I chose the Double Density Commercial by Markus Schneider... As you'll see though the arrangement I've created it became much of a mediocre cover than a remix. (Don't be harsh on me for that since I've just started two months ago.)
1. What I use, free VST plugins (mainly DSK at the moment) and OpenMPT and even MIDI instruments when DSK plugins just doesn't go to the range either below or above.
2. I've no idea about mixing at the moment (Actually slightly I have but it feels tedious with the current setup)
3. I definitely lack good percussion stuff (couple it with a bad sense of rhythm)
4. Sid2Midi didn't produce well enough output (Or I think so I don't know) so I transcribed the notes through Audacity. (Analyze / Plot Spectrum)
5. The hardest part of the whole job was I guess transcribing the bass / percussion part... Since they were all tied together, sometimes it sounded kicks also had the base notes and sometimes not.
Double Density Commercial
I'll leave this as it is possibly since I've already moved to a new project.
Gone
Gone by Thomas Mogensen (DRAX) ... This is also a very sad tune isn't it? Definitely not for EDM style which also I have very little intention to choose as the genre... I thought it would be an easier job this time but arpeggios+heavy pitchbend* ruined it for me and then the quick succession of notes again with heavy pitchbend made it much worse... Definitely not a good pick for a beginner. The single remix on kwed for this tune uses the instrument of natural choice, guitar.
So I chose a different instrument Qanun as the lead. Qanun (DSK world stringz) is definitely not best known with it's pitchbending characteristics but has the dramatic feel and suitable for quick succession of notes so might go along with this tune. I've turned arpeggiated lead supports in the voice 3 into piano chords with which I'll have some variation along the way. Also instead of legato I've repeated long notes, I don't know if this sounds quite right and pleasant at the moment. Maybe I should tweak the repeated notes volumes / expression.
Any comments, suggestions, criticisms are more than welcome. I think remixing / covering is a good way to learn about composition / arrangement and of course about music in general. It's almost like or is reverse engineering and probably tickles the same set of neurons.
* : Can't do this properly with all VST instruments on OpenMPT at the moment... (Need a lesson to do it properly with samples too though
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