2222 Theme
By trumbuthegn on January 7, 2022 1:09 pm
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I dig it. Nice palette of sounds that comes together nicely.
this thang GROOVES. looove the pads you've got backing up the track
So delicious and boomy! Did you squeeze this acidy tune through hardware, DAW or both?
Yes! This is a great way to start the year. This mooooves and groooves!
Didnt't know 9/8ths signature (or whatever it is) could groove like that but here we are!
I was really getting into that bass groove. I definitely wouldn't have minded if it kept going a bit longer. Great sounds in this.
if this is week 1, I really looking forward to seeing what you release for the rest of the year.
That bass is wonderful.
Definitely shot me 200 years into the future. Full, robust and wide sound.
Sweet groove, love the vocoder vox! Nice kick and thicc bass too, great stuff!
I see this place is not going to do my bass addiction any favors. Wife's on the phone w/ mom crying like "he's jamming it for the 4th time..."
Oooh.. Robots are here! Nice tune. Whistle in the background sounds good.
yes, this rules! so expressive and unexpected. love the odd time signatures, especially in genres where they aren't so common!
This track could be in the next Hotline Miami, it's pretty f'in sweet.
This is smooth. That bass line, but especially the vocoder lines - the way you use it similar to a pad is very interesting. I love that.
Loving the thickness of that bassline. With the vocoder and drums it totally fills the stereo field so nice. Nice work!
blighters_rock wrote:
I dig it. Nice palette of sounds that comes together nicely.
strolts wrote:
this thang GROOVES (...)
muzbox wrote:
I like it, nice cohesive sound palette
ScanianWolf wrote:
So delicious and boomy! (...)
cfurrow wrote:
Yes! This is a great way to start the year. This mooooves and groooves!
infotoxin wrote:
This is so beautifully smooth
RajaTheResidentAlien wrote:
Uh! so funky it's in full control of my pelvic-thrust
CosmicCairns wrote:
(...) I definitely wouldn't have minded if it kept going a bit longer. Great sounds in this.
eoe.grooving wrote:
Definitely shot me 200 years into the future. (...)
zpeisman wrote:
smooth, crunchy and otherwordly
Jester wrote:
Sweet groove, love the vocoder vox! (...)
tdsq wrote:
This had me nodding along instantly. Very nice!
gesceap wrote:
I am fav'ing this right away.
destoo wrote:
Oooh.. Robots are here! Nice tune. Whistle in the background sounds good.
codydjango wrote:
yes, this rules! so expressive and unexpected. (...)
Kedbreak136 wrote:
This is smooth. (...) especially the vocoder lines - the way you use it similar to a pad is very interesting. I love that.
OleJazzer wrote:
I liked this very much. Good job.
Devieus wrote:
Really love those vocals, really tie the whole thing together
emily wrote:
Tone Matrix wrote:
(...)(...) Nice work!
bryface wrote:
as in: good
??? wrote:
Oh shit, this is really good! <3
Thank you very much – much appreciated. I tried to do my best on this one, so I’m really glad you liked it…
hieroglitch wrote:
if this is week 1, I really looking forward to seeing what you release for the rest of the year. (...)
…I won’t have the temporal recourses to put this much effort into most weeks. When I do, I’ll include the word “Theme” in the title. The rest of the weeks will be somewhat more jammy.
Sodabelly wrote:
This track could be in the next Hotline Miami, it's pretty f'in sweet.
Let’s make it happen 
botanicus wrote:
That is a f****** GROOVE!
Thanks, but wait, there’s only five letters in the word “funky”
bryface wrote:
this sounds like what i imagine drinking 2222 Gatorade tastes like
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*bassline business*
ecso wrote:
Ooooh that bass <3
CosmicCairns wrote:
I was really getting into that bass groove. (...)
hieroglitch wrote:
(...) That bass is wonderful.
Jester wrote:
(...)Nice kick and thicc bass too, great stuff!
Kedbreak136 wrote:
(...) That bass line (...)
Thanks!
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*sub-bass business*
Tone Matrix wrote:
Loving the thickness of that bassline. (...)
I was a bit in doubt whether I should go as low as A0 (27,5 Hz) since many home systems can’t go that low, but I thought that the acid bass line will work by itself if the sub the octave don’t get through.
ilzxc wrote:
I see this place is not going to do my bass addiction any favors. Wife's on the phone w/ mom crying like "he's jamming it for the 4th time..."
Your story put a large smile to my face. Thanks for sharing. For those who enjoy it, it’s the most harmless addiction though – does not even hurt the hearing sense.
*acidic technique*
ScanianWolf wrote:
(…) Did you squeeze this acidy tune through hardware, DAW or both?
Both, and any 303-clone capable of receiving midi to the notes and parameters should do the trick. I played the notes and tweaks at about 1/7 speed, so some of the cutoff tweaks approach the lower end of the FM specter when sped up. I used the Devastor 2 to overdrive and cut away the bass below 108 Hz to give room to the kicks and sub. Recorded to tape at a little bit too high volume for slight saturation.
*metre*
moloko wrote:
goovy, 5/4 + 4/4 just yummy, got myself shaking my head
codydjango wrote:
(...) love the odd time signatures, especially in genres where they aren't so common!
rdomain wrote:
Really dig the groove in 9/8 Gives it a great off kilter vibe.
Gunda wrote:
Didnt't know 9/8ths signature (or whatever it is) could groove like that but here we are!
I recorded everything at about 1/7 speed where the 16th notes felt like quarter notes, so then it felt like playing 9 bars of 4/4. Sped-up that makes 9 units of something (8th notes or quarter notes). Initially, when I just had made the drums and bass, it had a somewhat boring feel of 4/4 + 1/8, and I was about to abandon the project. Then I realized that any meter divisible by 3 can contain a string of dotted 8th notes fitting in each bar – and strings of dotted 8th notes is my favorite rhythm. I then tried to put modulation of the resonance of the 303s and the rhythm of the vocals to this rhythm:
||_ _ X _ _ X _ _ X _ _ X _ _ X _ _ X || (18/16)
This made it both more complex and more comprehensible.
*padded furniture*
strolts wrote:
(…) looove the pads you've got backing up the track
I made the pad arrangement as a track of its own and added it to the mix by using the brilliant Carve EQ Ducker from Ochen K. This let it only slip through cracks in the frequency specter of the other parts, and thus I can keep it ultra-low gain in the mix, and it will still cut through. Going to explore this carving tool a lot this year.
*stereophonics*
Tone Matrix wrote:
(…) With the vocoder and drums it (i.e. the bassline) totally fills the stereo field so nice. (…)
eoe.grooving wrote:
Full, robust and wide sound.
This was achieved by recording most of the parts (both melodies and tweaks) twice and panning each one hard right and left (anything towards the middle will make phase problems). This technique is used a lot in electric music and a bit in acoustic too, but I haven’t heard it much in electronic production. The ability to recorded the midi at a slowed-down rate (I used a factor of about 7) makes this even more effective though, as it would have been to pronounced in real-time (at least with my playing).
*økonomisk*
KANELDIGITAL wrote:
10 dubloner for takt og toner!
de veksles inn i kroner
– det blir vel no’n mill’joner? –
så går det til makroner,
trombone og meloner
jeg kjøper togstasjoner
...
I'm grooving to this! 2222 sounds like a good year. Vocodes very cool.
Wow, that bass is sinister, buries itself into your brain. Wish it was a little longer, will just have to listen again!
loving this time signature whatnot. also dang, the song cuts out way before I was done with it haha! I guess there's something to be said for leaving folks wanting more
miraclemiles wrote:
I'm grooving to this! 2222 sounds like a good year. Vocodes very cool.
Jason Nijjer wrote:
Wow, that bass is sinister, buries itself into your brain. Wish it was a little longer, will just have to listen again!
Judgement Act wrote:
i for one welcome our new robot overlords
Hehe 
m2K7 wrote:
This is very coool Stuff.
Love it, Favd!
Simon Koehn wrote:
oh my.. verry tasty groove and tones. Keen the next 51 weeks
Chrisfoo wrote:
Damn, this is a jam man. Love it!
Anon_Buster wrote:
This hits!
Aletheia wrote:
Nice short tune1
minaret_kid wrote:
serious.i like.
scottux wrote:
loving this time signature whatnot. also dang, the song cuts out way before I was done with it haha! I guess there's something to be said for leaving folks wanting more
The project time was so crazy on this that I wasn’t able to make more bars within the time limit. A rewind could solve it
Dkstr wrote:
k, this is awesome!
Thanks, folks! Much appriciated!
holy moly this beat and time sig and robo voice is the sickesssssst
orangedrink wrote:
holy moly this beat and time sig and robo voice is the sickesssssst
Autovessel wrote:
Stellar!!!
Thank you 