DragonAvenger Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Remixer Name: Nekofrog Real Name: Justin Jones Userid: 5151 Name of game(s) arranged: Final Fantasy 8 Name of arrangement: Of Dreams and Time Name of individual song(s) arranged: The Extreme, The Man with the Machine gun Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc.: This one's been pretty much done for a while, but was always missing some things that kept me from submitting it. I'm still not entirely happy with it, as I had to record and mix it without anything other than a cheap $5 pair of headphones. Because of that, I'm sure there's bound to be an abundance of production issues. One of the funny things about this song is that Fishy's and my version of The Extreme share an almost identical riff somewhere in the middle; we found out completely by accident when comparing them a while back. Production issues or no, I'm calling this one over so I can get rid of the project file and wav's, so here you go, OCR. ------------------------ - Extreme - Machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 The mixing is a little rhythm guitar heavy and scooped, with the leads somewhat buried, but the arrangement works pretty well, with good transitions, and some exciting new material. Transitions are solid, and the drums are good enough with some variations and little flourishes. The weakest part is the ending, which feels pretty weak. I guess a fade sortof works, but I think a more composed ending would have been more satisfying. Overall it works though. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Andrew's got this. The arrangement is fine, and the transitions are great, but the ending is definitely a weakspot of the mix. I'll also agree about the leads feeling a little buried, although it's not too bad. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Hah, I totally remember that conversation. Neko was looking for a someone to play some super-fast lead bits (that I couldn't do either) and by lols I had an incomplete remix of the same thing. They were so similar in some aspects (the breakdown in particular) but so different at the same time. Not really much to add to the other votes. Definitely above bar but the ending is a little disappointing. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emunator Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 For being mixed on a pair of 5 dollar headphones, this is not bad at all. The arrangement and performance is extremely solid as I've come to expect, although I am hearing some sloppiness with the clean guitar/synth/bass about 3/4ths through the song. Despite some issues with the lead being a bit buried, it's not nearly enough to swing this vote in the negative direction. I really like what I'm hearing here The ending is weaksauce, I'd like to have heard a much more drawn out fadeout with some soloing going on if that's the direction you wanted to take it, but meh. It's not a dealbreaker. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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