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Alander

By onezero on May 10, 2026 6:17 pm

In a very busy weekend, I managed a late Friday tracking session for the first theme and the middle section, and then another late Saturday for the rest, with what energy I'd had left. If I'd had a bit more time, I probably could have made this one shorter, with a few stronger themes, but here's what we have. Nearly everything I tracked ended up in here, with very little waste.

Three tracks of PureSalem Mendiola into the UA Volt, bit of convolution reverb send and compression/eq/limiter on the stereo mix.

The title comes from Alander Mountain in Massachusetts, which has a higher peak elevation than 645m, but the part of the west slope that crosses the Taconic Trail does so at 645m, and I ran out of time on the title.

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May 11, 2026 1:43 am

jwh

very calming and reassuring. hope you get some pockets of downtime this week!

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May 11, 2026 1:55 am

Cakes

Another lovely session. You are working that reverb with skill.

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May 11, 2026 3:26 am

Tone Matrix

Really calming sound from start to finish.  Epecially enjoyed the melody at 1:35 how it has a rising feel to it. Excellent work!

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May 11, 2026 3:30 am

onezero

jwh wrote:

very calming and reassuring. hope you get some pockets of downtime this week!

Thank you! It's been busy, but good! SKWM on Friday, August Wilson events Saturday and Sunday. And this evening's been a low-key hangout. (There is a band rehearsal and show this week, but it'll be fine.)

Cakes wrote:

Another lovely session. You are working that reverb with skill.

Thank you! It's really just picking a large-ish reverb impulse and in this case, setting it at -17.5 dB per channel. (I didn't bother setting each one separately.) Having a large reverb with low send seems to be the sweet spot here: large enough to sustain a bit, but not get crowded.

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May 11, 2026 3:40 am

onezero

Tone Matrix wrote:

Really calming sound from start to finish.  Epecially enjoyed the melody at 1:35 how it has a rising feel to it. Excellent work!

Thank you! The first part of that was from the Friday session, and I came up with the second half on Saturday--the first part needed to build to something.

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May 18, 2026 9:59 am

Tom Foolery

Beautiful as always. It feels like you carved out your own peaceful space in the midst of a busy week with this piece. Your guitars are always so soothing.

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