Mars Orbit Insertion

Reinholt56

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Picture the first trip to Mars, with humans on board, and they are approaching the time for orbital insertion, a very critical part of the trip. Do they make it?? You'll see around 4 minutes into the mix.......

There were no animals hurt in the making of this mix although I squeezed what I could out of 5 instances of Zebra 2. A sixth instance tripped the machine.

For the moment I'm space obsessed but that could change in an instant.....

As always I'm interested in your thoughts on this mix.

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Comments: 16
Fans: 7
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Uploaded: Aug 02, 2009 - 02:21:37 AM
Last Updated: Aug 02, 2009 - 02:21:37 AM Last Played: Oct 16, 2009 - 08:52:13 AM

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Space Ambient (21), soundscape (32), orbital insertion (1), danger (9), tension (16), climactic moment (1), not so routine (1)

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particledots_collab_box	particledots_collab_box said 112 days ago (August 2nd, 2009)
	Love it Feel like I am floating in John Carpenter's Dark Star and then landing on the north pole just in time to face The Thing Great stuff Paul Check out my latest song called A.P.K. parts 1 and 2 (with michael2 and Bud)

Reinholt56	Reinholt56 said 111 days ago (August 3rd, 2009)
	Hi Bryn....... Wherever you were taken, I hope the weather behaved. I'm waiting for the bubble to burst with these Space Ambient mixes....then I can move on to something else. I'm also enjoying all your mixes immensely. Keep them coming. Take care. Paul Check out my latest song called Celestial Mechanics #2

davajonah	davajonah said 112 days ago (August 2nd, 2009)
	John Carpenter; - yes. Wonderful film scores from a great auteur director. This is very "Carpenteresque". Can I say that? I like the tension created by the underlying rumbling synths and the faint zappy ones. Good stuff Check out my latest song called Pavlov's Dog

Reinholt56	Reinholt56 said 111 days ago (August 3rd, 2009)
	Hi Dava.... Carpenteresque or -ish sounds fine with me. The tension was the element that threw me towards the MOI picture. It's topical, has elements of extreme risk, and there are lives at stake, so nothing smallhold here. Take care. Paul Check out my latest song called Celestial Mechanics #2

Henke	Henke said 112 days ago (August 2nd, 2009)
	Very Marsyesque I hope you have heard Heightened's Mars One pieces here on MJ?! They have some things in common: from some very similar sounds to the very spacey feeling they invoke. Great ambient music for sure! (Still not quite certain what actually happened around 4 minutes, but...) Take care. /Henke Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

Reinholt56	Reinholt56 said 111 days ago (August 3rd, 2009)
	Hi Henke..... I did hear the pieces by Heightened, as they were uploaded and I'll have another listen over the next couple of days, to refamiliarise myself with them. At four minutes there is calm, and the reason......MOI was achieved, hence they could breathe in before the next sequence of events in the mission. Take care. Paul Check out my latest song called Celestial Mechanics #2

MarkHolbrook	MarkHolbrook said 112 days ago (August 2nd, 2009)
	Timely I'm waiting for Mars to get big... This is like a prelude... Wonderful! Check out my latest song called Never Say Goodbye - Bond Challenge

Reinholt56	Reinholt56 said 111 days ago (August 3rd, 2009)
	Hi Mark....... Mars was big a short while ago with the music of Heightened, link in Henke's comment, so you may want to listen to these pieces if you haven't already. There may be more from me on this subject, but I don't have much idea where I'm going with my next piece, so it could be a while.. Take care. Paul Check out my latest song called Celestial Mechanics #2

Ex_Silentio	Ex_Silentio said 112 days ago (August 2nd, 2009)
	Space obsessed What could be more fun? Ooooh, orbital insertion. You're speaking my language. Where's the pic? The robotic sounds capture the setting quite nicely. And yes, that Zebra is really a Hog, a CPU hog. Classic Reinholt chord changes. Much enjoyed. Check out my latest song called Loneliness Becomes Pandora (MJ Space Race 2009)

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Reinholt56 said 111 days ago (August 3rd, 2009)

Hi Duane......
The picture.....I never thought to put up with the music. I've done a bit of Googling and there's nothing, apart from abstractions, that I would put with this piece, so I'll leave it until next time.

I love Zebra 2 and hate it at the same time!!!! I guess I'll just have to multitrack more than I already do, and put them together in Reaper.

My next piece could be about the background radiation, the remnant from the 'Big Bang', so be prepared for more astronomical abstractions.

Take care.

Paul

Check out my latest song called Celestial Mechanics #2

drakonis	drakonis said 112 days ago (August 2nd, 2009)
	take your time in space There's a bit of gentle malice in the buildup, possibly the subtle growl and the hypnotic swirling gyroscopic blades in this... this seems to have a very similar ambient chord-hopping thing, like you did in "Cosmic Symphony"... works well. ttfn, Drakonis Check out my latest song called Lullaby for the Inner Child

Reinholt56	Reinholt56 said 111 days ago (August 3rd, 2009)
	Hi Eduard..... Yes, you are correct in your observations, about the similarities of the two pieces. I use a later version of the algorithmic synth for the MIDI sequence that made up this piece, so the programming was based on the same fundamental concepts. It's all space to me. Thanks for stopping by. Take care. Paul Check out my latest song called Celestial Mechanics #2

T_Being_esq	T_Being_esq said 111 days ago (August 3rd, 2009)
	You Continue To Surprise With each new piece. You continue to evolve as does your music. Continued success. Check out my latest song called I have Been Away (LIOLI, Late Entry)

Reinholt56	Reinholt56 said 110 days ago (August 4th, 2009)
	Hi Martin..... Thanks for the compliments. I do try to do something a little bit different with each piece, sometimes noticable sometimes not. These pieces are run of the mill Space Ambient with an edge. The edge being whatever I can add to the genre-specific soundscape. Take care. Paul Check out my latest song called Celestial Mechanics #2

Narad	Narad said 78 days ago (September 5th, 2009)
	Now to Jupiter Beautiful piece ! Bravo ! Check out my latest song called Whale canto II

Reinholt56	Reinholt56 said 78 days ago (September 5th, 2009)
	Hi Narad...... Thanks for stopping by..... Who knows what may appear here next........Jupiter maybe. Take care. Paul Check out my latest song called Celestial Mechanics #2

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I enjoy creating music using computers and 'synthesized' as opposed to 'real' instruments. I have no problem using samples/loops in my music. Everyone does this every time they work with a track. I don't fit in any box and thoroughly enjoy working ou... [see more]

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