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Marshy Descent

By DonutShoes on July 14, 2024 8:03 pm

I've started looking into dungeon synth, it's quite an interesting genre. Something surprising I learned about it was that it was started in the 90s by black metal artists making demos on cassettes with their synths.

I started making this track using my Casio SA-8 that I bought for $10 at a flea market. I put a 1/4" output on it so I can run it directly into my mixer. I also used Orchestral Tools' Grimm library and this incredible free folk winds library you can get on pianobook https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/folk-winds/

I then drenched everything in Sketch-Cassette II and put some Aberrant DSP Lair on it all which is my new favorite reverb/delay plugin.

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July 15, 2024 3:28 am

Paisleyfrog

Fantastic! As someone who is both involved in an early music recorder consort and loves RPG music, this is AMAZING. So much fun.  Also, haven’t heard of Sketch Cassette before, but I love the results. Great track! Thanks for the links on your sound sources, I’ll be checking it out. smile

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July 15, 2024 11:24 pm

jwh

love it! Casio(tone) 4ever heart

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July 18, 2024 10:04 am

LeBernd

The main melody synth reminds my a little bit of the Tohu Soundtrack by Christopher Larkin, especially "The Swamp" - so "Marshy Descent" is a great fit!

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October 13, 2024 1:30 am

DonutShoes

Paisleyfrog wrote:

Fantastic! As someone who is both involved in an early music recorder consort and loves RPG music, this is AMAZING. So much fun.  Also, haven’t heard of Sketch Cassette before, but I love the results. Great track! Thanks for the links on your sound sources, I’ll be checking it out. smile

aaah thank you for the kind words, I'm so glad you enjoy it, it was super fun to make!


LeBernd wrote:

The main melody synth reminds my a little bit of the Tohu Soundtrack by Christopher Larkin, especially "The Swamp" - so "Marshy Descent" is a great fit!

omg I'm listening now, such wonderful orchestration, I dream of writing a game soundtrack like this!!

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