30 Dec
2006
30 Dec
'06
1:53 p.m.
Hi and merry Christmas + happy new year to all!
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded using muse, specimen, zyn
and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
http://web4490.web03.talkactive.net/demo/ro/ro.mp3
The dust haven't settled, so some things (for instance the synth solo
part) are subject to change, but I think it's gonna end up sounding
something along these lines...
(Christian) lyrics in danish, feedback welcome.
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
30 Dec
30 Dec
2:54 p.m.
On Saturday 30 December 2006 18:53, Atte André Jensen wrote:
Hi and merry Christmas + happy new year to all!
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded using muse, specimen, zyn
and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
http://web4490.web03.talkactive.net/demo/ro/ro.mp3
The dust haven't settled, so some things (for instance the synth solo
part) are subject to change, but I think it's gonna end up sounding
something along these lines...
(Christian) lyrics in danish, feedback welcome.
Beautiful :)
Luckily i don't speak danish and thus wasn't offended by the religious
content :)
Flo
P.S.: Who's the singer?
--
Palimm Palimm!
http://tapas.affenbande.org
3:33 p.m.
Florian Schmidt wrote:
Luckily i don't speak danish and thus wasn't
offended by the religious
content :)
:-)
Well, it's not *that* hardcore, just a simple song about letting peace
and quiet heal wounds of the soul.
P.S.: Who's the singer?
My wife...
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
4:05 p.m.
On Saturday 30 December 2006 20:33, Atte André Jensen wrote:
Florian Schmidt wrote:
The gal can sing! :) Thanks for posting.
Flo
--
Palimm Palimm!
http://tapas.affenbande.org
Luckily i don't speak danish and thus
wasn't offended by the religious
content :)
:-)
Well, it's not *that* hardcore, just a simple song about letting peace
and quiet heal wounds of the soul.
P.S.: Who's the singer?
My wife... 
5:01 p.m.
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:33:27 +0100
Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
You are a very lucky man!
I like this very much. I would suggest that the bass is a bit strong,
but that is when listening on quite substantial speakers. It might sound
less forward on more budget equipment.
I would suggest that you tag it so we can identify it in years to
come :) even if it is still in development.
--
Will J G
Florian Schmidt wrote:
Even without knowing the words It definitely has that sort of
atmosphere.
Luckily i don't speak danish and thus
wasn't offended by the religious
content :)
:-)
Well, it's not *that* hardcore, just a simple song about letting peace
and quiet heal wounds of the soul. P.S.:
Who's the singer?
My wife... 
5:21 p.m.
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 09:01:23PM +0000, Folderol wrote:
I would suggest that the bass is a bit strong,
but that is when listening on quite substantial speakers. It might sound
less forward on more budget equipment.
I've listening to this on an equalised system using JBL studio monitors,
and I wouldn't say there's too much bass. I'd even want a little more !
--
FA
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa.
5:51 p.m.
Fons Adriaensen wrote:
I've listening to this on an equalised system using JBL studio monitors,
and I wouldn't say there's too much bass. I'd even want a little more !
On a pair of Alesis M1 Active Mk2 (which are known to be a bit
bass-heavy at default settings) the bass sounds definitely OK. So, yeah,
don't change the EQ settings - given the character of the song (mellow,
emotional) it's at the right level.
--
Florin Andrei
http://florin.myip.org/
5:53 p.m.
Atte André Jensen wrote:
Florian Schmidt wrote:
"The Jensens" are cool. ;-)
--
Florin Andrei
http://florin.myip.org/
P.S.: Who's the singer?
My wife... 
3 p.m.
Le 30 Dec à 18:53, Atte André Jensen ecrivait:
Hi and merry Christmas + happy new year to all!
Happy new year :).
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded using
muse, specimen, zyn
and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
I liked it very much, really nice.
(Christian) lyrics in danish, feedback welcome.
The voice sounds great. Maybe the bass is a little loud, and its
sound lacks a little release (for me the notes are cut to shortly) ;
maybe the percussions could have a wider reverb. But it's a very nice song,
thanks for sharing :).
Y.
4:05 p.m.
Yves Potin wrote:
I liked it very much, really nice.
Thanks!
The voice sounds great. Maybe the bass is a
little loud, and its
sound lacks a little release (for me the notes are cut to shortly) ;
I'm experimenting with "unnatural sounds that should be as organic as
natural sounds". So I deliberately wanted a natural sounding bass that
has a clear electronic or surreal feel to it. Might have overdone it,
though...
maybe the percussions could have a wider reverb. But
it's a very nice song,
thanks for sharing :).
As stated in another reply, this is partly because I'm too stupid to
figure out a clever way to add effects to individual sounds in specimen...
But also partly because I tend to like things dry, and even more so now
than just a few years ago...
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
3:15 p.m.
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 06:53:21PM +0100, Atte André Jensen wrote:
Hi and merry Christmas + happy new year to all!
All the same!
It's very beautyful and impressive!
Who's singing?
The start sounds very familiar, but I consider it a good
thing, it's like being home ;)
I would just like more reverb, as for me this asks for
a larger room and more distance to the singer.
The first sound could be a bit more rich by being less
static, with beats more like a bell.
But that's nitpicking, this might become my favourite
piece of everything from here I came across :)
--
Thorsten Wilms
3:49 p.m.
Thorsten Wilms wrote:
It's very beautyful and impressive!
Thanks alot!
Who's singing?
My wife...
I would just like more reverb, as for me this asks for
a larger room and more distance to the singer.
I could easily imagine everything washed in reverb, but I'm trying to
avoid that. I must admit though that part of the reason the percussion
sounds are so dry is that I can't figure out a clever way to add effects
to specimen. Actually the only way I can think of would be to record the
sounds on individual tracks in ardour and add effect there. But that
would loose the dynamic nature of the setup and would be so cumbersome
that I might only do it as a very last thing (which IMHO is much too late).
So in an unavoidable technical/geeky fashion let me ask: Any suggetions
for dynamically adding effects to individual samples in specimen or any
other sampler that handles this better?
But that's nitpicking, this might become my
favourite
piece of everything from here I came across :)
I'm very flattered! Thanks for the kind words.
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
31 Dec
31 Dec
6:08 a.m.
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 08:49:29PM +0100, Atte André Jensen wrote:
So in an unavoidable technical/geeky fashion let me ask: Any suggetions
for dynamically adding effects to individual samples in specimen or any
other sampler that handles this better?
Well, Chionic can do it, I guess. Seems to be a scarily complex beast.
But it is discontinued while we can still hope for a new Specimen release.
http://www.reduz.com.ar/chionic/
Multiple Jack outputs and/or internal LADSPA hosting have been on
the top of the wishlist since the days of the living Pete!
Perhaps you could run several Specimen instances. I'm not sure
wether the ability for that is in the last release or requires
a patch.
If you don't need fine grained control, running all percussion
through filters and reverb might work. Perhaps just low and
high-pass.
I don't think applying reverb afer recording every single track
is too late, though. I work like that all the time.
--
Thorsten Wilms
Thorwil's Creature Illustrations:
http://www.printfection.com/thorwil
30 Dec
30 Dec
3:21 p.m.
On 12/30/06, Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi and merry Christmas + happy new year to all!
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded using muse, specimen, zyn
and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
Hi
Beautifull song, hold on...
I agreed to Potin, the bass is to loud.
Please, show us the lyrics.
Thanks
Álvaro
3:41 p.m.
Atte André Jensen wrote:
Hi and merry Christmas + happy new year to all!
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded using muse, specimen, zyn
and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
http://web4490.web03.talkactive.net/demo/ro/ro.mp3
Liked this one! Especially the voice, and the effects. Are those all ladspa?
Thanks for sharing.
--
Ringheims Auto - Fri musikk for bilstereo!
http://ringheimsauto.org
3:56 p.m.
Johannes Mario Ringheim wrote:
Liked this one! Especially the voice, and the effects.
Are those all
ladspa?
In a way. I did two things:
1) "DJ EQ" -> "reverse delay". This was simply done in ardour,
using
regular ladspa.
2) reverse plate. I didn't find a way to do this in ardour, so I made a
mixdown of the upper vocal part, exported to wav, reversed, applied a
long TAP plate, 100% wet, reversed the result and imported it in ardour.
Thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it.
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
4:46 p.m.
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:53:21 +0100
Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> écrivait:
Hi and merry Christmas + happy new year to all!
May the next year be good to you !
(And all of LAU participants for that matter !)
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded using
muse, specimen,
zyn and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
The mood setting and development is quite nice and that's the strong
point. The voice is also quite good but could be a bit more expressive
in some details.
On the other hand, I've found that the bass (bassest ?) noise used as
percussion is a bit unsetting. When it is used in the percussion break
it is nice, but unless it represents something that has to do with the
meaning/lyrics, it kind of stands out and does not blend enough with
the other percussive counterparts of same 'noise' and them all with the
piece. IMHO, of course.
It is not sung in English, isn't it ? Do you have a translation of the
words ?
Cheers,
Al
6:46 p.m.
lanas wrote:
The mood setting and development is quite nice and
that's the strong
point. The voice is also quite good but could be a bit more expressive
in some details.
I kind of agree, however:
She's not a very expressive singer by nature. And for this project
(which this song is part of) I decided to see what comes natural (same
goes for compositions, arrangements, other performers, etc), and later
see it the whole needs something different at spots. Besides for this
particular song I wanted a quite "un-dynamic" feel, which also means
that I really tried keeping the arrangement very dynamically static.
Just enough development in the music to keep the listener from being too
bored, but no crescendos, or climaxes or such. Just a simple statement
of the mood.
Still I will definitely keep this in mind when reworking it. Thanks for
your thoughts!
On the other hand, I've found that the bass
(bassest ?) noise used as
percussion is a bit unsetting. When it is used in the percussion break
it is nice, but unless it represents something that has to do with the
meaning/lyrics, it kind of stands out and does not blend enough with
the other percussive counterparts of same 'noise' and them all with the
piece. IMHO, of course.
Hmmm. I'm not sure which sound you're referring to. Is it the one on
"one in every other bar", the one leading into sections or the one on
"three"?
It is not sung in English, isn't it ? Do you have
a translation of the
words ?
The lyrics are Danish. I wouldn't want to bug the list with it,
considered it's religious nature. I could translate it and send it to
you off-list if you're interested...
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
10:28 p.m.
Hi!
Alle 23:45, sabato 30 dicembre 2006, Atte André Jensen ha scritto:
The lyrics are Danish. I wouldn't want to bug the
list with it,
considered it's religious nature. I could translate it and send it to
you off-list if you're interested...
I won't be bugged if you mail them to me too!:)
Thanks:) Very very nice song, a bit "dry" to my ears, but that's just my
taste! I'd like the original lyrics to sing along:)
Byez!
Carotinho
Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale!
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5 Jan
5 Jan
6:53 p.m.
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:45:40 +0100
Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> a écrit:
That'd be the one on three. It's unsetting because it sounds so much
like something, but I don't know what. I'd be very surprised if that's
a 'standard' percussive sound.
To go on a tangent, there's a fine line between a common noise used as
percussion and a percussion sound that can live on its own. Eg. the
cup and the cowbell. Whereas a glass cup being hit reminds the
presence of a cup, the cowbell is way into percussive instrument land
and does not bring to mind pastures, cows or other farmyard concerns.
On the other
hand, I've found that the bass (bassest ?) noise used
as percussion is a bit unsetting. When it is used in the
percussion break it is nice, but unless it represents something
that has to do with the meaning/lyrics, it kind of stands out and
does not blend enough with the other percussive counterparts of
same 'noise' and them all with the piece. IMHO, of course.
Hmmm. I'm not sure which sound you're referring to. Is it the one on
"one in every other bar", the one leading into sections or the one on
"three"? > It is not sung in English, isn't it ? Do you
have a translation of
> the words ?
The lyrics are Danish. I wouldn't want to bug the
list with it,
considered it's religious nature. I could translate it and send it to
you off-list if you're interested...
Sure. Thanks.
Cheers,
Al
6 Jan
6 Jan
6:22 a.m.
lanas wrote:
That'd be the one on three. It's unsetting
because it sounds so much
like something, but I don't know what. I'd be very surprised if that's
a 'standard' percussive sound.
It's a reversed woodblock...
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
6:32 a.m.
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:22:33 +0100
Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
lanas wrote:
Sneaky :)
--
Will J G
That'd be the one on three. It's
unsetting because it sounds so much
like something, but I don't know what. I'd be very surprised if that's
a 'standard' percussive sound.
It's a reversed woodblock...
30 Dec
30 Dec
4:50 p.m.
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:53:21 +0100
Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> écrivait:
I took a look at the root of the site, lovsangmappen.dk, and the
function of downloading PDF of music sheets according to the user's
wanted transposition is interesting.
If I understood it right, the user can download a sheet of music, but
before doing so, can ask for a transposition. Nifty.
Al
6:30 p.m.
lanas wrote:
If I understood it right, the user can download a
sheet of music, but
before doing so, can ask for a transposition. Nifty.
Yeah, it's yet another one of my projects. It's done in php, all songs
are stored in abc format and transposed and converted to pdf on the fly...
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
5:18 p.m.
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 06:53:21PM +0100, Atte André Jensen wrote:
Hi and merry Christmas + happy new year to all!
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded using muse, specimen, zyn
and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
http://web4490.web03.talkactive.net/demo/ro/ro.mp3
Very well done ! Nice voice and good singing. Synth solo is a bit
(just a few dB) too loud (IMHO).
Best wishes for 2007 !
--
FA
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa.
6:11 p.m.
Fons Adriaensen wrote:
Very well done ! Nice voice and good singing.
Thanks!
Synth solo is a bit
(just a few dB) too loud (IMHO).
Agreed...
I think the main problem is that it blends too much with the "sine
rhodes" used in the comping. If the lead is lower in level it's
completely absorbed by the comp. I guess the fix is to alter the
character of the lead just enough to stand out from the comp and *then*
follow your suggestion of lowering its level a bit...
Thanks for the observation!
Best wishes for 2007 !
Same!
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
9:09 p.m.
On 12/30/06, Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi and merry Christmas + happy new year to all!
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded using muse, specimen, zyn
and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
http://web4490.web03.talkactive.net/demo/ro/ro.mp3
The dust haven't settled, so some things (for instance the synth solo
part) are subject to change, but I think it's gonna end up sounding
something along these lines...
(Christian) lyrics in danish, feedback welcome.
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
Atte,
Sitting here in California early on a Saturday evening, and
contrary to some of the comments you've already received, I say
'bravo' and 'don't change a thing'. The mix is quite nice to my ears.
Reverb levels are fine IMHO. The bass is great on my studio monitors.
I like many if not all of the little noise, blips, bleeps, scratches
and assorted sounds used in the piece percussive and otherwise. And
yes, your wife can sing. If she's half as pretty as her voice comes
across then you found a Christmas Angel I think.
Am I being to charitable? Too nice? I don't think so. I liked it
just fine the way it was.
Thanks for sharing it.
Cheers,
Mark
10:19 p.m.
Mark Knecht wrote:
Sitting here in California early on a Saturday
evening, and
contrary to some of the comments you've already received, I say
'bravo' and 'don't change a thing'.
Well, I did :-) It might be subtle, but I like the new one better...
The mix is quite nice to my ears.
Reverb levels are fine IMHO.
Well I didn't add much reverb, just enough to make it blend better. It
still comes across as dry at least when on speakers.
And
yes, your wife can sing. If she's half as pretty as her voice comes
across then you found a Christmas Angel I think.
She's lovely in every way!
Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks for listening!
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
9:10 p.m.
Atte André Jensen wrote:
Well, I tried most of the nice suggestions and put up a new version:
http://web4490.web03.talkactive.net/demo/ro/ro.mp3
The version from the original post is here:
http://web4490.web03.talkactive.net/demo/ro/ro_org.mp3
diff:
* thickened the "sine rhodes" a bit
* added reverb (room) to percussive noises + minor level adjustments
* added reverb (plate) to vocal
* changed wrong audio track in one lower voice to correct one
* turned reverse delay a bit up on vocals
* slightly longer (non clicking) release on bass
* added slightly more overtone content to lead sound (solo) and turned
it down a bit.
* tagged the mp3 file
In general I think it blends better now, when no sounds (except bass and
bell) are completely dry. I think maybe the vocal are a bit too high and
the percussion is a bit to low, but I'll leave it with that for now...
To accomplish this I had to (in the real linux audio user spirit) patch
specimen to allow more instances to be running with different client
names + disable the annoying auto-connect audio outs feature (patch will
be submitted to specimen list when cleaned up a bit).
Thanks for listening, and for the many nice words. Maybe the more eager
among you find time to listen to the new version.
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
10:14 p.m.
Atte André Jensen wrote:
I think maybe the vocal are a bit too high and
the percussion is a bit to low, but I'll leave it with that for now...
Yeah, right. Of course I couldn't resist, the new_new version replaces
the new :-)
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
31 Dec
31 Dec
8:40 a.m.
Wow!! , what a nice tune!!.
I like very much the minimalistic style of rhythm .Good development of
the tune that is simple but beatiful . Pretty voice and good ambient.
Muy bonito!!!
Saludos.
-- Carlos.
11:37 a.m.
congrats man, thanks for sharing.
very good serenity vibe!
ciao,
Marco
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2 Jan
2 Jan
11:53 a.m.
2006/12/30, Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com>om>:
Hi and merry Christmas + happy new year to all!
You too.
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded using
muse, specimen, zyn
and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
http://web4490.web03.talkactive.net/demo/ro/ro.mp3
I listened to the first version only and I find that impressive! I
even like the bass with its really short release. Gives it some more
rythm. Maybe the percussions could include some deep-drum but thats a
matter of personal taste.
Now, if I could get my wife to sing...
(Christian) lyrics in danish, feedback welcome.
I am interested in an english translation (off-list...) as I am a christian too.
See you,
Arnold
--
visit http://www.arnoldarts.de/
---
Wenn man mit Raubkopien Bands wie Brosis oder Britney Spears wirklich
verhindern könnte, würde ich mir noch heute einen Stapel Brenner und
einen Sack Rohlinge kaufen.
3 Jan
3 Jan
3:19 a.m.
Arnold Krille wrote:
2006/12/30, Atte André Jensen
<atte.jensen(a)gmail.com>om>:
The one in the link above is the new version :-)
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded
using muse, specimen, zyn
and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
http://web4490.web03.talkactive.net/demo/ro/ro.mp3
I listened to the first version only and I find that impressive! I
even like the bass with its really short release. Gives it some more
rythm.
Maybe...
Now, if I could get my wife to sing...
:-)
I am interested in an english translation
(off-list...) as I am a
christian too.
I mailed you a translation off list, glad you liked it...
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk | quintet: http://www.anagrammer.dk
| compositions: http://www.atte.dk/compositions
6:39 a.m.
2007/1/3, Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com>om>:
Arnold Krille wrote:
Oh, yeah. Thats the problem with unversioned filenames...
Thats why my exports have names ending -alpha, -beta, -gamma, etc.
Arnold
--
visit http://www.arnoldarts.de/
---
Wenn man mit Raubkopien Bands wie Brosis oder Britney Spears wirklich
verhindern könnte, würde ich mir noch heute einen Stapel Brenner und
einen Sack Rohlinge kaufen.
2006/12/30, Atte André Jensen
<atte.jensen(a)gmail.com>om>:
The one in the link above is the new version :-)
This is a song I wrote last week and recorded
using muse, specimen, zyn
and ardour. It's the first song I did with my new SE usb2200a usb
microphone.
http://web4490.web03.talkactive.net/demo/ro/ro.mp3
I listened to the first version
only and I find that impressive!
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