Covers

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You're the only one to port over a song from Battle of the Bits... and you chose a 24k module file that had two channels too many. I actually gave myself two things I should not do: the first is to make covers of SNES songs (especially unsampled ones), the second is to not make covers of .it, .s3m, .xm or .mod files, since they're too easy to just simply adapt.

MINE

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Ooh, this is quite interesting actually; I can already tell this is not from a SMWC user since Winter Chip is a BotB only thing, so it's quite nice to see this haha
Ngl, this shit is fucking nice as all hell; I have a very soft spot for DnB styled breakbeats like this one, and the rest of the instruments does a pretty good job with getting a very good contrast between the faster-paced vibe of the drums and the chill vibe of the rest of the song; in a way, this reminds me a lot of Aqua Road from Sonic Forces, and that song is also a absolute banger, so I'd say you did a pretty great job here :V

You had me at the opening synth chord samples, but you kept on having me harder. What more do you want, my firstborn?
Fair is fair, I have a tiny piece of critique still; assuming you tuned your instruments such that this port's key is f+, the low d notes (and the low e's too) of the reese bass have pretty weak subbass frequenties. Sadly, this is because of physics and biology; the frequency of the sub at those low d's and e's is under the point where even most professional speakers start dipping in their frequency curves, *and* also under the point where our ears start hearing frequencies with less volume; the f+ is just above both. It still sounds good, but I encourage you to at least think about it, to see what you want to do with it, if anything. Also eh, the loop isn't perfect; I love that pitchbend on the bass, but it throws the rhythm of the loop off-balance, which really doesn't work with this song. Pls fix I want to 10 this so hard this is amazing in every way I can think of

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Holy hot damn

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You're the only one to attempt what sounds like an unsampled port of a SNES song. I declined to do that citing lack of interest AND that I would end up making way too many of them if I did so.

on the surface this is just a 1 to 1 snes port but knowing this is AMK makes this O_O amazing (one i wanted to do myself for a long time but never worked up the motivation to, heh)

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Ah yeah, I can definitely feel the funk from this, it's so goddamn 90s demoscene-like haha; can't say I'm surprised tho, it is Jeroen Tel that made this after all ;)

I ma(:de this

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This one is a bop

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fuck. yes. snes needs more sor

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Oh YEEEEEEEEAH man, now that's what I'm talking about; this shit bangs, and I don't even care about some of the innacuracies here, you did a great job, especially with how nuts the original song already is

Dang this port is electrifying! I absolutely love the loop, the panning is hectic and super nicely done, the samples are gorgeous and volume leveling is top notch; loud, but not thunderous. I'll say though, the noise SFX at 0:25 (src: 1A) could've been a bit lower in volume, but still. Very solid port, lots of captivating detail, replayability is high!

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Damn this slaps

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nerd

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhh yeah, now this shit is BANGIN', even more so than the Metallic Madness cover in fact
Tho honestly, comparing this and Izuna's port, I do have to ask, but how accurate is this compared to her port? honestly, I can't tell; either way tho, the original bangs, and so does this cover haha

Wow, this sounds fresh. Absolutely amazing samples (though the piano (src: 0E) and organ chords (src: 0D and 0F) are tuned a bit too sharp, the piano a bit more than the chords), splendid panning and volume leveling, seamless looping, and a great vibe. Really good!

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Doesn't this already exist on the site?

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:thinking: :thumbs:

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Oh fuck ME man, this shit is fucking awesome, god damn; everything is just so pleasant to the ears, and I freaking love the sorta trance-y/house-ish vibe this has
looking at the original, the noise being used for the filter effects is actually quite clever, and everything just really melds well

Wow, very impressive stereo image, and that faux-filter sweep on channel #3... brilliant! Nice job. The progression is nice too (though I do feel like it'd get a bit on my nerves if I'd hear this on loop for a long time), volume levels are very nicely balanced, echo sounds fresh.

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10/10 obviously kek

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love the sampling on this one

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This one hits home nicely, having done a bunch of PKMN D/P/PT ports myself. I'll try to not be bothered too much by the fact that these are not the game's original samples haha. This arrangement is pretty good, and the samples to justice to the original song. This song is probably the one cover in this bunch that made the best usage of having a dynamic volume range, with gentler passages and fuller passages. Really well done.

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Not much to say about this one tbh

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big nerd

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This is hot AF IMO, damn this shit SLAPS; nice to see some more Sonic CD ports too, the soundtrack really needs to get ported more haha
Not much to say, but it's pretty accurate I can give you that :P

Nice samples, great volume leveling, good use of panning (don't even mind too much that there's no echo). At 1:00, the pad-ish synth in every other beat (src: 0F) is tuned a bit flat. I think a little bit wouldn't be too jarring (adds to the wonky oldschool vibe), but this is a bit much I'd say. Otherwise, nice job!

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Damn this is p nice

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epic song epic cover

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Awwwwwwww FUCK yeah man, hitting in my nostalgia right here; the Gen 3 Pokemon games is, and still will forever be a part of me and my childhood, and honestly, I'd say this isn't a bad cover at all; I would probably have wished if this took more liberties tho instead of going all accurate (or at least ripped the source of the actual samples with something like Sound Canvas VA lmao, like seriously, the samples sound a bit too compressed for my liking), but it's not a bad effort I'd say

Nice use of panning and echo, good faithful recreation of the original, kudos for using only 6 channels! If there's one thing I'd have to critique, it's that the high strings at 0:58 end pretty abruptly, I'd smoothen out their transition to the lower notes.

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Not bad

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biased but i hate this song LOL. not a bad port though. but the leads are too loud

56 (Okay 10 but you know)

>Not Rock my Forum Emotions
Rating: 0/10
... Nah, just kidding lmao, Rainbow Tylenol is also a pretty great song IMO, and this arrangement is quite good; this is still reminding me of PeanutButter Tylenol tho, sorry :V

Nice arrangement! Mixing is really good (with 8bit-esque music a lack of panning is very acceptable), loop is perfect.

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Kind of weak cover

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beautiful

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Hmm, this is not bad at all; I'm pretty much a complete illiterate when it comes to FF music tho (only really know the SNES ones for the most part), but this is kinda nice

Nice! Right off the bat a piece of feedback: the bass sounds good, but could do at an ever so slightly lower volume, and at some places it's really off-putting when it suddenly cuts out. That aside, the stereo image is serene, the arrangement is true, the samples are crisp, and the loop is great. Replayability is looking pretty good too.

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Lovely

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the song needs some room to breathe. not bad but mix is kinda muddy, not a big fan of the sample choices either (which partially contribute to the mixing issue as well)

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Very rich port, full of clean samples. Volume leveling is a bit... in-your-face, I guess? But not by any means bad. The loop is good, arrangement is great, and the replayability is real!

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Hi Wakana

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this is a super wacky one and i LOve it .  . .. mix needs work THOUGH. also the lead at 0:37 is kind of underwhelming i  want like an EPIC  pitch bendy vibrato hyperclimax     please!!!

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Oh damn, I did NOT expect this to slap as much as it does, but damn, I'm impressed; Rhythm Heaven is not a series I have explored much upon, both soundtrack and game wise, but this sounds really damn good; love the quirky but intense vibe this has, it's quite weird but it works really well >:]

Are these SMW samples? Very creative usage, I'll give you that! Volume leveling and stereo image are superb, and I really like the touches of finetuning in the first bits of the loop, but I have to critique the cluttered sound. There are a lot of low notes playing together, and they make for a very messy, disorienting song. I'd give your tonals a little revision, probably want to up the octaves on some notes/instruments, and I think you'll have something pretty interesting! Great potential, needs some work.

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Dangio

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vibraphone is REALLY REALLY   REEEEEALLY loud. couple other volume issues too but good arrangement otherwise

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Oh hey, haven't seen this song since Idol 7 lmao
Well, for this port, honestly I'd say that outside of the vibraphone lasting for a bit too long (the original uses heavy reverb instead to make the sound last longer btw), it's not bad at all; both this and the Idol 7 port could be a bit more accurate tho, but this one is definitely the more accurate of the bunch, so I'd say it was a fine effort haha

Good, clean samples, nicely arranged. Nice loop. The echo is nice, though I feel like this port could've used a bit more panning. The xylophone sample (src: 20) that the port starts out with is pretty loud, and what I presume to be a koto (src: 22) is a very sharp (lots of high frequencies) sample, so either it could've used some EQ'ing, or could've done well at a lower volume.

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Solid port

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the downsampling is pretty evident but i honestly dont mind it, still sounds great

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Oh hey, this is actually kinda great honestly; the drums are compressed like ass tho, and there are some innacuracies, but they aren't too distracting, so I think this gets a pass haha

I made this :)

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Accurate samples but the mix sounds like ass

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vibraphone is loud again.......,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,among other mixing issues. still pretty alright

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Oh hey, Love Escalator; I don't know much about this game, but some of the stuff I've seen from it is pretty nice
this one is quite good I'd say, nothing is really out of place here and everything goes quite well, tho like the Ragnarok Online cover, I still think the vibraphone is a bit too overbearing here; nice to see the KDL3 blown bottle being used here too!!!

The volume leveling is pretty harsh, in that the main melodic elements are super in-your-face, and the background chords are pretty stabby (not-background levels of stabby). A little bit of finetuning on that could help a lot. Beyond that, not bad!

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Hi tcdw

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that echo is really really loud and makes the whole song quite muddy and a bit unpleasant to listen to mixing wise. which is unfortunate. bc the arrangement otherwise is, cute and, friendly and, nice, and

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Hmm, I don't know much about this series, but I know it's from Sunsoft at least, and honestly I'd say it's definitely something you'd expect from them (this really has Naoki Kodaka's style all over too lol); not a bad port I'd say, tho far from Kodaka's best song IMO (Journey to Silius's entire soundtrack wins over all lmao)

Okay, this is one of the best SMW-samples port I've heard in a long time. The samples really compliment the composition! The bass is a bit overpowering stereo-wise, I think that could have a once-over (maybe not too bad an idea to not have it have echo, perhaps the kick/snare too), but otherwise the echo is pretty fresh. Definitely gives kick to the otherwise pretty flat samples haha

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It's alright

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sounds alright. doesnt vibe with me much tho

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Ah yes, Mario Party 3; a game that I played but never managed to get too far with it, which means that I don't have much of a opinion on the soundtrack to my experience
in a musical perspective tho, it's not bad at all; I can tell that this evokes the "deep sea" vibe quite well, and it's a very nice mix of calm and jolly; the synth bass is quite funky too ;)

I think it's fair to say that this isn't a very accurate port. I'll give you that the volume leveling and volume fades are all quite gorgeous, and the sample selection is okay, but note-wise this is very much not an accurate port. If I let go of the original too, the tonality is very directionless. The 'sparkle instruments' (background elements that sparkle things up) have the same issue; they're pretty dry, and don't have much body to them. You show that you're good at mixing though, so there's definitely potential.

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I like it

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I made this quick little cover for fun. I was going to share it on SNESLab... but then I saw Super Famicompo, so I submitted it there instead. This song is actually done in the style of Tiny Guns, which is both a finished and unfinished game: it is a finished multiplayer game and an unfinished single player game. Both are by Jussi Simpanen.

not bad but mix is p thin. also not much content really

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Hmm... well, it's not bad I'd say, but I don't really know if this really evokes a "Western" feeling to me, if at all; I can feel some Wild West vibes, but that's about it, plus it's literally just the instruments that are changed LMAO

Shiny echo! I can't really fault the production quality of this port too much, other that the bass, while being nice and loooooow, lacks body. It's just that the replayability isn't that good :/ this gets on my nerves after a short while. A shame really, as these samples are pretty good and the echo works like a charm. I guess... well, if it's a remix as the title suggests, maybe think up a creative way to add some sparkle to this port? Something small and panning-heavy to liven up this port.

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Not a bad remix

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You're the only other one to choose a SNES song outside of the challenge category (where I found three more SNES covers). The song in question was made for N-SPC to start with... I looked it up. Also, your loop point tripped.

very little song content here, whats there isnt the worst

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Oh damn, this is my fucking jam; it's short as heck tho, but it's still very nice
Also for some odd reason I keep forgetting that Kemco actually makes some pretty awesome game soundtracks for some reason, I dunno why :V

First thing I notice is that the echo is really wide. Maybe turn down the echo volume quite a bit, and I'd recommend inverting either the left or right echo volume byte (not both) to make the echo "surround". On to the actual music. I think sample usage and mixing (safe for aforementioned echo issues) is done pretty dang well. I bet though, if I'd have this in a mario romhack, I'd go crazy due to the constant repetition, so *I don't know* I'm not a huge fan. Still, the sound is good.

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Could benefit from some better mixing, but otherwise it's fine.

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This is an unreleased Action 52 remix of mine made in 2014. I ended up releasing (almost) the entire soundtrack through this compo for Manchester Beat (thus the originals are on here, too!)... except for one, since there's something major missing from it that I never got around to doing (and it's separate from the others anyways).

not hitting my COOl VIBES bone but it gets a pass

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Uhh... pretty good beat I guess??? Tbh, this is kinda funny lmao; not particularly bad or anything, just sort of funny haha

Oh I do love sampling like this! The kick definitely could've had a higher volume in my opinion. I am a big fan of the instrumentation, but this *really* could've used some better stereo imaging. Echo or channel doubling (and then panning and/or finetuning between the two) of that nice chord sound on channel #2 would've helped a lot! Sadly I again have to take some of the score off for the entire end-section starting at 2:27, because that *really* needs some work on volume leveling and stereo image. Also, that stab (src: 09) on channel #4, with the echo double on channel #6 (should've done something with panning!) is awesome, and the main stab on channel #2 (src: 04 and 05) are tuned a bit too flat :/ please keep working on this, I love where you're going with this! Just needs some more work.

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Its okay

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of all the castlevania songs to cover for a contest lol

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Oh hey, nice, I was wondering when would Castlevania show up in this lmao
Well... I think this was a bit of a boring choice for a Castlevania song to cover IMO, there are so many songs you could have chosen instead, even from this same soundtrack, like Wicked Child, Heart of Fire, or even Vampire Killer if you wanted to go the "overrated but still cool song" route; sadly, this was a bit disappointing IMO, nothing else to say :V

Stereo is pretty nice, volume leveling is pretty good. The loop isn't perfect, you forgot half a measure. My main issue with this port is, while the mixing is perfectly sound, this arrangement is very NES-like; the original song on the NES works because of the instrumentation and the limitations of the console's engine. With this port however, the instrumentation and the usage of the instruments is pretty thin, it doesn't have much body. I'll say that you've laid a good foundation, but now is the time to build on, or mold that foundation to spice things up, to make this port sound fuller.

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Sounds very 2010 but otherwise it's good

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yeah..........sorry but this just isnt a good cover :(

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Hmm... this one is a bit too awkward to listen to, sorry; I know that you were trying to give this a more calmer feeling than the original, but this just sounds... wrong, and the dissonant arps at 0:39 really doesn't help evoke that feeling. Sorry... :V

I don't think this works too well with SMW samples, as the tonal elements fall rather flat, especially the notes that have a lot of emphasis in the original (you could up the volume for those a bit); the octave doubling on the melody starting around 0:37.5 doesn't help on that either. The second arpeggio on #5 has a... strange note (assuming you tuned your instruments to C, g f+ d < b, the f+ is a bit out of place). The loop is nice though, and there are no obvious jarring elements in the mix or the notes. With SMW-sample ports I don't mind too much when there's not a lot of stereo imaging going on, but it's still something to think about.

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Not a very good remix