KVR Audio

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:14 am

a little melody that evolved late this evening.
https://soundcloud.com/layzerkvr/ramirez-escape-from-oz

Bass - Akai AX80
Pads/Strings - Korg T2
Piano - Kurzweil 1000PX
Fantasy lead - Yamaha SY77
Choirs - Korg M3R
Drums - EXT2 Drum sampler

chorus, reverb, delays - TAL effects

enjoy!

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 4:19 pm

This suggests a darker, scarier Oz than the family friendly movie. We're not in Kansas anymore.

The composition is strong. I like the sound design and the mix although there was too much reverb for my tastes.

Good job.

rvkYoDleFool · Post by **rvkYoDleFool** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:41 am

Wow. Your bass is gooood. As you said nice melody. I don't like the snare sound. Sounds a bit "sampled" in relation to the other sounds. Overall i like it.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:00 pm

Dorothy meets Agent Scully. Nice mix. The bass and drums combine really well to produce a heavy groove and the pads are awesome as usual. Very enjoyable indeed.

Good work

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 11:23 pm

Frantz wrote:This suggests a darker, scarier Oz than the family friendly movie. We're not in Kansas anymore.

The composition is strong. I like the sound design and the mix although there was too much reverb for my tastes.

Good job.

agreed... i went a tiny bit overboard on the verb in toto's barking! ahhh well
glad you still enjoyed the other sounds and composition regardless

seriously though. i think the hats are the real overcooked reverb culprits.

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 1:44 am

layzer wrote:i went a tiny bit overboard on the verb in toto's barking!

Oh, that's barking! I didn't realize. Poor Toto. It sounds like you put him at the bottom of a well.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:54 am

Frantz wrote:
layzer wrote:i went a tiny bit overboard on the verb in toto's barking!
Oh, that's barking! I didn't realize. Poor Toto. It sounds like you put him at the bottom of a well.

"Silence of the mutts"

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:30 am

rvkYoDleFool wrote:Wow. Your bass is gooood. As you said nice melody. I don't like the snare sound. Sounds a bit "sampled" in relation to the other sounds. Overall i like it.

good ear, fool.... the whole percussion part could have been better matched to the other parts.
and as Frantz said, less verb.

The Akai AX80 has been a long standing favorite for bass in my music. some VSTs i use, like
TAL Elektro, Charlatan and Asynth have a sound that comes close to it....but not quite.
thanks for commenting

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:42 am

seismic1 wrote:Dorothy meets Agent Scully. Nice mix. The bass and drums combine really well to produce a heavy groove and the pads are awesome as usual. Very enjoyable indeed.

Good work

hi Tim! thanks for checking it out.
yeah, i gave it my special bass attention. did you
play it on your big system? if so, how did it sound on it?

i used the KLC M1 for pads originally, but then switched to the T2. it just sounds better to me.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:29 am

I'll give it a spin at the weekend. My last few listens were on the Rokit 5 monitors. It sounded great on there.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:30 pm

It sounded great on the big system, although I would have preferred a "smaller" snare sound, but with a bigger reverb. I think that would have been a better fit here.

Good work

Allomerus · Post by **Allomerus** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:26 am

Enjoyed it! Like others have said the snare isn't my cup of tea. I would prefer a 'Bill Bruford' sounding snare.

Nice melody - well done!

spirit · Post by **spirit** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:39 am

Rather liked the drums myself - interesting patterns. For some reason the track reminded me of the main title of "Midnight Express".

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:04 am

seismic1 wrote:It sounded great on the big system, although I would have preferred a "smaller" snare sound, but with a bigger reverb. I think that would have been a better fit here.

Good work

oh good, glad to hear. i monitor on some optimus die cast 4" woofer monitors. no subwoofer because the family made me get rid of the boom.

i may revisit this and change the drums some day.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:08 am

Allomerus wrote:Enjoyed it! Like others have said the snare isn't my cup of tea. I would prefer a 'Bill Bruford' sounding snare.
Nice melody - well done!

thanks for stopping by, John

i was after a kind of OMDish effect with the out of place drum sound like on their song "of all the things we made"
i wonder if they got a split group on it as well, hahaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYM4XrSkrMc

Escape from OZ - downtempo