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seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:33 am

macmurphy wrote:great tune Tim. lovely sounds and a very satisfying arrangement.
energetically relaxed... yeah, 4lb Kitty hit the nail on the head

neil.

Yep. Music for gardening (sounds like a Brian Eno album)

Thanks very much for listening Neil. Glad you liked it

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:45 am

wow, very cool tune. Great choice of sounds, and impressive choice of tools. Should be a lesson there for many of us. Great mix, too!

abstractcats · Post by **abstractcats** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:13 am

Great tune, Tim! I could listen to this, on a long car ride, to keep awake.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:41 am

DramaNoMore wrote:Very reminiscent of wipE'out, back when it was good.

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

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:47 am

seismic1 wrote:Yep. Music for gardening (sounds like a Brian Eno album)

Lovely track!
It's very relaxing yet powerful indeed

I love the synth sound at the beginning!

Cheers
Dennis

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:22 am

Nice. I don't think it needs vocals. Quite enjoyed it. A sidenote: "Seismic Jollity" is a very nice phrase.

mr.me · Post by **mr.me** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:49 pm

This is cool!

I too like the pads.

Synth 1 is nice lil gem, loads nord patches aswell (fuzzy recollection).

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:39 pm

mrblitz wrote:cool! really enjoying the arrangement!

how about grabbing a couple of vocal samples from one of the various sample sites around the web?

Thanks very much for listening and commenting, mrblitz. Glad you enjoyed it

I may follow up on that vocal sampling idea later this year when I start work on some new tracks. Or I might buy a Roland R-05 for some field recordings.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:52 pm

layzer wrote:Bravo, Tim! this one was steady driving ...great for running or cycling to.
i loved the high pitch square bleeps. nice tone... and of course, synth1 shined in the mix as well.
good one!

Thanks for listening and commenting, Dave. Glad you liked it

Those high pitched squares were from the EnergyXT synth. I had a hard job with the EQ on there. I didn't want to mess with the patch too much as the sound lost its ringy character, but there was just too much medium-high frequency resonance coming through in the mix on headphones, so I applied HPF/LPF/HSF/PEQ to tone it down.

Synth1 is a star.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:51 am

bluedad wrote:wow, very cool tune. Great choice of sounds, and impressive choice of tools. Should be a lesson there for many of us. Great mix, too!

Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment, bluedad. Glad you liked it

I really enjoy putting tracks together with low-cost, or freeware synths. There are so many possibilities, and some of these VSTs are extremely powerful. They sound pretty good as well, and that is what it's all about.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:02 am

abstractcats wrote: Great tune, Tim! I could listen to this, on a long car ride, to keep awake.

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

The next track is more of a fusion thing. But what will be fused?

any1particular · Post by **any1particular** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:18 am

seismic1 wrote:This one took 10 hours to record in May 2010. The June 2012 remix took about 14 hours, most of which was concerned with the actual sonics. Only 2 synths were harmed in the making of this, The excellent Synth1 and the EnergyXT synthesizer. The drums are all EnergyXT.

mp3/192Kbps/6:36/9.1MB

Or, on SoundCloud

http://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/relax

Recorded in EnergyXT2.5.2/Remixed in EnergyXT2.6
Synth1
EnergyXT Synthesizer
EnergyXT Drum Sampler
IK Classik Studio Reverb
T-Racks Linear Phase EQ
T-Racks Opto Compressor
T-Racks Vintage Equalizer
T-Racks Brickwall Limiter

And all those hours of hard work has paid off Tim!!!! The mix is nice and clear-can you show me how to do that? Nice nice nice nice nice EDM and nice again....T-Racks? I have that bundle and never use them...have to revisit.. perhaps there's some tutorials on youtube?

May I ask?What's you DAW of choice?

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:40 am

Bronto Scorpio wrote: Lovely track!
It's very relaxing yet powerful indeed
I love the synth sound at the beginning!

Cheers
Dennis

Thanks very much for checking this out, Dennis, and thanks for the comments. I'm glad you like it

That synth at the beginning is Synth1

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:38 pm

D.H. Miltz wrote:Nice. I don't think it needs vocals. Quite enjoyed it. A sidenote: "Seismic Jollity" is a very nice phrase.

That's a relief. I am not exactly renowned for my vocals

Maybe I should turn my attention to lyric-writing, but then again, maybe I shouldn't.

Thanks very much for listening and commenting, DHM. Glad you enjoyed it.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:34 am

mr.me wrote:This is cool!

I too like the pads.

Synth 1 is nice lil gem, loads nord patches aswell (fuzzy recollection).

Thanks very much for listening and the feedback, mr.me. Glad you liked it

Synth1 is definitely the biz.

Relax (ElectroProg - Seismic Jollity)