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shamann · Post by **shamann** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:42 am

Here's my entry for the Cohmpetition.

My short take on the Acid Mothers Temple/Kawabata Makoto stylee. All buzz, drone and squall. Should have been 20 minutes at least, but rules are rules.

Wanted to get this out to the people before final voting. By my estimation there are 12 prizes in category A and 13 entries. My luck, I'll be the 13th guy, so best to get as much mileage out of this as I can before then. (though I think there might be a disqualification, fingers crossed

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Cosmic Fohm

Gear used is Audiomulch, Chromadelay, Supatrigga and Quadfrohmage (which made such a beautiful racket). Sounds are all from two sampled piano notes. This is a higher bit-rate version than the one submitted.

Onward Father Moo and Cheers,
Steve

mystahr · Post by **mystahr** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 5:09 am

Delicious feedback happening that pierced deep within.

So you can still extend this one to 20+ mins now that the cohmpetition is over

Whomever wins (and I doubt you'll come last in here) good luck to all; I'll be getting the QF anyhow.

rsmus7 · Post by **rsmus7** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 5:39 am

great track

from 2 piano notes, superb use of the plug

I wish you all the best for the comp, thou you can´t win, you know , because I´m there too.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 9:46 am

quadfrohmage will be mine i tell you!

cool track by the way and yes id love to hear another 17 minutes

Hunter · Post by **Hunter** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:57 am

Oh Shit I Missed The Competition?

rsmus7 · Post by **rsmus7** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 11:03 am

Hunter wrote:Oh Shit I Missed The Competition?

haven´t entered yet?

then you missed it.

Sad for you

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good for me

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:47 pm

rsmus7 soon at manc wrote:haven´t entered yet?

then you missed it.

Sad for you

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good for me

Ah, delighting in the misfortune of others. Nothing beats it.

Now about the next seventeen minutes, hmm, maybe I'll need to add a third note then.

You™ · Post by **You™** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:52 pm

Nice track, Steve!

(I'm laughing because I'm late to the party and I came by a very convoluted path.)

There's a few buzzy clicks and things I wasn't sure about, but it's got a strange rhythmic insistence I really find appealing.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 5:26 pm

You™ wrote:Nice track, Steve! (I'm laughing because I'm late to the party and I came by a very convoluted path.)

There's a few buzzy clicks and things I wasn't sure about, but it's got a strange rhythmic insistence I really find appealing.

Excellent, a new one to add to the Cafe posting strategy: the convoluted bump. Must jot that down to memory.

Glad you liked the tune, the buzzy clicks and things were mostly a product of the combinations of Supatrigga cutup and comb filters. Admittedly not to everyone's tastes, as they tend to always sound odd and somehow wet. They came out of me trying to get a more live/sloppy playing feel out of software. I've listened to this several times since posting, I'm always taken with the bassy feedback. Sort of a happy accident that I exploited. And the good news, the track won me a copy of OhmBoyz delay.

Cheers,
Steve

detfella · Post by **detfella** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 5:36 pm

congrats on your winnings!

nice intro, seems to be missing higher freq components, or maybe thats ur thing! i like the strange/weird textures, very pleasing

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:08 pm

detfella wrote:congrats on your winnings!

nice intro, seems to be missing higher freq components, or maybe thats ur thing! i like the strange/weird textures, very pleasing

Thanks.

I hadn't really thought about it missing higher frequencies, so interesting point. Perhaps a result of the whole track being made with only two piano samples, and I think both were even the same note.

At the time I think I was a worried of it being too high-end/reedy. I do tend to omit certain frequency ranges and emphasize others as a compositional tactic. At times, I'll write something and then see how it sounds with some rather extreme EQ'ing.

Cheers,
Steve

Steven West · Post by **Steven West** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:33 pm

Congrats! And I like this piece alot too!

Love how those inharmonics start weaving in and out, up and down. Very 'alarming'.

Great stuff!

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:16 pm

Steven West wrote:Congrats! And I like this piece alot too! Love how those inharmonics start weaving in and out, up and down. Very 'alarming'.

Great stuff!

Hey, thanks Mr. West. It was a lot of fun feeling the Outer Space Acid Mothers groove. I got the Quadfrohmage in the group buy now, been using it a lot. So much it can do. Would recommend it to anyone.

Steven West · Post by **Steven West** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:45 pm

I'm quite happy with the OhMyGod! comb filter of theirs. But until I win a lottery....

I'll have to make do with SmEx goods.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:16 pm

Steven West wrote:I'm quite happy with the OhMyGod! comb filter of theirs. But until I win a lottery....

I'll have to make do with SmEx goods.

Shame you missed out on the group buy. The package I got worked out to getting Symptohm at a discounted price, and still get Quadf at no extra cost. Still pricy overall ($200 CAN maybe?), but excellent value. It soothes my empty wallet guilt by mentally including the free OhmBoyz into the bundle.

Can't go wrong with Smex goods. At least one makes it into everything I do. Best thing about the Smex competition was that I learned how to use everything they have. So they are the first to come to mind to fill a need.

I'd also recommend you check out 12th floor's ChromaDelay for comb filter needs.

Cheers,
Steve

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