Listen To Waiting Ambient Song By JHolmes | Looperman

14th Feb 2009 04:15 - 17 years ago
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Description : It starts off as an ambient piece with a quiet piano and drum part and then turns into a DnB drum line with spastic piano all over the place. I've started work on mastering, so other than adding a few drops to the drums, it's mostly finished now.

Drums are heavily sliced chillout and DnB loops at 75 bpm and 150 bpm respectively. I played the piano the first time through for a more natural feel, but I've mostly been placing the notes in by hand to fine tune the sound. I assembled it in FLStudio 8 using Toxic Biohazard to generate the ambient chords, FL Keys with some filters for the piano and the bassline, and whatever the default slicer is for the drumline.

Comments (13)

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Anomelie
Anomelie 20th Mar 2010 07:19 - 16 years ago
New to the site and just found you tonight. Love this! Dl and fav. Definitely gonna be dancing to this one. Thanks!
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
Thank you; It's one of my favorite songs too. I have no idea what came over me when I wrote it, but I remember it taking at least 60 or 70 hours to get to the "yeah, I think this song is gonna be good" stage.
FrenchKid18
FrenchKid18 5th Nov 2009 17:54 - 16 years ago
2nd review of the track.I think I'm just in love with that tune.Best ambient track ever!
French Kid
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
Thanks. I'll put the download option back up for awhile.
n0mad23
n0mad23 4th Nov 2009 02:24 - 16 years ago
Not sure how this one slipped by me until now. I'm with blackryan here and don't want my comments to echo...echo...echo.

This is super nice!
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
Thank you. This is one of those tracks I jam out to on my ipod for half the song before I realize it's one of mine. Definitely one of my inspired pieces.

I'll put it back up on featured, on the off chance that helps someone else see it.
blackryan
blackryan 3rd Nov 2009 10:52 - 16 years ago
Dont really want to just echo all the other comments so - Good job!!!
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
Thank you for the review. It's always nice to hear when someone appreciates my work, even if someone else has already said they appreciate it.
lofthouse
lofthouse 10th Aug 2009 18:53 - 16 years ago
This is an exceptionally haunting piece of music.
Beautifully orchestrated-A fantastic balance of rythm and piano.
It has a movie soundtrack feel to it and I think it has potential to go very far.Love it.A def fav!!
CONEYISLANDRECORDS
CONEYISLANDRECORDS 3rd Aug 2009 06:20 - 16 years ago
Wow dude that is crazy! Never would have guessed that. Awesome job! Thats the way to layer some loops! Excellent job man!
CONEYISLANDRECORDS
CONEYISLANDRECORDS 3rd Aug 2009 05:53 - 16 years ago
Man this is way cool! I digg this one alot. Great work man and kudos to you on a cool track. Faved! Man the drum work is awesome! What are you using to do these drums?
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
The intro part is a chillout drum loop (or four) I rearranged to fit the right kind of swing (I think it started as a four on the floor beat). When the next kit adds in, it was a very plain chillout loop at the same low speed. I started doubling hits on the loops, moving elements around, and generally changing the sound to match what I had in my head.

The last set of drums to add in was a Drum and Bass loop at twice the speed of the chillout ones. I mostly left this one alone, only doing a few minor tweaks to get it to overlay the other kits more naturally.

All in all, I think it's eight or nine loops I sliced and chopped and rearranged. I've been using FL Studio's SlicerX plugin for my slicing, if that's helpful to hear.
FrenchKid18
FrenchKid18 8th Mar 2009 20:37 - 17 years ago
I really like the general atmosphere of the track.Makes me think of Brian eno or Moby.I love the sound of the piano and the different layers of I really got caught by your track instantly.Wonderful!
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
I love Moby's work, particularly his older stuff from around the time Go made it big, and for some reason his rock album really clicked with me. I haven't heard any of Brian Eno's work, so I'll have to check him out. Thank you for the review.
Gsusfrk
Gsusfrk 8th Mar 2009 01:13 - 17 years ago
def ambient
strange but well made sounds
I know how hard it is to get the right drums to make a track sound full, so props to you for that, they sound great
Paino's a real great touch as well, but its really long though, other than that, there is nothing more i'd add or take away fromt his
Nice track man, keep it up
God Bless
Steve
ECKSjoe
ECKSjoe 6th Mar 2009 22:08 - 17 years ago
I got into the groove of this track very quickly, I think it's the drums, they really got me into the feel of the song. I love the filtered piano that comes in, and the guitar[?] chords are really nice. The lead piano melodies are great, a lot of variation, really mixes the song up. The layered drum beat that starts at around 2:30 is brilliant, makes the song a bit heavier and bulky. All in all a fantastic track.
I'm glad I found this one.

Peace,
Helix

Edit: Just read the description, when I said guitar chords I was refering to the Toxic Biohazard sounds.
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
I appreciate the review, particularly because it comes from you. I love your DnB tracks; they're gorgeous.

I'm still working on how to make drums sound natural (or unnatural but awesome), so I'm basing my beats around a sliced loop, then re/moving/adding elements until I get the sound I like. I glad it didn't sound too spastic when the second drum set adds in.
DjEricILL
DjEricILL 21st Feb 2009 00:49 - 17 years ago
I'm digging this track...are you gonna have any vocals?
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
I've really enjoyed writing it. I hadn't thought of doing vocals, but I think they'd fit nicely.

Due to a foreclosure on my landlord, I'll be moving up north in a week or two. I have a friend in the area who does a lot of indie work, and his voice is... incredible, in a death cab for a cutie sort of way. I think I'll see if I can get him to put a track down for me. I'll upload if/when that happens.
ARMAN7O
ARMAN7O 18th Feb 2009 05:03 - 17 years ago
Dang dis is nice i really like this one keep up the good work for sure
Spivkurl
Spivkurl 17th Feb 2009 19:27 - 17 years ago
It's a cool track, makes me think of the Cure circa 2000 or somethin, minus the Robert Smith sad voice. Almost sounds like those pads are getting digital clipping or something, maybe the sound is intentional, or maybe it's my bad speakers (probably). Nice work!

Edit- I think I did some damage to my ears yesterday, so don't worry too much. I been playing to much gibson organ, I think I got midrange tinitus or something. Cool song!
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
I thought I'd fixed the clipping problem. It might be an artifact caused by the 128kbps render, or I may just suck at mastering. I have a compressor on the pad channels I'll try adjusting. I appreciate the feedback.

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