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| TennesseeVic said 1788 days ago (December 16th, 2004) | |
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Kissing a hammer Your Sony (even though it's a Sony :-) is probably fine. This track was my first experiment in manipulating sound, rather than notes. I've been trained as a traditional musician, playing classical, pop, jazz, on "real" instruments. This was my attempt to get away from that and really use the possibilities of the electronic medium. If you follow the synth line you'll notice that halfway through it's pretty much gone. That's the "Trasher" plug which simulates a reduction in bitdepth and other distortions. Together with that I tweaked the EQ and increased the resonance on a low-pass filter. The crunchy sound is what starts out as an echo and later becomes the waves; that's a granular delay line. Basically it takes snippets of the drum sound, and transforms them increasingly randomly. Pretty soon you don't recognize the drum in it at all. There's another granulator on the piano, doing more of a pitch shift. I find that those first piano chords sound like someone throwing a piano out the window, but on the other side of the building. Anyway, thanks for your comments. --- Victor Check out my latest song called Tecmo Superbowl 2009 w/ Dead End (MJRF 2004)
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| cjorgensen said 1769 days ago (January 5th, 2005) | |
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Cool Stuff I too had some problems with the static, but more on the volume side. I don't mind it being there, but found it too lpoud, somewhat distracting. The opening sequence also doesn't fit with the rest of the song. Sounds a little too electronic on the drums? Especially since as the track progessses it get more and more organic sounding. I usually don't say what I voted, but: 7, 6, 8, 6 I'd have gone higher on production if it blended a little better. Check out my latest song called Gardens
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| _nderscore said 1760 days ago (January 13th, 2005) | |
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lock the door i found the static kinda soothing-didn't bother me a bit. what did rub me the wrong way was the repetition.. changing key somewhere in there would have made a difference-just seems too linear. i wish trilogy didn't cost so much, the bass is frikkin amazing interesting pic-is that a roller coaster in the background? & how did i get lucky enough to have this woman locked in the cell with me? i'm diggin her shoes.. maybe prison ain't so bad Check out my latest song called glyd
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| TennesseeVic said 1760 days ago (January 13th, 2005) | |
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lock the door Ok, first about the art work: yep, that's a roller coaster. Two images from istockphoto.com superimposed over each other. Hey, if I knew how to get that chick in a cell with me I wouldn't be sitting here behind a dumb computer. Repetition: sorry, no changes. The whole point of the song was to take material and gradually transform it. Listen for instance to that synth: within a minute it's become a nasty growl. The harp is transformed but more subtle. Likewise the piano. The "static" is granulator delay on the drum. After a while you lose track of the fact that it's a drum, and all you hear are the random transformations. So, no, the repetition stands. I like the subtle transformations of the music as they are. Trilogy: yes, expensive, but I wind up using it almost everywhere. This is one of the synth basses, but I have another track that uses the acoustic bass, which is too die for. --- Victor Check out my latest song called Tecmo Superbowl 2009 w/ Dead End (MJRF 2004)
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| qthrul said 1721 days ago (February 21st, 2005) | |
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lovin' the pads This is a great comp. It would fit in quite well as an interlude or openining for a movie sountrack. Check out my latest song called Restless
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| halo370 said 1711 days ago (March 3rd, 2005) | |
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nice vibe I like the way everything slowly builds and deconstructs. It gives kind of a lost feeling, like the concept of life on alcatrez. Its like your an inmate losing your sanity over the time you've spent living on the island. You have lived this life long enough to forget what a real life is like. At least thats the vibe I get. I like it. Do more tracks like this one. Cool Check out my latest song called Impossible Dream
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| TennesseeVic said 1705 days ago (March 9th, 2005) | |
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Sea of Songs......something is FISHY Thanks for the kind words. Compression: the final master of this track was done by a commerical mastering studio (xarcmastering.com). They charge something like $60 a track, and it's fully worth it. It improves the sound by a mile. Synth: that's Tassman. Expensive, but very good sounding. Random noises: those are in fact random. Search for "KTGranulator". It's a weird effect that I've used a couple times. When the piano comes in it works as a kind of pitch shiftter, but for the most part I use it on the drums. It does random delays and pitch shifts, giving that "waves" sound. --- Victor -- I review yours, you review mine, 'kay? Check out my latest song called Tecmo Superbowl 2009 w/ Dead End (MJRF 2004)
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| drakonis said 1704 days ago (March 10th, 2005) | |
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interesting gritty textures It is slightly dark, but there are little rays of light flashing through cracks in the thick crumbling walls. The electronic noisy pattering that comes in later was initially a little annoying, but actually fit in with the sawtooth-like synth pad to create a dirty electronic rain sound or more likely, the sound of sprimkles of dirt falling into the cell as unknowing people walk overhead. The ending was a bit abrupt, maybe a better finale... dunno. Overall I liked the tempo and chords & feel, definitely created images in my brain. ttfn, Drakonis Check out my latest song called Temporal Tantrum (Sister Savage Mix)
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| qpliu said 1589 days ago (July 4th, 2005) | |
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I liked the harp line It evokes a sense of despair in the midst of everything else going on. Check out my latest song called Her soulmate
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eastman
i was actually quite impressed .. didnt think this track was gonna get as great as it did ...
it has soundtrack written all over it ..
and i kinda can also envision the alcatraz bit !
great stuff !!!