One-Synth-Challenge 55: MauSynth - Chat & Gossip

[V'ger]

Funny when the spammer is asked by an OSCer how he did the drums, and he says in his little studio lol.

[idfpower]

Confession of a spammer

[V'ger]

Happy to inform that Bjporter has now joined the admin team

[tonedef71]

Confession of a spammer

LOL.

[tonedef71]

Happy to inform that Bjporter has now joined the admin team

Congratulations to you Brian on your new appointment!

[tonedef71]

love that scale its very cool.

I use to love using it on guitar Ritchie Blackmore did too and Randy used it in diary of a madman.

I read that Ritchie had used the "double harmonic" scale on the "Stargazer" track from the album Rainbow Rising, but I was not aware that Randy Rhoads had made use of that scale on a recording as well -- thank you for sharing.

[idfpower]

Happy to inform that Bjporter has now joined the admin team

Yay Congratz, bro

[bjporter]

Ah yes, thanks.

Latest song on OSC55 had a piano in it by "Man Of Calling"... just threw that under the bus.

[tonedef71]

Aha. The sounds in your piece tonedef71 reminded me of Funtastic's "Zorba the Greek" - perhaps it's the synth, but your explanation of the "Double Harmonic Scale" (AKA the Arabic/Byzantine Scale) makes sense. Nice middle-eastern feel.

Not a bad, dance-style synth (made even more fun by your track). Not sure if Traipsing thru terror is the best title tho - as it actually had a positive vibe - despite the achordal parts in it. Quite unusual that.

Right. You've inspired me, tonedef. I'm gunna have a go . . .
(*dusts off the old Roland PCR-800, upgrades Live, tries to remember the names of the 7 music notes*)

I am so glad that I was able to inspire you to submit a track for the contest. I hope others will feel inspired as well.

Thank you for cluing me in on the artist Fun-Tastic-3 and the track "Zorba the Greek" -- I am always curious what my ditties sound like to others.

So it sounds like you heard more of the "traipsing" than the "terror". I did not realize there was mostly a positive vibe to the sound -- perhaps the extensive use of notes in the upper octaves lends to that feeling. I sometimes like to use alliteration in my track titles. The original title was going to be "The Trouble With Tribulations" -- I may still use that title for a future work.

[tonedef71]

Dead Eddy
Mau Mau

I'll probably work into this up 'til the deadline (uploading new versions as I modify it / add / remove stuff). That's allowed isn't it? Like a work-in-progress. I'd love for people to give me feedback AS I'm working on it. Let me know what bits you liked, if I should use a pd here, a snare there or a flute and tell me please about anything that is remotely boring or too repetitive. I still can't seem to get past about 2 bars of "actual" orchestration

It is an interesting track so far. The opening tension started by the bass drum is quite similar to the tension in the opening to

You have some really great sounds in there -- as a matter of fact, I heard one sound that I have been trying to find for some time -- it sounds like the buzzing of an electric arc.

I believe that uploading new versions is allowed, but you may lose any SoundCloud comments the track had before you replaced it with a new version.

I am not sure what ideas I can give you to improve your track. I do know that I tend to prefer music that has some sort of memorable hook -- one that sticks in my head long after I have stopped listening to the track.

[tonedef71]

Ah yes, thanks.

Latest song on OSC55 had a piano in it by "Man Of Calling"... just threw that under the bus.

Book 'em, Danno!

Excellent police work, Brian!

[objectman]

The opening tension started by the bass drum is quite similar to the tension in the opening to

I believe that uploading new versions is allowed, but you may lose any SoundCloud comments the track had before you replaced it with a new version.

I am not sure what ideas I can give you to improve your track. I do know that I tend to prefer music that has some sort of memorable hook -- one that sticks in my head long after I have stopped listening to the track.

The memorable hook might be tricky for me. I think my whole personality is built to destroy memorable anythings. Thanks for pointing out the Black Sabbath song. I was actually thinking of White Stripes with that beat. It's just one note in a loop setting the beat which I didn't think I'd use in the finished thing. By the way, it's quite different now. I got sick of the "riff" and so quantized it up with a different sound.

I do like how you can play things in slightly off-beat by hand. Gives cold electronika a bit of humanity. Although in this case, I've now quanitized stuff, but sometimes I think manually hitting a (beat) key roughly in time for the entire track adds a bit of real randomness and you can feel the imperfect human behind it. Otherwise it's all a bit sterile and perfect.

[tonedef71]

The memorable hook might be tricky for me. I think my whole personality is built to destroy memorable anythings. Thanks for pointing out the Black Sabbath song. I was actually thinking of White Stripes with that beat. It's just one note in a loop setting the beat which I didn't think I'd use in the finished thing. By the way, it's quite different now. I got sick of the "riff" and so quantized it up with a different sound.

I do like how you can play things in slightly off-beat by hand. Gives cold electronika a bit of humanity. Although in this case, I've now quanitized stuff, but sometimes I think manually hitting a (beat) key roughly in time for the entire track adds a bit of real randomness and you can feel the imperfect human behind it. Otherwise it's all a bit sterile and perfect.

Your sound design/selection is memorable. I would be a bit surprised if your personality is truly built to DESTROY memorable things, since most freelance multimedia professionals want the creations they build for their clients to be memorable. I understand the need to break away from established norms to create something fresh and different, but I still think the goal is to create something that is not forgettable.

I like your latest version of the track -- I think it stands on its own in its current form. There is that one bit from 1:58 to 2:37 that carries on without much variation for a period of time long enough to be monotonous -- of course, this could all be the effect you are going for: to make the listener long for the upcoming release from the perceived monotony.

I sometimes will quantize a section to get it tight and then apply "groove quantization" with or without some swing to loosen it up. A humanizing tool is great too, but I still have not found a free version that I truly like.

[V'ger]

Gotta love Black Sabbath..

About humanizing midi etc, according to a study, it's not as much random timed notes as a section that's either early or late that's the human way, try it out: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2 ... -goes-off/

[tonedef71]

Gotta love Black Sabbath..

Indeed.

About humanizing midi etc, according to a study, it's not as much random timed notes as a section that's either early or late that's the human way, try it out: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2 ... -goes-off/

Great article -- thanks for sharing!