DragonAvenger Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Original decision Artist:HoboKa Game: Donkey Kong Country 3 (project remix) Song: Boss Boogie Description: Plz refer to other description prior to resub, providing this gets passed. -------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECHxV2GFf18
DragonAvenger Posted February 28, 2011 Author Posted February 28, 2011 There are definitely a lot of improvements going on here, but I think in some cases the improvements went a little too far. The countermelody actually needs to be a tad louder now, and the reverb is a little bit much, but is alright as is. Hearing this cleaned up has brought to light that the arrangement overall is a bit sparse overall, and repetitious, and I'm disappointed in myself for not noticing it the first time I judged it. I think you could do more to expand on the source theme here. I will mention that the very end (2:27) with the changed bass line is actually a great start, and I would like to hear more of that sort of expansion overall. The drum sequencing could use a little more spice as well. There is a lot of improvement from the first sub, but it needs some more work. NO (resubmit)
OceansAndrew Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 In some ways this is a step forward, and in some ways, a step back. First, you brought the volumes down, which is good, and the reverb, while still high is more manageable. I think you brought the counterpoint down too much though, so it feels a bit disconnected to the track, and makes things feel even more empty and repetitious than the first time around. I think now that the soundscape is cleaner, and the counterpoint is down, it feels like an afterthought. That part needs to come back a little more. The compression issue I heard before was gone, so nice work there, and things felt a lot cleaner on the production side as a whole. So overall, the production is much improved, still a bit much reverb, but the counterpoint was taken down too far, now revealing the song to being super repetitive. Needs to be adjusted, and maybe mix up the parts a bit more. Keep at it! No, please resubmit
Palpable Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 Yep, an improvement, but still doesn't have the mixing smoothness that it would need to be over the bar. The drums and bass are still sitting in a very weird place, way out front. I mean, sometimes drums are ok to have out front like that, the bass shouldn't be there. I really think you should find a similar song (maybe some Nine Inch Nails?) and do some A-B comparisons to get the instrument shapes and levels correct. The arrangement doesn't need to change as far as I'm concerned - it's good enough to meet the bar. If you can get the production where it needs to be, you're there. NO (resubmit)
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