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The Power Returns

By mechlo on February 21, 2016 10:04 pm

Received my Octatrack power supply with about 24 hours until deadline! Decided to take that limited time (portions of it helping the wife with installing a closet shelving set and prepping for a party) to write a new version of a 2014 Weekly Beats song with actual hardware as opposed to all VSTs.

Didn't turn out quite how I wanted but given limited time, maybe I should forgive myself. Original was Sun Spotted.

ahhh this has such a nice vibe to it. really love those sine-y chord synths. definitely keep refining this track, you've got a gem of a start here.

OCTATRACK POWERS ACTIVATE!

This is a great track, I agree with the previous comment.  Nothing to forgive, this is a fun track!  just keep rolling on, my man, that's how we do it, right????  smile

Nice track! Great groove and some really nice synth sounds. Nice job!

Ah, this has a in-between feel to it, like potential energy. Neat!

i'd say main issue is hihats are pretty loud compared to the rest of the track, but cool idea with a weird but catchy beat

lol, I just realized what the track title meant.  I love it smile

Good, just needs a bit more development/contrast.

Parallelis wrote:

ahhh this has such a nice vibe to it. really love those sine-y chord synths. definitely keep refining this track, you've got a gem of a start here.

With the limited time I was going for vibe rather than catchiness. Thanks for the feedback!

orangedrink wrote:

OCTATRACK POWERS ACTIVATE!

This is a great track, I agree with the previous comment.  Nothing to forgive, this is a fun track!  just keep rolling on, my man, that's how we do it, right????  smile

Thanks, man. That is indeed how we do it. ::cue Montell Jordan::

Martiln wrote:

Nice track! Great groove and some really nice synth sounds. Nice job!

Thanks! That's what a few hours of panicked keyboard playing will get ya.

Brackleforth wrote:

Ah, this has a in-between feel to it, like potential energy. Neat!

I don't know what any of that is. Thanks!!

george bowles wrote:

i'd say main issue is hihats are pretty loud compared to the rest of the track, but cool idea with a weird but catchy beat

You know, I just listened to it outside of my studio and you're right. I'll fix the levels on the hardware. Thanks!

Jim Wood wrote:

Good, just needs a bit more development/contrast.

Yeah. Agreed. Spent too much of those few hours designing sound instead of writing the song. hmm

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