Cool find with ReCycle, I'll definitely have to give that some use soon.

First track - This sounds like the kind of music I wish I could create in Renoise. I know there's something in me that just really appreciates when music sounds good AND like something I simply wouldn't typically create and that applies here so much.
Second track - Woah so different!! I really like way a lot of the sounds feel saturated and warmed up, especially given how many of the tones feel FM-y and icy.

Also, I both wish they would increase the MB size for uploads to allow me to upload uncut longer ambient pieces, and understand that they have to draw the line somewhere and 16MB is plenty of space for music to live in, but I have absolutely had to wrestle with compression settings and worry about quality compromise as I do so.

Cool find with ReCycle, I'll definitely have to give that some use soon. First track - This sounds like the kind of music I wish I could create in Renoise. I know there's something in me that just really appreciates when music sounds good AND like something I simply wouldn't typically create and that applies here so much. Second track - Woah so different!! I really like way a lot of the sounds feel saturated and warmed up, especially given how many of the tones feel FM-y and icy. Also, I both wish they would increase the MB size for uploads to allow me to upload uncut longer ambient pieces, and understand that they have to draw the line somewhere and 16MB is plenty of space for music to live in, but I have absolutely had to wrestle with compression settings and worry about quality compromise as I do so.

Dude. This is absolutely incredible. Sounds like I'm listening to EBM that hasn't quite been invented yet. All of the sounds used are so tasty and crisp. Little chirps and pans everywhere to accompany those fat distorted kicks.

Dude. This is absolutely incredible. Sounds like I'm listening to EBM that hasn't quite been invented yet. All of the sounds used are so tasty and crisp. Little chirps and pans everywhere to accompany those fat distorted kicks.

Quite a change in moods between the two tracks, which was nice because it felt like you took us to some wildly different places.  The first one was quite upbeat and cheerful and then I felt like I fell into a fogbank.  Cool eerie sounds in that one.  I could see it as a soundtrack for a scary movie.

Quite a change in moods between the two tracks, which was nice because it felt like you took us to some wildly different places. The first one was quite upbeat and cheerful and then I felt like I fell into a fogbank. Cool eerie sounds in that one. I could see it as a soundtrack for a scary movie.

I like how you collapsed a rant, but still left a huge wall of text.
Cool bongos though. And nice synth leads.
- Spider

I like how you collapsed a rant, but still left a huge wall of text. Cool bongos though. And nice synth leads. - Spider

Hey really nice electro breaks vibe, I dig it!

Hey really nice electro breaks vibe, I dig it!

Ooof when that dreamy delayed pad lead drops with the beat so good!  Such a tight drum groove with hypnotic synths. The second track gave me some little nightmares feels.  Love the eerie vibes and that crawling rhythm.

Ooof when that dreamy delayed pad lead drops with the beat :o so good! Such a tight drum groove with hypnotic synths. The second track gave me some little nightmares feels. Love the eerie vibes and that crawling rhythm.

I'll comment on the two songs separately as intended, but I wanna say listening to them back to back makes me thing of the mystery man party scene from Lost Highway.

GlassPortalRain: Bangin. Agree about how good the SK-1 samples sound (especially like the crunchy cymbal). Love the bi-fi drums and how they let you push frequency extremes while still sounding clear. Really like the pitch-dropping toms and three layers of pads around 1:54. I hope one day to have the kind of control over energy across the track that you have here

ST_2OPTST GENedit: Eerie but contemplative. The low moving drone makes me thing of mallets scrapping against a gong or sheet metal. I think I can feel the vibrations when certain harmonics get hit. Vaguely reminds me of Mike Weis's "Don't Know, Just Walk." I picture someone focusing on the drone to meditate, which the higher metallic chimes of the outside work go about an ordinary day

I'll comment on the two songs separately as intended, but I wanna say listening to them back to back makes me thing of the mystery man party scene from Lost Highway. GlassPortalRain: Bangin. Agree about how good the SK-1 samples sound (especially like the crunchy cymbal). Love the bi-fi drums and how they let you push frequency extremes while still sounding clear. Really like the pitch-dropping toms and three layers of pads around 1:54. I hope one day to have the kind of control over energy across the track that you have here ST_2OPTST GENedit: Eerie but contemplative. The low moving drone makes me thing of mallets scrapping against a gong or sheet metal. I think I can feel the vibrations when certain harmonics get hit. Vaguely reminds me of Mike Weis's "Don't Know, Just Walk." I picture someone focusing on the drone to meditate, which the higher metallic chimes of the outside work go about an ordinary day

that lil oooh thing that sounds like an owl on the first song is soooooo cute i love it

2nd song is v mysterious
nice work, ENC_

that lil oooh thing that sounds like an owl on the first song is soooooo cute i love it 2nd song is v mysterious nice work, ENC_ [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F31.media.tumblr.com%2Fce25dafd2425e8477e88bc8195e74e41%2Ftumblr_msz05gbf1G1spngbro1_500.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=b2d384d478b7a5a87867de291670fd5249c787d1a1a6a883d471c80f4e76a9d9[/img]

This is right up my street! It sounds restrained at the same time as it pops out of the speakers.

This is right up my street! It sounds restrained at the same time as it pops out of the speakers.

Yes! Highly recommend it! It's been life changing and has helped me lean into sample based production more. cutting, processing, and labeling has never been easier during sound design sessions. The transient auto detection works way better than I had expected.

I am still pretty new to Renoise so I'm still learning but, it's been really freeing compared to using a DAWs or traditional chip or sample based trackers. I really value sequencing control and any thing that lets me explore the edges of that. Renoise has been amazing on that front.

For the secound, the TX-844 was surprising pleasing to work with when coloring the FM sounds. It made ableton's operator sonically feel closer to working with older hard ware like the Tx81z or DX7. Sampling that in to my old cheap recorder's pre-amps probably added to that too.

Totally! Part of it is old site specs and others are design choices at inception. My guess is longer songs were out of Tim's expectations for uploads when the site was originally made and updating is a heavier investment to implement in the old code. Also I am sure server memory space is a consideration. There are work arounds like linking to third party cloud drives and things in submission descriptions but it's a bit of a pain. I get it though.

thank you! That's very kind. It's positive feedback that I really value to hearing. I've gotten artist comparisons comments in the past and would like to push for my own signature style as a personal goal.

I actually am only vaguely aware of EBM. I have a friend that's tried to introduce me a few times. I'll take it as a sign I should revisit and try and learn from what's being done in that space a bit more

I regularly get sucked down different experiment rabbit-holes when working on tracks That's probably the variation your seeing between things. It's a lot of shooting from the hip and seeing what happens

Very true. A lot of extra documentation this week between the 2 tracks and processing experiments.

Thank you I saw your recent LGPT update's I'm eager to update my Miyoo mini plus and try them out when I have time. You've really transformed that platform into something specail with all the updates.

Thank you for listening I quite like those pads too. I was pretty proud of how they turned out. It's just the SK-1 horn sample shaped with Renoise's different modulation options. You can achieve quite interesting a complicated stuff with those stock tools

Haha Wow! I had to look up the scene as I haven't seen the movie. I see what you are saying

Thank you for the very kind comment TBH it's mostly sound design or control experiments that dictate the direction of the song energy. The rest is just tedious trial and error for writing I am pretty ham fisted especially w/ composition. From what I've heard of your music, I think you could pick up what I do no problem. It would be harder in reverse I think.

haha, my guess is that the owl is either the processed SK-1 Flute or my cat's meow sample pitched way down

Ah, thank you I was quite happy with how this came out. I think right now experimenting with renoise and sampling things with recycle has helped me find more of a groove lately. I always feel a bit stagnant until I  find a interesting angle to try new things with.

[quote=scottux]Cool find with ReCycle...[/quote] Yes! Highly recommend it! It's been life changing and has helped me lean into sample based production more. cutting, processing, and labeling has never been easier during sound design sessions. The transient auto detection works way better than I had expected. [quote=scottux]First track...Second track...[/quote] I am still pretty new to Renoise so I'm still learning but, it's been really freeing compared to using a DAWs or traditional chip or sample based trackers. I really value sequencing control and any thing that lets me explore the edges of that. Renoise has been amazing on that front. For the secound, the TX-844 was surprising pleasing to work with when coloring the FM sounds. It made ableton's operator sonically feel closer to working with older hard ware like the Tx81z or DX7. Sampling that in to my old cheap recorder's pre-amps probably added to that too. [quote=scottux]Also, I both wish they would increase the MB size...understand that they have to draw the line somewhere and 16MB...[/quote] Totally! Part of it is old site specs and others are design choices at inception. My guess is longer songs were out of Tim's expectations for uploads when the site was originally made and updating is a heavier investment to implement in the old code. Also I am sure server memory space is a consideration. There are work arounds like linking to third party cloud drives and things in submission descriptions but it's a bit of a pain. I get it though. [quote=0x_colt]Dude. This is absolutely incredible. Sounds like I'm listening to EBM that hasn't quite been invented yet. All of the sounds used are so tasty and crisp. Little chirps and pans everywhere to accompany those fat distorted kicks.[/quote] <3 thank you! That's very kind. It's positive feedback that I really value to hearing. I've gotten artist comparisons comments in the past and would like to push for my own signature style as a personal goal. I actually am only vaguely aware of EBM. I have a friend that's tried to introduce me a few times. I'll take it as a sign I should revisit and try and learn from what's being done in that space a bit more :) [quote=Cosmic Cairns]Quite a change in moods between the two tracks, which was nice because it felt like you took us to some wildly different places. The first one was quite upbeat and cheerful and then I felt like I fell into a fogbank. Cool eerie sounds in that one. I could see it as a soundtrack for a scary movie.[/quote] I regularly get sucked down different experiment rabbit-holes when working on tracks :P That's probably the variation your seeing between things. It's a lot of shooting from the hip and seeing what happens :) [quote=DESLRV]I like how you collapsed a rant, but still left a huge wall of text. Cool bongos though. And nice synth leads. - Spider[/quote] :P Very true. A lot of extra documentation this week between the 2 tracks and processing experiments. [quote=djdiskmachine]Hey really nice electro breaks vibe, I dig it![/quote] Thank you :) I saw your recent LGPT update's I'm eager to update my Miyoo mini plus and try them out when I have time. You've really transformed that platform into something specail with all the updates. [quote=Tone Matrix]Ooof when that dreamy delayed pad lead drops with the beat :o so good! Such a tight drum groove with hypnotic synths. The second track gave me some little nightmares feels. Love the eerie vibes and that crawling rhythm. [/quote] Thank you for listening :) I quite like those pads too. I was pretty proud of how they turned out. It's just the SK-1 horn sample shaped with Renoise's different modulation options. You can achieve quite interesting a complicated stuff with those stock tools :) [quote=sleepside]I'll comment on the two songs separately as intended, but I wanna say listening to them back to back makes me thing of the mystery man party scene from Lost Highway. GlassPortalRain: Bangin. Agree about how good the SK-1 samples sound (especially like the crunchy cymbal). Love the bi-fi drums and how they let you push frequency extremes while still sounding clear. Really like the pitch-dropping toms and three layers of pads around 1:54. I hope one day to have the kind of control over energy across the track that you have here ST_2OPTST GENedit: Eerie but contemplative. The low moving drone makes me thing of mallets scrapping against a gong or sheet metal. I think I can feel the vibrations when certain harmonics get hit. Vaguely reminds me of Mike Weis's "Don't Know, Just Walk." I picture someone focusing on the drone to meditate, which the higher metallic chimes of the outside work go about an ordinary day[/quote] Haha Wow! I had to look up the scene as I haven't seen the movie. I see what you are saying :P Thank you for the very kind comment :) TBH it's mostly sound design or control experiments that dictate the direction of the song energy. The rest is just tedious trial and error for writing :P I am pretty ham fisted especially w/ composition. From what I've heard of your music, I think you could pick up what I do no problem. It would be harder in reverse I think. [quote=jwh]that lil oooh thing that sounds like an owl on the first song is soooooo cute i love it 2nd song is v mysterious nice work, ENC_ [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F31.media.tumblr.com%2Fce25dafd2425e8477e88bc8195e74e41%2Ftumblr_msz05gbf1G1spngbro1_500.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=b2d384d478b7a5a87867de291670fd5249c787d1a1a6a883d471c80f4e76a9d9[/img][/quote] haha, my guess is that the owl is either the processed SK-1 Flute or my cat's meow sample pitched way down :D [quote=Dank Receptor]This is right up my street! It sounds restrained at the same time as it pops out of the speakers.[/quote] Ah, thank you <3 I was quite happy with how this came out. I think right now experimenting with renoise and sampling things with recycle has helped me find more of a groove lately. I always feel a bit stagnant until I find a interesting angle to try new things with.