I was just playing around with Alchemy and this inspired me.

Again, very simple, very short this time, but I guess you could consider it to be a WIP. Not sure yet.

http://soundcloud.com/4lbkitty/interlude

Thanks for listening!

I promise I'll do some layering soon.

Lovely... so serene... really enjoyed it.

Thanks!

Hopefully my next piece will be a complete diversion from this. Actually, I'll need a new SC account for that one.

Yes, this is nice and would make a great interlude piece or maybe even the opening track on the next Opeth album (for instance). I like contrasting moods between consecutive tracks and really think this would be ideal set off against some dark metal or something similarly upbeat/aggressive.

ymmv

Nice work

Thanks!

I love contrast, too. Mark can't figure out how I can have every track on my mp3 player on shuffle.

I still think it's best to have my next track on a new SC account, though. Most people can't handle that kind of contrast.

Yeah. I have about 6000 tracks on my Zune, and that is set to shuffle. I love surprises.

They say that variety is the spice of life

Nice 'n' mellow.

Now that I am done my song (thanks to some great advice in the forum here ) I can check out others!


did you play this or input it with a piano roll? not that it matters just curious is all. I wish I could play much better, I do most of my stuff with piano roll. If you want to send this to me and I will try to get out some part of the sound that sounds a little harsh. Or maybe you could just try eqing yourself? Something about it sounds a tad bit harsh, not sure how to explain, it is a gorgous song though! I noticed with a lot of Alchemy stuff it has to be fixed a little bit because there is something "wrong" with a lot of the patches.

But whatever, like I said beautiful song!

soft and lovely, I don't hear any harshness at all.

Thanks, all.

I normally use the piano roll, but this time I was just playing, and I liked what I heard, so I went back and "recorded" the midi that I'd just played (A Cubase function that I just discovered recently).

I don't really know how to play, either. I did have to go back and edit it slightly, but it really does not follow any time signature. It's VERY loose, time-wise.

I'll play with the eq a bit and see what I come up with. I didn't personally hear anything harsh, but I'll listen closely to see what's going on. If I have to I can send it to you. To be honest, I'm still extremely new to mixing, so I don't doubt that I've done something wrong.

I'm sure I am more sensative to it than others but I am listning on very good blu-sky monitors and can assure you it is there.

I listened again, a bit louder, and do hear something I didn't hear previously..but I still don't consider it harsh..and my nht-pro a10's aren't too bad, either.
But in my line of work with piano's (tuning and voicing), the way people hear things differently is quite interesting.

harsh is probably not the right word. I just call something harsh if it has a sound that is unsettling or somewhat irratating to my ears.

I love it! It reminds me of the soundtrack of the movie "Sunshine" (that's a good thing)

I also don't hear any harshness at all btw! There is definitely some "high end shimmer" going on but I like it!
I guess that's a subjective thing

Added to my favorites on Soundcloud and it's on my MP3 player now (Thanks for the free download!)

Cheers
Dennis

Wow, Dennis! Thanks! I'm really glad you liked it!

I think I hear what Alex is hearing, too (the high end shimmer that Dennis mentioned). I'm not sure I object to it, but I'll play around a little and see what comes of it.