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Hybernation · Post by **Hybernation** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:11 pm

Haunted House

6MB, 192kbps MP3

read about it here on my blog

Thanks in advance for listening!
John

folderol · Post by **folderol** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:18 pm

Very nice (I don't scare easily), however I think it would be better if the arpeggios were faded up and down, maybe dynamically filtered and panned so they seem to drift.

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:10 pm

Sounds very sterile and quite melancholic. Not really scary or ambient to me, but yes, nice one. Has a huge bass, at least it seems so in my cans.

Hybernation · Post by **Hybernation** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:31 pm

folderol wrote:Very nice (I don't scare easily), however I think it would be better if the arpeggios were faded up and down, maybe dynamically filtered and panned so they seem to drift.

thank you, that is a good idea.

Hybernation · Post by **Hybernation** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:33 pm

Zombie Queen wrote:Sounds very sterile and quite melancholic. Not really scary or ambient to me, but yes, nice one. Has a huge bass, at least it seems so in my cans.

yeah I didn't think it very scary either, but by 5-year-old son did

I'm horrible with genres. If not ambient, then what would you call this (and I agree it's not very ambient) ?

Yes, I think listening back the bass might be a bit on the hot side!

thanks
J

HanafiH · Post by **HanafiH** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:15 pm

I think the proper genre title is downtempo electronica.

A very nicely made piece in the fruity loops mould. I found myself aching for the chord to drop a fifth.

Hybernation · Post by **Hybernation** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:30 pm

HanafiH wrote:I think the proper genre title is downtempo electronica.

A very nicely made piece in the fruity loops mould. I found myself aching for the chord to drop a fifth.

thanks.

HA HA! I thought about it. I was trying to be just a shade less predictable than I usually am

Funny you mention FL. I own it, but it isn't even installed anymore. I just never "got it" having grown up with Cakewalk and 4-tracks before that. It's funny how I still think "linear" composition, even when I create a piece like this which is so obviously made up of loops.

Perhaps I should give FL 9 a try. It's pretty great how once you buy it, you get every future upgrade for nothing!

wavephonic · Post by **wavephonic** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:05 pm

thought it was cool, I liked the concept, the build and the change.
maybe a little more improv on the lead for a bit more interest, but overall nice sound.

Ghost Snake · Post by **Ghost Snake** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:07 am

Beautiful piece.Not really scary,but very dramatic with a big sense of uneasiness .
It made me feel really uneasy.

My 2c :

I don't think the bass riff fits very much,as i think it explores too many notes,if you understand what I mean .

I loved the build up and the modulation,but I didn't like that E sus 4 as i found it very 'out' in this song.It takes you somewhere else too much. I think just continuing with the F#min Dmin thing would have been just fine,(and maybe just adding climax with a lead and dynamics)

As predictable as it sounds,for example,at 2:56 I would have expected the same chords repeated,maybe with some stronger notes on top and a building in dynamics,maybe with some impro lead job on it

Hybernation · Post by **Hybernation** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:13 pm

thanks to everyone for the suggestions. This forum is amazing. I only spent a couple of hours on this track originally (I sometimes spend days!), but based on the suggestions I think I'm going to spend a couple of more and 1) rework the B-section 2) simplify the bass line 3) add some "improv" synth in there 4) mess with the pan/filtering (dynamically) on the arpeggios.

in other works, implement every single suggestion you folks made

They were all good. Many thanks!!

JSH

Ghost Snake · Post by **Ghost Snake** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:45 pm

I only spent a couple of hours on this track originally (I sometimes spend days!)

I think the best stuff comes out in very short time

sometimes (VERY rarely) i finished a track in half an hour and it was the best I've ever done.
Other times (the most) I could spend hours tweaking a string part, then finish erasing it. Making music is such a cool thing.

Hybernation · Post by **Hybernation** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:36 am

Ghost Snake wrote:Making music is such a cool thing.

Indeed. It is SUCH a good time to be alive in terms of affordable and amazing music technology!

Haunted House (progressive ambient)