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D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:33 am

There Never Was a World
2:24
mp3 (192kbps / 3.3MB) or ogg (quality level 7, I think / 2.9MB)

A simple little dirge from a simple little man.

Used: MU.LAB, Short Circuit (with the free demo pack Airwaves from Haunted House Records), ballistic, daHornet, Wusik EVE, Symptohm Melohman PE, SFZ (with Claire Fitch Cello), Synth 1, EVM Bassline, angelinafx, Verbera, Overtone GEQ, DensityMkII, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, POD.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:56 pm

Very atmospheric

Should be in one of those 90s arthouse movies that turned out to be pretty good.

Or one of the new breed of black and white Mercedes ads.

Chester Desmond · Post by **Chester Desmond** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:10 pm

Cool piece. I agree that it sounds very '90s'.

markkuja · Post by **markkuja** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:50 pm

sounds nice... slow tempo and cool mood

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:58 pm

Being a big fan of the dirge format... this is wonderful, dark and grindy, love the guitars! Good work sir.

t00nz · Post by **t00nz** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:19 am

Really nice, I enjoyed it a lot. Love the arrangement and sound choices.

Prime candidate for vocals though I thought

Cheers

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:08 am

Thanks, everybody.

debra1rlo · Post by **debra1rlo** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:15 am

Agreed, very atmospheric and I really like the guitars too. Despite its fairly simplistic beat, the percussion was very well chosen and kind of kept it all glued together. Nice work!

PS - also agreed it could use some vocals - something disembodied perhaps?

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:16 am

That's nice, I like it. This soundfont cello sounds pretty good. Cheers.

PurpleCatfishBettie · Post by **PurpleCatfishBettie** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:06 am

Indeed, you could seriously put a vocal track into this.

Of course, you could leave it as is, and the listener can provide their own singing if they want to.

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:35 am

Thanks, all.

I'll kick around the vocal part idea, though I think I started this one to put off working on any of the three songs I've been practicing/working on that will have singing (not consciously, but this one's done and those three aren't...). But I'll be in the listening-to-the-thing-an-unseemly-number-of-times phase for at least another day (as I always am after I finish something), so maybe something will come to me. Or if anybody else wants to have a go at it, sing out.

@Zombie Queen: I agree on the cello sound. I love that soundfont.

Thanks again.

Genetic_Junk · Post by **Genetic_Junk** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:23 pm

Nice. Where did the string (cello or viola?) come from. The slow pace and guitar technique remind me of Earth.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:49 pm

this is pretty effin cool man!

essences of grey room, with dusty curtains

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:49 pm

Unexpected bump. Thanks, Genetic_Junk and vurt.

The cello is the free Claire Fitch Cello soundfont from here:
http://www.fitchsounds.com/freestuff.php

There Never Was a World (dirge)