KVR Audio

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:52 am

Originally recorded over 10 hours in April 2010, The April 2012 remix took 10 hours. More procedural and technical problems with Waldorf Wave 2.V accompanied this one, resulting in my having to perform a little sound design. The original session was a very frustrating time, but I hope the remix has managed to banish those memories.

EDIT: 20151004 mp3 link deleted

on SoundCloud at 320Kbps:-

http://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/terraform

EDIT: 20120411 - fixed problem with Wave2.V bass patch

EDIT: 20150526 2015 remix - updated kitlist

Recorded in EnergyXT2.5.2/Remixed in EnergyXT2.6/EnergyXT2.7
Arptron V2
CM SR-202
PPG Wave 2.V
GenesisCM1.02
CM amb Electra Bass
Superior Drummer 2.3
4Front Bass
Breeze
IK CSR
IK EQ PG
EneregyXT Delay
FreeVerb3 VST
Satin
T-Racks Linear Phase EQ
T-Racks Opto Compressor
T-Racks Vintage Equalizer
T-Racks Brickwall Limiter

DR - 13

EDIT:20240519 - over 12 years later, also on YouTube as a static video

astrochimp · Post by **astrochimp** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:52 pm

i could imagine this one as a soundtrack for a really good motorbike racing video game.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:00 am

astrochimp wrote: i could imagine this one as a soundtrack for a really good motorbike racing video game.

Hey, astrochimp, thanks for listening and commenting. Glad you liked it.

Now I have to ask, did you imagine this as "a soundtrack for a really good motorbike racing video game", or have you actually test-driven it, so to speak?

Vintage73 · Post by **Vintage73** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:16 am

I like it!

Personally I'd push that bass up just a little. It's almost non-existent in my cans in the first half. It's a little more "present" in the second half.

I can see diving deeper and deeper in to a space image, through nebulae, across galaxies...or really any "traveling" video, like in a helicopter flying over vast and lavish landscapes and bodies of water.

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:05 am

I love how you evolve a piece, tying things together, referencing back to parts... very smooth. Really enjoyed the listen... lovely liquid and melodic synth lines, the way that end groove kinda sneaks up on you, the subtle yet really effective crescendo before it drops off at the end. Very well done Tim!

Listening before 5am means cans only... I can hear what Kitty is talking about with the bass, but it almost sounds like there's something else there, maybe a sub, that's using up your deep freqs?

macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:37 pm

excellent tune. i imagine it would be great driving music.
i really like the fluidity of your arrangements, the feeling of being on a journey.
a big

neil.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:37 pm

4lb Kitty wrote:I like it!

Personally I'd push that bass up just a little. It's almost non-existent in my cans in the first half. It's a little more "present" in the second half.

I can see diving deeper and deeper in to a space image, through nebulae, across galaxies...or really any "traveling" video, like in a helicopter flying over vast and lavish landscapes and bodies of water.

Glad you like it, 4lb Kitty, and thanks for listening

You're right. There is very little bass in the first 70% of the track. I was relying on mids and low mids because I couldn't get a bassline that I was happy with, and I thought that introducing the bass towards the end might give it extra emphasis. I might rethink that.

There seems to be a traveling or motion vibe emerging in the comments for this.

Vintage73 · Post by **Vintage73** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:25 pm

The problem I heard with the bass is not that it's not there in the first 70% of the song, it's that it's there, but you need to strain to hear it.

Yes, there's a definite "traveling" vibe to your piece. It's very...moving

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:59 pm

polyslax wrote:I love how you evolve a piece, tying things together, referencing back to parts... very smooth. Really enjoyed the listen... lovely liquid and melodic synth lines, the way that end groove kinda sneaks up on you, the subtle yet really effective crescendo before it drops off at the end. Very well done Tim!

Listening before 5am means cans only... I can hear what Kitty is talking about with the bass, but it almost sounds like there's something else there, maybe a sub, that's using up your deep freqs?

Thanks very much for listening and the compliments, Matt.

I think I can see what is going on with that bass now. The original track had a Waldorf Wave 2.V bassline. When my old PC died, I lost the ability to save/load patches in 2.V. (After I installed 2.V on my old machine I had to load a point update from the Waldorf website. This update fixed the patch load issues, but is no longer available). Oddly enough, the original projects were still loadable, so I saved the Wave bassline as audio from the original project and used that in the remix. Listening to it now, I'm not very happy with the sound of it, even at higher volume.

I've just put a more conventional bass in there and it sounds a lot better, so I'll replace the track on SoundCloud tomorrow night after I've had a chance to listen to it at a decent volume.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:09 am

macmurphy wrote:excellent tune. i imagine it would be great driving music.
i really like the fluidity of your arrangements, the feeling of being on a journey.
a big

neil.

Thanks for the listen and comments, Neil. I'll try this in the helicopter tomorrow

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:12 am

4lb Kitty wrote:The problem I heard with the bass is not that it's not there in the first 70% of the song, it's that it's there, but you need to strain to hear it.

Yes, there's a definite "traveling" vibe to your piece. It's very...moving

Yep, that bass is just weak. I'll replace it tomorrow night after I've had a chance to listen to the new version without waking up whatsername

Mrstew · Post by **Mrstew** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:43 am

Very nice track, very well produced ! wow !

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:57 am

Mrstew wrote:Very nice track, very well produced ! wow !

Thank you very much for listening and commenting Mrstew. Glad you liked it

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:02 am

4lb Kitty, polyslax. An unexpected listening opportunity just presented itself. New version uploaded on SoundCloud. Now with extra bass

Vintage73 · Post by **Vintage73** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:15 pm

I like that a lot better.

Then again, I was a bass player.

But really, I think in the very first bass section, if anything it might be a little too prominent now, but that's only if I was forced to give a criticism. Its level seems to be perfect everywhere else.

On the whole I really like this piece. I'm going to pay more attention to your releases from now on. The whole "seismic" thing kinda threw me and I guess I was expecting dubstep or something.

Terraform (ElectroProg - Seismic Struggle)