if it's not overly complicated in vcv, you're not trying hard enough, haha.

love how this builds. it never feels hollow, but everything still ebbs and flows in intensity. it's got this great edge of sinister sound too. like some real, eh I guess we'll zap this corpse with lightning and see what happens vibes.

on the performance part, if you hadn't said anything, I don't think I'd have even known to listen for theoretical problems. I didn't find any.

super cool track

if it's not overly complicated in vcv, you're not trying hard enough, haha. love how this builds. it never feels hollow, but everything still ebbs and flows in intensity. it's got this great edge of sinister sound too. like some real, eh I guess we'll zap this corpse with lightning and see what happens vibes. on the performance part, if you hadn't said anything, I don't think I'd have even known to listen for theoretical problems. I didn't find any. super cool track

That got wild towards the end there, very nice.  I actually found you lead rather interesting - it started off sounding to my ears a bit dungeon synth but towards the end was reminding me of Wakeman.  A pretty damn fine jam this.

That got wild towards the end there, very nice. I actually found you lead rather interesting - it started off sounding to my ears a bit dungeon synth but towards the end was reminding me of Wakeman. A pretty damn fine jam this.

really interesting combination of triumph and unease. like the part of the movie when everything can go to shit if the protagonist doesn't get it together and they seem to be getting it together but MAYBE NOT BUT WAIT THERE ARE GOING FOR IT

i'm into the lead! and the mix has that Napear touch.

incredible work this year, Friend. i *listen* forward to more musical adventures.

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really interesting combination of triumph and unease. like the part of the movie when everything can go to shit if the protagonist doesn't get it together and they seem to be getting it together but MAYBE NOT BUT WAIT THERE ARE GOING FOR IT i'm into the lead! and the mix has that Napear touch. incredible work this year, Friend. i *listen* forward to more musical adventures. ╰(*°▽°*)╯

That's a pretty solid dungeonsynth backdrop for some RPG cut scene. The brassy CS-80V was a good choice for a lead over the eerie drone.

That's a pretty solid dungeonsynth backdrop for some RPG cut scene. The brassy CS-80V was a good choice for a lead over the eerie drone.

Oof gotta love how the CS-80 instantly transports you into a nostalgic sci-fi world when you hear those brass leads. If "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai" ever got a remake or sequel this would fit so nicely in that setting.  Oooh yais love when those leads start to break out of their shell with the delays.  What a year it's been! \m/ 

Oof gotta love how the CS-80 instantly transports you into a nostalgic sci-fi world when you hear those brass leads. If "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai" ever got a remake or sequel this would fit so nicely in that setting. Oooh yais love when those leads start to break out of their shell with the delays. What a year it's been! \m/

Thank you, and yeah, VCV Rack does inspire "complicated" patches... like when you start building things the virtual nature of it, makes it feel like the possibilities are just totally endless... cut to 4 hours later and your one mono synth pad voice is using 78% of your CPU... and it's like... "but... but I haven't even started with the lead yet (‘A`)"

I appreciate that, and yeah I guess this is very Dungeon Synthy... not really a genre I ever spend much time with... but I feel like that might be a failing on my part... it does line up with a lot of the things I enjoy about synth driven music... if you have any good recs for who I should listen to, I'm all ears. 

Indeed... and thank you... the mix for this one was a little rushed, because I ran into some stupid technical issues getting the tempo to sync up when I imported the audio... turns out the Keystep Pro clock through midi, into VCV Rack (stand alone) doesn't keep "perfect" time... and then trying to use VSTs that required clock for post processing... yeah is was a bit of a faff.  So, I'm glad it landed in a place that is pleasing to ears. 

Thanks, I have been fully obsessed with the CS-80 for the last couple months... so much so that I added a Deckard's Voice module to my sound design skiff... and have basically used some sound from some CS-80 clone almost every track I have worked on since August. I'm glad that for this one it actually fits and isn't just me shoehorning it in (ﾉ∇≦*)

What a year indeed.  And thank you... The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension is like a classic formative movie for me... right up there with Tank Girl, or Howard The Duck... it's funny much my taste for media can be traced back to surreal, borderline absurdist 80s/90s movies, that in retrospect I have no idea how they got made... but I'm SOOOOO glad they did. 

[quote=jbarket]if it's not overly complicated in vcv, you're not trying hard enough, haha. love how this builds. it never feels hollow, but everything still ebbs and flows in intensity. it's got this great edge of sinister sound too. like some real, eh I guess we'll zap this corpse with lightning and see what happens vibes. on the performance part, if you hadn't said anything, I don't think I'd have even known to listen for theoretical problems. I didn't find any. super cool track[/quote] Thank you, and yeah, VCV Rack does inspire "complicated" patches... like when you start building things the virtual nature of it, makes it feel like the possibilities are just totally endless... cut to 4 hours later and your one mono synth pad voice is using 78% of your CPU... and it's like... "but... but I haven't even started with the lead yet (‘A`)" [quote=lament.config]That got wild towards the end there, very nice. I actually found you lead rather interesting - it started off sounding to my ears a bit dungeon synth but towards the end was reminding me of Wakeman. A pretty damn fine jam this.[/quote] I appreciate that, and yeah I guess this is very Dungeon Synthy... not really a genre I ever spend much time with... but I feel like that might be a failing on my part... it does line up with a lot of the things I enjoy about synth driven music... if you have any good recs for who I should listen to, I'm all ears. [quote=jwh]really interesting combination of triumph and unease. like the part of the movie when everything can go to shit if the protagonist doesn't get it together and they seem to be getting it together but MAYBE NOT BUT WAIT THERE ARE GOING FOR IT i'm into the lead! and the mix has that Napear touch. incredible work this year, Friend. i *listen* forward to more musical adventures. ╰(*°▽°*)╯[/quote] Indeed... and thank you... the mix for this one was a little rushed, because I ran into some stupid technical issues getting the tempo to sync up when I imported the audio... turns out the Keystep Pro clock through midi, into VCV Rack (stand alone) doesn't keep "perfect" time... and then trying to use VSTs that required clock for post processing... yeah is was a bit of a faff. So, I'm glad it landed in a place that is pleasing to ears. [quote=rplktr]That's a pretty solid dungeonsynth backdrop for some RPG cut scene. The brassy CS-80V was a good choice for a lead over the eerie drone.[/quote] Thanks, I have been fully obsessed with the CS-80 for the last couple months... so much so that I added a Deckard's Voice module to my sound design skiff... and have basically used some sound from some CS-80 clone almost every track I have worked on since August. I'm glad that for this one it actually fits and isn't just me shoehorning it in (ﾉ∇≦*) [quote=Tone Matrix]Oof gotta love how the CS-80 instantly transports you into a nostalgic sci-fi world when you hear those brass leads. If "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai" ever got a remake or sequel this would fit so nicely in that setting. Oooh yais love when those leads start to break out of their shell with the delays. What a year it's been! \m/ [/quote] What a year indeed. And thank you... The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension is like a classic formative movie for me... right up there with Tank Girl, or Howard The Duck... it's funny much my taste for media can be traced back to surreal, borderline absurdist 80s/90s movies, that in retrospect I have no idea how they got made... but I'm SOOOOO glad they did.

"if you have any good recs for who I should listen to, I'm all ears."

Mortiis. Start with Mortiis - Ånden som Gjorde Opprør - and - Keiser av en Dimensjon Ukjent -

"if you have any good recs for who I should listen to, I'm all ears." Mortiis. Start with Mortiis - Ånden som Gjorde Opprør - and - Keiser av en Dimensjon Ukjent -

This is so epic! That drone is CHOICE and the arps are nice & juicy. The lead sounds fine to my ears, and the whole track would blend seamlessly into Carpenter Brut's excellent Blood Machines soundtrack.

This is so epic! That drone is CHOICE and the arps are nice & juicy. The lead sounds fine to my ears, and the whole track would blend seamlessly into Carpenter Brut's excellent Blood Machines soundtrack.