djpretzel Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 I'm very sorry....I found out that the link didn't work. I hope this is better.... Gr.,Niels -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Van: Niels van der Leest [mailto:info@nielsvanderleest.com] Verzonden: donderdag 12 januari 2006 10:55 Aan: 'submissions@ocremix.org' Onderwerp: Final Fantasy 9 - The Darkest Message - TheNelis The Darkest Message. LINK HERE A remix of two of my favourite songs from Final Fantasy 9: Dark Messenger Battle Theme This remix is a metal version of the two themes “interwoven” (I hope I said that right…Dutch you know) with each other. And much more I don’t have to say but, enjoy listening…. Gr.,TheNelis TheNelis info@nielsvanderleest.com www.nielsvanderleest.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/227 - Release Date: 11-1-2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/227 - Release Date: 11-1-2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vig Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 okay, the guitar is very bottom heavy. junk in the trunk. etc. it would be nice to have a separate bass. this song is all disjointed. The transitions are rather sudden and unexpected. instruments jump in and out. at any rate, this is a bitrate violation. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 We don't accept anything with a 224kbps bitrate: Submission Instructions & Standards[/url'>]Bitrate should be as low as possible to achieve the desired sound quality, within reason. We recommend and use the free MP3 encoder LAME. If it's a really short song, feel free to bump up the bitrate a bit, but do not exceed 192Kbps . . . if it's a realllly long song, and won't fit under 6MB, please consider cutting a shorter, alternate version. It's a bandwidth thang ^^ http://www.tzone.org/~llin/psf/packs2/FF9_psf.rar - 118 "Battle 1" & 415 "Dark Messenger" But into the meat of this. Going for the buttrock here I see. This isn't bad, but is too bottom heavy like Vig mentioned. A lot of the supporting elements tend to mush together indistinctly. Sections like 1:04-1:10, 1:16-1:23, 2:34-2:40, 2:46-2:53 just get grating. A saperate bass would have been nice, I agree. I didn't think the transitions posed any issue whatsoever, but the fluidity of the performance was lacking. Personally, I didn't like the synth guitar sound chosen at all (Dear Jesus, let it be synth - Signed, Larry). It seemed too shrill/piercing, and the melody at :32 just exposed the inhuman quality of the sound. The string samples also needed a more humanized sound. I'd suggest trying to even out the frequency range a bit more to tone down the bottom heavy feel and create some sound separation, and work on humanizing the guitar and string work. Lots of potential here, Niels. NO (rework) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJT Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 definetly isn't the worst submission i've heard, but it still needs a lot of work. when i was 16 or so, i began a FFIX medly that sounded a lot like this, just jumping from one idea to the next without much continuity. my advice would be to trim the arrangement down and get it to have a more unified feel from beginning to end. it'd also be cool if you could get a guitar player in the community or a friend to lend there axe to this mix. that, of course, isn't always an option. spend some more time on this one, it's worth refining. NO RESUBMIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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