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Dystopia Town

By Disposable Planet on May 1, 2022 10:42 pm

I decided I was not finished tweaking the instruments i made for weeks 8 and 16 so here is a companion song to a companion song.   Couldn't think of a better name so its named after last weeks'.  Everything is a synth except the main (third) kick and the open hat (i'm pretty sure).  Snare is based on an excellent synth snare from tobokegao's M8 pack.

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If XRZ == Dystopia, I'm in. tongue   I'm beginning to associate this brand of smoothness interleaved with bouts of demoscenic melodic kickassery as the Disposable Planet special move.

Btw: Loved the instruments this week―but more importantly: the songs: I've had Raktajino A Go Go since release day, but only started digging through the .m8s this week and they have been an education.  Things I learned in those definitely influenced my track this week, and will probably continue to do for a while to come. 

You make amazing music, and learning some of the things you've done to make them makes them more amazing.  Thanks for sharing! 

Beautiful melodies, nice nostalgic (to me) sound palette. I really like how you program those pitch bends. This is some great stuff.

the fakeout stutter stop drop was GODLIKE

all the n00bs: jump in the air and nothing happens
all the hardcore DP fans: bruh u gotta wait

gave this one a double listen: once through and then right back to the start for another go

unbelievable impressive control you have over the sounds you are fabricating. I have no idea how this is been done and the video doesn`t help me to understand your workflow at all. Maybe it is like beeing able to read notes from a composer? The M8 has only so few buttons, how is that all possible?? Nevermind, I wanted to say it is really great stuff you are blowing out.

Ooh, these are some tasty kicks, these drums fit it so well heart
- Ebrit

ineff wrote:

If XRZ == Dystopia, I'm in. tongue   I'm beginning to associate this brand of smoothness interleaved with bouts of demoscenic melodic kickassery as the Disposable Planet special move.

Btw: Loved the instruments this week―but more importantly: the songs: I've had Raktajino A Go Go since release day, but only started digging through the .m8s this week and they have been an education.  Things I learned in those definitely influenced my track this week, and will probably continue to do for a while to come. 

You make amazing music, and learning some of the things you've done to make them makes them more amazing.  Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much - i'm floored!  I'm glad you are digging the album - i figure i picked up almost all the tricks by learning online from tutorials and from the hard work of others in the community so it is only right to add to the repository of tracker knowledge with bundle packs.  Also i am relatively new to making tracker music - only been doing it for about 5 years - and I don't have much to contribute in the way of coding or DIY stuff so this is one of the few ways i can contribute.  I'm glad people are using the knowledge and incorporating it into their work.   Really this comment made my whole week - thank you I enjoy your tunes as well - there is much more music to come!

djippy wrote:

Beautiful melodies, nice nostalgic (to me) sound palette. I really like how you program those pitch bends. This is some great stuff.

Thank you - I totally abuse the bends because the M8 tracker and LSDJ allow me to be the lead guitar player i wish I was in real life!

orangedrink wrote:

the fakeout stutter stop drop was GODLIKE

all the n00bs: jump in the air and nothing happens
all the hardcore DP fans: bruh u gotta wait

thanks haha now I gotta do a 16 bar drop to test everyone's patience

offbrand wrote:

gave this one a double listen: once through and then right back to the start for another go

thank you

Q-Rosh wrote:

unbelievable impressive control you have over the sounds you are fabricating. I have no idea how this is been done and the video doesn`t help me to understand your workflow at all. Maybe it is like beeing able to read notes from a composer? The M8 has only so few buttons, how is that all possible?? Nevermind, I wanted to say it is really great stuff you are blowing out.

thanks so much it means a lot!  you only need a few buttons to input the notes but it is a bit more laborious than using a keyboard with direct note control.  basically you use the directional keys to select what note and what octave you want when dialing in the notes.  The video is just a playback of the programmed song i am not doing anything live in the video other than showing the notes that are already there.  I suck at live mode on both M8 and LSDJ tbh haha - its a weakness i want to correct

Devieus wrote:

Ooh, these are some tasty kicks, these drums fit it so well <3
- Ebrit

  thanks - the kick is an 808 kick sample that came with a daw that i just really really really like and use in various tweaked forms in a lot of my tunes.   the snare is from Tobokegao's M8 pack and has been modified a little bit.   the open hat is just a plain open hat sample and the closed hats are M8 fm synth that i made (i think - there might be two different closed hats being used).  There are other percussion samples in the project but they are not being used because these instruments are from my week 8 track and have been tweaked and modified to suit this song.

I kinda like these better than in the week 8 one tbh
- Ebrit

Sweet tune, very nice sounds and manipulation throughout.

Waiting until Bandcamp Friday to buy the album (very excited). This is lovely work, I really love the developmental section after the moment of big noise, such a sweet solo. A standout tune, two thumbs up.

I love the sound of that bass that starts at 0:50 is so good! Super cool pannings happening, between the pingpong like hits and the rubber lead at the beginning. The stop from 1:20 is fantastic. That is a really delightful track!


My jaw dropped at the 1:20 part... Insanely good! I need to actually take time to look at your m8s files from your EP and see how you're doing stuff. You get some of the coolest sounding effects. Another great track!

Wow! this is fucking epic! heart

Damnnnn, the vibes are so good here. That chip solo elevates the mood so much.

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