Great work Aaron, there is certainly alot going on. Arrangement wise do you really need to have a drum roll at the end of every 8 bars?, 3 of them in total would be fine, 4 max. that was the only thing that stuck out for me anyway. . matt http://www.mp3.com/BondiDrive Aaron Rosenberg wrote: > Hey gang, > > Sent this to some other groups and people and got some really great > feedback and ideas. Even song recommendations. Let me know what you > think and how you think I could improve anything. So here's the scoop: > > I recently just busted a gut working on my latest track M100 and I > thought that this sort of work which all of us are doing would be > great learning material. Other peoples' styles, techniques and gear > have always been a real curiosity of mine. > > So I thought I might give a track along with a little technical > background as I thought others might be interested in the prodution. > Give it a listen while you have this open so that you can read along > and hear the various parts. It's at www.mp3.com/phenotype. The latest > track is called "M100." (I've been reading too many String Theory > books and such lately...) I would REALLY like feedback and technical > recommendations as I am very interested in improving my music and > technique. > > Anyway, here are the details of the track: > > -Samples are courtesy of NASA. The beautiful, wonderous copyright-free > NASA. They're from several missions. They were used without the > EXS24 and simply put through the standard audio tracks. Occasionally > they have a delay. The stuff from the noisy missions got a high-cut > filter on them. It's really great. I put it at about 3000-4000hz > generally. > > -ALMOST FORGOT: The sqeaky crank wheel part that alternates in the > beginning and gives the track that kind of locomotive sound is the > K5000s. It seems like the synth has this wierd ability to lose it > mind distortion wise in the upper levels of resonance. Anyway, I have > in running though the ADA Flanger. It's more complementary than > anything else. Kind of lends to the groove a bit. > > -Drums are from JoMoX Airbase 99. It is a great machine. The midi > program changes are very iffy, yet the Logic environment is terrific. > I simply pull up a drum kit that I for the most like (there are like > 100000 of them.) At that point I switch to 'Edit' mode, edit the kit > in the environment and then tweak one parameter on the Airbase 99 > which in turn triggers the ability to manually save all my changes. As > a point of interest, the ER-1 maps it's keys very very similarly to > the Airbase. > > -MS2000 has the slidy, legato synth part. There is an on-board > delay/pan effect on the sound which adds nicely to the rhythm as it is > set to sync to beat clock. This synth is a total blast and so easy to > tweak into the land of "where am I." I love this synth. > > -The big choral hit is from the Roland JD990 (great box) crossed with > a sample of the JD990 in the EXS24 routed through the Logic Audio > Phaser Plugin. > > -The high frequency (radarish beacon sound) loop is the SH101 routed > through a delay in the Digitech Studio Quad v2. Overall, I'mnot so > happy with the Quad but it's a nive machine at times when it does the > job. > > -The Rumbly low-freq pong syncopated parts are from the Nord Lead > running through the Lexicon Vortex, which as you may know defies > explanation. Really, half of the great stuff on that box just > happens. I don't ask. It just does it... If there ever was a box > that encouraged mindless knob twiddling with amazing results, it's the > Vortex. > > -Strings are courtesy of the JD-800 with the Strings card. Maybe a > parameter tweaked here and there. > > -The 8th note bass landing on the off-beat is from Juno 106. The > chorus II button is set. Noisy, but works well at times. > > -When it breaks down at about the 5 minute mark, the Nord begins a > fluctuation of its FM modulation and cutoff frequencies in the high > register. Meanwhile the MS2000 gets pulsating high part resulting in > a big crash with upward pitch bends and the blending of the strings > and some more NASA shuttle samples. > > Well, anyway I'm hard at work on the next one and I'll be sure to run > by all you fellows. Thanks for any feedback and please send any > similar tracks/songs with technical background info. > > All the best, > Aaron > > > -- > ____________________________ _______________________________ > > ____________________________ Phenotype _______________________________ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ___________ > Sound Design ___________ Aaron Rosenberg > > New Media Production ___________ 22 West 77th Street, #57 > > Internet Development ___________ New York, NY 10024 > > ___________ (212) 496-9108 > > ___________ > http://phenotype.com ___________ aaron@... > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > -- > > eGroups Sponsor [Create your family tree at MyFamily.com!] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >