The Artifact
By rplktr on September 13, 2024 10:32 pm
hear the sound of one hand
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I welcome all critical feedback. Can relicense if needed, just ask.
I'm a big fan of Stafford Bawler's and Obfusc's soundtrack to the game "Monument Valley". This week's beat is a tribute to those wonderful musicians and their stellar job that not only made a good game great, but which also has lasting impact musically on me and I'm sure many others.
And I'm hearing the third installment of "Monument Valley" is coming in December! Wonderful.
The cover art is a photo I took of a synthesizer module (a "tone generator" in Yamaha parlance) from the late '80s called TQ5. It's powered by the same YM2414 OPZ chip as the Yamaha DX11 and TX81Z. I managed to get it after a long search. It's properly weird, the sounds and the UI are properly dated, but it's got its early FM charm. All sounds you hear in today's tune come from the TQ5, including the percussion.
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4/4, 120 BPM, C-major. Yamaha TQ5 presets used: 25 FloatChime, 65 SynBass 4, 22 SoftCloud, 47 Celeste, 30 Fog, 08 E.Piano 1. Percussion sounds also TQ5: 92 PoundWood, 84 Triangle, 83 Castanet. Some reverbs and delays straight from TQ5, others Ableton Live. Stereo imaging in Ableton Live.
Audio works licensed by author under:
CC Attribution Noncommercial No Derivative Works (BY-NC-ND)