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Nomen Dubium

By rplktr on August 11, 2024 3:39 pm

I welcome all critical feedback.

I'm in Japan without my usual equipment. This was made on Dirtywave M8, only slightly mixed in Ableton Live. It's a study of generative sequencing with M8 where different tracks have different grooves, and most events have chance and probability set to it. This would sound somewhat differently if recorded again. Not a real song, but this is the weekly beat I had resources for this week.

120 BPM, C-minor. M8 with builtin synths and a kick drum sample.

hell yeah. i like those nasty synth parts

Nothing like a generative track to get something out under time pressure on WB ;D Pretty nice ambience. Nice sound design, particularly impressed with that distorted guitar-ish sound that comes in near the middle!
Enjoy your stay in Japan!

Hey are you still in Japan? I live here, ping me if you have a time for a coffee/beer or if you want me show you around a little! Be careful with the incoming Typhoon there due Friday in Tokyo.

That image disturbed me, i'm not a fan of these patterns.

The track is really good. The panning is excellent, keeping it interesting. Some tones and sounds remind me of some tracks (the elephant like screams are Reptile like). The M8 delivers again.

great sounds!

Bleh weekly eating my comments.

I listened to this earlier without reading - got interrupted by dogs - got back to it and I would have never guessed the M8. It sounds absolutely huge, not that the m8 can't sound huge, but I don't often hear it and this is amazing  and screaming and huge and fantastic. I would love to see the bundle if you were willing to share. Great stuff.

I know it's been a while but I didn't want to leave those comments unanswered.

jwh wrote:

hell yeah. i like those nasty synth parts

Thanks, I enjoyed the sound design!

ddmm64 wrote:

Nothing like a generative track to get something out under time pressure on WB ;D

You know it big_smile

Kedbreak136 wrote:

That image disturbed me, i'm not a fan of these patterns.

Sorry! I know about that particular phobia, but I'm fortunately spared of that particular predicament. Those lotus seed pods are pretty common in Japan so you must be grossed out by those.

chr15m wrote:

great sounds!

Appreciate the comment!

neon liminal wrote:

Bleh weekly eating my comments.

I listened to this earlier without reading - got interrupted by dogs - got back to it and I would have never guessed the M8. It sounds absolutely huge, not that the m8 can't sound huge, but I don't often hear it and this is amazing  and screaming and huge and fantastic. I would love to see the bundle if you were willing to share. Great stuff.

Also hate when commenting fails. Doesn't happen often, fortunately, but it does happen! As for the bundle, the internal sounds are dryer than what you're hearing in this mix. I recorded per-track stems and applied EQ and saturation in Ableton Live. The "guitar" in particular is a result of that.

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