[evktalo]

I have a start!

MindWanderer, recording vocals is kind of hard.. even if you have singing experience, singing properly to the microphone takes practice, as does doing decent takes.. it's pretty unforgiving. And hearing your recorded voice is always weird. It's been a long time since I tried to record, or was recorded, but I seem to recall compression being an essential effect/processing tool, at least I couldn't sing at an even volume for even a single phrase.

--Eino

[MindWanderer]

Subbed! Technically kept a tiny vocal thing, but it's not really a vocal mix anymore. I can't imagine how people can churn out good remixes without a full weekend to devote to it (Reaper has me logged at 37 hours, although probably 10 hours of that was the original version that I scrapped). I wish I could say I'll get better and faster with practice, but it'll probably be a while before I can set aside even half that amount of time to a mix.

Still, it was fun, and I'm glad I did it. I'm also glad PRC exists--the timeframe it gives is just about right, and it's actually kind of nice to be given a source to practice one's skills on without being The Giant Opus You've Always Wanted To Do. Plus the standards are lower than those of the big compos. So thanks, Bundeslang, for keeping this going. Hopefully I can do it again sometime.

[evktalo]

I've been ill, so unfortunately no track from me this round. I did have a start, and I usually submit whatever I have, but I didn't get any source included yet.

--Eino

[Bundeslang]

It looks like ThaSauce actually has some daylight saving time scheduled in its system. This means there is still one hour left.

[Bundeslang]

Welcome to the voting stage
The mixing stage is over. 2 songs are submitted.

To vote, do the following:
- Visit the stated ThaSauce Page and listen to all the entries
- Scroll to the form at the bottom of the screen.
- Fill in the rank of the entries from first to second. Leave the third box empty.
- State a reasoning for it.
- Participants are encouraged to vote. They cannot vote for themselve, but they get a free first place bonus if they vote. It does not matter for the score, but feedback is appreciated.

Last rounds winner, Toilet Goat, has a vote that counts twice.

You have until THIS Wednesday, November 14th at 10:59 am ThaSauce time to vote, check my signature in the first post or simply the ThaSauce page for the exact time you have.

The winner gets the right to choose the source tune for PRC232.



The songs:
Check the ThaSauce Page:

[evktalo]

Voted! I'm happy I found the time to do that. (:

--Eino

[Bundeslang]

It's results time.

Total number of mixes - 2
Total number of votes - 4

Maximum Score - 13.



0x25ec did a nice song, but he couldn't avoid winning the last place wooden spoon with 9 points.

And the winner of PRC231 by unanimous decision is MindWanderer with 13 points.


Congratulations MindWanderer, you are the winner. You may select the source for PRC232. Send your source to me (with a MID/MP3 file, otherwise send a second source with a MID file) by PM, other options are PM me @ ThaSauce or by e-mailing to bambombim@gmail.com (I prefer a PM @Ocremix).

You may select any source from any game, as long as it doesn't have an Overclocked Remix and it hasn't been on PRC before. Check it at the list:
http://sites.google.com/site/bambombim/prc
http://bambombim.googlepages.com/PRCRemixList.doc (also downloadable via the link above).



Send your source as fast as you can, but before Friday



You can find the votes with comments here:
http://compo.thasauce.net/votes/index/PRC231

[MindWanderer]

Thanks for the feedback, those who provided it. toilet goat said he couldn't understand the voice part, which kind of surprises me, since he chose the source:

Five to find, three are one
One gives access, the bladed sun
The silver orb, to banish below
The Staff of Ages, to vanquish the foe
Joining two, the golden thorn
Last to invoke, the platinum horn

... which should be familiar to anyone who finished the game. ("Thorn" was "Blade" in at least the NES version of the game, for some reason, but "Thorn" is the canonical word according to the developers.)

As a bonus, here are the lyrics for the version I originally had in mind:

You are the last of a great line of hero-kings
Prophecy says you are destined for mighty things
A wizard named Lakmir has magicked you here
At Shadowgate Castle there's no time for fear

You'll face tons of cheap deaths once you pass through this gate
At the end of it all, there's a warlock in wait
Sure, he'll kill you quick with a wave of his staff
But if you don't hurry that's not all by half

He's gonna summon something badder than you
A big fuschia titan that can mash you into stew
Given half a chance

There's gargoyles, trolls, wyverns, dragons and more
But you needn't worry, cause you know the score
Talimar's doomed, he may not know it yet
But he should get worried the closer you get

Don't mess with heroes badder than you
'Specially not when they can always continue
Even when they're dead.
(Death music bridge)

(Five to find, three are one
One gives access, the bladed sun
The silver orb, to banish below
The Staff of Ages, to vanquish the foe!)

The staff is complete with the werewoman's thorn
And the last to invoke is the platinum horn
From the depths of the chasm the behemoth climbs
But the warlock's not seen you yet, so there's still time

You lift up your staff and its light blazes forth
But not at the warlock, you know that won't work
The behemoth screams and drags its master to hell
You can go home and you've a moral to tell:

Don't ever summon something badder than you
If it can kill you then you should eschew

(And that's as far as I got.)