Really lovely atmosphere in this one... I like the way the hat microtimes.  Also compressor flutter holds pretty well on this - it's a hard path to get right.

Really lovely atmosphere in this one... I like the way the hat microtimes. Also compressor flutter holds pretty well on this - it's a hard path to get right.

Infinite space. Brain soup.

Infinite space. Brain soup.

incredibly beautiful, love the mixedup percussion fills and vocallllls, great work dude favorite

incredibly beautiful, love the mixedup percussion fills and vocallllls, great work dude favorite

This is *really* lovely. The wooziness and the compression and the fuzzy smear are all really on-point here.

This is *really* lovely. The wooziness and the compression and the fuzzy smear are all really on-point here.

this sounds amazing. love the vocals and everything else really

this sounds amazing. love the vocals and everything else really

Thanks cTrix, appreciate the kind words. I'd actually never heard the term microtiming until now, googled it and found a ton of super interesting articles though so I'm excited to get learned up! I've always just attributed that rhythmic effect as groove or subdividing. And thanks, re: compression, it's hard to strike that balance without everything flying off the rails haha.

Love the visual!

Thanks Luau appreciate you taking the time to listen!

"Fuzzy smear", love that! Glad that you liked it, robox. Your track this week is utterly lovely as well.

Thanks a bunch haha, vocals always take a sizeable chunk of time so it's nice when they work out. Gotta work on my ability to stay on-pitch in that higher range though!

[quote=cTrix]Really lovely atmosphere in this one... I like the way the hat microtimes. Also compressor flutter holds pretty well on this - it's a hard path to get right. [/quote] Thanks cTrix, appreciate the kind words. I'd actually never heard the term microtiming until now, googled it and found a ton of super interesting articles though so I'm excited to get learned up! I've always just attributed that rhythmic effect as groove or subdividing. And thanks, re: compression, it's hard to strike that balance without everything flying off the rails haha. [quote=Jim Wood]Infinite space. Brain soup.[/quote] Love the visual! [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/xThuWiZHEuv9CjUk12/giphy.gif[/img] [quote=underground Luau]incredibly beautiful, love the mixedup percussion fills and vocallllls, great work dude favorite[/quote] Thanks Luau <3 appreciate you taking the time to listen! [quote=roboctopus]This is *really* lovely. The wooziness and the compression and the fuzzy smear are all really on-point here. [/quote] "Fuzzy smear", love that! Glad that you liked it, robox. Your track this week is utterly lovely as well. [quote=Bleeoop]this sounds amazing. love the vocals and everything else really[/quote] Thanks a bunch haha, vocals always take a sizeable chunk of time so it's nice when they work out. Gotta work on my ability to stay on-pitch in that higher range though!

Whoa, I also never knew what microtiming was.  Awesome!

This is an incredible track!  Really humbling how beautiful and joyful it is.  It's a track that just reminds me how much I absolutely love music.

How did you get the compression all wavey like that?

[quote=cTrix]Really lovely atmosphere in this one... I like the way the hat microtimes. [/quote] Whoa, I also never knew what microtiming was. Awesome! This is an incredible track! Really humbling how beautiful and joyful it is. It's a track that just reminds me how much I absolutely love music. How did you get the compression all wavey like that?

Also forgot to post that gigantic filter sweep was incredible.

Do you mind emailing me those articles?

Also forgot to post that gigantic filter sweep was incredible. [quote=Parallelis]I'd actually never heard the term microtiming until now, googled it and found a ton of super interesting articles though so I'm excited to get learned up! I've always just attributed that rhythmic effect as groove or subdividing.[/quote] Do you mind emailing me those articles?

Wow, thank you for the compliments it really means a lot! Music is my favorite thing about life, so amen to that.

The compression effect was achieved in this case by stacking two compressors with a phaser and flanger effect sandwiched in between, so that the second compressor is hovering right at the threshold and punching in and out with a nice fluttery effect. I'm sure there's simpler/easier ways with better plug-ins but I wanted that nice woozy, tape-like sound.

I can actually just link them since they're all hosted online! Here, here, and here all looked interesting. Never knew the term "Participatory Discrepancies" either, really cool how it links musical performance to the bodily experience of listeners. I knew there was a scientific reason why I *need* to dance to funk music every time.

[quote=orangedrink][quote=cTrix]Really lovely atmosphere in this one... I like the way the hat microtimes. [/quote] Whoa, I also never knew what microtiming was. Awesome! This is an incredible track! Really humbling how beautiful and joyful it is. It's a track that just reminds me how much I absolutely love music. How did you get the compression all wavey like that?[/quote] Wow, thank you for the compliments it really means a lot! Music is my favorite thing about life, so amen to that. The compression effect was achieved in this case by stacking two compressors with a phaser and flanger effect sandwiched in between, so that the second compressor is hovering right at the threshold and punching in and out with a nice fluttery effect. I'm sure there's simpler/easier ways with better plug-ins but I wanted that nice woozy, tape-like sound. [quote=orangedrink]Also forgot to post that gigantic filter sweep was incredible. [quote=Parallelis]I'd actually never heard the term microtiming until now, googled it and found a ton of super interesting articles though so I'm excited to get learned up! I've always just attributed that rhythmic effect as groove or subdividing.[/quote] Do you mind emailing me those articles?[/quote] I can actually just link them since they're all hosted online! [url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4542135/]Here[/url], [url=http://musicpsychology.co.uk/feeling-groovy-microtiming-in-swing-and-funk/]here[/url], and [url=https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/7244/1/Szpilberg_PhD_S2011.pdf]here all looked interesting[/url]. Never knew the term "Participatory Discrepancies" either, really cool how it links musical performance to the bodily experience of listeners. I knew there was a scientific reason why I *need* to dance to funk music every time.

fyi, this is still godlike a week later

fyi, this is still godlike a week later

[quote=orangedrink]fyi, this is still godlike a week later[/quote] <3 <3 <3

You fit a whole universe in one track and you bring the listener deep into it, I love this!

You fit a whole universe in one track and you bring the listener deep into it, I love this!

This makes me feel very relaxed. I really like that "wowing" pad sound

This makes me feel very relaxed. I really like that "wowing" pad sound :)

this is so beautiful!

[img]https://media.giphy.com/media/RxIAbTFELb0vC/giphy.gif[/img] this is so beautiful!