beat test

[rachmiel]

jazzy, core,

i reduced the density by about 50% which adds a lot more gaps between events. doing so causes the randomness of the timing of events to be even more obvious.

beat test 2

can anyone guess what (very simple) technique i used to create the timings of the individual drum layers (two of which are present in this version, with one sometimes dropping out) ... ? hint: you can really hear this technique in action from :20 to :40. :-)

[polyslax]

poly, jazzy,

what about the cymbals don't you like?

i'm such a non-drum-aficionado that all of these lazyfish Krypt samples sound pretty much equally effective as electronica blips and blaps to me. to tell the truth, i don't much like the samples. i find them musically dull. but i quite like the sound of a dense/chaotic overlapping of them.

Not sure what to say other than I found them to be out of context.

[rachmiel]

poly, jazzy,

what about the cymbals don't you like?

i'm such a non-drum-aficionado that all of these lazyfish Krypt samples sound pretty much equally effective as electronica blips and blaps to me. to tell the truth, i don't much like the samples. i find them musically dull. but i quite like the sound of a dense/chaotic overlapping of them.

Not sure what to say other than I found them to be out of context.

i trust your gut. :-)

when i go on a walk with my gurlfriend nancy and we pass by a patch of wildflowers she sees (and takes delight in or sometimes gets personally offended by) specific flowers: jack in the pulpit, veronica, blood root, whatever. i see: flowers. or, more like: blobs of shape and color.

when it comes to drums, you guys are nancys, hearing all sorts of specific nuance. mostly, i just hear: drums (tom, snare, cymbal, kick, etc.).

[polyslax]

Wheels are turning now...

Flower Drum Song
Drums and Roses
A snare by any other name...

I'll just happily go by The Nancy of Drums henceforth.

[Laguna Rising]

Listened to both versions. In the 2nd one I tried (failing) to recognize the beat. I believe it works much better for what you were after.

Cheers

[Jazzyspoon]

lol, did Rick just call me a nancy?
I do like the specific effect of stuttered twisting and drum blending, just not all of the sound choices. The cymbals just felt a bit abrasive and much louder than the other drum hits.
As for the technique, with DAW's there are a million and one ways to achieve this particular result, including happily slapping the face of drum controller like a 3 year old. That is another reason why creative sound choices can add a layer of unintended complexity to the technique, I suppose.
(By the way, I feel comfortable enough with you and the fact that you are a musical genius to be able to make the "3 year old" reference and know you wouldn't misunderstand and think I was insulting your work here. I know you know what you are doing)

[Az're-ul]

Probably going to sound weird but even though I can't hear a discernible beat I can "feel" a groove - maybe because I'm listening on headphones in the dark so no other stimuli? Beat test 2 sounds/feels familiar for apparently no reason at all.

[jopy]

i'm also not hearing groove in here. it's an interesting combination of sounds, no doubt, but not something one could really tap the toes to. although i liked the first one, the second one was even more to my liking.

it reminds me a bit of zyklus für einen schlagzeuger with the different percussion tonalities. just a bit, it's structurally totally different of course. it has some of the same appeal to my ears.

[PurpleCatfishBettie]

Ok, here's a little (well, 10-minute) jam with those 2 loops:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2010/2/1/2 ... st_Jam.mp3