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Sepheritoh · Post by **Sepheritoh** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:20 pm

Caco wrote:
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Sepheritoe - Shadows in Our Minds

I really didn't want to be negative about this song as i do really like it and think it is really powerful and would make a fantastic film score but to me the change at 1.17 just doesn't sound right and the electric guitar at the two minute mark really doesn't fit the track. Apart from that though I am a fan of this track so if I am being critical I apologise but its because I can hear how good it could potentially be with a few tweaks.

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Much appreciated. I do not think you were negative, and I really do not mind about constructive criticism. I know about the timing on the acoustic guitar being out and the electric a bit out of tune. The dip I had in my original post was a bit of a tongue in cheek dip at the predictability of some of the reviews last month when the first one said I did not follow the theme and then everybody else just copy and paste that review. All that while I still believe that I was the only one actually following the instructions from the moderator

. Anyway I'll get over it. Glad you see some potential in this track and I really think I should redo parts of it when the contest is over - oh, this is not even a contest, so what the........ shit maybe I misunderstood again. I'll probably get dq'd because of some other thing anyway (are banned members allowed to submit for the contest?)

oddbods finger · Post by **oddbods finger** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:00 pm

Reviews Part II

Thomekk – this is so cheery it’s bloody disrespectful

Nice vocal harmonies….BTW, what does inowative mean?

Farluker – oo er, nice bass mrs…is that Mr Moog talking ?

Respirator – mmmm atmospherics….this makes pretty patterns with Windows Medium Player….I wonder what would it have sounded like without all those FX?

Andreas E – non real guitars hurt my teeth

Scoops – this is wild and crazy, but then you’re a wild and crazy guy

Petrudamsa – The pulsey synth in the first section is slightly off tempo….it makes me want to go grrrrr

…. nice Corea-esque synth playing though. An ambitious multi-part composition….I’m sure there’s a better way of saying ‘multi-part’

[size=of a cow] Note to self: don't write anymore reviews when a bit squiffy

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emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:12 pm

respirator -- Moog Has Left The Building: Love those drippy, clicking, echoing sounds and all the swirling lovely bits. This really reminds me of some work I've done in the past -- which actually used a hardware Minimoog. Love it!

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:30 pm

Patrick9 -- In The Moog: Dude...Uh...Dude. You're, like one big ol' goof ball ain't you?

Pretty funny. Good work.

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:39 pm

mchlwlsn -- Allegro Assai: Amazing. Amazingly authentic to the Switched On kinds of things that were coming out way-back-when. Interesting how much of this is Synth1, which I've never found a use for. Sounds good here, though. Actually this sounds more to my ears like a Larry Fast, aka Synergy piece. I thought about doing an old Synergy piece this month but I don't think he was actually using many Moog products. Seems like he was more of an Oberheim kinda guy . . . neither here nor there. This is surprizingly good. Actually turns out to be a great listen. Thanks!

Marc JX8P · Post by **Marc JX8P** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:43 pm

Aaaaaaaaaaaand a few more...

REQUIEM FOR BOB MOOG - Petrudamsa:
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Please include a direct link to your mp3, I don't want to register at soundclick and that player for the lo-fi and hi-fi streaming version doesn't work for me.

TheTelephoneCall - Scoops:
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This is a seriously weird track... fun though and very original!

Moog meets Emerson - Andreas Ehrhardt:
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Cool sounds, the guitar is nice in itself but I'm not so sure it works with the synth lead.

Diek · Post by **Diek** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:47 pm

Here I go again!
Remember, if you think I'm wrong you're probably right...

Hovmod In A Blue Moog
Few precise and hypnotic textures moving in a ethereal ambient make this song great. Great song

Mchlwlsn Allegro Assai
Bach is always Bach. J.S. Midi files sound ever so great that I think his music is far beyond human interpretation. It doesn't mean not sounding like a Midi file.

My apologies if I'm wrong

Poepe Bob Has Left The Building
The intro reminds me Van Der Graaf Generator (good indeed). Well structured song. Good synth and guitar leads. Thinking again reminds me also Focus (good indeed also)

You Europe & The Pirate Twins
Good sounds. Funny selection of instruments. I don't know the original, so I can't go beyond

Beardedone Mood for Bob Moog
I like the intro; ambient and smooth. Then I like the change to an odd rythmic structure. Very good Theremin lead. After a double lead. Good song

Ezy Ryder And Then There Was Moog
Sad feel intro. I like the strings in 2nd block. The structure becomes a little obvious past the half song

More to come yet...

knockman · Post by **knockman** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:28 am

in the gossip thread, pHz wrote:
WATCH THE SKIES !!!

(and read between the lines of this thread)

...sounds like a good idea, so for these reviews i'll do something akin and deliver a stream of consciousness/drivel that should unfold as the submissions grow. heavens!

yuskevich greeting with enigmatic wobbliness, transitions arise, three parts eno, four parts eigthies gothic, the remainder erstwhile gustav holst in release - an apt start to proceedings, a fittingly sombre tone pervades the majestic...

knockman...enter the fools.

barnadine a low frequency enwraps the heart, swelling with soulfull throbs...pumps the tears within and arcs on crests of inverted desolation, carriaged in deep breaths that settle on memories, soothing, ancient, forever.

benedict it's time to look up, new vistas are opening, summoning children who've barely touched spring, whose knowledge of clouds is only as a source of sparkling raindrops scattered amid their verdant paradise. playful as pan enchants them, each delight compounds their puckish ways, the first signs of mischief belie the fall...

marc jx8p interlock the machine, always channelling, establishing connections, charts its course across the heavens and becomes known as the great navigator - an eternal voyage suspended between celestial coordinates, perhaps it has always been there, it is only we who are moving and granted audience through our endeavours?

scamme earthly moments cannot evade the cosmic, a mystery is presented in love, played out in coquettish display or its opposite, a ray of light lifts the shadow and opens a timeless passage, a skip enters the step and mortality is briefly laid aside, a gift to those who see it.

more soon folks!

Caco · Post by **Caco** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:11 am

A few more reviews:

OddBod's Finger - Music For The Computer Age

Fantastic, catchy and on my iPod!!

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Thomekk - Bob Has Gone

I wasn't too sure on the vocals at first but they are growing on me and I actually quite like them now. I like the wobbly tremelo feel to the guitars as well which helps makes this feel like quite a bright happy track.

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Farkalur - Fooger

I like the use of the samples of Dr Moog as you have obviously thought about what you are doing rather then just sticking samples in and have produced an excellent track.

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Respirator - Moog Has Left The Building

Not exactly easy listening yet it still grabbed my attention and kept me listening as I wanted to hear what it built up into and I certainly wasn't disappointed. I think my computer would melt if I set up eXT with that many modules!!

petrudamsa · Post by **petrudamsa** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:34 am

Marc JX8P wrote:Aaaaaaaaaaaand a few more...

REQUIEM FOR BOB MOOG - Petrudamsa:
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Please include a direct link to your mp3, I don't want to register at soundclick and that player for the lo-fi and hi-fi streaming version doesn't work for me.

Sorry about that. Kinda hard for me, being at first post (and also being a computer moron

). I managed to make another link for download. I hope that's better. Let me know if it works for you.

petrudamsa

AndreasE · Post by **AndreasE** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:51 am

oddbods finger wrote:Andreas E – non real guitars hurt my teeth

Yes, together with non real basses, non real drums, non real synths, ...

This site and these contests are about virtual instruments!
But nevertheless, thanks for listening to my track.

Marc JX8P wrote:Moog meets Emerson - Andreas Ehrhardt:
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Cool sounds, the guitar is nice in itself but I'm not so sure it works with the synth lead.

Thanks for the comment. I was inspired by "Lucky Man" from ELP. There they are using an acoustic guitar together with the Moog synth, too.

oddbods finger · Post by **oddbods finger** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:27 pm

AndreasE wrote:
oddbods finger wrote:Andreas E – non real guitars hurt my teeth
Yes, together with non real basses, non real drums, non real synths, ...
This site and these contests are about virtual instruments!

Apologies Andreas, no offense was intended.
I was a little tipsy when writing those reviews.
I was probably trying to say the track would have sounded better if a real guitarist recorded the guitar parts.
i.e. not be so 'quantized' in timing and velocity.
With time-consuming programming maybe it would have been possible to make it sound more natural, but given the time constraints of the month comp I know that's not always possible.

I realise most of us don't have the resources to use "real" instruments.
(I would love to be able to record real brass/strings/drums).

Anyway, I still enjoyed your track.

AndreasE · Post by **AndreasE** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:57 pm

No problem, I was a bit in a bad mood.

You´re right with the guitar being too quantized. I should really have programmed it more humanized.

Thanks for the comment.

knockman · Post by **knockman** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:03 pm

in the gossip thread, pHz wrote: WATCH THE SKIES !!!

(and read between the lines of this thread)

...sounds like a good idea, so for these reviews i'll do something akin and deliver a stream of consciousness/drivel that should unfold as the submissions grow. heavens!

partII

silent mind 2005 density - matter on the cusp of fission, hell it's fun to occasionally go astompin' intoxicated in a rumpus, the gills all fuzzy.

khepira crystals in aggregation, gathering, combining, twinkling. they harvest light to nourish the spirit so it may fathom its dreams to greater depths.

patrick9 glowing fungi amid a dingly dell, rising in a unison never before encountered, or a lapse of memory? now a vague recollection of room fresheners so shaped and hyper-chemical fragranced, whatever, now reeling to their olfactory song.

hovmod deft hands make lightwork of controls whose infintessimal adjustment will chart courses to the far corners and beyond. soon an angelic piquancy tilts the elevators and the mind begins to soar, the heart in tow.

mchlwlsn sublime, a glorious statement of delight, delivered well marshalled, the senses set about 'til the giddiness issues forth a joyous laugh, whose ripeness evokes a certain clockwork fruit.

poepe twirling round a gentle vortex, a giant ferris carries its occupants on a perpetual cycle, rise and fall, young and old - cargo bourne from soil to air to soil, each one atuned yet equally oblivious to their fate, never knowing when to alight.

more soon folks!

Marc JX8P · Post by **Marc JX8P** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:00 pm

Requiem for Bob Moog - Petru Delu Damsa:
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Glad you managed to sort your download issues out! This is a very cool track. The playing is very nice and has several elements which feel like ELP or Genisis and the programming of drums and the slap bass is very nice. If I would have one criticism it's that it does sound a bit clean and clinical without much low end at times, but the cool rhythms and great soloing easily makes up for that. Very nice!

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