djpretzel Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 This is a mix of the intro from Ninja Gaiden II, performed by Ryan8bit, pingosimon, and xthexstrayxcatx. Should you decide to post this song, pingosimon would like to list his: e-mail address: pingosimon@hotmail.com website: www.geocities.com/pingosimon A breakdown of who did what: Ryan8bit: Played guitars and electric bass. Arranged drums and basic structure. Did all the mixing and production. pingosimon: Played contrabass. Arranged the middle string section. xthexstrayxcatx: Played the violins. (id3 tags didn't allow long enough name for her, but she is pingosimon's girlfriend, and is ok being credited under his name) Thank you for your time. -Ryan8bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcos Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 It would have been nice for the string instruments to have some more reverb on them, they sound a bit dry. But this mix has something about it. I've never played Ninja Gaiden II, so I cannot judge the similarity to the original, but I say YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Coma Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 First thought that comes to mind is how bad the violin playing is in the beginning. When it runs in full harmony with other instruments it's better, but by itself without backing tracks it's quite the sore. The string section in the middle grates on my headphones, probably due to loudness and the dry mixing, and a lot of the cymbal hits sound misplaced. The arrangement is okay, but I can't get past the poor violin and dry pitch guitar. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vig Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 okay so...the playing is pretty nice...the arrangement isnt terrible. but there's some serious mud dripping from this recording. the violin sounds way too dry. The guitar is too muddy to be heard the way it is supposed to... arrangement-wise...the string interlude on is really rockin. but the mastering and recording is really really bad. i want a re-recording. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protricity Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Poor recording quality, average mixing, violin playing is sub par. Weak/simplistic drums. Guitar gets better later on. Basically as binnie and vig summed up already, this song lacks in tact, sound quality, and performance. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 There's really not much else to say that hasn't already been said. The percussion's really generic, and Stray Cat's violin was really dry. I would have loved to have heard some effects on it to give it more depth. Like Coma pointed out, this really grated through my headphones as well. Once all the instruments start working together around the 1-minute mark, everything poorly melds together. I liked the idea of the transition into the Pingo & Stray Cat contrabass/viloin duet, but it worked in theory and not in execution. 2:48 was a welcome change of pace and the last minute or so at least closed this out much stronger than it began. No offense intended, but this needs a lot of polish. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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