<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/8/2 Q <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@quirq.ukfsn.org">lists@quirq.ukfsn.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Carlos Sanchiavedraz wrote:<br>
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Hi Q.<div class="im"><br>
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Anyway, I give you the short, and hopefully sweet, Beyond Triple<br>
Point (part 1):<br>
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FLAC (14.6 MB):<br>
<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.flac" target="_blank">www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.flac</a><br></div>
<<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.flac" target="_blank">http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.flac</a>><div class="im"><br>
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OGG-10 (7.4 MB):<br>
<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.ogg" target="_blank">www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.ogg</a><br></div>
<<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.ogg" target="_blank">http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.ogg</a>><div class="im"><br>
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MP3 (6.2 MB):<br>
<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.mp3" target="_blank">www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.mp3</a><br></div>
<<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Beyond-Triple-Point_Part1_16-03-10.mp3</a>><div class="im"><br>
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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.<br>
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BTW, ¿What did you chose for your Mellotron? ¿Is some app/soundfount/whatever free/libre? Actually, I'd be grateful if you would<br>
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Hi Carlos<br>
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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.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>:), it happens to mee too. My TODO list grows with no remedy.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Prog-rock is definitely my thing, both 70s and quite a few newer bands as well. </blockquote><div><br>+1<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I have a few ideas for the sections to follow this, I just need to find the time to write and develop them!<br></blockquote><div><br>Hope you can do it.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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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.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>It's a pitty there's nothing alike.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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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.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I would like to know about any similar gig or virtual instrument free/libre.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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It's called Lovatnet (parts 1-4). Caution: it starts off very<br>
quietly but gets a fair bit louder in places:<br>
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FLAC (22.7 MB):<br>
<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.flac" target="_blank">www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.flac</a><br></div>
<<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.flac" target="_blank">http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.flac</a>><div class="im"><br>
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OGG-7 (6.6 MB):<br>
<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09_ogg7.ogg" target="_blank">www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09_ogg7.ogg</a><br></div>
<<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09_ogg7.ogg" target="_blank">http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09_ogg7.ogg</a>><div class="im"><br>
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MP3 (7.2 MB)<br>
<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.mp3" target="_blank">www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.mp3</a><br></div>
<<a href="http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.quirq.ukfsn.org/Quirq_Lovatnet_pts_1-4_mixdown_26-10-09.mp3</a>><div class="im"><br>
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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.<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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!<br>
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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.<br></blockquote>
<div><br>Aha, the Oddity, interesting.<br>People at GForge make really good stuff.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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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.<div class="im">
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Thanks for sharing.<br>
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-- <br>
Carlos "sanchiavedraz" Sánchez Gª-S.<br>
* Musix GNU+Linux<br>
<a href="http://www.musix.es" target="_blank">http://www.musix.es</a><br>
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Once again, many thanks for taking the time to listen and comment. It's always nice to get feedback.<br><font color="#888888">
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Q<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>Thanks to you :)<br><br>-- <br>Carlos "sanchiavedraz" Sánchez Gª-S.<br>* Musix GNU+Linux<br> <a href="http://www.musix.es">http://www.musix.es</a><br>