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by Mcm L Xix
Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:26 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: What is your favourite sample used by BOC?
Replies: 65
Views: 17532

skam wrote:the chopped up sesame street sample from sixtyten

You mean from Whitewater?
by Mcm L Xix
Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:06 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

My first impression was it looked a lot like Jean-Teddy Filippe's Documents Interdits .
[...]
MHTRTC already felt a lot like Documents Interdits by coincidence but those latest videos made me think BoC know about JT Filippe's work.
Thanx for the introduction, never heard of this guy before. (I ...
by Mcm L Xix
Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:46 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Bought a strange book today
Replies: 28
Views: 6049

Wow, very cool!!

What's the title and ISBN? I'd like to see whether I can find it too. I love the optimism of that era.
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:14 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Artwork (Tomorrow's Harvest)
Replies: 30
Views: 36662

Found the original San Fransisco skyline photo used on the cover…

http://fthorsberg.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/img_12566.jpg

Only found it on wine seller websites. Couldnt find the original photo in the desert so I've been working on removing the city from the original ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:12 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Artwork (Tomorrow's Harvest)
Replies: 30
Views: 36662

mc10101 wrote:In the booklet we have pictures with A, G, and 822. I Googled AG 822 and found this
http://www.unis.no/STUDIes/Arctic_Geology/ag_822.htm. Any thoughts??
Also Googling just 822 produced this
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... and-skills


A compilation of the results of a superficial Google image search...

Image
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:53 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

Wow, I don't think that I am "on to something" here, but I just found that the alternate track order 'first the odds, then the evens' (01 - 03 - 05 - 07 - 09 -11 - 13 - 15 -17 - 02 - 04 - 06 - 08 - 10 - 12 - 14 - 16) sounds really great, and many bridges would easily make excellent seemless ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:33 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

I think you guys are being very creative, but chasing nothing. The brothers haven't said tracks are meant to be mixed together, reversed or listened to in a different order. You are congratulating each other like you've solved an actual mystery.
They said that Come to Dust is a reprise of Rtfd ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:22 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

Okay, after having studied all the audio tracks I established the following:

⋅ Open a track in the wave editor of your choice.
⋅ Select it entirely (CTRL+A) and put it in the clipboard (CTRL+C)
⋅ Invert its entire waveform (in Audition Effects > Invert )
&sdot ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:39 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Definitive tracklist for old tapes
Replies: 14
Views: 3684

Hey, that's weird... I thought I thanked Purgruv in this thread, then babbled on about how the vasty majority of my tracks had proper names (provided Purgruv's archive is indeed correct) and how I had some files that I couldn't find in the archive...

T h a n k s P u r g r u v ! ! !

Also ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:28 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

Okay, after having studied all the audio tracks I established the following:

⋅ Open a track in the wave editor of your choice.
⋅ Select it entirely (CTRL+A) and put it in the clipboard (CTRL+C)
⋅ Invert its entire waveform (in Audition Effects > Invert )
&sdot ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:40 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

I often wonder if Marcus and Michael visit this forum saying "cold-warm" to themselves while reading how fans try to figure out the puzzle (assuming is one at all).
Maybe. I can also imagine they would be using pejoratives to describe people like us, for not simply playing the record as it is xD
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:36 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

Some mixes are going to be long crossfades and some will be much shorter.

I do agree that there should be exact times for when the tracks should be mixed together. I was wondering if the number station clues might have something to do with this?
Maybe so. In fact, I hope so! But for now, I am ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:14 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Definitive tracklist for old tapes
Replies: 14
Views: 3684

purgruv wrote:I'll pm you

Me too, please!

Years ago I merged two partially overlapping collections into one, and I have gotten used to it, but actually I am not sure whether all the track names are correct...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:07 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

we don't have another clue.
Also, this whole thing isn't going to reveal anthing. At best, we will have an alternative order for the album, with the tracks-in-pairs nicely melting into eachother. But there will not be a reward other than that, or some indication that we did it correctly or ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:02 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

man I've been too busy thinking about girls.

But I'm glad you guys are on this. Someone has to be.

well, they don't, but you know.


My girl set me up to paint the woodwork at my house, and she also contacted my mother-in-law to get over here and assist me.

Now I feel like that imperial ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:58 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

I think we all agree that tracks can't just be put onto each other but rather merged at a specific point (20 sec till the end of RFTD+Come to Dust as indicated in the video for RFTD was it?). It seems that it has to be done the same way with all the tracks since we don't have another clue.
Either ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:54 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

Too be honest I am not even sure the pairs are supposed to be mixed; although that works great fro Reach for the Dead and Come to Dust, and I got it quite nice for Gemini + Semena Mertvykh, I did an overlap of 17 seconds instead of the 20 used for RftD and CtD.... And it doesn't really work at all ...
by Mcm L Xix
Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:26 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

I totally agree with Mcm L Xix. I think that this is the correct sequence. The tracklist effectively Folds or "collapses" in on itself in the middle with the first track matching up with the last and so on. I did a rough mix of this yesterday and it sounds excellent with a real flow to the overall ...
by Mcm L Xix
Mon Jun 17, 2013 2:20 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

Did BoC make a statement about a supposed palindromic quality of Tomorrow's Harvest?

So, if there is some supposed 'twoism' to this record, wouldn't it make sense to take the releases order and work from that? So the first song should 'marry' the last, the second should marry the second last etc ...
by Mcm L Xix
Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:57 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: Tomorrow's Harvest key twin secret
Replies: 209
Views: 177611

A quick hello. I'm new to the forums.
Regarding the topic - maybe someone could post a tutorial on how to merge the mentioned tracks properly (Im not an audio software expert myself), so we could like create twin tracks and enjoy the latest BoC masterpiece to its full potential?
Sure, one could ...