I'm down for this. and Sanad, I reckon it's been a good couple of years since I saw you...so a catch up of sorts is in the order.
98 January 12, 2012 10:41 pm
Re: ITT we hint at our songs for next week (501 replies, posted in General Discussion)
It's almost finished - part 2 of the Stalker-inspired music: less tape ripping this time around, more C90/Tascam 424 globs of sound.
99 January 12, 2012 12:39 pm
Re: Week 2: Writers block - yay (43 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I've found this week a bit more challenging, especially since I'm trying to keep a sense of continuity going for the first few tracks and build upon last week's track.
100 January 9, 2012 1:25 am
Re: RPM2012 (10 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Now that would be AWFULLY irresponsible of me.
So....no.
101 January 9, 2012 1:20 am
Re: Week 01 - How did we all fare? (75 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I'm pretty happy with my first track, came together reasonably early in the week so it was really just a matter of tweaking here and there...let's see what this week brings.
Enjoying lots of the stuff uploaded here!
102 January 9, 2012 12:44 am
Re: Please read to avoid your songs being deleted! (56 replies, posted in General Discussion)
little-scale wrote:
Tristan: If that avatar is of a doll vomiting on you, nice work.
You know it. 
103 January 8, 2012 4:45 am
Re: Headphones... Help me out! (15 replies, posted in General Discussion)
As above - Beyer 770/880/990's if you can afford them. I have a pair of 770s and they're fantastic.
104 January 8, 2012 1:55 am
Re: Please read to avoid your songs being deleted! (56 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I think the rules and conditions of the project are pretty clear and simple to understand.
105 January 7, 2012 1:46 am
Re: Mastering/Post-production Tips? (15 replies, posted in General Discussion)
The standalone version of Ozone 5 is pretty cheap, really.
I tend to use a combination of Ableton and Waves plug-ins for mastering and often sweeten the mix with EQ, compression, (very rarely) limiters, reverb, etc.
I've never been a huge fan of my own mastering/p.p efforts, though I made a 2012 resolution to bone up on my theory. It's another reason why I'm here.
106 January 5, 2012 10:52 pm
Re: Looking for inspiration? (25 replies, posted in General Discussion)
little-scale wrote:
On the topic of traffic jams, I find indicator phase differences between multiple cars when waiting to turn right or left to be inspiring.
Years ago, I remember a girl from my undergrad composition class did a minimalist phase piece based upon that very principle.
107 January 4, 2012 5:30 am
Re: Can people signup and participate at any point? (35 replies, posted in Site Help)
+1 re: Rdomain's post
108 January 4, 2012 1:57 am
Re: Music Genres (40 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Electro-acoustic, musique concrete/field recording collage, site-specific installation (prob. not applicable here, really), drone-ish, ambient-ish, newbie/non-conformist emulated chiptune (via nanoloop iOS), minimalist electro, film music, small room shoegaze, shagpile swamp blues and Normanville folk.
109 December 28, 2011 12:23 pm
Re: Weapon/s of Choice (72 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Tristan Louth-Robins wrote:
Hmm, lets see...
Aside from software like max/msp and ableton, I'm looking forward to employing a bunch of instruments and hardware throughout the year including:
- a reed organ
- guitars
- mandolin
- Boss dr-660 drum machine
- various stompboxes (DD7 delay, TR 2 tremolo, Fat Cat overdrive.
- Roland DEP-3 reverb rack
- Korg Monotone
- a very old irrational metronome
- Tascam 424 Portastudio
- contact mics
- existing field recordings
- 'found' cassettes
- various microphones and speaker arrays
- rooms
- circuits
- Arduino board
- a handful of iOS apps
Oh shit! I forgot the Casio CZ-101 synthesiser which is, imho the greatest cheapy phase-distortion wavetable synth known to man.
110 December 28, 2011 7:17 am
Re: Who's up for participating? (88 replies, posted in General Discussion)
rdomain wrote:
You got me.
Yo! 
111 December 28, 2011 7:15 am
Re: Weapon/s of Choice (72 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Hmm, lets see...
Aside from software like max/msp and ableton, I'm looking forward to employing a bunch of instruments and hardware throughout the year including:
- a reed organ
- guitars
- mandolin
- Boss dr-660 drum machine
- various stompboxes (DD7 delay, TR 2 tremolo, Fat Cat overdrive.
- Roland DEP-3 reverb rack
- Korg Monotone
- a very old irrational metronome
- Tascam 424 Portastudio
- contact mics
- existing field recordings
- 'found' cassettes
- various microphones and speaker arrays
- rooms
- circuits
- Arduino board
- a handful of iOS apps
112 December 28, 2011 7:08 am
Re: Personal Goals Beyond Writing 52 Tracks In 52 Weeks (60 replies, posted in General Discussion)
This whole thing is going to be dicey given I've already got a busy year ahead with a variety of music/art projects, so I guess the fundamental goal is to make 'this' harmonious with 'everything else'. Ideally, some of the stuff I produce as part of this project will be able to be folded into the the other stuff I'm working on and vice/versa.
I'm thinking at this stage that each month will consist of a different theme or challenge, such as only working with a specific set of instruments, material, software, hardware, rules, procedures, etc. Ultimately, it might look something like this:
Month 1 - Reed organ, reverb unit, metronome > max/msp
Month 2 - Nanoloop iOS, DD7 digital delay, [rule: must use shuffle] > Tascam 424 cassette 4 track.
Month 3 - Singer/songwriting: acoustic guitar, mandolin, reed organ, vocals, [rule: must attempt aping of early Fairport Convention fused with bits of early 70's psych folk] > Ableton Live
Month 4 - Write four pop songs in 5/4 time.
etc...something like that.