Description : there is no Observer, nothing is being observed. There is only the effortless observation itself happening spontaneously moment by moment... I recorded this today late afternoon using a pair of RodeNT55 microphones. Just a compilation of background sounds from the place where I live - a rural countryside. Wanted to capture only birds this time but you can hear also the cars and other sounds. I coloured the recording by adding a mixer reverb effect.
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Guess my comment on you other track was better suited here :O Fascinating concept, composing strictly with the sounds of our enviroment! :p The course I took was on Coursera. I remember reading a book on The Grateful Dead, What a long strange trip, and they talked about how they could hear music in everything, like the sound of the tire as they traveled down the highway, the hum of the motor.... If you listen long enough everything begins to have a musical pattern. This is eerie hahaha Awesome! Keep experimenting!
Very engaging recordings and use of them! The quality of sound you captured seems very good. I too have been experimenting with field recording, and it can be very enjoyable. Sounds like a nice place where you live! Sometimes my in studio mic recordings end up sounding like a field recording even if that's not what I'm trying to record, ha ha! Pleasing to hear this morning, thank you for sharing! Fave!
hey! Thanks a lot for listening to this one and friendly words. It's much appreciated!
This is a quite specific region I live - eastern Poland. You might even hear very characteristic storks in the background haha (and tractors working lol).
Anyway these new Rode mics are truly great - I intend to record the church organ this week as we are just about finishing our current organ restoration project (the instrument has to be properly tuned first - that's the final stage). I even constructed special tripod (in a rough version) to place the mics about 6m high to capture the organ sound properly. For now I will be experimenting with all this only for the purpose of documentation of the organ sound (as this is an old, historical object).
I will need more time to record properly my old upright piano (I own also several old harmoniums but they are partly playable for now) using Rode mics as they come also with changable directional capsules. Soon or later I will post more live recordings and works like this one!
But now it's almost 5PM in here and I just arrived home...
Thank you again for some good words and for the fave!
Wow! this is one great track. It doesn't always need to be music. Soundscapes are equally very interesting to listen to. I agree with Eyedye. There is something eerie about it. This reminds me of when you're about to blackout and the whole world is going in slow-motion and everything around is slowing down and becoming fuzzy. :)
I am sorry for long delay in replying on this one!
I created that slow-motion effect by appliying a long reverb to the recording (in a real time) - it gave that additional depth to all these very common late afternoon sounds from here.
I really wanted to capture that very natural ambiance but for some reason there was a great amount of people driving their cars at that particular moment.
strange natural darkness.
just waiting for a dark deep bass.
one might think there comes crawling something evil.
I like that very well. and it sounding so clean. well observed
The reverb work is realy great. It fits so well and changed all into something "made".
truly these tractors and agricultural machines working distracted me from my real purpose of recording only the 'pure nature' sound. as well as people driving their cars!
Aaargh!!!
lol
Anyway that's what was happening then and I am happy I could at least run my new recording equipment properly working anyway...
I`m a fan of Rode mics...use them a lot...I have often thought it would be fun to take a pair of mics & portable recorder out to some of my favf country/wilderness places and do some recording...so can appreciate what I think you had in mind here....the cars (with the reverb) do add a darker sound that overcomes some of those more natural sounds,...but I guess that is the real world....interesting promenade...good for you...Ed
Basically I bought those microphones to record church organ but they have also a directional capsules so I can record other instruments as well, maybe I will try them for my old upright piano soon...
Still I need more time to get more seriously into the music and the proper recording process. For now my actual 'real life' is still far too demanding and sadly there's quite limited time for music.
Thanks again for the nice words and some interesting input on the equipment used here. As always it is much appreciated.
at first i was like "whaaaaaaat?"
then i got it and it was awesome.
definitely experimental, probably why i like it.
Feel like the cars added a nice warm drone underneath (Oh god were using cars on the highway as instruments now?)
course it also gave it creepy undertones.
but all in all, this is just. so. interesting. XD
I much appreciate your comment on this one! Yes, in a sense it's quite experimental track but I experimented only with that slight reverb addition - I had to use it because I think that basically all very common ambient/surrounding daily sounds definitely appear as quite boring to the 'average listener' (but in fact they are far too underrated - they always stay moment by moment unnoticed and constantly ignored by average audience). Therefore I love them even more!
I believe that John Cage was somehow a very spititual guy, like Tarkovsky. His epic highway scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rswYl7RLRNE was a main inspiration for creating this recording.
I really like your current green avatar by the way. I had a green version of mine's as well (but sadly lost it). Everything is really turning green now (in a good sense) haha.
Thank you again and all the best greetings to you,
hey i got better sound now would you like some futures songs where you let me cut in this and use some effect i miss the track :P it pure happeyness. try listen to my track and lmk
firstly you must present something useful to be eligible for online collaboration meaning that you need simply to offer something good instead of keeping on 'try listen to my track' looperman spam comments.
this is cool man, something a little different. You've let people download, would it be cool to have this in the background of one of my songs for ambiance and add a bit of character? If not thats cool man :D
BTW at 1.00 it sounds like a horror movie! haha sounds like its straight out of the Alien movies... id check your back yard for an Xenomorph... just sayin' haha :P
haha thanks:)
I am happy that you liked the strangeness in the recording. Just trying my new equipment in here.
And yes, feel absolutely free to use it - sample it and transfom.
I said 'that's not cool' to centralsdev because yesterday he has uploaded a snippet of my recording without any significant changes, as if it was he's original production.
My inspiration here was dark ambient music by Rich/Lustmord
yes this is pretty much the same. you just uploaded a fragment of my recording without giving me credits. that's not cool.
I suggest you to post a link to the original sound source every time when using others work.
and again: try to produce full song sometime, with proper ending and structure. Try harder.
this recording was about 20 min long. notice how gently I faded in/out this snippet. Also I do not get your point on hall reverb. There's already a huge reverb added to my recording.
thanks a lot for your comment. but wait... the sounds of the real world become samples the very moment they are registered. so basically they are samples too...
Description : Headphones are recommended for a more immersive experience :P - - - A weary American soldier is walking through the remains of what used to be a small town in the middle east, only to rediscover the horrible reality that sometimes war can affect even the ones who have no part in it.
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This is my first attempt at creating a virtual environment to tell a story and convey emotion. Hope you enjoy! Comments are welcome!
Description : the other end of the scale from me, yep people, this is a ballad. its for all the people who have lost somebody long before their time was due,
i used my experience of tragic loss and how i hid my mental health issues that stemmed from it while writing it, its repetitive but has fresh verses
its to Matthias music Du Bist Nicht Mehr Hier almost the same title, He has suffered too that's why he wrote the music and dedicated it to his brother. i hope i have done it justice
Description : This track contains several loops, all of them are from looperman artists - listed below. I don't know if "ambient" fits well for it, but i get most loops from that category. :)
Inspired by the Final Fantasy series and my ex girlfriend. Hope you will enjoy it (not my ex! :D). As always, free to use for a song, any opinions-critics welcomed... UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
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Post script: The word "Ambient" has come up several times in the comment section for this, so I switched the genre to that. Thanks for the input. I really appreciate it.
Description : Ambient, psychedelic chill out rock or something or rather. Lyrics, vocals, guitars and keyboards myself. One drum loop used (free Loopmasters ambient pack). If you want a bit of a back story on the words check the lyric page.
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Final EDIT: Further tweaking on levels and a slight change up in the timimg of the choir section.
Description : Hello,
this is a track between composition and cover.
Amandine (Sova Berry or Dine on soundcloud) made a cover of the a cappella "Song of Sophia" by Dead Can Dance.
I liked it very much, so i decided to make an instrumental with her vocals.
Hope you'll like it and if you want to comment, you are welcome, whatever you think.
Bye
Description : Ambient, Chill Out, Cinematic .... I´m not sure ... Take your headphones. Close your eyes. Start the engines and have a ride into the unknown. A spacy little trip from somewhere into anywhere outside. - U_P_D_A_T_E - I made a video to this track. So you can enjoy now the flight with open eys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON4u0bRZJ4k
This is a quite specific region I live - eastern Poland. You might even hear very characteristic storks in the background haha (and tractors working lol).
Anyway these new Rode mics are truly great - I intend to record the church organ this week as we are just about finishing our current organ restoration project (the instrument has to be properly tuned first - that's the final stage). I even constructed special tripod (in a rough version) to place the mics about 6m high to capture the organ sound properly. For now I will be experimenting with all this only for the purpose of documentation of the organ sound (as this is an old, historical object).
I will need more time to record properly my old upright piano (I own also several old harmoniums but they are partly playable for now) using Rode mics as they come also with changable directional capsules. Soon or later I will post more live recordings and works like this one!
But now it's almost 5PM in here and I just arrived home...
Thank you again for some good words and for the fave!
Best to you,
Alex
I am sorry for long delay in replying on this one!
I created that slow-motion effect by appliying a long reverb to the recording (in a real time) - it gave that additional depth to all these very common late afternoon sounds from here.
I really wanted to capture that very natural ambiance but for some reason there was a great amount of people driving their cars at that particular moment.
Thank you for reviewing this one.
Best, A.
just waiting for a dark deep bass.
one might think there comes crawling something evil.
I like that very well. and it sounding so clean. well observed
The reverb work is realy great. It fits so well and changed all into something "made".
nice one
stay tuned
joe
truly these tractors and agricultural machines working distracted me from my real purpose of recording only the 'pure nature' sound. as well as people driving their cars!
Aaargh!!!
lol
Anyway that's what was happening then and I am happy I could at least run my new recording equipment properly working anyway...
I appreciate your nice comments on this one!
Best to you,
Aleksander
simply testing out my new equipment this time. I will record the real instruments using this setting soon.
Really good to hear the nice words from you,
Best, A.
Basically I bought those microphones to record church organ but they have also a directional capsules so I can record other instruments as well, maybe I will try them for my old upright piano soon...
Still I need more time to get more seriously into the music and the proper recording process. For now my actual 'real life' is still far too demanding and sadly there's quite limited time for music.
Thanks again for the nice words and some interesting input on the equipment used here. As always it is much appreciated.
Best Greetings from Poland:) Alex
then i got it and it was awesome.
definitely experimental, probably why i like it.
Feel like the cars added a nice warm drone underneath (Oh god were using cars on the highway as instruments now?)
course it also gave it creepy undertones.
but all in all, this is just. so. interesting. XD
tv
Steve
I much appreciate your comment on this one! Yes, in a sense it's quite experimental track but I experimented only with that slight reverb addition - I had to use it because I think that basically all very common ambient/surrounding daily sounds definitely appear as quite boring to the 'average listener' (but in fact they are far too underrated - they always stay moment by moment unnoticed and constantly ignored by average audience). Therefore I love them even more!
I believe that John Cage was somehow a very spititual guy, like Tarkovsky. His epic highway scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rswYl7RLRNE was a main inspiration for creating this recording.
I really like your current green avatar by the way. I had a green version of mine's as well (but sadly lost it). Everything is really turning green now (in a good sense) haha.
Thank you again and all the best greetings to you,
Aleksander
basically you are annoying but I do not mind.
again: post a complete track/song
BTW at 1.00 it sounds like a horror movie! haha sounds like its straight out of the Alien movies... id check your back yard for an Xenomorph... just sayin' haha :P
I am happy that you liked the strangeness in the recording. Just trying my new equipment in here.
And yes, feel absolutely free to use it - sample it and transfom.
I said 'that's not cool' to centralsdev because yesterday he has uploaded a snippet of my recording without any significant changes, as if it was he's original production.
My inspiration here was dark ambient music by Rich/Lustmord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7qNsz6ZagA
Again thanks for some good words.
I suggest you to post a link to the original sound source every time when using others work.
and again: try to produce full song sometime, with proper ending and structure. Try harder.
this recording was about 20 min long. notice how gently I faded in/out this snippet. Also I do not get your point on hall reverb. There's already a huge reverb added to my recording.
Just my poor philosoph haha
Glad you liked it! Thanks again:)