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seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue May 01, 2012 12:34 am

This one took 10 hours to record in April 2010. The April 2012 remix took about 17 hours. Again, the original session was difficult and when I listened to it 2 years on, I was not happy. The remix consisted of re-ordering the track, adding/deleting complete sections. I also had technical problems with various VSTis. I had to remove some of them completely, whilst I persevered with others. Hopefully the next track will be less trouble, but the one after that........

I suppose this track is part of the TranceFusion series, and combines '70s, '80s and '90s elements.

EDIT:20221231 mp3 link to original version deleted

on SoundCloud at 320Kbps (20120513 drum edit)

http://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/gates-of-distraction

EDIT: 20120513 - increased drum levels between 1 and 2 dB

Recorded in EnergyXT2.5.2/Remixed in EnergyXT2.6
Astralis Orgone Lite
CM amb Electra Bass
EnergyXT Drum Sampler
Antopya
RedTron
Arch Avenger Pro 2.5
Rez V2.0
Drumatic 3
Poizone
CM Dominator
Superior Drummer 2.3
NI Pro-53
IK Classik Studio Reverb
dblue Glitch
EnergyXT Delay
T-Racks Linear Phase EQ
T-Racks Opto Compressor
T-Racks Vintage Equalizer
T-Racks Brickwall Limiter

DR - 12

EDIT:20240523 - over 12 years later, also on YouTube as a static video

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Tue May 01, 2012 3:03 am

Fascinating fusion of sounds and ideas, pulled off with great finesse. Classy stuff here Tim, really enjoyed it.

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Tue May 01, 2012 5:22 pm

Cool thing ! This is a great crossover of different styles.
It sounds good, nice leads.

Cheers

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue May 01, 2012 8:51 pm

polyslax wrote:Fascinating fusion of sounds and ideas, pulled off with great finesse. Classy stuff here Tim, really enjoyed it.

Thanks very much, Matt. Glad you enjoyed it

The next one should be a lot easier.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:37 pm

Laguna Rising wrote:Cool thing ! This is a great crossover of different styles.
It sounds good, nice leads.

Cheers

Thanks very much for checking this out LR. Glad you liked my stylistic mashup

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:41 pm

seismic1 wrote:The next one should be a lot easier.

Colour me intrigued. Give us a hint...

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:46 pm

polyslax wrote:
seismic1 wrote:The next one should be a lot easier.
Colour me intrigued. Give us a hint...

I just listened to "Offsets" last week, and was a lot happier with how it sounded 2 years later. Add to that the fact that the VSTis involved do not have a history of "playing up" and that I already have a couple of ideas for updating it. Should be a walk in the park. But then again.............

macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Thu May 03, 2012 8:09 am

this is a feast for the ears! there's so much going on that it just doesn't feel like seven minutes. great tune Tim

neil.

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:04 am

Really enjoyed it and am now working my way through your other tracks.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:20 am

An excellent selection of synthesised morsels as always!

You really should have been in a synth pop band in 1985

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:35 am

have to agree with macmurphy, there's so much going on that it's over before you know it!
enjoyed it man, thanks for sharing!

kryptonaut · Post by **kryptonaut** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:03 am

Nice one - very enjoyable!

ThoughtExperiment · Post by **ThoughtExperiment** » Thu May 03, 2012 12:14 pm

Great stuff as usual Tim - the sense of 3 decades' worth of styles and sounds is really strong on this track. Like Tangerine Dream and Depeche Mode jamming in BT's studio

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Thu May 03, 2012 8:24 pm

macmurphy wrote:this is a feast for the ears! there's so much going on that it just doesn't feel like seven minutes. great tune Tim

neil.

Thanks for listening and the compliments, Neil. Glad you liked it. I hope it didn't give you indigestion

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:53 pm

Goseba wrote:Really enjoyed it and am now working my way through your other tracks.

Thanks very much for listening. I'm glad you liked it

Good luck with the back-catalogue. That will take some real perseverance (and about 4 hours)

Gates Of Distraction (ElectroProg - Seismic TranceFusion)