crucethus

Hi Steve,

Thanks for stopping by and your kind comment...glad we could oblige!!.

Best wishes,

Mark/Larry!

Hey great simple words to describe this track! I wanted to express the state of the current "real me" and this is what happened. It's just something I thought people should hear. I'd love to have you do a remix, and have contacted you regarding this. Thanks for listening and everything, it means a lot to me!

Thx alot mate for this comment !:) Yeah, synths can be a great tool for crerating emotions when you choose carefully, otherwise violin or piano are very handy for the same purpose.
But I'm a synth man lately, so we will se what comes next..:)^^

All the best____Orlando

cheers for having a listen!

Thanks much cruce! Was a fun joint effort this time. Yep, the autotune was ironic for sure, and I look at it as an end to an era, or atleast a transition because of this. Haven't run into New Neon that I remember, thanks for the comparison though. I appreciate you listening and commenting!

Greetings.

Yes, I love the intro and main bass. Same patch (originally from this track) that I've used in a few others eg your one favourite of mine Into The Out There (the main sound) and also hip hop epic The Fatness.

No percussion in intro (apart from rhythmic breathy thing) so I assume you mean ("nice clap percussion panned far right") the drum hits that come in on 0:40. No clap in there and no far right panning I can hear. But there is a big metallic clanging hit, which maybe you hear as a clap.

Bass is wider in some sections because I take two different synth basses and apply opposite panning to them. I guess one is based on a square wave.

I don't hear it as "arabic guitar" but I guess you mean part starting 1:27. It's subtle to the point of merging with the bassline though I doubt they're playing the same thing.

My vocoded fake didg (my voice modulating a Z1 clarinet through hardware vocoder in real time) arrives on 1:52 as the track opens up a bit. 2:28 another bit of more obviously voicey vocoding.

3:22 breakdown and transition features the lead Z1 synth sound that I thought would be the highlight of this for you. Plus that cool, programmd tambura drone. Must use that again!

"drums get more intense"

Pretty much just repetition of what we've already heard though there is a big new cymbal as the beat comes back in.

Must disagree about guitar at 4:00 "being a bit too much". I hear it as a refreshing surprise and I've already said quite a bit about it in other replies, having had to defend it previously as somehow being "not needed".

I guess you want me to remove it and do some of my resonator playing that you've become quite familiar with there instead. I won't (partly because I can't yet open up the relatively ancient Cubase project) but fear not - you'll hear more resonator playing in more tracks coming soon. It's one of my signature sounds and can crop up in ay type of genre that I do (though rarely in the pure electro stuff).

4:30 is a mystical synth harp sound just using the main polyphonic synth in Reason. That's layered over the tambura, which adds to the mystical quality. Another reason to have the 4:00 guitar is that following it with the harp is pretty strange and the type of strange I like.

No, no fretless bass after that but there is a bit of bass guitar doing a little bit of sliding so maybe that is reminiscent of fretless (I've never had one but still want one).

4:52 check how the psychedelic guitar merges with the lead synth. Actually, hearing them as separate is hard to do. They seem to come together to form one instrument though I have no idea if they're both playing the same thing. Must be quite similar, I guess.

I leave you with an outstanding Ozric Tentacles track. Bass and drums in this are some of the greatest I've ever heard. Everything else is also wonderful - including the time signature, which baffles me every time.

Ozric Tentacles Ghedengi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW31HupvemY

Hell yeah thanks man. Don't know why it commented twice on your track lol

Thanks...I think. Its saying "Heart Beat Stop".

yes I tend to agree listening back to this latest one. I think there is a limit both to my vocal ability (!) and the SM58 which is not exactly a studio quality mic, and I find it a juggling act to flatten the bass and vocals as you say, without crushing the dynamics on the beats.

I think I might try and bus the bass and vocals and then put bespoke compressors on those buses and leave the master free of effects...I'll see if that works, but I agree and I'll try to do that.

Cheers for feedback - very useful!

Maff

Hey man, thank you for listening and commenting. It's appreciated, more than you know. I'll be sure to check out your page.

Peace.

Steve aka Choppy

Hey Steve!

Thanks for the listen, and for the comment. Appreciate it.
Well it have some old trance feel, and sounds commercial too. I like what I was done here... maybe some tiny work here and there to polish it but overall its not bad track at all

Cheers mate

hello Steve
I am very grateful for your words man...
I can only thank you.
peace

Thx alot, mate...glad you liked it!:)

Cheers____Orlando

Hi Steve,

thanks for listening and glad we hit the right note with you with this fun track. Thanks again Steve.

Best wishes,

Mark/Larry!

Hello Steve!
Haha the war of the reversed cymbals, yes I like them this way too.
I changed the intro a bit (redid this a week ago, just late with all the replys) and maybe it's a bit better now.
Thanks for listening!

Thank you very much. Someone has to do it, lol.

Wow...I have a lot of Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music (Manifesto is my favorite,) but never knew about this album. Will have to look it up.

Cheers,
Scott

Hi Steve...I did start out with echo on the vox but then I wanted to have the echo stand out on the held notes so I dropped it. I could try it using two echo units with one cutting in and the other out when needed? Might try that. Vocals make the song in this one as they are so strong and well pitched. Glad you liked it!
Regards
Steve

i am sure you are right on 'jungle' It was self-serving using it I suppose. there is always more to do with these tracks. it was a good second effort for me with FL Studio, my new DAW. also made some progress in working from the picture back to the music and coming up with something closer to what I was hearing in my head. really appreciate your stopping by. now on to your tracks! peace

wow yes ! links were amazing !thank you.
your review is so nice to me .
i really appreciate your words and links too.
a big thanks .
Elena