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Liontamer · Dec 23, 2007, 04:49 PM

Oh, how about someone knowledgeable in the OC remix area tells us about the artists one shouldn't miss over there ? That place is huge and I know *I* lost track of anything a while ago. :3

They're all good?

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Well, not that I aim to tow the company line, but I'd simply recommend DLing the torrents and going through everything. If you had to avoid stuff, it would be some of the really old material, because much of it tends to have poor sound quality and underdeveloped ideas. But as the site grew and the quality grew (with live recording being less costly and the sound quality offered to desktop musicians relative to price has increased), there's been a lot more consistency from track to track, from around early 2004 to now. Most material past mix #1000 should be pretty solid, and we're past 1650 now.

The problem with recommending that you sort by who has the most mixes or the games with the most mixes are missing those artists or games with fewer tracks that are just as good.

Easy recommendation is to search by games you like, then as you get more familiar with some artists that way, seeking out their other mixes.

If you need a list of names, I could always attempt to make one, but a lot of good people would be left off.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Liontamer · Jan 2, 2008, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by niki

I downloaded the first 1000 torrent back in the days, and honestly couldn't listen all the way through because of all the generic trance tracks in it, which is something I honestly can't stand. However, I did find some gems in it, so with what you tell me I'm sure it would indeed require an in-depth investigation. Demands quite a lot of time though, heh.

At least on this side of the ocean, desktop music has come a long way from generic, and IMO poorly produced electronic music. With that said, OC ReMix (along with any other major American doujin hub) has come a long way from ye olden days. I'd hate to say don't listen to mixes 1-1000, because there are a lot of gems there. But once you start going into 1001 and beyond (we're currently at #1665), you'll find a lot more diversity of genres, and consistently higher quality pieces of music in terms of arrangement and production. We currently have a torrent that goes cover OCRs 1001-1600, if you're interested in DLing that.

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