MnP 20: Kirby's Dream Land 3 - Ripple Field 3

[HoboKa]

Compo: MnP (Meat 'n Potatoes)

Round 20: Kirby's Dreamland 3 - Ripplefield 3

I choose... Ripple Field 3 from Kirby's Dreamland 3! Always thought it was a pretty groovy track.

-Blaine

Midi

Starts: 27/07/2014

Ends: 11/08/2014 2pm Monday

Vote Ends: 14/08/2014 2pm Thursday

Submit your remix Here when completed.

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MISSION STATEMENT

The goal of Compo:MnP is to promote that "meat and potatoes" conservative approach to remixing: this includes the mood and composition of source tunes. It is up to the remixer to create their own personalization, or to simply give it a sound upgrade. Moreover, the compo is a great opportunity to hone your remixing skills and give video game music the respect that is due. A modicum of originality is recommended, but not required.

All competitors and voters must adhere to the rules stated within: Competition Code and Conduct *

MnP Instructions

1. Covers and Sound Upgrades are permitted.

2. As long as you can still capture the source tune's mood and around 75% of the notation, you'll be golden. If you're going to change the genre up completely, be sure to keep the previous statement in mind. For example, a source tune that is fast-paced and energetic that's remixed into a mellow/chill-out theme would be a hard sell. Please refer to the example tracks at the bottom to get a feel for what I mean. Or better yet, check out the submissions of previous rounds.

3. Submissions must be at a maximum of 20mb (keeping in step with ThaSauce's file size max).

4. Only 1 entry per participant.

5. Previous winner cannot participate, but can submit a bonus, as well as have a vote that counts 2x

6. Submission must be made specifically for this competition, otherwise it will have to be a bonus track. Taking an old idea of yours and heavily revising it is permissible.

Example Tracks:

FF7_SonOfChaos,

SMW_Monstrous_Turtles,

Hitman_Contract_Cleaner,

MISC/TIPS

- When picking a source tune, make sure it has a MIDI to make ppl's lives easier.

- In-game sound FX are permitted, so long as they don't comprise the whole track (i.e. replacing entire MIDI tracks with just sfx)

- Certain sad or moody source tunes don't have drums or percussion for a reason. So keeping it that way may be the easiest way to retain much of the original feel, such as

and

Edited August 13, 2014 by HoboKa

[gercr]

Nice source, sounds prety good and kind of funky

[Unknown Alias]

Ahh why not, I'll make a fun little cover of this! First time doing something for one of these, so I hope I'll do alright.

[HoboKa]

Ahh why not, I'll make a fun little cover of this! First time doing something for one of these, so I hope I'll do alright.

Cool, new people is always a good thing.

Make sure to register at ThaSauce so you can submit your track.

[Blaine]

I want to do a bonus track this round, but we'll see if I actually get one done. I've got some ideas, but since starting my new job recently I've had way less time and been feeling kind of blech

Edit: Still looking forward to whatever everyone else throws together though =]

[Troyificus]

Entered! It was a very nice source to work with.

[Ethan Rex]

God damn I love Kirby's Dreamland 3

[Unknown Alias]

Just posted mine. This was lots of fun!

[Jorito]

Never played the game nor heard the music before, but I liked this li'l track and got inspired. Hopefully I can finish it in time

[Jorito]

The goal of Compo:MnP is to promote that "meat and potatoes" conservative approach to remixing: this includes the mood and composition of source tunes.

Can you give a general guideline as to what "conservative approach" implies? I was working on this nice Kirby track, but things got a bit out of hand when creativity struck. It's definately still recognizable but also went a bit beyond a normal sound upgrade. Is that gonna be a problem?

[gercr]

If as you say "its still recognizable", I dont think you should have any problem

[HoboKa]

Can you give a general guideline as to what "conservative approach" implies? I was working on this nice Kirby track, but things got a bit out of hand when creativity struck. It's definately still recognizable but also went a bit beyond a normal sound upgrade. Is that gonna be a problem?

It's stated in rule 2 in the guidelines, which I now realize is both vague and confusing lol. Here's the revision.

Thanks for pointing it out Jorito

Rule 2.

As long as you can still capture the source tune's mood and around 75% of the notation, you'll be golden. If you're going to change the genre up completely, be sure to keep the previous statement in mind. For example, a source tune that is fast-paced and energetic that's remixed into a mellow/chill-out theme would be a hard sell. Please refer to the example tracks at the bottom to get a feel for what I mean. Or better yet, check out the submissions of previous rounds.

If as you say "its still recognizable", I dont think you should have any problem

True to a degree. I think that Nase's stuff is probably the best example for how FAR you can push the boundaries in MnP without me complaining haha. Super Metroid: Upper Maridia for example.

Edited August 9, 2014 by HoboKa

[Jorito]

Thanks for clearing that up, I'm in the clear now as i didn't do any genre swapping and the 75% notation is also definately there. Guess I was caught off guard by the midi (I didn't use it but transcribed by ear) and the sound upgrade statement

[HoboKa]

Thanks for clearing that up, I'm in the clear now as i didn't do any genre swapping and the 75% notation is also definately there. Guess I was caught off guard by the midi (I didn't use it but transcribed by ear) and the sound upgrade statement

Np Jorito Davito...sorry it rhymed. Bad habit of mine

Looking forward to hearing it when it's time to vote!

[HoboKa]

**Vote stage begins at 2PM Monday - just don't have time to put it down tomorrow as I start work at 2 =p

Welcome to the Voting Stage!

• Blaine has a vote that's worth 2x
  
• There are 4 contestants this round. Assuming Jovito submits his track before 2PM Monday
  
• IF THERE ARE 4 TRACKS, Participants and otherwise do not need to leave any spots open 'cuz we have enough entries !! Woot!
  
• Do not vote for any bonus tracks. If there are any.
  
• There is a first-place voter bonus this round - so everyone make sure you vote to cash in on it. If you don't have an activated account at ThaSauce, then pm me your vote and I'll do the rest.
  

**Remember: participants may not vote for themselves**

Vote ends August 13th(Wednesday)at 8PM

**Vote stage begins at 2PM Monday - just don't have time to put it down tomorrow as I start work at 2 =p

Edited August 11, 2014 by HoboKa

[Jorito]

Track submitted. 't Was a lot of fun, thanks to Blaine for his great selection

BTW HoboKa, you might want to consider adding a timezone to the deadlines for all us non-US peeps

[HoboKa]

Track submitted. 't Was a lot of fun, thanks to Blaine for his great selection

BTW HoboKa, you might want to consider adding a timezone to the deadlines for all us non-US peeps

how's about ThaSauce time?

edit

I THINK it's Pacific. Some1 correct me if I'm wrong

Edited August 11, 2014 by HoboKa

[Jorito]

Haha, yeah, only noted the TheSauce time after submitting. Shame on me, I would have had time for an hour or 2 to polish the mix

[Bundeslang]

If anyone is not sure about the deadline, you can check the ThaSauce page. That page shows how much time is left:

Currently (a few minutes ago), the following information is given.

Start: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Deadline: 1 hour, 56 minutes

Voting Ends: 2 days, 7 hours

Which means there is now a little less than 2 hours left for submissions.

[Troyificus]

Was it my imagination or did you originally say that there were 7 entries Alex?

[Jorito]

Was it my imagination or did you originally say that there were 7 entries Alex?

Prolly just your imagination Unless we get few mystery contribs in the next 2 minutes

[Blaine]

Whew, thanks for the great entries everyone! I'm glad people liked this track =] I wish I could have entered a bonus track, but it just wasn't happen' for me this past week-ish

Looking forward to the next round though!

[HoboKa]

Whew, thanks for the great entries everyone! I'm glad people liked this track =] I wish I could have entered a bonus track, but it just wasn't happen' for me this past week-ish

Looking forward to the next round though!

You can still participate in a way. By voting! Yours is worth 2x

[HoboKa]

Pushed the vote due-date to Thursday 2PM. My work schedule clashed with MnP so had to make a call.

[HoboKa]

crap slept in. stupid night shift. I'll post the results in a few moments.