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seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:07 am

10 hours to record in February 2010. The 2012 Edit/Remix/Master took about 9 hours. The only synth used on here was Rez v2.0. EnergyXT Drum sampler was used for all percussion. Considering that Rez v2.0 is monophonic, I think the resulting sound is fairly dense.

edit: mp3 download link removed

http://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/des-rez

Recorded in EnergyXT2.5.2/Remixed in EnergyXT2.6/EnergyXT2.7beta
Rez v2.0
EnergyXT Drum Sampler
EnergyXT Delay
FreeVerb3
EnergyXT Reverb
T-RackS 3 Equalizer

Edit: 20130211 remix: EQ updates, relevelling, added FerricTDS to the master bus and mastered with tweaked T-Racks3 chain - took 4 hours

DR - 10

EDIT:20240427 - over 12 years later, also on Youtube as a static video

Programentalist · Post by **Programentalist** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:32 pm

Not bad for a single synth and some drums! (Well, there are a good few instances of the synth I reckon, but anyway.) Nice progression through the tune as well.

Rez rings a bell, and look, a new version (well, new to me). I'll have to get that one, you've got some nice sounds going here for sure.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:34 pm

Programentalist wrote:Not bad for a single synth and some drums! (Well, there are a good few instances of the synth I reckon, but anyway.) Nice progression through the tune as well.

Rez rings a bell, and look, a new version (well, new to me). I'll have to get that one, you've got some nice sounds going here for sure.

Yes. I had 10 instances of Rez in there, and 4 drum kits. I downloaded the new version of Rez 2 or 3 months ago, but I just haven't had time to do anything with it yet.

Thanks very much for listening. I hope you enjoyed it.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:43 pm

I like that.

I imagine that's what Yello would do were they to create a little piece of music for a confusing chase scene through Prague

Programentalist · Post by **Programentalist** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:27 pm

seismic1 wrote:I hope you enjoyed it.

Yes! Maybe that wasn't obvious looking at my post...

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:29 pm

tehlord wrote:I like that.

I imagine that's what Yello would do were they to create a little piece of music for a confusing chase scene through Prague

Cheers mate. That's the second Yello reference in 24 hours. Swiss bank account, here I come

Thanks very much for listening and commenting.

wavephonic · Post by **wavephonic** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:09 pm

neat electro stuff with some cool changes and great dynamics. for me it misses something to grab onto, maybe a lead instrument or something in places just to give it an identity that its an actual song. I happen to have one of my synths on while listening and a simple line over top seem to change the scope of it immediately.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:50 pm

wavephonic wrote:neat electro stuff with some cool changes and great dynamics. for me it misses something to grab onto, maybe a lead instrument or something in places just to give it an identity that its an actual song. I happen to have one of my synths on while listening and a simple line over top seem to change the scope of it immediately.

I know what you mean. I have only put leads on less than 20% of my tracks so far. I tend to treat these more as soundscapes with an underlying beat and focus on building up layers of sound. I hope to improve on this ratio over the next 6 months or so.

Thanks very much for listening and commenting. Glad you liked it.

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:45 pm

Nice range of sounds you're squeezing out of Rez and the track is a pretty dazzling rhythm-scape. Quite enjoyed this Tim!

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:14 am

polyslax wrote:Nice range of sounds you're squeezing out of Rez and the track is a pretty dazzling rhythm-scape. Quite enjoyed this Tim!

Thanks for listening and commenting Matt. Glad you enjoyed this. I put the basic track together a couple of years ago, but when I came back to it last week, it had lost its sheen, so I reworked it, adding a few extra instruments until I felt I had achieved that cyclic reinforcement thing, if you know what I mean.

Sinlesssin · Post by **Sinlesssin** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:10 am

Very dark and cosmic

macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:12 am

excellent tune Tim! i get a feeling of been ferried around a neon lit dystopian future city in a hover taxi on my way to another dive bar to score some spice.
some great sounds in there too - i particularly liked the bass.

neil.

KungKrille · Post by **KungKrille** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:56 am

Nice song with a good selection of synth sounds. Maybe you could have got a fuller sound if you panned out the tracks more but still, Rez 2 sounds good.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:12 pm

Sinlesssin wrote:Very dark and cosmic

That's the way aha............

At the beginning things are fairly dark but the mood lightens a little by the end

Thanks for listening and commenting.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:00 pm

macmurphy wrote:excellent tune Tim! i get a feeling of been ferried around a neon lit dystopian future city in a hover taxi on my way to another dive bar to score some spice.
some great sounds in there too - i particularly liked the bass.

neil.

Hey Neil, thanks for checking in. Glad you liked it. Sounds like the nightlife in your part of the world is really jumping. I was up on the Broads about 3 years ago. Pottering around on boats is a great way of relaxing.

Check out Mısır Çarşısı in Istanbul if you ever go there. We used to shop there regularly. I never saw a hover taxi

Des Rez (ElectroProg - Seismic Agglomeration)