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Dispair by Moonlight

By mechlo on February 14, 2016 11:36 pm

So, my Octatrack has been my main songwriting weapon for the past few weeks. This week, the power supply screwed the pooch leaving my song trapped in a little black box.

This was the last minute rush song over a few hours on Saturday and a few on Sunday. Of course I default back to 80s cinematic synthpop.

Bummer about the power supply on the Octatrack, but this makes a nice consolation song.  It has a very pleasant mellow feel.

CosmicCairns wrote:

Bummer about the power supply on the Octatrack, but this makes a nice consolation song.  It has a very pleasant mellow feel.

Thanks! They said they'd mail it out on Monday so it might not be here for next week either. More experimentation!

done well to pop something out so quick!! good luck with
ocatrack

mmm this is chill, love the string melody. Wanna go cruise in an angular ferrari

cTrix wrote:

done well to pop something out so quick!! good luck with
ocatrack

Thanks, man! I have a definite style when I'm down to the last minute.


alonemusic wrote:

mmm this is chill, love the string melody. Wanna go cruise in an angular ferrari

Success!! big_smile

Love the percussion and atmosphere... Soundscape is very well constructed smile Smiling and bobbing my head all the way through

a requiem for the power supply!
(once I switched my rytm and ot power supplies, nothing worked and I almost had a heart attack).

great stuff. love the "filter stabs" in the pad!

matheusleston wrote:

a requiem for the power supply!
(once I switched my rytm and ot power supplies, nothing worked and I almost had a heart attack).

great stuff. love the "filter stabs" in the pad!

Filter stabs where a happy accident when I was messing with the envelope but mistook it for amp. "Requiem for a Power Supply" is so goddamned good. Makes me want to retitle it.

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