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seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:36 pm

Recently, I was pleasantly surprised by the news that EnergyXT is making a comeback as a 64-bit application, so I threw myself into the alphatest with reckless abandon. What emerged from this experiment seems to recollect some of the music I was making back in 2009/2010 , although the darkness of more recent times has not made a total withdrawal from the scene. This track is assembled from a collection of presets which seem to fit together.

https://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/mali ... telligence

Recorded/Mixed in EXT64
Mastered in T-Racks 5

Heroes and their Familiars:-

Obscurium
Tassman4
Z3ta+2
Microtonic
Dune 2
Ultra Analog VA-2
kHs Gain
UltraReverb
Satin
Linear Phase EQ
Opto Comp
EQP-1A
Brickwall Limiter

DR - 11

Rene Asologuitar · Post by **Rene Asologuitar** » Tue Aug 09, 2022 6:03 pm

Hi seismic1,
Hypnotic and also very relaxing.
There is a bit of suspense in this track.
And there, the change of pace, lively and alive!!!
I am truly enjoying this track.
Rene

markkuja · Post by **markkuja** » Tue Aug 09, 2022 8:32 pm

Enjoyable instrumental track and ambiace.
Nice composition and arrangement. I liked the sound selection.
Well done dynamic mix.

Bansaw · Post by **Bansaw** » Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:59 pm

Some classy sounds in there.
And the mix is good with everything having its own space.
3:06 absolutely love that breakdown.

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:07 pm

Wow, sooo cool.

Its like some kind of funky robotronic dance tune of the future.

This would really be great for a sci-fi film.

I give it 5 robots:

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:31 pm

Rene Asologuitar wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 6:03 pm Hi seismic1,
Hypnotic and also very relaxing.
There is a bit of suspense in this track.
And there, the change of pace, lively and alive!!!
I am truly enjoying this track.
Rene

Thanks very much for your comments, Rene. Glad you enjoyed it

Lively and alive. A scenario to ponder.

Allomerus · Post by **Allomerus** » Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:58 am

Got some very cool sounds on this Tim. Lots of great tension on display at the start with a great mix of the pulsing bass with the transient sounds. The drums are very cool. The single guitar notes are nice. Interesting patterns at the end.
Well done!

ATS · Post by **ATS** » Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:50 am

I liked it a lot till that synth came in around 2:30, a little before. I thought that synth broke everything up and didn't sound right at all being there. I'm talking about the gated one to be clear. If It was me I remove that gated synth all together and replace it with something else more fitting. I thought the sound quality/mixing was fantastic. Of course all my opinion and you know what opinions are like.

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:31 am

A successful return to beat driven music. Quite atmospheric with a nice choice of sounds. The mix is excellent.

Perhaps it could use an additional melodic part to add to its uniqueness/memorability. But overall, great job!

tomtom1 · Post by **tomtom1** » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:35 am

The synth sounds are all great. And the whole mix. I have heard commercial mixes (of electro artists) that sound a lot worse...

(Btw. can you give a little insight into your mixing process. are you doing anything special?)

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Mon Aug 15, 2022 11:05 pm

markkuja wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 8:32 pm Enjoyable instrumental track and ambiace.
Nice composition and arrangement. I liked the sound selection.
Well done dynamic mix.

Thanks very much for taking the time to listen and for the great comments, Markku. Glad you enjoyed it

VCA-089 · Post by **VCA-089** » Tue Aug 16, 2022 4:41 pm

I really like the suspense aspect in the intro. It feels like you are detecting suspicious activity and something is going to happen. The main part has an electronic drums which a bit rare for your recent music. A really nice and catchy groove. The synth parts are very reminiscent of late 90's to early 2000's electronic. It could have some more variations, but it still very addictive and I could listen to it on the loop.

I could expect to hear it in a dark sci-fi movie/game. Something like "X-Com" or dark flavoured "Command & Conquer" style strategy game.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Thu Aug 18, 2022 11:33 pm

Bansaw wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:59 pm Some classy sounds in there.
And the mix is good with everything having its own space.
3:06 absolutely love that breakdown.

All of the sounds used were presets, but I made some small modifications to a couple of them. I think there were a maximum of 10 sounds used at any one time on here, so the instrument placement choices were relatively straightforward and not too difficult to arrange.

Thanks very much for taking the time to listen and comment, Bansaw. Glad you liked it

jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:24 pm

It's dark and atmospheric. I like how it is arranged, feels like a good flowing story / ambiance. Lots of small sonic details everywhere work very well. Enjoyed it! Thanks and cheers!

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Mon Aug 22, 2022 12:13 am

PatchAdamz wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:07 pm Wow, sooo cool.

Its like some kind of funky robotronic dance tune of the future.

This would really be great for a sci-fi film.

I give it 5 robots:

It's certainly got a very robotic main bassline which proceeds exactly "on-grid" throughout the song. Some of the other elements try to disguise this, in their odd little ways.

Thanks very much for listening, and for the great comments, PatchAdamz. Glad you enjoyed it

Malignant Intelligence (Seismic Recollection)