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seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:53 pm

11 hours to record in February 2010. The 2012 Edit/Remix/Master took about 13 hours, most of which was occupied in the search for suitable presets for the toppings. There was certainly no shortage of suitable candidates. Only one synth was used on here. Which band do you think influenced this?

edit: mp3 download link removed

http://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/wave-goodbye

Recorded in EnergyXT2.5.2/Remixed in EnergyXT2.6/EnergyXT2.7beta
Synth1
EnergyXT Reverb
Freeverb3
dblue Glitch v1.3.05
T-RackS 3 Equalizer

Edit: 20130208 remix: EQ/relevelling/FerricTDS/mastering - Took 2 hours

DR - 11

EDIT:20240422 - over 12 years later, also on Youtube as a static video

abstractcats · Post by **abstractcats** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:07 pm

Great tune! I love the vocoder/ formant sound. Synth1!

astrochimp · Post by **astrochimp** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:22 pm

a really great track!

since it reminds of the soundtrack from street hawk by tangerine dream, i go with td as an influence.
(i loved street hawk as a kid, i really should buy it on dvd... damn you making me buy stuff again!!!

)

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:00 pm

abstractcats wrote:Great tune! I love the vocoder/ formant sound. Synth1!

Thanks Scott. Glad you liked it. I think Synth1 is probably my favourite softsynth. Some of the sounds it can make are terrifyingly good.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:06 pm

astrochimp wrote:a really great track! since it reminds of the soundtrack from street hawk by tangerine dream, i go with td as an influence.
(i loved street hawk as a kid, i really should buy it on dvd... damn you making me buy stuff again!!! )

Hey astrochimp, glad you liked this one and thanks very much for listening. TD are certainly an influence on me. With this track the choice of sounds was definitely guided by them, but in terms of the its overall feel, I think that there is probably another band who had a greater effect.

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:05 pm

This is great Tim! Lovely main progression... expertly embellished as always. I really thought the drum tracks stood out as well for being super effective in a very subtle way.

macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:14 pm

lovely shiny production and sounds. this has a great urgency to it that is tastefully done (i.e. not over the top in your face). what a wonderful way to wake from my afternoon nap

neil.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:09 pm

polyslax wrote:This is great Tim! Lovely main progression... expertly embellished as always. I really thought the drum tracks stood out as well for being super effective in a very subtle way.

Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment, Matt. Glad you liked it. I kept the drums simple. They were all made from Synth1 patches, and a little dusting of dblue Glitch.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:46 am

macmurphy wrote:lovely shiny production and sounds. this has a great urgency to it that is tastefully done (i.e. not over the top in your face). what a wonderful way to wake from my afternoon nap

neil.

Thanks very much for listening and commenting Neil. Glad you liked it. I hope I didn't wake you prematurely

jopy · Post by **jopy** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:59 am

very nicely sequenced; it progressed in a consistently interesting way.

ohmdsp · Post by **ohmdsp** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:45 am

Very nice. The drums are my favorite - a little bit of 80's feel with a touch of early electronic music.

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:11 am

Cool mix of sounds, and I like the lightness of the drums. Enjoyed. Thank you.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:14 pm

jopy wrote:very nicely sequenced; it progressed in a consistently interesting way.

Thanks for listening and commenting jopy. I had quite a few layers on here that were arranged in various permutations/combinations. The trick is in knowing when to stop adding parts. With Synth1, I haven't yet found CPU to be an issue, so there could always be room for temptation

kryptonaut · Post by **kryptonaut** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:20 pm

Nice track - some good sounds there, and well put together.

That bass sound reminds me of Kraftwerk's 'We are the Robots' - is that the influence you were hinting at?

djOrloff · Post by **djOrloff** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:21 pm

Hi seismic!
How did you tune that formant sound? synth1?

Wave Goodbye (ElectroProg - Seismic Upbeat Synth1Fest)