Pretty wacky stuff.
- Devieus

Pretty wacky stuff. - Devieus

kept me on my toes the whole time, really excellent and satisfying production throughout. the destruction at the end was great

kept me on my toes the whole time, really excellent and satisfying production throughout. the destruction at the end was great

Excellent!

Excellent!

I liked how you played with the stereo in the beginning and how it became phreaky at the end. also nice harmonies and super dope synth chords/sound around 0:40.

and thx for the description and your thoughts on the op1. I don't have one but have tried a friend's and it's quite nice in some ways. didn't know about the pop on power-on. sounds SO annoying. how do audio engineers think this is ok in any universe?!? I have an audio interface (audient id4) that does a pop when u plug it in, I really hated that pop with a passion. Now I have a popless one and it's a lifechanger.

I liked how you played with the stereo in the beginning and how it became phreaky at the end. also nice harmonies and super dope synth chords/sound around 0:40. and thx for the description and your thoughts on the op1. I don't have one but have tried a friend's and it's quite nice in some ways. didn't know about the pop on power-on. sounds SO annoying. how do audio engineers think this is ok in any universe?!? I have an audio interface (audient id4) that does a pop when u plug it in, I really hated that pop with a passion. Now I have a popless one and it's a lifechanger.

I love all those subtle and not so subtle effects, they really bring it to life

I love all those subtle and not so subtle effects, they really bring it to life

Reading the description made me feel as though I enrolled in a master class. Great track as always!

Reading the description made me feel as though I enrolled in a master class. Great track as always!

I've been revisiting your spangle catalog (what an absolute banger of a hit is the title track of that EP, btw!) so maybe I'm just in that wangus kind of mindset, but this one's a hit. (Full disclosure: kind of super partial to disintegrating / destroying content over time which this kind of does -- nonlinearly, which is a plus.) I listened blindly for the first couple of times -- comments be spoilers sometimes! Did not pick up on the |:ABCD:| form, which I feel is intentional. Perceptually, the form is A--->B--->C (but not quite). The reason I'm mentioning this is that ABC is (generally speaking) unfriendly form (aka "content, more content, here's more content").

So on the second listen (and subsequent), direction naturally gravitated to the melodic fragment at 1:08 that "reprises" at 1:53 and this second timestamp is fucking staggering to me because it's not been 30 seconds but the motion from 1:33 until re-emergence feels like such a developmental departure for things to feel like a reprise. Coincidentally, that's my favorite moment of this because it does something very effective perceptually that I don't know many songs to do.

tldr: I liked this a lot, hella dope.

I've been revisiting your spangle catalog (what an absolute banger of a hit is the title track of that EP, btw!) so maybe I'm just in that wangus kind of mindset, but this one's a hit. (Full disclosure: kind of super partial to disintegrating / destroying content over time which this kind of does -- nonlinearly, which is a plus.) I listened blindly for the first couple of times -- comments be spoilers sometimes! Did not pick up on the |:ABCD:| form, which I feel is intentional. Perceptually, the form is A--->B--->C (but not quite). The reason I'm mentioning this is that ABC is (generally speaking) unfriendly form (aka "content, more content, here's more content"). So on the second listen (and subsequent), direction naturally gravitated to the melodic fragment at 1:08 that "reprises" at 1:53 and this second timestamp is fucking staggering to me because it's not been 30 seconds but the motion from 1:33 until re-emergence feels like such a developmental departure for things to feel like a reprise. Coincidentally, that's my favorite moment of this because it does something very effective perceptually that I don't know many songs to do. tldr: I liked this a lot, hella dope.

i was uncomfy the first few times i listened to what i had done.  love it

they're weird harmonies but something satisfying for sure (especially when the come back in more detail later in the song).
the sounds are pretty minimal but work well here (reversed drums, detuned saw cluster chords, froggy bass)

heavy on the not-so-subtle for sure.  but glad the subtle things show too.  one of the last elements I added to the track is the drone-y FM-y sound in the beginning and end of the track.  not showy, but really glues things together.  e.g. when it briefly peeks in at 1:45 amid the chaos

music that doesn't have a lot to say about harmony and sound design is not music i like (to make, to listen to).  those are just the top elements that resonate to me, that i can always find more interesting notes the more i analyze.  (examples of elements i personally have a harder time picking out depth in: lyrics, traditional instrumental expression)

interesting note on the A-B-C structure; definitely agree with the "unfriendly" assessment (masked initially, but settles in more with each repeat)

been getting a lot of mileage on the OP-1 tracks from upcycling every element i can, reprising but not repeating.
that transition you talk about, i agree, something striking about it.  1:53 gives me big  "don't worry everything's fine" energy, when everything is about to be Not Fine.

(side note: i love the variation i got out of the one bass patch through the whole track.  all the variation in tone, from the croaks to the upright-bass-sounding "D" section, is just toggling an envelope modulation, adjusting attack/volume which impacts the filter's envelope-following, and resampling for destruction at the end)

[quote=offbrand]the destruction at the end was great[/quote] i was uncomfy the first few times i listened to what i had done. love it [quote=horatiuromantic]also nice harmonies and super dope synth chords/sound around 0:40.[/quote] they're weird harmonies but something satisfying for sure (especially when the come back in more detail later in the song). the sounds are pretty minimal but work well here (reversed drums, detuned saw cluster chords, froggy bass) [quote=PieBaron]I love all those subtle and not so subtle effects, they really bring it to life[/quote] heavy on the not-so-subtle for sure. but glad the subtle things show too. one of the last elements I added to the track is the drone-y FM-y sound in the beginning and end of the track. not showy, but really glues things together. e.g. when it briefly peeks in at 1:45 amid the chaos [quote=LainHiro]Reading the description made me feel as though I enrolled in a master class. Great track as always! [/quote] music that doesn't have a lot to say about harmony and sound design is not music i like (to make, to listen to). those are just the top elements that resonate to me, that i can always find more interesting notes the more i analyze. (examples of elements i personally have a harder time picking out depth in: lyrics, traditional instrumental expression) [quote=ilzxc][long comment not repeated here] tldr: I liked this a lot, hella dope.[/quote] interesting note on the A-B-C structure; definitely agree with the "unfriendly" assessment (masked initially, but settles in more with each repeat) been getting a lot of mileage on the OP-1 tracks from upcycling every element i can, reprising but not repeating. that transition you talk about, i agree, something striking about it. 1:53 gives me big "don't worry everything's fine" energy, when everything is about to be Not Fine. (side note: i love the variation i got out of the one bass patch through the whole track. all the variation in tone, from the croaks to the upright-bass-sounding "D" section, is just toggling an envelope modulation, adjusting attack/volume which impacts the filter's envelope-following, and resampling for destruction at the end)

I have absolutely loved your OP-1 series!  Excited to see what instrument you use next but I'm always available for more wangus OP-1 freakouts + tite videoz

I have absolutely loved your OP-1 series! Excited to see what instrument you use next but I'm always available for more wangus OP-1 freakouts + tite videoz