timaeus222 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) Wow, no one responded to MindWanderer's review plea. Okay, I'll do it then. Again, these are all objective. Pond Scum Phoenix - Wow, this is actually really loud. Nice swing rhythm and great source interpretation, but there's a really drastic imbalance in the frequencies. A whole bunch of subs and upper treble, and very little upper mids and filler frequencies. For the most part, there's a lead, drums, bass, and sometimes an arp, but not much filler material such as pads or other sustained instruments defining a chord progression. Something to think about. Liquid Metal 2 - Mixing for the most part is good. Vocals are intelligible. Out of personal taste, I would have liked the vocals to be pushed back just a little bit. They feel a touch too dry even with the reverb you probably did put. Also, 2:14 might have a weird rhythmic hiccup in the bass? Didn't really get into the hip hop section. Just not my thing. Meat. Archetype Stone - Nice implementation of those chiptune SFX with the orchestral intro. Great bass. Interesting dubstep section. Nice drop at 1:46, though I expected more sustained bass after it. Ah well. I suspect you ran out of time. Waterfall's Return - Really quiet and muddy. What I would suggest is you do whatever it is you're most confident in doing, and practice what you aren't yet confident in. Harmonically, there isn't too much going on, and the percussion is clashing with the waterfall SFX. Perhaps you ran out of time too. Komo Sanctu et Shadedog Morientia - I liked the intro. Source usage was well done. The writing was good, but the production brought it down some. It's peaking near -3dB, and in Larry's words, "It's like hearing a good sketch/mock-up version of a composition where all the meat isn't on the bones; everything sounds flatter and less expressive than it should as far as conveying the energy inherent in the arrangement." This almost sounds like this, tonally. With good production and mastering, this actually has a decent chance of passing the panel, dude. Circuit Breaker - Pretty good bass. The snare was pretty resonant though, at ~10000Hz. Awesome chiptune work. The really high notes at 1:16 were quite piercing though, especially because of how thin the timbre was without much modulation for those notes. Overall, really fun mix. Slash Through Space and Destroy - Nice work. Things seemed a little overcompressed and just a little bit quiet, but the guitar work was great. Sources were well-integrated. Sometimes the bass was pretty cool. The kick had far too much mids though, and I don't know if you put distortion on the drums but they sound like they're clipping a little via purposeful distortion. Poo fadeout. My Wily Valentine - Nice improv. Reminds me a little bit of Andy Timmons's stuff, as well as the "Memories of a Master" OC ReMix. Edited September 27, 2013 by timaeus222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garpocalypse Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Komo Sanctu et Shadedog Morientia - I liked the intro. Source usage was well done. The writing was good, but the production brought it down some. It's peaking near -3dB, and in Larry's words, "It's like hearing a good sketch/mock-up version of a composition where all the meat isn't on the bones; everything sounds flatter and less expressive than it should as far as conveying the energy inherent in the arrangement." This almost sounds like this, tonally. With good production and mastering, this actually has a decent chance of passing the panel, dude. I think the problem is with Steven Slate Drums. Shadedog II, which used session drummer 2, ended up being alot louder than both Shadedog I and III. One thing I noticed is that i'm getting these really sharp transients in the final waveform that are probably giving me the wrong idea where the peaks are. The thing is once I encode it the transients are gone and the piece is 3+db too quiet. Haven't figured out how to fix it yet, probably won't ever be able to, but thanks for the review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 smexoscope might help ya there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garpocalypse Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 smexoscope might help ya there. I loaded Sanctu into Audacity just to show you what I mean. You can see the problem that gives me in getting the right volume. The intro which has no drums is smooth but as soon as the drums kick in around 0:20 that's when everything gets weird. This problem has been dogging all of my metal remixes for the past two years and I haven't found any solutions yet. The transients aren't even audible yet they set the meter off like crazy and it happens with every single SSD kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I loaded Sanctu into Audacity just to show you what I mean. You can see the problem that gives me in getting the right volume. The intro which has no drums is smooth but as soon as the drums kick in around 0:20 that's when everything gets weird. This problem has been dogging all of my metal remixes for the past two years and I haven't found any solutions yet. The transients aren't even audible yet they set the meter off like crazy and it happens with every single SSD kit. Honestly that wav looks like it suffers from lack of loudness war. Gotta boost and limit bro jk or am i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garpocalypse Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Honestly that wav looks like it suffers from lack of loudness war. Gotta boost and limit bro jk or am i That one I pushed about as loud as I could take it before it started clipping and I still had alot further to go. I don't get what's going on but I still love SSD. I think the only thing to try is going with session drummer instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I loaded Sanctu into Audacity just to show you what I mean. You can see the problem that gives me in getting the right volume. The intro which has no drums is smooth but as soon as the drums kick in around 0:20 that's when everything gets weird. This problem has been dogging all of my metal remixes for the past two years and I haven't found any solutions yet. The transients aren't even audible yet they set the meter off like crazy and it happens with every single SSD kit. Weird. Alright, hope you get that resolved man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 That one I pushed about as loud as I could take it before it started clipping and I still had alot further to go. I don't get what's going on but I still love SSD. I think the only thing to try is going with session drummer instead. If you could send it to me unmastered, I could take a look at it, and possibly show you what I did unless it doesn't work out. But if it doesn't work out I could tell you what in the mix prevented it from working out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParahSalin' Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Happy Birthday Brandon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 (edited) Same, but in the Community topic. Also, get hyped for the final round mixes! Rush Riders are going all-out this time! Even more so than Round 2. =D Edited September 29, 2013 by timaeus222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjjD Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Hey everyone, just got a chance to start working on it. Been tending to a lifelong family problem the past few days and haven't had time. I'll see what I can do tonight though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Oh mah gawd, 17 hours? Good luck. =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaReaper Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Oh mah gawd, 17 hours? Good luck. =D If Briggs and Theory of N can win with that strat, than Jake has a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 If Briggs and Theory of N can win with that strat, than Jake has a chance. I'm sure he does, though it *is* a pretty short time. My personal fastest is 5 hours, but even then it was only 1 minute long and I spent 10 more hours on the bass mixing because it was ridiculous on the low end presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamphibious Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Alright, just submitted my mix. This was a super fun one, and its got some real smooth pad and piano stuff from SuperiorX. I tried my best to make some leads of Gario caliber, he got sick and couldn't do his own. Dunno if I succeeded though Aw well. Can't wait to hear everyone elses mixes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfire Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Submitted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share Posted September 29, 2013 Mixes are slowly coming in. I want to remind everyone once the voting starts that the primary criteria for your votes should be how well the source tunes are used in the remix. This is probably something I need to make clearer to the artists the next time I run one of these competitions, because as this competition has progressed, people have been submitting tracks have been increasingly liberal, to the point where I'm not even sure that they're using the source tunes in a significant way. I love the creativity people are bringing to the table but in the end this is a remix competition, not an original music competition. Please keep this in mind as you're evaluating the remixes for your votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I've already submitted all my entries to OCR. I'm confident in their source usage. I apologize for not being able to participate in the final round.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjjD Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I've already submitted all my entries to OCR. I'm confident in their source usage. I apologize for not being able to participate in the final round.. Yeah...adding onto that, I was unable to finish anything myself. Sorry guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonectric Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 We're about done. Last-minute scramble as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Submitted! I cut it close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonetic Hero Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) Had about 5 minutes to master and now I'm waiting on the damn upload EDIT: Done and subbed. HL sent one off too in case mine was too late, but I ended up only being 3 or 4 minutes past, hopefully that's cool Edited September 29, 2013 by Phonetic Hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParahSalin' Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I submitted it. That was fun! I'd like to thank everybody for all the help and constructive criticisms. About our song: Unfortunately, we lost Zerothemaster in the battle. SilvernixSP and I was debating what to do for the last round. I came up with the song idea and my teammate mentioned doing vocals. First I didn't want it, because English is our second language (or third or fourth), but when I found out SilvernixSP's native language is French (imo the sexiest language on Earth) I encouraged him to do the vocals. That's how our song was born. And now here's the lyrics: -Mega Man 6 ending part- Nous voici à la toute dernière ronde Nous n'allons pas perdre notre temps encore moins une seconde Mais y'en a qui se sont défié A mettre des vocals Dans nos music remixé Alors faisons le nous aussi-si-si-si -Nitro Man part- L'armé des Metools viens tout juste de s'engagé-é Le frelon c'est p-etre faite exterminé-é Nous avons perdu un homme contre le docteur malfaiteur Mais nous revenont avec une force destructeur -Hornet Man part- Nous sommes les débutants Et nous avous pas froid Car il y a toujours un commencement Ce fut très instructif Et peut-être qu'un autre fois On sera beucoups plus compétitif (ben ouais!) yeah right! On va tous vous battre Vous avez aucune chance On va tous vous battre Car la victoire est pour nous Quand tu mix du nitro avec un zippo Ca va te donné un putain de flambeau Vous allez que collecté, un vrai chaos Vous allez pas nous éteindre avec de l'eau -Heat Man part- On se cache sous notre casque Vous pouvez pas nous battre On peut vraiment tout résisté Vous perdez juste votre temps a toujours nous attaqué On se cache sous notre casque Vous pouvez pas nous battre C'est le début de la fin Car la victoire est a nous bande de crétin Will burn Everything to the ground That's how I'm gonna beat you down Faster than a superbike You're all going to lose, Alright! This is not going to end well You will only suffer in hell We have enough of your shit and I'm sure that you're going to rage quit On se cache sous notre casque Vous pouvez pas nous battre On peut vraiment tout résisté Vous perdé juste votre temps a toujours nous attaqué On se cache sous notre casque Vous pouvez pas nous battre C'est le début de la fin Car la victoire est à nous bande de crétin -Hornet Man part- Nous sommes les débutants Et nous avous pas froid Car il y a toujours un commencement Ce fut très instructif Et peut-être qu'un autre fois On sera beucoups plus compétitif (ben ouais!) yeah right! -Heat Man part- On se cache sous notre casque Vous pouvez pas nous battre On peut vraiment tout résisté Vous perdé juste votre temps a toujours nous attaqué On se cache sous notre casque Vous pouvez pas nous battre C'est le début de la fin Car la victoire est à nous bande de crétin Voila. I hope you guys like it a bit. I'm going out now, I need a drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Yeah...adding onto that, I was unable to finish anything myself. Sorry guys. so nothing from the hard men? D: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjjD Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 so nothing from the hard men? D: yeah, Ben couldn't and I don't think Nathan wanted to. I've been busy with cleaning my house all week to make incoming guests as comfortable as possible for a wedding on Monday...it's been crazy. But this has been a fun competition, and I look forward to all entries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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