djpretzel Posted October 5, 2003 Posted October 5, 2003 Note: radio link is free for hi-fi stream, file dl require register -djp Hello there. Still here, still trying to get one of my piano arrangements up there. In the slight rare chance you guys forgot me (of course you didn't...) Remixer: Blak_Omen Remix Title: Chrono Trigger - Black Night Original Song: Chrono Trigger - At The Bottom Of Night Email: darketernal_13@hotmail.com Remix at: Comments: I was going through all the Chrono Trigger remixes at Overclocked the other day, and I noticed everybody seemed to love Zeal or Schala and favoured a dance/trance feel. I decided to join kLuTz and submit a piano remix of an uncovered (?) song which I really liked (I was surprised this one wasn't done already). I took a lot of artistic creativity with this one (or so some say) - the dissonance IS deliberate in places, yes, the rhythms may be wrong, whatever - this was my interpretation and nothing more or nothing less. I was going for a sorrowful feel throughout the piece so...uh....enjoy. Please, please get through! I'm preparing for weeks of tense waiting. Thank yer kindly.
Malcos Posted October 17, 2003 Posted October 17, 2003 This is a good arrangement, and I do like the dissonance (as always). I thought that some sustain was needed occasionally, as some sections felt quite dry. In addition, it was played a little too straight, too on the beat. This could have done with some more humanity methinks. NO
Disco Dan Posted October 19, 2003 Posted October 19, 2003 it was played a little too straight Probably sequenced, actually, as it sounds VERY mechanical with little to no sustain on the notes. Makes it sound very artificial. Lose the player-piano sound and add some realistic sustain, and we've got a winner. For now: NO D
Israfel Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 Yeah, I'm with the others here. Sequencing piano is some hard work, but unless you're doing a Conlon Nancarrow impersonation (yea! for obscure references! ), then you really have to take the time and humanize. I think you tried to do some things in that regard, but it still sounds a bit too mechanical to pass. NO
analoq Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 i like the arrangement, flows more smoothly than the last track we heard from you. the mechanical sequencing was already described 3 different ways, but here's a 4th anyways: it's woody sounding, there's not a noticable sustain* going off and on in the phrasing. and, try some reverb with a long tail, that will give this mix some of the depth it needs and help cover up the not-so-good piano samples. no *if sustain wasn't part of your artistic vision, that's fine too. but at least try the long tail reverb?
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