New song using Diva, and Presswerk compression on various tracks

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I put a new song in my music website called "Mercy Me". The song contains Diva, electric guitar, electric bass, and some non-u-he synth. I used Presswerk compression on the vocals, drums, and electric bass. Please tell me how you like the song and how it can be improved. I will return the favor if you wish (leave me a link). The song is at the top of this link:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default ... dID=224436

By the way, today I saw "Dunkirk" in the theatre today. I thought it was well done. Hans Zimmer did the music, which made the movie more tense (on purpose). Anyone know if he used Zebra on this movie? There was a clock ticking sound that reminded me of the ZebraHZ sound that's on a Batman movie.
You can hear my original music at this link: https://www.soundclick.com/artist/defau ... dID=224436

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Re "Dunkirk": Yes, lots of ZebraHZ in there. The clock ticking wasn't recycled from The Dark Knight, however - far from it! I was sent a lovely sample of one of Christopher Nolan's own pocket watches, and managed to recreate it very closely in ZebraHZ. Several more patches used those resulting MSEG shapes, so everything with a pulse was related. Apart from being infinitely more variable than resynthesis of the original sample, having a 100% synthetic version was easier to handle because the soundtrack includes so-called "Risset" rhythms: The beat continuously speeds up while becoming simultaneously less dense - the rhythmic equivalent of Shepard tones. Clever stuff, Herr Zimmer!

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Howard, I love these little glimpses into real-world sound design synthesis. I would have never guessed that Hans would need a synthetic version of a ticking watch sample until I read your explanation. :)

I'd love to see more of these stories migrate into the manuals under the "here's a real-world usage of components and why". Either that or create a new u-he series where one of the junior guys grabs a camera and interviews you.

I can hope for more at least. :)
Feel free to call me Brian.

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Howard,
Thank you for replying, I hoped you would! Very interesting and cool! Did you get a credit in the film? I actually hoped to see your name in the credits, but I couldn't read the credits fast enough.
You can hear my original music at this link: https://www.soundclick.com/artist/defau ... dID=224436

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