[Ardour-Users] [Music] A couple of prog rock pieces

Tue Aug 10 03:29:01 PDT 2010

2010/8/2 Q <lists at quirq.ukfsn.org>

> Carlos Sanchiavedraz wrote:
>
>> Hi Q.
>>
>>
>>    Anyway, I give you the short, and hopefully sweet, Beyond Triple
>>    Point (part 1):
>>
>>    FLAC (14.6 MB):
>>    www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.flac
>>    <
>> http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.flac>
>>
>>
>>    OGG-10 (7.4 MB):
>>    www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.ogg
>>    <
>> http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.ogg>
>>
>>
>>    MP3 (6.2 MB):
>>    www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.mp3
>>    <
>> http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.mp3>
>>
>>
>>
>> I liked a lot that theme. The sound is very clean and nice. Reminds me of
>> late 60s and 70s psychedelic and prog-rock, most of all when I hear the
>> Mellotron, which sound I love.
>>
>> BTW, ¿What did you chose for your Mellotron? ¿Is some
>> app/soundfount/whatever free/libre? Actually, I'd be grateful if you would
>>
>>
>
> Hi Carlos
>
> Thanks for listening and commenting, I really appreciate it. I'm sorry I've
> not responded sooner, but my life has been turned upside down recently so
> I've not kept as close an eye on my mails as I usually do.
>

:), it happens to mee too. My TODO list grows with no remedy.

>
> Prog-rock is definitely my thing, both 70s and quite a few newer bands as
> well.

+1

> I have a few ideas for the sections to follow this, I just need to find the
> time to write and develop them!
>

Hope you can do it.

>
> Sadly, the Mellotron sounds I use are not free and not libre: I use the
> excellent GForce M-Tron Pro running as a standalone instrument using Wine.
> It's got a couple of hundred well sampled sounds from all models of
> Mellotron and even some Chamberlin and Birotron sounds as well. I love the
> Tron also and the M-Tron has been a fantastic and joyous instrument for me.
>

It's a pitty there's nothing alike.

>
> I think it really is a shame that there aren't more Tron sounds available
> in Gig format as Linuxsampler works so well. I think there are some Gigs,
> but they're fairly limited -- just the usual well-known strings, choir and
> maybe brass sounds.
>

I would like to know about any similar gig or virtual instrument free/libre.

>
>
>>    It's called Lovatnet (parts 1-4). Caution: it starts off very
>>    quietly but gets a fair bit louder in places:
>>
>>    FLAC (22.7 MB):
>>    www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.flac
>>    <
>> http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.flac>
>>
>>
>>    OGG-7 (6.6 MB):
>>    www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09_ogg7.ogg
>>    <
>> http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09_ogg7.ogg
>> >
>>
>>
>>    MP3 (7.2 MB)
>>    www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.mp3
>>    <
>> http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.mp3>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Again, really clean sound. And yes, volumes... the song is quite/too much
>> dynamic, especially at the beginning. Warm spanish/acoustic guitar, the
>> electric seems to me again 70s prog (I like that), and nice MiniMoog classic
>> sound at the end, makes you want lo listen to the next parts.
>> To put my two cents in, maybe I'd check the levels and time of the drums.
>> Maybe there's something strange in there or in the way it wants to mix with
>> the rest.
>>
>>
>
> The comment about the volume was there as a warning more than anything else
> -- I'm actually very happy with the dynamic range and the levels in the
> intro. One or two other people have complained to me that the start is too
> quiet: I don't need to turn the volume up or down when listening to the
> piece. With the volume set right for the loud parts, the acoustic guitar,
> when it comes in, is reasonably quiet so the piece builds up nicely to the
> loud sections and the opening Mellotron strings have the desired effect of
> being a subtle, barely audible, ominous background sound -- they're meant to
> set a mood rather than be listened to as such.
>
> For the electric guitar, I actually had in mind the 90s band Änglagård, but
> they always aimed for a 70s sound and feel, so I suppose it's all the same
> in the end!
>
> The synth was actually the GForce Oddity VST, again running with the help
> of Wine. The Oddity is an emulation of the classic ARP Odyssey, which sadly,
> I think, often gets overlooked in favour of the Minimoog.
>

Aha, the Oddity, interesting.
People at GForge make really good stuff.

>
> It's a long time since I programmed the drums, but I recall trying to
> humanise them a bit so that they weren't too perfect -- perhaps I overdid it
> a little. I definitely need to remix them as I'm not happy with the way
> they're processed; the snare particularly has suffered in an attempt to
> bring the level up.
>
>
>
>> Thanks for sharing.
>>
>> --
>> Carlos "sanchiavedraz" Sánchez Gª-S.
>> * Musix GNU+Linux
>>  http://www.musix.es
>>
>
> Once again, many thanks for taking the time to listen and comment. It's
> always nice to get feedback.
>
> Q
>

Thanks to you :)

-- 
Carlos "sanchiavedraz" Sánchez Gª-S.
* Musix GNU+Linux
  http://www.musix.es
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