OSC15 - StringZ - Yeager Wins!!!

[Yeager]

Here are some of my comments/thoughts :

Comforting Song (cover) - dwsel :
Lovely lead sound mutant sax/string, nice stand up bass-sound too.

Complexity - HiEnergy :
"This tune was prototyped in Cognitone MPS/Synfire Pro" <- what does this mean ?
Nice tempochanges, great melodies, good sound design and... a bit of pachelbel : which I like, it somehow creeps into a lot of my own tracks

FREAKS_OF_NATURE-Mac_of_BIOnighT :
Spooky/creepy beginning, nice change, I like the tempo, got that 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2 feel, good concept.
Too short !

Io - V'ger :
Great sounddesign here, absolutely fabulous intro to something even more amazing... that did't come
Please finish this and PM me the link

James0Tucson - deofaropario :
Yes I agree, with everybody else, that flute is great, sound and playing, it evolves into a chello here and there, which is also great, nice backing too.

No_StringZ_attached - HiEnergy :
Guitar/organ/bass all sound very nice, solid slow melodic piece.

Jam_in_F_Minor--mrblitz000 :
That Honkytonk piano part is great! I almost understood what was happening

Stringz_Expressions-GilJ :
Wow, old Cure, reverse strings, vocally sounds, percussion, lots of stuff happening, nice track !
Too short !

Underdog--mrblitz000 :
Barpiano feel of an old western, some nice melodies in there, as always I get completely lost during listening.

Strung up - tattiemannie :
Happy tattie, great complex melodic interchanging, GREAT BASS-sound and playing: job well done !

waiting-room - Objectman :
Nice flutey/brassy sounds (well chosen presets) good composition (title/concept: Genesis ?)

I liked all the tracks, for different reasons, and they all had that StringZ feeling to them.
Meaning : most of the time you make a sound to fit the track, this time the synth somehow dictated the track.
(At least for me it did).

As for the votes :

Stringz_Expressions-GilJ : 5
Strung up - tattiemannie : 3
Io - V'ger : 2
FREAKS_OF_NATURE-Mac_of_BIOnighT : 1

And again a big thanks to everone who voted

[tattiemannie]

Cheers for all the votes and comments guys ... I'll do a count up as soon as I can ... hope to get my votes in tonight

[Mac of BIOnighT]

Maybe the whole KVR forum consists of one mad genius musician with multiple logins and an impressive collection of VSTs.

Actually, this sounds very logical and reasonable... I'm sure that's the right explanation. And since we're all the same person, you all will agree with us.

[Mac of BIOnighT]

Too short !

Hope you're not referring to my famous picture on BIOnighT's website here http://www.bionight.net/GALLERYE15.html

Thanks for the vote!

[Yeager]

Too short !

Hope you're not referring to my famous picture on BIOnighT's website here http://www.bionight.net/GALLERYE15.html

Thanks for the vote!

But the water was very,very cold.....

[Mac of BIOnighT]

Too short !

Hope you're not referring to my famous picture on BIOnighT's website here http://www.bionight.net/GALLERYE15.html

Thanks for the vote!

But the water was very,very cold.....

Exactly

[HiEnergy]

Here are some of my comments/thoughts :
[...]
Complexity - HiEnergy :
"This tune was prototyped in Cognitone MPS/Synfire Pro" <- what does this mean ?
[...]

I use a software called Synfire Pro for "planning" my tunes. It basically allows you to design a piece of music like an automobile designer plans the design of a new car using a CAD software.
The intermediate result of the process of prototyping is a midifile that gets further refined, orchestrated and produced using a DAW. For these steps I use Ableton Live.

Synfire Pro makes composing music a much easier process while leaving you in full control.

[tattiemannie]

OK, wont manage to get my votes in quite yet, I know where I'm going, but I want to finish writing the reviews first, and would have done so had I not spent way too much time trying to get that pic of mac out of my head!!!! .... I only wish the water I'm plunging my head into was as cold!!

So, I'll leave the reviews for now and do a count up ... if my arithmetic fails me, blame mac!

[Mac of BIOnighT]

had I not spent way too much time trying to get that pic of mac out of my head!!!!

I can only imagine how hard it must be for you guys to control your envy...

[tattiemannie]

... oh, but before I do the count up, here's the deal.... that pic will appear on the StringZ e-album if I am not sent a decent selection of images from your good selves to use instead! ... you have been warned!

[Mac of BIOnighT]

I can send you a close up for that purpose, if you want... that thought should get everybody scared enough to send you even their credit cards

[Yeager]

Thank you for the link , looks interesting.
Have to read more to fully understand it

Here are some of my comments/thoughts :
[...]
Complexity - HiEnergy :
"This tune was prototyped in Cognitone MPS/Synfire Pro" <- what does this mean ?
[...]

I use a software called Synfire Pro for "planning" my tunes. It basically allows you to design a piece of music like an automobile designer plans the design of a new car using a CAD software.
The intermediate result of the process of prototyping is a midifile that gets further refined, orchestrated and produced using a DAW. For these steps I use Ableton Live.

Synfire Pro makes composing music a much easier process while leaving you in full control.

[Yeager]

... oh, but before I do the count up, here's the deal.... that pic will appear on the StringZ e-album if I am not sent a decent selection of images from your good selves to use instead! ... you have been warned!

Please use the "old" one you've got from me, it's the only one I've got
only... smaller, MUCH smaller ,and you know where to put it .

[objectman]

Synfire Pro makes composing music a much easier process while leaving you in full control.

It costs A$1,247

EDIT: Here's a $30 generative thing-a-ma-jig which looks like a bit of fun.

[tattiemannie]

So .. here's how it all looks now ..

1. (1.) Overture From a Marmite Field - Yeager ... 3, 2, 3, 5, 3, 5, 5, 5,
5, 3, 5, 5 = 49
2. (2.) Io - V'ger ... 1, 1, 5, 3, 5, 3, 1, 2, 3, 2 = 26
3. (3.) Stringz Expressions - GilJ ... 5, 2, 2, 5, 1, 1, 3, 1, 5 = 25
4. (4=) Freaks Of Nature - Mac of BIOnighT ... 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 1 = 14
5. (4=) Strung Up - Tattiemannie ... 5, 3, 2, 3 = 13
6. (6=) Waiting Room - objectman ... 2, 1, 2, 3 = 8
7. (8.) Deofaropario - James0Tucson ... 1, 3, 2 = 6
8. (6=) Jam in F Minor - mrblitz000 ... 2, 3 = 5
9. (10.) Comforting Song - Dwsel ... 2, 2 = 4
10. (9.) Complexity - HiEnergy ... 2, 1 = 3
11. (11=) No Stringz attached - HiEnergy ... 1
12. (11=) Underdog - mrblitz000 ... 0


( Total Voters: 14, Total Votes: 154 )

'Marmite' stretches further into what now must be an unassailable lead ... feel free to prematurely congratulate is what I say!
Looks like an interesting battle is shaping up between 2nd and 3rd places held strongly by 'Io' and 'Expressions' with only 1 point between them!
Perhaps equally interesting is the battle between the flasher and the transvestite for 4th place, and their appropriately named tracks 'freaks of nature' and 'strung up' .... ! Only one point seperates them, and if anyone has the power to do so, please seperate them further, and quickly for everyones sake!!
A gap has opened up behind those two, and I doubt if anyone in their right mind want to get closer, but hey, as I say, you never know .... the prizes are maybe just cool enough to make it worth while closing the gap