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MnP 63: BoF3 - Technology & Sonic Heroes - Rail Canyon


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Compo: MnP (Meat 'n Potatoes)

Round 63: BoF3 - Technology & Sonic Heroes - Rail Canyon

Midihttp://compo.thasauce.net/files/materials/MnP63_SonicH-Rail_Canyon.mid

         http://compo.thasauce.net/files/materials/MnP63_(SCTechnology).mid

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Deadline: Nov 15th Tues 1 PM

Vote Ends: Nov 17th Thurs 11 PM

MnP ARCHIVE  - made by Trism ;) 

Submit your remix Here when completed. 
**If you have technical difficulty with account activation at ThaSauce, please contact me via PM and I will submit your track and will also tally your vote**

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. SOME reinterpretation is recommended, but not required.



MnP Instructions/Guidelines
1. Covers and Sound Upgrades are permitted.
2. Most or all of the source notes must be present (but not necessarily in the exact same order), secondly the mood (energy, pacing, feelings being conveyed etc) should also be retained. 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.
3. If you decide to do a genre swap (i.e. symphonic to techno), make sure that the conditions of #2 are met.
4. Submissions must be at a maximum of 20mb (keeping in step with ThaSauce's file size max).
5. Only 1 entry per participant. Previous winner cannot participate but can submit a BONUS entry.
6. All competitors and voters must adhere to the rules stated within: Competition Code and Conduct


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)

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44 minutes ago, Starphoenix said:

Have majority of my bonus track done. Not going crazy with the arrangement because, honestly, I love the song as is and only want to bring the instrumentation more up-to-date. Trying to focus my attention more on productions this time around. I'll have it submitted by Saturday.

That's how to MNP =p 

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31 minutes ago, Starphoenix said:

Bonus track submitted! I noticed the midi has an incorrect hi-hat pattern for the beginning of the song, so I matched it to the original track. Also added some bass slides in the intro and chorus. Also changed the instrument for the last pattern before the song loops again. So, some originality (sort of). :P

Wow totally didn't monitor this one properly.  Gonna have to extend round 63 for another 2 days.  

Deadline: Nov 15th Tues 1 PM

Vote Ends: Nov 17th Thurs 11 PM

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On 11/12/2016 at 3:13 PM, Starphoenix said:

Bonus track submitted! I noticed the midi has an incorrect hi-hat pattern for the beginning of the song, so I matched it to the original track. Also added some bass slides in the intro and chorus. Also also changed the instrument for the last pattern before the song loops again. So, some originality (sort of). :P

Nice.  Couldn't figure out how to do those things.  That takes real music chops :P 

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Okay, so round is over.

Comments:

Starpheonix: "Technology Revisited" - a very suave, well-produced and groovy remix, befitting its source tune.  And nice work with fixing the stuff that was incorrect in the MIDI.

Zorrakh: "Gettin' High on Rails" - Nice geetar work.  Jiving synths and cool filter fx.  Drums are well made and balanced as well.  Didn't really check to see if it was conservative or not, but "Gettin' High on Rails" is a BONUS, so it doesn't really matter if it fits that criteria - I found this remix very enjoyable.  

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I vote for HoboKa this round. ;)

Just listened to both of the tracks:

The Lazy Future - I love the synth you chose for the beep fills (very technical term, I know), does a nice job capturing the "technology" feel. The strings do a nice job capturing the chill tone of the original track. I don't blame you for not trying to fiddle too much with the source. lol

Gettin' High on Rails - Love the guitar work! You did very well in keeping the spirit of the Sonic Adventure series with its love of guitars and rock sound. Going to echo what HoboKa said: you did a great job with the drums.

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Yeah, I looked at the MIDI for Technology and was thinking "nope". XD I do really like the track though.

Technology Revisted - I enjoyed the sound design choices you picked, Starphoenix. The hi hat sounds so chill, and combined with the string pad is sounds really smooth. The lead at :50 brings out the 90's feel in my ears.

The Lazy Furniture - While Starphoenix's was more 90's based, yours sounds a lot like the 80's to me, HoboKa. The string pad with the sax and electric piano come together really well here. Additionally, I like how the drums are more on the dry side of things and more mellow.

And thanks to both of you! I bought an Air Music bundle a few weeks ago and wanted to try out Strike 2. I really like it so far, and I think it'll be my go-to plugin for traditional drum sets; it has practically all I need for drums in one convenient plugin.

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