Thunderstorm - Drakarta

5th Jun 2010 22:04 - 16 years ago
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Description : There's a thin line that separates music from annoying noise, I'm not sure which side of that line this track is on.

I'm starting to figure out how to make some pretty cool sounds using data bending, in fact the .exe file from Half-Life 2 makes it's musical debut in this track.

Lemme know what you think.

Comments (5)

If you have time take a listen and give Drakarta some feedback.

DJMudDuk
DJMudDuk 17th Jun 2010 04:15 - 16 years ago
Oh man this is definitely on the music side of that line!! I throw this on my computer and play it over my stereo while i scratch on my turntables. It's sick!
Drakarta
Drakarta replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks! Glad you like it.
Spivkurl
Spivkurl 12th Jun 2010 20:31 - 16 years ago
This is awesome! I really like that high pitched main riff! How exactly do you do data bending? I'm very curious about this process. Nice track!
Drakarta
Drakarta replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Hey thanks. What you do is open up a non-music file in some sort of wave editor that's dumb enough to open anything you point to. I used a trial copy of Goldwave. Most of what you'll get is static, but every now and then there's something usable. I've found .dll and .exe files tend to be the best.
Karnivll
Karnivll 10th Jun 2010 01:06 - 16 years ago
This is f-in crazy! Which sound is hl2.exe?
Drakarta
Drakarta replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
It comes in at about 40 seconds and lasts maybe 3 seconds.
NoisicRecords
NoisicRecords 9th Jun 2010 21:08 - 16 years ago
very cool sounds, what vst(s) did you use? how many tracks all togther? Curious to know because it sounds really odd, and I enjoy listening to experimental/leftfield-ish types of electronic music.

Evan
Drakarta
Drakarta replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks. I only use stuff that came with FL studio, so really the only vsts I used were FPC for the percussion and this thing called toxic biohazard for the main riffs. I only used about 9 different tracks.
ALXSIX
ALXSIX 6th Jun 2010 21:47 - 16 years ago
And again some other cool sick sounds! Really like it! And hl2.exe is definitely starting a career in music lol. I try to make some databending too and it's really funny to hear how a file sounds! Another nice glitchy track!
Drakarta
Drakarta replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Haha, thanks. Databending is fun, but you never know what you'll get. I bent like 60 different files and only got 5 or so usable sounds.

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