KVR Audio

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 10:30 pm

Almost 4 months ago I took a look at the painting of the same name by KVR's own drumity, and agreed to try to write a piece of music based upon my impressions/feelings about the aforementioned painting. I've been quite busy at work recently, so, with one thing and another, this took much longer than it should have, and is the first piece I have completed in 2017.

Long story short - Cinematic/Orchestral/Choral/Synthetic/Sampled

No real mastering on here. I just ran this through a couple of EQ units

EDIT:20221231 mp3 link removed

between Earth and the stars:-

https://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/lenergie-concentree

Recorded/Mixed in EnergyXT2.7
Mastered in T-Racks 3

appliances and apparatus:-

Miroslav Philharmonik
FMERA2
Sampletank2
Chromaphone2
ACE
ARP2600V3
BC Gain3 Stereo
Shimmer
REFLEXPlus
SoundForge
T-Racks EQ PG
Satin
T-Racks Linear Phase EQ
T-Racks Vintage Equalizer

Thanks to NASA for the use of the audio - those beeps were part of my childhood

DR - 13

and here is drumity's 24-bit/96 KHz HD master of the same track:-

https://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/lene ... iel-abadie

Daniel can be contacted here via PM

or via his SoundCloud account

Edit:20230710 - I remixed the track, replacing ARP2600 V3 parts with V2 after an Arturia upgrade removed my 32-bit VSTi. I re-levelled and EQ'd the track, adding some targetted EQuivocate cuts, and mastered in T-Racks 5 ready for a future album release.

https://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/lene ... ks5-master

Recorded and mixed in EnergyXT 2.7
Mastered in T-Racks 5

Miroslav Philharmonik
FMERA2
Sampletank2
Chromaphone2
ACE
ARP2600V2
BC Gain3 Stereo
Shimmer
REFLEXPlus
SoundForge
EQuivocate
T-Racks EQ PG
Satin
T-Racks Linear Phase EQ
T-Racks Vintage Equalizer

DR - 10

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:10 pm

Nice!

What is the female choir patch?

(sonically, I much prefer this to 'mastered')

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:48 am

great buildup, as usual on your works. fluid chord progressions and nice atmosphere.
at first i was like, oh cool! Tim covered the Jaws movie theme!

i like the choir voice sound. i would not known it was not mastered if you hadn't
said so, sounds good as-is. the ending NASA beep was my kind of ending!

enjoyed

drumity · Post by **drumity** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 3:00 pm

What a nice surprise !
After ages my monstrous project has a new contributor.
Thanks very much for that Tim !

The music fits nicely with the painting, which has been chosen by
several guys now, seems like it has some deep concentrated energy

Tim, if you like I can master the track.
You know the procedure

For all others, it is fundamental to know the painting, which was the inspiration
for the music. That´s the idea of the PROJECT

I try to post the painting here now, but I am not sure if dropbox let you see it.
Please confirm that the link is working:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p21uetdrm324q ... e.jpg?dl=0

(( D ))

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:58 am

jancivil wrote:Nice!

What is the female choir patch?

(sonically, I much prefer this to 'mastered')

Thanks very much for listening, Jan. Glad you liked it.

The female choir is the Soprano Ahh patch from Sampletank 2

sbj · Post by **sbj** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:26 am

Very soothing

All spacemen spinning the black circle will appreciate this track.

With eyes closed down here where gravity rules, I might as well be floating, weightless, out there.

Cheers

wavephonic · Post by **wavephonic** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:09 pm

very nice floater man, I like how the heavier stab has a cool bouncing echo, not unlike something eno would do. the subtle note changes kept it engaging without losing the atmospheric theme, perfect for lights out in the big chair. interesting about the graphic, I was shining a flashlight at cd's and taking closeup photos of the reflections and it appears very similar to that very effect.
good stuff

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:14 am

layzer wrote:great buildup, as usual on your works. fluid chord progressions and nice atmosphere.
at first i was like, oh cool! Tim covered the Jaws movie theme!
i like the choir voice sound. i would not known it was not mastered if you hadn't
said so, sounds good as-is. the ending NASA beep was my kind of ending!

enjoyed

Thanks very much for the listen, and the comments, layzer. Glad you liked it. I never dreamed that I'd be doing movie work

It's not "mastered" as such, but I did put Satin and a couple of EQs on the master bus here. I think that this softer style of music benefits from a more "open/transparent" processing sequence. The compressor/limiter combo doesn't seem to bring much to the ambient party, imho.

Beep

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 1:34 pm

Listening to this, I couldn't help but think of the opening to Michael Moorcock's The Black Corridor -
Space is infinite, it is dark
Space is neutral, it is cold
Stars occupy minute areas of space... &tc

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 1:37 am

drumity wrote:What a nice surprise !
After ages my monstrous project has a new contributor.
Thanks very much for that Tim !

The music fits nicely with the painting, which has been chosen by
several guys now, seems like it has some deep concentrated energy

)

Hi Daniel,

Glad you liked it

This was the first time I attempted a project like this and my method was possibly a little unconventional.

After deciding which painting was my favourite, and taking the decision to make a musical accompaniment, I spent about 5 minutes looking at the image, to become familiar with it. Then I put it out of my mind. I think that was in December.

In mid-February I started work on the music, but I didn't refer to the painting again until the track was complete and posted on SoundCloud, so the composition process was driven by my memory and original impressions of that picture. I think it worked itself out quite well.

I'll post your master of this on SoundCloud tomorrow evening

Allomerus · Post by **Allomerus** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:41 am

Great track Tim! Love the mixture of the stabbing synth and the choirs...
Such a wonderful listen after a long week as I chill out after dinner.
The space in this is great...
Well done!

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:04 am

sbj wrote:Very soothing

All spacemen spinning the black circle will appreciate this track.

With eyes closed down here where gravity rules, I might as well be floating, weightless, out there.

Cheers

Thanks very much for listening and commenting, sbj. Glad you liked it, and thanks for the cosmic references

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:52 pm

Here is drumity's 24-bit/96 KHz HD master of the same track:-

https://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/lene ... iel-abadie

Daniel can be contacted here via PM

or via his SoundCloud account

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:04 am

seismic1 wrote:[I think that this softer style of music benefits from a more "open/transparent" processing sequence. The compressor/limiter combo doesn't seem to bring much to the ambient party, imho.

Beep

2 beeps on that, good buddy!

drumity · Post by **drumity** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:15 pm

seismic1 wrote: After deciding which painting was my favourite, and taking the decision to make a musical accompaniment, I spent about 5 minutes looking at the image, to become familiar with it.

If you had seen the painting in natura I am convinced you´d spend more than 5 min

seismic1 wrote:I think it worked itself out quite well.

Absolutely !

(( D ))

L'Énergie Concentrée (ElectroProg - Seismic De-Materialisation)