*NO* Knuckles Chaotix "Synth into Summer"

[Emunator]

Contact Information

• Your ReMixer name:    Ｓｙｎｔｈｍａｇｅ░Ξｖｅｎｇｌａｒｅ (or if you prefer Synthmage Evenglare)

Submission Information

• Name of game(s) arranged : Knuckles Chaotix
• Name of arrangement: Synth Into Summer
• Name of individual song(s) arranged: Door Into Summer 

 

Edited January 5, 2024 by Liontamer
closed decision

[prophetik music]

this has 13db of headroom.

starts out heavy in the kick and ep. the lead synth sure sounds exactly like the original, and it's doing much the same thing initially, just with less backing elements. there's eventually some synth brass that joins and emphasizes just how discordant the original was, surprisingly enough. there's still no real drums through this section, just a kick with some click on the attack. it goes through the original twice and then has a very fast fadeout with no prepared ending.

this is not transformative arrangement, unfortunately. this is the same thing as the original with less of what made it fun in the instrumentation.

 

 

NO

[Liontamer]

Dig the first few seconds, but at :07 the melody came in and the texture was very simplistic and basic; just the lead, the supporting countermelody, and some light kicks. It'll sound like it's meant to be a burn; with a handle like "Synthmage", I was expecting more creativity and risk with the sound design, you know, some wizardry. Wasn't getting anything major in the way of transformation of this theme, as the overall tone of the melody is so similar, just some different (and much emptier) support. 1:13 was a rinse and repeat of :07, so no further development or variations of the arrangement.

You'll need to further personalize and develop your arrangements to have a decent chance at meeting the bar set here at OCR. In the second (non-quoted) paragraph of this ReMix's writeup, check out that mix and all of the linked examples of other melodically conservative OC ReMixes that nonetheless stand apart enough from the original songs.

NO (resubmit)

[MindWanderer]

Yep, this is, unfortunately, not what we're looking for. Any of the issues of how close it hews to the original, how quiet and un-produced it is, the vanilla sound design with little complexity and virtually no percussion, and how it consists of two loops of the same thing, would be cause for rejection.

NO