ORC 130 - The beginning...

[Doulifée]

- The Original Remixing Competition -

Welcome to ORC129.

Source Material

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Just64helpin - The beginning - MIDI

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Good luck everyone.

Deadline

16th May Midnight US East Coast

The contest is a monthly contest so the deadline is programmed to be the 3rd sunday of the month. Voting stage will follow till the 4th sunday of the month. Next context will start again the first of the next month.

The Quick Rules Rundown

Step 1 -Submission:-

1. Anyone can enter regardless of your remixing ability.

2. Filesize is limited to 8 meg.

3. You may only enter one piece. but can collab on a second one.

4. When you've finished your entry, post it in the compo tha sauce system. HERE.

5. You may submit your piece as a MIDI, MP3 or OGG file.

Step 2 -Vote:-

Voting will be done via Thasauce. Voting stage will last 1 week from the 16th to the 23th Midnight .

Important:Don't vote for yourself (and in a case of a 1vs1 don't vote at all)

About the comment:

You are now allowed to comment anytime EXCEPT during the voting stage..

that mean that once a mix is posted, you can feedback it, until the submission process is over. Remixer are able to fix/enhance it until the deadline. The date in the PM/Email will be used to upload the most recent one.

About a draw in the result:

It happen sometime. Both remixer are still officially Winner, but i'll ask the remixer with the less "Win" to send me his song.

[JH Sounds]

Just64helpin - The beginning - MIDI

Fun fact: the track is actually called "Beginning", not "The Beginning".

[Doulifée]

my usual monthly mistake when i start a ORC

[hewhoisiam]

Aw, you mean... It has a name?

I'll see if I can get something hammered out. #9 hammer this time.

[hewhoisiam]

Since theory hurts me, you all can see if this is right, who knows, maybe it'll help somebody.

Key of A, progression

E G# B : V

F# A C# : vi

F# A D : IV (inverted, D F# A)

E G# B : V

E G B : v

Is it normal to go from major mode to minor mode? V vi IV V is all major, v is minor. Here's to hoping I get all this someday.

[hewhoisiam]

I have NO idea what this is doing Q.Q

PIANO

E G# B : V

F# A C# : vi

F# A D : IV (inverted, D F# A)

E G# B : V

E G B : v

THEN

B E G#

D F# A

C E G

B E G#

B D# F#

B E G#

D G B

B D# F#

B E G#

D F# A

C E G

B E G#

B D# F#

B E G#

D G B

B D# F#

B E F#

This thread isn't really active anyway, maybe I can just cheat and do teknopartie.

[WillRock]

Haven't posted here in a while... Won't be doing any remixing for this, but I might end up voting.

Nice source J64H.

[Kyle Nin]

Only one day left.

[Gario]

*hand flies toward the Submit button*

Holy crap, that was a fast song, there. Sorry for the brevity, but I was under quite a time constraint. At least it isn't a single song compo, this time 'round!

I hate single song compos . J64H is a cool guy so I wouldn't want him to get stuck with one of those.

Alrighty, have fun voting, folks!

[JH Sounds]

Great entries, guys.

[analoq]

(and in a case of a 1vs1 don't vote at all)

Mmm, I'm gonna break that rule. I voted so I could leave comments.

cheers.

[Gario]

No problem - I'll vote too and give some comments.

I had the whole damn thing analyzed, Hewhoisiam, but the damn system ate my message. I might do it again in a bit for you .

[hewhoisiam]

I think I'm going to have to break down and shell out some money for a real theory class Q.Q

[Gario]

Don't worry - you've got you're daily neighborhood music theorist, to do the work for you!

Alrighty, instead of analyzing every single change, let's say that every quick chord change is a simple neighbor tone combination (for example, 0:06-0:08 would have a lower neighbor, not actually have a chord change).

I-bVII7-bVI-I <-- The flat chords use a technique called 'Primary Mixture', meaning they take chords from the parallel minor and use them. It's a cool technique.

I-bVII7-bVI-V64-53

I-bVII-bVI-I-V-I-bIII-V-I

I-bVII-bVI-I-bIII-V-I

i-VI-iv-V <-- Oh, he modulated to minor, for a sweet little section, there. Tasty.

i-VI-iv-V

I-bVII7-bVII-I

(-bVii7-bVII-V64-53

I-bVII-VI-V64-53

I-bIII-V-I

I-bVII-VI-V64-53

I-bIII-V-I

i-VI-iv-V

i-VI-iv-V

I-VII7-bVII-I

I-bVII7-VII-I

I-bVII-bVI-V64-53

I-bIII-V-I

I-i-I-i...-V-I

I think that's the basics of it... Personally I'd reduce a whole lot of that to neighboring motions, but a lot of people don't like it when I do that .

Personally, this is one of the most interesting mixes on ORC that I've seen, and I had a bunch of fun mixing it. Also, I think you have an affinity with Mixture, J64H.

[Gario]

Aaaaaaand... this round goes to Analoq!

Nice work with it, dude - didn't expect to win over your track this time around, anyhow. Surprised there weren't any comments on the cheezy Kuwanger reference in mine, lol. Here's looking forward to ORC 131 (and here's to me remembering to update my damn signature this time ).

[analoq]

I could listen to this all da... OH MY GOD! IT'S FREAKING BREAKING APART!!

hahaha, well said.

I don't think I officially win until it's announced by Doulifee, but in the meantime:

If anyone would like to pick a number between 1996 and 2002, as those are the years which most of my General MIDI files have been composed...

cheers.

[Doulifée]

hahaha, well said.

I don't think I officially win until it's announced by Doulifee, but in the meantime:

If anyone would like to pick a number between 1996 and 2002, as those are the years which most of my General MIDI files have been composed...

cheers.

now that you are officially the winner (i said it) i pick N°1998

[analoq]

Well let's see what MIDIs would work for a compo, in 1998 I:

- transcribed some vgm (no good)

- wrote a few counterpoint pieces (probably no good)

- experimented with serialism (definitely no good)

That leaves:

a) short, brassy orchestral piece

simple lullaby originally composed in '95, sequenced to MIDI in '98

Someone (other than Doulifee) pick A or B and I'll have my source material ready.

cheers.

[Gario]

lol, we're on the same boat, dude - none of my submissions are past 04', since I don't have a program that satisfyingly writes midis, anymore.

Personally, if we got a choice, I'd go with the lullaby. That's just me, though - it's your call.

And grats for the official win from Doulifée.

[analoq]

Of course it's up to me but I offer a choice because it's all the same to me. The lullaby it is.

I can produce general MIDIs well enough with Logic but since 2002 or so my music has relied on recordings (guitar,bass,analogue synths,etc.), effects, loop slicing, and other things that don't translate well to MIDI. Fortunately I have an ample pool of old MIDI music to leverage for times like these.

cheers.

[Nase]

ahh, an analoq midi. i still have fond memories of the last analoq ORC i took part in. must've been 5 years ago...

hope i don't forget about this, for old times' sake!

[analoq]

Are you the artist formerly known as Nasenmann? Because if so your entry was indeed awesome.

[Nase]

you actually remember it. thanks man!

gonna have a look at the new source now. wonder how well i'll be able to mix with one hand (had carpal tunnel op yesterday). typing is still a bitch...