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Streetwise talk

By laguna on May 20, 2018 11:58 pm

Believe it or not, this started slicing the original soundtrack of the classic MegaDrive/Genesis game "Streets of Rage" (level 2, "dilapidated town". I'm not particularly a fan of the game (I haven't even played it ever!) but I though I could do some FM inspired chopping.

All started three hours before the deadline, completely in Ableton Live.

I'll include a link to the original music, though I think this time I could happily say the slices are small enough it to be quite different. What do you think?

Hope to give it some form and make it a proper song. Feels kinda weird though still interesting smile

Things are going a little ruff in life lately ("corporate" bulls**t and FUD spreading, if you know what I mean) so maybe it would be hard for me to keep it up with the Weeklybeats... anyway, I wish you all a great 7 days smile

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May 21, 2018 7:18 am

grillo

this is really cool! love the edits and the vocal snippets, great sounds!

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May 21, 2018 11:08 pm

Jim Wood

Sorry to hear about work pressures. This definitely would be good material for further development.

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May 22, 2018 6:48 am

orangedrink

Great sounds and nice space in the beat.  Love all the surprises with the samples, pitch bends, vocal artifacts, etc.

Sorry about the corporate BS - hang in there!  WB fam is here for you! heart

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May 24, 2018 3:50 am

onezero

Sorry to hear about the BS of late corporate capitalism, and here's hoping things improve for you. Digging the slow-grooving atmosphere of this one!

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May 24, 2018 3:58 am

Jason Nijjer

Interesting sounds here, has a nice groove/flow to it, I actually used to be a big fan of this game

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May 24, 2018 5:31 am

Devieus

It's not as chipper as the original, but it creates a mellow atmosphere all its own.

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May 25, 2018 4:43 pm

Tone Matrix

Cool chunky sounding beat especially on that snare hit.  The fluttering synths bouncing around the stereo field adds a nice vibe too.  Noice!

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May 28, 2018 6:09 pm

m2K7

Great minimalistic work, i dont like chiptunes.
But i agree with Devieus.

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June 11, 2018 4:24 pm

scottux

This has a real cool groove. The squares blipping around and the backbeat give it a real indie-game quality that I super dig~!

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