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This track is two months old but I revised the mix a couple of days ago.
The ‘orchestra’ lines were a result of my experimenting with Jam Pack 4 just after I’d loaded it. The vocal is an accident. I’d been having problems with my midi interface and was trying to figure out why I was getting a faint signal when I pressed a keyboard key but no actual sound. It was at this point I realised there was probably an internal mic on the computer (!) and I just sang something to test this theory (which, as it happens, I thought was usable as a sort of sample).
At this point I combined the vocal (after treatment) and the orchestra tracks over an off the peg rhythm loop and added two lots of synth effects. I’ve also added some chunks of ambient noise picked up by the internal mic to prevent it all getting too pretty (if you listen carefully you can hear the click track).
As for the title – I was reading a book on the history of Christianity and Antioch was mentioned on a number of occasions and I liked the word (does it also get mentioned in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?) and my vocal suggested somewhere Middle Eastern.
The ‘orchestra’ lines were a result of my experimenting with Jam Pack 4 just after I’d loaded it. The vocal is an accident. I’d been having problems with my midi interface and was trying to figure out why I was getting a faint signal when I pressed a keyboard key but no actual sound. It was at this point I realised there was probably an internal mic on the computer (!) and I just sang something to test this theory (which, as it happens, I thought was usable as a sort of sample).
At this point I combined the vocal (after treatment) and the orchestra tracks over an off the peg rhythm loop and added two lots of synth effects. I’ve also added some chunks of ambient noise picked up by the internal mic to prevent it all getting too pretty (if you listen carefully you can hear the click track).
As for the title – I was reading a book on the history of Christianity and Antioch was mentioned on a number of occasions and I liked the word (does it also get mentioned in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?) and my vocal suggested somewhere Middle Eastern.
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drakonis
That is a funny story, that you accidentally found out
about the internal mic on your Mac!
I liked the overall ambience, and your voice was appropos
(good singing). The mix of blips & symphonic
orchestration & kick drum was interesting. Some critiques
though... having the drum kicking panned over to the
right was distracting, you may want to bring that closer to
center. The piece was somewhat static, not much of a
buildup. You may want to try building up more layers as
it progresses, as well as intensifying the drums too. The
final acapella singing was a little too loud and sounded
like it clipped some... and you may want to leave a single
bass note (cellos?) under that final sung part, instead of
leaving it by itself... dunno, those are my personal
thoughts. :-)
ttfn,
Drakonis