KVR Audio

daniel_baum · Post by **daniel_baum** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:05 am

Hi all,

Here's my latest piece of synth music.

I decided to have some fun this time . . .

http://www.type34.info/temp/My%20Compos ... eClock.mp3

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:01 am

Enjoyable piece of synth pop that

That initial bass/synth line is simple but very important to the melodic and rhythmic content of the track and works very well, mostly due to it's plucky nature I think. Perhaps if you had a break some way through the track and shut that synthline down for maybe 16 bars while you had a pad buildup happening it would be really cool to hear them come back in again.

There are some toms that happen maybe 1/3 - 1/2 way through the track that really sound like they need some heavy high passing on them as they're really muddy, or maybe just find some different tom samples?

Other than that all i'd say is the whole track could use a bit more delay and reverb on different elements to glue it all together.

Nice work

daniel_baum · Post by **daniel_baum** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:00 am

Thanks!

You can now listen to the song here, if you don't want to download the file:

http://alonetone.com/danielb/tracks/lif ... -the-clock

daniel_baum · Post by **daniel_baum** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:08 am

I thought I'd add a provocative question:

All the sounds in this piece, except the drums, are played either on Sylenth1 or on an Access Virus. Can you tell which one's which?

folderol · Post by **folderol** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:30 am

I didn't like that bass/synth like at all. Actually found it annoying - very much a personal opinion of course

daniel_baum · Post by **daniel_baum** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:00 pm

folderol wrote:I didn't like that bass/synth like at all. Actually found it annoying - very much a personal opinion of course

You mean the tick-tock? Oh well . . . .

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:51 pm

daniel_baum wrote:
folderol wrote:I didn't like that bass/synth like at all. Actually found it annoying - very much a personal opinion of course
You mean the tick-tock? Oh well . . . .

Never mind, I liked it.

And no, I can't tell the difference between the Virus and Sylenth

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:54 pm

tehlord wrote:
daniel_baum wrote:
folderol wrote:I didn't like that bass/synth like at all. Actually found it annoying - very much a personal opinion of course
You mean the tick-tock? Oh well . . . .
Never mind, I liked it.

And no, I can't tell the difference between the Virus and Sylenth

daniel_baum · Post by **daniel_baum** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:47 pm

rob_lee wrote:
tehlord wrote:
daniel_baum wrote:
folderol wrote:I didn't like that bass/synth like at all. Actually found it annoying - very much a personal opinion of course
You mean the tick-tock? Oh well . . . .
Never mind, I liked it.

And no, I can't tell the difference between the Virus and Sylenth

I guess I owe you the answer:

The tick-tock, the lead of the "verse" and the percussive sound that accompanies the filter sweeps second time around until the end, in your right ear, are Sylenth1. the rest are all on the Virus.

daniel_baum · Post by **daniel_baum** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:33 pm

Hi all,

Here's a new version with a different ending:

http://www.type34.info/temp/My%20Compos ... lock.2.mp3

Life Against The Clock - Electronic