix. I will check it out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSneak Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 @ MrSneak: That is quite encouraging. Thank you for the comment! I would love to ReMix a variety of the Ocarina melodies piano. They are simple and ambiguous enough that I can easily add my own chords and fit in original material. That is one reason I have had such fun with this project so far! I do not believe that I've listened to the current Serenade of Water remix. I will check it out now. Indeed, my pleasure. Yes, the OOT teleport songs are just... bursting with unrealized potential. I would be delighted if you wanted to pursue the others. And yes, do give it a listen, it's a good'un. ( http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01150/ ) EDIT: Heh, I realize I really love that mix because of the awesome piano at just after the first 3rd of the track. Go-go piano bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingDragon Posted August 16, 2008 Author Share Posted August 16, 2008 Indeed, my pleasure. Yes, the OOT teleport songs are just... bursting with unrealized potential. I would be delighted if you wanted to pursue the others. And yes, do give it a listen, it's a good'un. ( http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01150/ ) EDIT: Heh, I realize I really love that mix because of the awesome piano at just after the first 3rd of the track. Go-go piano bias. Oh! I *have* listened to that track before. I like the simple piano part myself. That is an enjoyable remix. On the ReMix I'm working on, I notice a slight "popping" on ome parts? could anybody tell me how I might remove this in FL Studio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Sounds good if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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