*NO* Crystalis "Techno Festival"

[Liontamer ⚖️]

Artist Name: RJ Van Xetten

D.A.W. Used: FL Studio 2024

Plug-In's used: Spire, Serum 2, Sylenth1, and Fab Filter suite for Mastering, along with other native VST's within FL Studio

Original NES composition by Yoko Osaka - Shyron Town Theme

Remix Arrangement produced by Rigoberto Lopez Jr(A.K.A - RJ Van Xetten)

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Games & Sources

This is my rendition of the Shyron Town in Crystalis. When I first played this game as a child this song was one of the most memorable pieces in the whole game, and it stuck with me always. Once I became a music producer I always wanted to make my own rendition of it. 

This is my "Techno Festival" rendition of it. I hope you all enjoy it!

Edited 2 hours ago by Chimpazilla
closed decision

[prophetik music ⚖️]

~3db headroom.

big bass blats to start, and we some melody right away at 0:13. there's a big build into 12/8 and another restating of melodic material at 0:48. this is pretty banging to start, so the break at 1:15 is nicely timed and fitting for the song form. i liked the arp that was in this section, it's really uplifting.

there's a big build into 2:03, when the kick returns. most of this section i didn't map to the source, but i did catch some at 2:30 for a bit. there's another riser build into 3:01's melody blurb again, and after two play-throughs of that, this is done.

this is a pretty straightforward festival/club approach to the melodic material. there's a lot of stutter synths, a lot of time spent on the riser builds, and tbh not much spent on the source itself. i heard overt source references from 0:13-0:27, 0:48-1:15, 2:30-2:38, and 3:01-3:28. that's 76/212 seconds, for about 38% source. and that feels right too - most of the track isn't referring to the source material. please refer to the submission standards for info around source usage.

unfortunately that isn't enough source overall. i'll check with the remixer to confirm i'm not missing anything, but barring any changes this doesn't meet our criteria for the site, unfortunately.

 

 

NO

edit 9/23: remixer confirmed that the source listed above is correct. so there's not enough source to my ears.

Edited Tuesday at 11:55 AM by prophetik music

[Liontamer ⚖️]

From what I can tell here, this seems like genAI. Fuzzy overall sound, some good instrumentation in places, but it wanders around with wholly original sections that have 0 connection to Crystalis. Obviously not enough source too, which is an automatic NO. If it's genAI, begone.

[Chimpazilla ⚖️]

I have zero reason to believe this is AI, and the artist has an online presence that extends far enough back that I really have no doubt.  He also mentioned his DAW and software, which is also quickly verifiable online.  

Nice typical Big Room arrangement here.  Not sure why there is 3.3db of headroom, is this a premaster?  The mixing is on the harsh side which I find unnecessary, every element has heavy distortion which means there isn't much contrast in the soundscape, and it feels somewhat abrasive.  Not a dealbreaker, just makes it a bit hot on the eardrums.

The lack of enough source makes it a dealbreaker for OCR however.  Fun to hear in the big club though, I'm sure!

NO