[LAU] Two songs made in Qtractor : Takkadum & Kleb Station

[Will Godfrey]

On Sun, 20 Apr 2014 11:35:32 +0100
Philippe Coatmeur <philcm at gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi there
> 
> Takkadum <http://opensimo.org/play/?a=Azer0,Counternatures&s=1> was made 
> mid 2011 right before Automation was available, around 0.4.something, I 
> guess
> 
> 18 tracks : 10 MIDI tracks and 8 audio ones (using flac containers) ;
> 
>   * One 3 channels bus to sidechain-compress the 303-style bass (nekobee
>     <http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/196.206.69.128>) with the kick (a
>     free 808 Sound font played by fluidsynth) using SC3
>     <http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html#tth_sEc2.90>
>   * the other cheap DR55 Beat elements are made with Rudolf 556
>     <http://ll-plugins.nongnu.org/lv2/rudolf556.html>
>   * A Hexter <http://dssi.sourceforge.net/hexter.html> synth is doubling
>     the bass in the subs
>   * The organ is a Calf <http://calf.sourceforge.net/> organ
>   * The Lead synth is a Calf <http://calf.sourceforge.net/> Monosynth
>   * The guitar is a g10 double coil Ibanez in a focusrite preamp
>   * The microphone is a chinese Neumann knockoff in a focusrite preamp
>   * The girl asking "what" ? in the background is called Fatima-Zohra
>   * Everybody is EQ'd with LADSPA C* 10 bands Equalizer from CAPS
>   * Everybody is comp'd with Calf compressor DSSI
>   * There is a LADSPA "Fast lookahead limiter" on the master out bus
>   * The final bounce, a "normalize" and a quick and dirty fade out are
>     made in Audacity
> 
> Kleb Station <http://opensimo.org/play/?a=Azer0,Counternatures&s=7> 
> (summer 2011 too) uses pretty much the same setup 
> <http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/307> with more instruments 
> <http://linuxfr.org/users/philippemc/journaux/kleb-station-une-chanson-100-libre> 
> plugged in, a little automation (it was just out, and already worked 
> really good) and sidechain-ducked bass ; I play on all the tracks.
> 
> BTW the CMS <http://opensimo.org/play/> linked is a personal 
> developpement, that automatically builds album pages by reading the tags 
> (and optional - cover & stuff - images). It's yours if you want it.
> 
> I used GNU / Linux to make music since around the time Jack was 
> introduced. I spent coutless nights teaching myself how to use just 
> about every single system available, and I always came back to Qtractor. 
> Everything makes sense in Qtractor. And when it seems that it doesn't, a 
> quick message on Rui Nuno's blog and you're out of the hole.
> 
> The development is steady, focusing only on the core of the matter, and 
> the result is a solid system, usable right now.
> 
> Qtractor does not even try to be /everything/, it wants to be useful in 
> the middle of the huge Linux audio production ecosystem, talking nice to 
> everybody, implementing new techs & protocols silently, never breaking 
> what's worked so far, bringing it all together. For me, it's the 
> standard against witch I can compare everything else.
> 
> Philippe (xaccrocheur)
> 
Can't seem to get any of these tracks to play (using firefox24) - just sits
there doing nothing :(

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.