10 Aug
2006
10 Aug
'06
8:55 a.m.
Dear All
This kind of uses some uncleared samples -- the vocals, which
belong to the lovely Misty Edwards. Drums
are one loop, ("It's a new day" at the start) then all the rest
is hydrogen. Sequenced in
Rosegarden, mastered (preliminarily) in Audacity, recorded in
Ardour, and
all instruments are Zynaddsubfx and the piano is qsynth. Let me
know what
you think.
At http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jmn20/Noah_final.ogg
God bless
Jonty
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Jonty Needham <jmn20(a)bath.ac.uk>
10 Aug
10 Aug
9:22 a.m.
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 11:55:17AM +0100, Jonty Needham wrote:
Let me know what you think.
At http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jmn20/Noah_final.ogg
I think it's a shame you're using uncleared samples. The ding-dong
piano gets heavily on my nerves. The best parts are when it goes
wild. IMHO, you should drop everything else and makes this realy
bite like a facehugger :)
What's up with that indentation in your mail?
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Thorsten Wilms
11:42 a.m.
Many thanks. That's what I've been trying to tell some people.
I suppose the piano part sounds a little more in context of the original
track, "As in the Days of Noah" by Misty Edwards.
Thoughts: You don't find the drum part too compressed do you? Also do
you know of anything I can use to make a smoother piano sound than
qsynth?
On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 13:22 +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 11:55:17AM +0100, Jonty
Needham wrote:
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Jonty Needham <jmn20(a)bath.ac.uk>
Let me know what you think.
At http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jmn20/Noah_final.ogg
I think it's a shame you're using uncleared samples. The ding-dong
piano gets heavily on my nerves. The best parts are when it goes
wild. IMHO, you should drop everything else and makes this realy
bite like a facehugger :)
What's up with that indentation in your mail?
--
Thorsten Wilms
1:17 p.m.
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 02:42:33PM +0100, Jonty Needham wrote:
Thoughts: You don't find the drum part too
compressed do you?
Nope.
Also do you know of anything I can use to make a
smoother piano sound
than qsynth?
A real piano? ;)
My advice is to leave it out, though.
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Thorsten Wilms
7 p.m.
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i like the distortion very much, it really works - maybe there could be
some more melodic movement in the vibrating synthvoice at about 4min but
the sound and the rhythmic surprises keep the track far from being too
conventinal/predictable.
I really like the stuff (in the sense of i plan to hear it frequently as
i hear killing joke or tool etc etc :-) )
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8:20 p.m.
I'm not one of those really technical guys, so I can't give you that
kind of help, but I really liked the track. It schewed a bit techno
for my taste, but I liked it just the same (particularly the
trip-hoppy intro). Great drums and it doesn' t overstay its welcome.
As for the piano, I think if you just found a better sample it could
sound fine. I like the idea of it, but the sample itself is a bit
harsh and tinny. A warmer sound would fix it.
On 8/10/06, Jonty Needham <jmn20(a)bath.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear All
This kind of uses some uncleared samples -- the vocals, which
belong to the lovely Misty Edwards. Drums
are one loop, ("It's a new day" at the start) then all the rest
is hydrogen. Sequenced in
Rosegarden, mastered (preliminarily) in Audacity, recorded in
Ardour, and
all instruments are Zynaddsubfx and the piano is qsynth. Let me
know what
you think.
At http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jmn20/Noah_final.ogg
God bless
Jonty
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Jonty Needham <jmn20(a)bath.ac.uk>
8:48 p.m.
On Thu, 10 Aug, 2006 at 11:55AM +0100, Jonty Needham spake thus:
Dear All
This kind of uses some uncleared samples -- the vocals, which
belong to the lovely Misty Edwards. Drums
are one loop, ("It's a new day" at the start) then all the rest
is hydrogen. Sequenced in
Rosegarden, mastered (preliminarily) in Audacity, recorded in
Ardour, and
all instruments are Zynaddsubfx and the piano is qsynth. Let me
know what
you think.
At http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jmn20/Noah_final.ogg
I wasn't sure about the start, and then it went all Aphrodite and a
sat here jigging in my chair. Lovely.
I'd suggest trying to keep it a bit cleaner though. I have the same
problems myself, when the bass is as loud and forefront as I like, it
crunches around all over the treble, making it sound like some rudeboy
with his car stereo up louder than it can really handle. Try keeping
the mix quieter and then putting it through the amazing Jamin to get
the final mastering right.
Keep up the good work!
James
God bless
Jonty
10:03 p.m.
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:49:39 +0100
james(a)dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
I'd suggest trying to keep it a bit cleaner
though. I have the same
problems myself, when the bass is as loud and forefront as I like, it
crunches around all over the treble, making it sound like some rudeboy
with his car stereo up louder than it can really handle. Try keeping
the mix quieter and then putting it through the amazing Jamin to get
the final mastering right.
I agree with James on that : there is distortion, audible even before
the appearance of the dnb groove (you can hear it as soon as the bass
synth enters in, that is very early). And it's not an ear friendly, say
analog like, distortion. It's clipping and a quick look at a peak meter
confirms this. I suppose you've been too brutal with some limiter
settings ...
Anyway, your track is on par with a lot of in-your-face dnb tracks I
could get my ears on, but the sound quality, especially on headphones,
don't serve it right. "Phat" is not equivalent to "clipped" I
think ...
Redo the mix, and it should rock !
Have a nice day.
--
David
14 Aug
14 Aug
1:10 a.m.
On 8/10/06, Jonty Needham <jmn20(a)bath.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear All
This kind of uses some uncleared samples -- the vocals, which
belong to the lovely Misty Edwards. Drums
are one loop, ("It's a new day" at the start) then all the rest
is hydrogen. Sequenced in
Rosegarden, mastered (preliminarily) in Audacity, recorded in
Ardour, and
all instruments are Zynaddsubfx and the piano is qsynth. Let me
know what
you think.
At http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jmn20/Noah_final.ogg
God bless
Jonty
--
Jonty Needham <jmn20(a)bath.ac.uk>
Hi Jonty,
Good stuff. I like the energy all the way through. Like others I
came to not like the piano mouch. It was fine at the start but after a
while I felt it needed to maybe morph around a bit - run some filters
across frequency, panning - something.
Anyway, I like the work. Misty Edwards does have a nice voice.
Cheers,
Mark
2:24 p.m.
Many thanks to all you guys. I've installed JAMin and will proceed to
recut the track. Mucho helpful hints and pointers -- this list is a real
community, and the feedback I've recieved has been much better than I
thought it'd be. The next track (due out in n days) will be more of a
face hugger.
God Bless
Jonty
On Sun, 2006-08-13 at 20:10 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
On 8/10/06, Jonty Needham <jmn20(a)bath.ac.uk>
wrote:
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Jonty Needham <jmn20(a)bath.ac.uk>
Dear All
This kind of uses some uncleared samples -- the vocals, which
belong to the lovely Misty Edwards. Drums
are one loop, ("It's a new day" at the start) then all the rest
is hydrogen. Sequenced in
Rosegarden, mastered (preliminarily) in Audacity, recorded in
Ardour, and
all instruments are Zynaddsubfx and the piano is qsynth. Let me
know what
you think.
At http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jmn20/Noah_final.ogg
God bless
Jonty
--
Jonty Needham <jmn20(a)bath.ac.uk>
Hi Jonty,
Good stuff. I like the energy all the way through. Like others I
came to not like the piano mouch. It was fine at the start but after a
while I felt it needed to maybe morph around a bit - run some filters
across frequency, panning - something.
Anyway, I like the work. Misty Edwards does have a nice voice.
Cheers,
Mark
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