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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:13 pm
by s7409651
Amberburst Street Treeline
...is really great! Definitly the kind of thing I'd love to be able to make

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:35 pm
by ReadyLetsGo
It's really hard to say. Sadly there's no free way to write tunes at this point as far as I know, not efficiently at least (Unless you want to use a tracker, which is pretty crappy for ambient tunes) so unless you've got some money for maybe FL Studio or Reaktor 5 the whole "synthesized sound" deal isn't going to really happen, at least not how you'd like it to. If you've got Reaktor by chance, there's a lot you can do with granular processing of guitar. On my Myspace the song "Saltfjelvoca" is all guitar for the melody, running through Reaktor 5 with some distortion and what-not.

My setup consists of a 130$ preamp to run guitar through the computer as an input device, running as an input through the FL Studio Mixer to an instance of Reaktor 5 as an effect. For that sort of setup it ran me about 1000$ total, but Reaktor 5 alone is worth it because of how versatile it is, though it certainly isn't as multifunctional as, say MaxMSP, but it's much more accessible.

And thanks, I'm hoping to add onto that track but for now I feel the minimal nature is the most important factor of the song so I'm just going to leave it be, exception being a few tweaks here and there perhaps. Probably not going to add any more to it.

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:17 pm
by s7409651
OK. Since my last post, I was determined to make something new. After banging my head against my desk for a few hours, I eventually calmed down (deadline stress) and put down four simple guitar chords. Some pattern making, some reversing, and one distorted midi sample later, we have a possible basic track. In my mind, it would function as a teaser/ sort of like 'Ready Lets Go'.


Any advice/ comments appreciated

also.. How does this kind of thing make you feel?

http://www.box.net/shared/qgk9rx4rci

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:48 pm
by bleak.
s7409651 wrote:OK. Since my last post, I was determined to make something new. After banging my head against my desk for a few hours, I eventually calmed down (deadline stress) and put down four simple guitar chords. Some pattern making, some reversing, and one distorted midi sample later, we have a possible basic track. In my mind, it would function as a teaser/ sort of like 'Ready Lets Go'.


Any advice/ comments appreciated

also.. How does this kind of thing make you feel?

http://www.box.net/shared/qgk9rx4rci
really nice track, it definitely has a lot of potential - i would extend the strings towards the end of the track. i could see an extra 2-3 minutes added on easily.

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:05 pm
by turquoise70
s7409651 wrote:
also.. How does this kind of thing make you feel?

http://www.box.net/shared/qgk9rx4rci
i agree this is loaded with potential, it is very ponderous and just... a very good starting point. it is already eliciting some of those bottom-of-the-belly feelings, just arousing them just a little, and if you added a few very subtle little things, like the tweaky bleep of a very very lo-pass filtered analog synth here or there with waves of reverb, or a lonely little synth melody that kind of crawls into the song then curls up and dies right away... muah! perfecto!

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:29 pm
by s7409651
oh, cool..thank you guys :) indeed..will work on building upon it.

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:02 pm
by turquoise70
s7409651 wrote:oh, cool..thank you guys :) indeed..will work on building upon it.

yo dude

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6373245347305b1d/

just for fun 8)

:31 is a little nod to the why? remix 8)

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:18 pm
by s7409651
turquoise70 wrote:
s7409651 wrote:oh, cool..thank you guys :) indeed..will work on building upon it.

yo dude

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6373245347305b1d/

just for fun 8)

:31 is a little nod to the why? remix 8)
OOOOooohhh my GOD this is great!!! :shock: :D
MAN!
Ok. PM'ing you now.

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:54 pm
by Skytree
Rise Ohmic Colony. This is the longest track I've finished in quite a while (6:17). Hope you guys enjoy it. :)

Really enjoy your new one, Cole. Reminds me of a great Odd Nosdam interlude, though a bit more spacey. Nice manipulation of sound going on here...lovely little layers.

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:59 pm
by Skytree
bleak. wrote:
s7409651 wrote:OK. Since my last post, I was determined to make something new. After banging my head against my desk for a few hours, I eventually calmed down (deadline stress) and put down four simple guitar chords. Some pattern making, some reversing, and one distorted midi sample later, we have a possible basic track. In my mind, it would function as a teaser/ sort of like 'Ready Lets Go'.


Any advice/ comments appreciated

also.. How does this kind of thing make you feel?

http://www.box.net/shared/qgk9rx4rci
really nice track, it definitely has a lot of potential - i would extend the strings towards the end of the track. i could see an extra 2-3 minutes added on easily.
Haha...I was listening to Cole's track for a second time while this downloaded, and they both started playing simultaneously. I was floored by the result! Give it a try...same key and everything. Instant collab. :)

As the track stands alone, it's got an excellent vibe to it. I'm not so keen on the lowered bitrate of the guitar, but it definitely works in the context of what I mentioned above! Great little vignette for just a few hour's work man.

Edit: Actually, just decided to layer the two and post it here, if you guys don't mind. Cole's bit comes in around 0:46. Added a bit of reverb to s7409651's piece, to make it wash in/out a bit more smoothly. Haha...this is officially my first mashup, if you want to call it that...didn't take much effort! The combination gives me chills...

Boreal Network + s7409651

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:31 pm
by s7409651
Skytree wrote:
bleak. wrote:
s7409651 wrote:OK. Since my last post, I was determined to make something new. After banging my head against my desk for a few hours, I eventually calmed down (deadline stress) and put down four simple guitar chords. Some pattern making, some reversing, and one distorted midi sample later, we have a possible basic track. In my mind, it would function as a teaser/ sort of like 'Ready Lets Go'.


Any advice/ comments appreciated

also.. How does this kind of thing make you feel?

http://www.box.net/shared/qgk9rx4rci
really nice track, it definitely has a lot of potential - i would extend the strings towards the end of the track. i could see an extra 2-3 minutes added on easily.
Haha...I was listening to Cole's track for a second time while this downloaded, and they both started playing simultaneously. I was floored by the result! Give it a try...same key and everything. Instant collab. :)

As the track stands alone, it's got an excellent vibe to it. I'm not so keen on the lowered bitrate of the guitar, but it definitely works in the context of what I mentioned above! Great little vignette for just a few hour's work man.

Edit: Actually, just decided to layer the two and post it here, if you guys don't mind. Cole's bit comes in around 0:46. Added a bit of reverb to s7409651's piece, to make it wash in/out a bit more smoothly. Haha...this is officially my first mashup, if you want to call it that...didn't take much effort! The combination gives me chills...

Boreal Network + s7409651
Did you get that Cole's was a remix of mine in the first place? :) hehe

Original mashed with remix does give it some extra density, fo' sure.

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:35 pm
by s7409651
Rise Ohmic Colony is really cool! definitly going on my playlist.

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:44 pm
by Skytree
Heh...that's what I get for not reading the rest of the thread. 8)

Glad you enjoyed the track man. It's probably going to be the final tune on a future release...has that rambling feeling to it.

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:06 pm
by 88marquis
Been working on a remix for Nazeal's 'Tsukuyomi'

if you wanna hear what i've got so far its a small mp3

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=0db3 ... f6e8ebb871

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:10 pm
by turquoise70
As I said in AIM... awesome start. love the percussion and the way it interacts with the atmospherics of the track so far.

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:52 am
by Skytree
Just did a bit of EQing and touch ups on the previously posted track....

Rise Ohmic Colony

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:55 am
by Skytree
88marquis wrote:Been working on a remix for Nazeal's 'Tsukuyomi'

if you wanna hear what i've got so far its a small mp3

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=0db3 ... f6e8ebb871
Really like it so far man...have a link to the original?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:19 am
by Cupz
I just got an electric guitar...and I made a song with it. I'm still not really happy with it...but that could be becouse I suck at playing it.



any tips on how to handle electric guitar in electronic music?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:22 am
by s7409651
sounding pretty sweet to me 8)

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:55 pm
by Guido