Liontamer Posted February 13, 2024 Posted February 13, 2024 Original Decision Artists: Bluelighter, Bowlerhat, Dewey Newt, Ian Martyn Remixer name: Bluelighter (ID 21240); Bowlerhat (ID 30366); Dewey Newt (https://ocremix.org/artist/18034/dewey-newt); Ian Martyn (ID 35158) Real Name: Guillaume SAUMANDE; Jorik BERGMAN; Matthew MOORE; Ian MARTYN Game & Songs: Child of Light & Aurora ; Down to a Dusty Plain Composer: Cœur de Pirate Credits: Bluelighter : arrangement, mixing, piano Bowlerhat: flute Dewey Newt: trombone Ian Martyn: acoustic Guitar, acoustic bass, hand drum (bendir) Hi OCR! Here is a new version of my arrangement of Child of Light. My main adjustments are: Drum well reduced (notably snare) Rhythm at 2’25 deleted Review of EQ between bass and guitar. Low frequencies were a little confused. I hope it’s better now Better balance between instruments according to their role, in the foreground or in the background. More reverb on some instruments, notably drum or celesta at the beginning. Enjoy! Guillaume BREAKDOWN Part 1 : 0’00 -> Dusty plains 0 – 0’20 Part 2 : 0’50 -> Aurora 0 – 1’08 Part 3 : A 1’37 -> Dusty plains 0 – 1’00 B 2’00 -> Dusty plains 1’00 – 1’30 Part 4 : 2’30 -> Aurora 0 – 1’08 Part 5 : 2’40 -> Aurora 1’08 – 1’40 Part 6 : 3’08 -> Aurora 0 – 1’08 Child of Light & Aurora ; Down to a Dusty Plain
Liontamer Posted February 13, 2024 Author Posted February 13, 2024 I was the sole YES last time around, so we at least start with a tailwind. :-)
prophetik music Posted February 14, 2024 Posted February 14, 2024 my original vote centered around the mixing and mastering elements, or lack thereof. opening is a lot better mixed, although there's still a surprising amount of extra-low content in the freq analysis. the instruments sound much more together than i remember the original sounding. sustain at 0:31 is a little questionable - didn't notice that the first time around. i also don't remember noticing that the flute doesn't use much vibrato - i think that's a mistake, vibrato helps a lot to hide intonation issues. bendir at 0:39 is still a little dry and in the fore, especially compared to the flute. the swell at 1:07 into the trombone lead is gorgeous. drums sound a lot better this time around. there's still a lot of beater tone on the kick, and the bass is a bit overstated for the context, but it sounds a lot more a part of the ensemble this time around. i didn't remember the fake decrescendo at 2:37, but i can't say i care for that as much - i think the timbral reduction you did naturally there was enough. the recap as an outro sounds beautiful. the last chord maybe could have come a bit sooner. i think this is a lot better overall. the arrangement as a whole is still really fun - there's great interweaving of the lead instruments, the piano work is excellent, and the ensemble works better in ear than it may on paper (flute and trombone is a surprising combo!). i think this still isn't perfect but that's fine, it's over the bar this time around. YES
XPRTNovice Posted February 14, 2024 Posted February 14, 2024 Very happy with the adjustments made on this one. Great job! I still REALLY think the kick needs work both in the way it's written and the way it's mixed. It's almost being used as a melody instrument here, and it sounds very odd to have the kick hit every time the flute or trombone plays a note. but I think the improvements put it above the bar. YES
MindWanderer Posted February 16, 2024 Posted February 16, 2024 Much better mixing this time around. Leads are in the front, bass is in the back. The trombone is still a weird choice, but it's mixed in a way that fits in more smoothly than before. The fake-out ending at 2:39 is a bizarre choice—I don't know why you'd do a hard fade-out in the middle like that, and it just sounds like an error, somehow. Otherwise, I can't find any fault here. It's a very pretty arrangement that suits the source material well. Nice job. YES
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