Oxx - Ace 2 - Remastered

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Arranged by:
Oxx Remixer
Member profile:
Oguz Ozgul (Oxx)
Original SID:
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Original composed by:
Rob Hubbard
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14 other remixes of ACE II

Duration:
3:04
Released:
05/09/2022
All-Time charts position:
550
Score:
89%
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What started as

 

let's apply some effects to my very first remix

 

has ended up like this. Important changes:

 

  • Applied pitch wheel and vibrato to main lead (instead of just depending on portamento)
  • Added vocal, as well as impact sfx. I was lucky enough to find three different and very well matching vocal samples
  • Kick, hihat and snare enrichment
  • The arrangement is kept as the same (which is missing some of the parts from the original sid).
  • EQ'ing and applying HP and LP filters to achieve seperation

Despite sounding very far from the original, it is essentially the same arrangement.

 

DAW: Cakewalk by BandLab

Synths: T-Force Alpha Plus, Helm, SurgeXT, Vital, Kairatune, Odin 2

 

I hope you enjoy my work.

Ace 2 - Remastered
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tim_forsyth shouts:
1 minute in, it all comes together. Wasn’t sure about the opening lead at first, but it’s got a scene vibe that I like. Great production and to be honest, by the end I wished it was a bit longer.
Glyn R. Brown shouts:
Very Nice! .. Though I have to agree with Tim, I also wish it was longer :)
Wayoftheexplodingfist shouts:
Banging tune!
LMan shouts:
Brilliant!
Ahriakin shouts:
Really great upbeat mix. Initially I thought a bit too much drums+SID but was proven wrong, you melded it prefectly.
Ryrynz shouts:
Sounds pretty good to me
Agemixer shouts:
Checked the first one... WOW. The sound has changed completely.. Ok there are some hints in here... Perhaps in time I figure it out myself.. Or not! Well done.. Pro stuff!
hillsman shouts:
Easily my favourite Ace 2 remix - really kicks off after a deceptively low key opening. Cheers!
Review by Eivind Sommersten
05/09/2022

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I really like this - a good take on the original! There is still a lot of headroom left in the mix though and I feel perhaps the low end is slightly left out and that could be causing it. Maybe just a bit more attention to mastering in general would help here. There is such tremendous growth in your mixes - in no time at all you will be on top, not only here!
Review by LaLa
05/09/2022

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WOW! A huge improvement from your first version of this remix! Luckily, you kept the same overall arrangement, which I already liked in your first version. But you enhanced the sounds and the mixing in this one by leaps and bounds. I love the added vocals, too - they're sometimes subtle, but definitely improve the song. You injected a tremendous amount of energy into your arrangement with your tinkering. Very impressive, very well done!