Great job. The track sounds so good and so wet.

Great job. The track sounds so good and so wet.

The effects sound like it belongs near the surface of the water in a cave. Very peaceful.

The effects sound like it belongs near the surface of the water in a cave. Very peaceful.

very asmr-like, sounds like the inside of the digestive system hah. really love the analog sound and your recording technique. I'm new to tape recording, how did you learn your production process?

very asmr-like, sounds like the inside of the digestive system hah. really love the analog sound and your recording technique. I'm new to tape recording, how did you learn your production process?

Ambience at its finest. Well done!

Ambience at its finest. Well done!

Really great sounds. A beautiful ambience for sure.

Really great sounds. A beautiful ambience for sure.

So relaxing...almost TOO relaxing... *blush*   

So relaxing...almost TOO relaxing... *blush* :)

Who would have thought that 'wetness' could be so readily derived from a combo of sample/hold, sine waves and a smidge of reverb?

Thanks! Yes, a cave came to mind.

Gurgling guts! Hmmm, the production process consisted of running a few improvisations on a Microkorg into a looping station, building up some textures and recording this to a track on the 424. The most useful feature on the 424 (imo) is the pitch function which can permit recording at 'normal' and 'high' speeds, along with a microtonal (degree) pitch dial. Often what I'll do is set a reference pitch with the first track and then manipulate the pitch settings on subsequent tracking in order to create harmonies/disharmonies with each other. For this one I also flipped the tape over a couple of times too, so that track (when I flipped back over) would be in reverse! It's fairly simple stuff I guess, but refreshingly tactile and hands-on which I love. Given that I'm pouring most of my available funds into building up a decent field recording set-up I have currently no funds to explore modular synthesis which a lot of folks are doing atm, so mucking about with tapes and external hardware is the next best thing for me.

Thanks, Jim!

Thanks, Ryan!

Thank goodness it doesn't go for any longer! Thanks, frosty!

[quote=Q-Rosh]Great job. The track sounds so good and so wet. [/quote] Who would have thought that 'wetness' could be so readily derived from a combo of sample/hold, sine waves and a smidge of reverb? :D [quote=Devieus]The effects sound like it belongs near the surface of the water in a cave. Very peaceful.[/quote] Thanks! Yes, a cave came to mind. [quote=underground Luau]very asmr-like, sounds like the inside of the digestive system hah. really love the analog sound and your recording technique. I'm new to tape recording, how did you learn your production process?[/quote] Gurgling guts! :D Hmmm, the production process consisted of running a few improvisations on a Microkorg into a looping station, building up some textures and recording this to a track on the 424. The most useful feature on the 424 (imo) is the pitch function which can permit recording at 'normal' and 'high' speeds, along with a microtonal (degree) pitch dial. Often what I'll do is set a reference pitch with the first track and then manipulate the pitch settings on subsequent tracking in order to create harmonies/disharmonies with each other. For this one I also flipped the tape over a couple of times too, so that track (when I flipped back over) would be in reverse! It's fairly simple stuff I guess, but refreshingly tactile and hands-on which I love. Given that I'm pouring most of my available funds into building up a decent field recording set-up I have currently no funds to explore modular synthesis which a lot of folks are doing atm, so mucking about with tapes and external hardware is the next best thing for me. :) [quote=Jim Wood]Ambience at its finest. Well done![/quote] Thanks, Jim! [quote=Ryan]Really great sounds. A beautiful ambience for sure.[/quote] Thanks, Ryan! [quote=frostyjr2]So relaxing...almost TOO relaxing... *blush* :)[/quote] Thank goodness it doesn't go for any longer! Thanks, frosty!

thanks for the insight! yeahh i'm realizing im a hands-on kinda guy as well, its too easy for me to get overwhelmed with all the technicals and laser-precise parameters of daw effects and plugins

thanks for the insight! yeahh i'm realizing im a hands-on kinda guy as well, its too easy for me to get overwhelmed with all the technicals and laser-precise parameters of daw effects and plugins

Perusing your weekly beats back catalog just now. So Good.

Perusing your weekly beats back catalog just now. So Good.