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Ha Okoshdegcah

By Devieus on December 7, 2022 9:03 pm

You were warned, and here it is. This song is in 19/4. Not to step onto Sir Bunting's territory, I upped the tempo to 300 or so (400 also would've worked). Trust me, I'm doing you a favor with that, otherwise it'd've been a massive slog. That does mean I had to put some downers into the drinks of the animals or they would've gone a bit too fast. No such respite for the drums though, they get the full brunt.

I can't say I hate this, it's quite nice, though it took a few listens to get there, maybe you'll have more luck.

As for the journal, since I did this early in the week, not a whole lot to report, really wanted this to happen and I'm not taking chances someone else pops up before then.
- Spider

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Yeah this is great! As a drummer and fan of fast drums and all things percussion this was awesome to me on the first go. You could even further I think on the drum side, adding some random automation on the drum hit pitch or filter or other modulation to give it more flair.

This one is pretty compelling smile

Man, those drums just GOING FOR IT really makes the track, though. Especially that last 1/4 of it. Gets me bouncing on the balls of my feet.

love the drumbeat. very complex. almost devious.

dr0ptpacket wrote:

Yeah this is great! As a drummer and fan of fast drums and all things percussion this was awesome to me on the first go. You could even further I think on the drum side, adding some random automation on the drum hit pitch or filter or other modulation to give it more flair.


I could add that manually, and then procedurally, though I'm not sure I'd want that in there for the lower tempos, but I'll at least do it manually next time.
- Devieus

Phil Harmonic wrote:

This one is pretty compelling smile


Glad you're down with it, I should put it into a portfolio of sorts.
- Devieus

jemmons wrote:

Man, those drums just GOING FOR IT really makes the track, though. Especially that last 1/4 of it. Gets me bouncing on the balls of my feet.


Robots don't get tired. I think the capability was always there, but we limited the drums to eighths. Guess it's time to remove that for a bit.
- Devieus

mzunguko wrote:


There is no going slow, just hard and fast.
- Devieus

Q-Rosh wrote:

love the drumbeat. very complex. almost devious.


Let's see anyone recreate it (I can provide sheets).
- Devieus

amping it up a bit def make those drums pop! The slow pad steering it along also makes for a nice touch smile

Tone Matrix wrote:

amping it up a bit def make those drums pop! The slow pad steering it along also makes for a nice touch smile


I suppose you mean the bass, I think she added an attack to the envelope just to balance it out a bit.
- Devieus

tried to follow – but would have to slow it down to be able to count to 19 it. super complex material with your signature sound.

This is very metal, nice work!

The intro has that bag pipes / popcorn machine combo I like. Then it gets thrashy!  I like the short reset break at 1:46.  Very cool!

trumbuthegn wrote:

tried to follow – but would have to slow it down to be able to count to 19 it. super complex material with your signature sound.


That's the beauty of computers, they can count so very fast.
- Devieus

Mission Crossing wrote:

This is very metal, nice work!


Imagine this being done on an actual guitar though.
- Devieus

NWSPR wrote:

The intro has that bag pipes / popcorn machine combo I like. Then it gets thrashy!  I like the short reset break at 1:46.  Very cool!


The bridge persists. Thanks for listening.
- Devieus

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