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donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:41 pm

Rip off the Blue Nile? Moi? Never?

Me entry for this months k-v-r contest. All SR stuff except for geetars and vocals, 2 mins of of classy pop for the kids!

Over now

dgkenney · Post by **dgkenney** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:18 pm

donkey tugger wrote: Over now

I like it. Catchy melody/beat. Flows together nicely.

I fear, however, that you have set the bar too high in your earlier demo that you did for Kriminal entitled "Pwogwokk" All future work will be judged against it and, to be frank, impossible to match.

Hope you are having fun with the SR sounds.

Dan

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:31 pm

dgkenney wrote:

I fear, however, that you have set the bar too high in your earlier demo that you did for Kriminal entitled "Pwogwokk" All future work will be judged against it and, to be frank, impossible to match.

Dan

A salutary warning of the dangers of mixing strong lager drinking with musical endeavour!

Squids · Post by **Squids** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:14 am

Short tune. But, as always, very nice stuff. Great Blue Nile chords in there. Love it. Nice guitar parts as well. Snare sounds nice and fluffy. Rich strings. Vocals are ace.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:57 pm

Squids wrote:Short tune. But, as always, very nice stuff. Great Blue Nile chords in there. Love it. Nice guitar parts as well. Snare sounds nice and fluffy. Rich strings. Vocals are ace.

Ah well, it had to be less than 2 mins for the contest rules, the buggers!

I really like that i-map brush kit in SS2, actually has samples that sound like someone was giving the drums a proper whack, rather than the jaaaaztastic tapping you usually get from sampled brush kits. Good work again sir!

Squids · Post by **Squids** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:39 pm

donkey tugger wrote:
Squids wrote:Short tune. But, as always, very nice stuff. Great Blue Nile chords in there. Love it. Nice guitar parts as well. Snare sounds nice and fluffy. Rich strings. Vocals are ace.
Ah well, it had to be less than 2 mins for the contest rules, the buggers!

I really like that i-map brush kit in SS2, actually has samples that sound like someone was giving the drums a proper whack, rather than the jaaaaztastic tapping you usually get from sampled brush kits. Good work again sir!

Yeah! I like that too. Brush drums are so cool but you're right, most people just do delicate stuff for samples of brushes... yet good drummers will do whatever the song requires. Sometimes it requires a good SMACK.

Bottom line is that if you don't LOSE some of the straws or wires in the brush after the session then you didn't do it right!

Good luck with the contest. Please keep posting your music (no max minutes here). Also on www.sonikelementz.com if you get the chance. We love it.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:01 pm

Squids wrote: Please keep posting your music (no max minutes here). Also on www.sonikelementz.com if you get the chance. We love it.

Oh go on then, if you're twisting me arm.

(plenty of time for music now, being jobless again this week!

)

Something a tad more noisy but still quite poppy in it's own little way;

overtaking

With i-map drums from ss2, drums from the acoustic drums collection, ahhhs from ss2, bass from bass collection (me old fave 60s love bass

), a few bits and bobs from elab vinylistics 1 (boo, not SR!

), and (out of tune) geetar and crooning from me.

Kim Lajoie · Post by **Kim Lajoie** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:15 pm

Ok, I thought I'd take this Easter weekend off work, and actually make some music!

I had one failed attempt that didn't go anywhere because it was too soft and new-age. The moment I scrapped it was the moment I remember that I like hard sounds.

So I made this:

http://audioshots.com/auditorium/viewtopic.php?t=715

So, uh, I suppose it goes on the shelf with all the other orchestral drum'n'bass heavy metal. It's also got a touch of dub reggae maybe...

It's not as loud as The Prodigy, sorry guys.

For anyone who's interested, almost everything came from Sonik Synth 2. The only exceptions are:
1. Guitars are a hybrid of electric guitar performed by me (crunched with Amplitube) and sampled guitars from Sonik Synth 2. The sampled guitars are foreground
2. Some record scratches in the background of the 2nd half of the slow section
3. The orchestra reverb is Glaceverb. None of my other reverbs could get that grossly exaggerated sense of space I wanted

Seriously, SampleTank2 is amazing. A couple of years ago, a piece like this would have taken me a month (in elapsed time, probably closer to a week full time). This Easter, that piece took me two days from start to finish.

And that included Easter family shenanigans too...

Forever,

Kim.

Arglebargle · Post by **Arglebargle** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:15 pm

You write music way too fast, I'm seriously jealous.

Kim Lajoie · Post by **Kim Lajoie** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:11 pm

Arglebargle wrote:You write music way too fast, I'm seriously jealous.

ST2 helps a lot because I don't have to waste my time fumbling through multiple windows using a dozen different softsynths and even more effects plugins. With ST2, everything's in one place and it's easy to get to - which means I spend less time playing with software, and more time actually making music.

And of course, none of that would be useful if ST2 didn't actually sound good.

Fortunately, the effects are awesome and my sound library (based on Sonik Synth 2, but with a few additions) is a gold mine!

Forever,

Kim.

Arglebargle · Post by **Arglebargle** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 4:22 pm

http://www.soundclick.com/util/streamM3 ... 72210&q=Hi

This f**king song took two full instances of ST2 and dozens of guitar tracks. I had fun writing it, but gah, I'm glad it's finished.

It's a mix of orchestral, metal, and world music (aka mostly Middle Eastern).

Note: you actually have to copy the stream link and paste it in your browser window for it to work... strange.

dgkenney · Post by **dgkenney** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:27 pm

Arglebargle wrote:It's a mix of orchestral, metal, and world music (aka mostly Middle Eastern).

Wow!! Pretty epic

Fantastic job. I really liked the weaving of various instruments and beats. Very impressive.

Dan

Arglebargle · Post by **Arglebargle** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:29 pm

Why thank you, sir!

Kim Lajoie · Post by **Kim Lajoie** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:35 pm

Wow! Great stuff there Arglebargle! Which ST2 libraries did you use?

Forever,

Kim.

Arglebargle · Post by **Arglebargle** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:29 pm

Mostly just ST2, though I used OmniSynth for the french horn and koto, and probably something else I'm forgetting.

All of the percussion loops are courtesy of ST2. The drum loops are from the Groove section of the Holiday Capsule.

I really really love ST2, the diversity of the samples allows me to do damn near any style I want.

The atmospheric synth stuff and wind effects are Crystal.

The neo-classical synth solos were done using Triangle I.

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