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Title: Ice Planet
Post by: elwoodblues1969 on October 28, 2007, 08:59:27 PM
I"ve been enjoying Elv's "Red Planet" song so much,that it inspired me to write this song;


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: Oren on October 29, 2007, 08:22:50 AM
Thom,

Nice work!

Good title, and an apt descrition of the mood. The composition is set up in sections that flow well from one to the next, and provide a variety of feels within the central theme. Along with the predictable techno sounds come a few unexpected tidbits that really freshen up the mix, and that tasty ending does a nice job of wrapping up the package.

I can see you're taking the time to select your sounds and build the tune with the
big picture in mind.

Nice going,

Oren.


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: Laguna Rising on October 29, 2007, 07:32:52 PM
Hi Elwood
you put together a nice track using many icy sounds, and the leads are working very well to build the 'extreme cold' atmosphere, I like the theme music and this one deserves a big thumb up

Cheers


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: Moon on October 29, 2007, 08:13:37 PM
hi Thom,

Good composition. I like the way you play with the songs. I thought you work only with hardware synths? There is a lot of variety in the song, so I was wondering where all these sounds are comming from...

Moon


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: folderol on October 29, 2007, 09:13:16 PM
Yes, one can hear/see the swirling clouds of ice around jagged pinacles. Stark white against a black sky.


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: elwoodblues1969 on October 29, 2007, 10:57:21 PM
Oren,

Thank you for the very kind & eloquently written review-much appreciated. 8)

L.R.,

I'm very pleased that you like it & thanks for the comments. 8)

Moon,

I find it very interesting,your particualr impressions of my arrangements,as actually,I did it all on my Korg Triton Extreme-believe it or not. ;D

Allow me to explain;

The Extreme has real-time performance controls(knobs) via the Valve Force tube within the keyboard,which allows one to manipulate the LPF Cutoff,Resonance,EG Intensity,& the EG Release.

I always assumed,up until yesterday,that these controls were strictly live performance controls-meaning that I did not realize that I could actually record these manipilations into the Korg's midi sequencer.

I've had this keyboard for 3 years and I decided yesterday to experiment to see if I could actually record those performance sounds-I did'nt really expect the Korg to function in this manner and I just discovered this yesterday!

It just goes to show you how under-estimated the Extreme is,as I even under-estimated it after all this time! ;D

Of course,the Korg still does not have anywhere near the capabilties of the Nord,but it is nice to know that I have a little bit more to play with until I get the Nord. ;D

Folderol,

I'm very flattered that my song inspired you to write poetry! ;D

Thanks to all,

Thom


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: Moon on October 30, 2007, 07:00:05 AM
Moon,

I find it very interesting,your particualr impressions of my arrangements,as actually,I did it all on my Korg Triton Extreme-believe it or not. ;D

Of course,the Korg still does not have anywhere near the capabilties of the Nord,but it is nice to know that I have a little bit more to play with until I get the Nord. ;D

Yes, I thought so. You make excellent use of your gear. When listening to the song, I thought you allready had the Nord ;D
So, I'm looking forward hearing you combine the Triton Extreme with the Nord.

By the way: You inspired me with your Korg: I've recently ordered an Korg M3 with Radias board, won't have a Nord though... (but I do have a Virus B rack). So there will be some simularities in our setup ;)
Can't wait to get my hands on it and make some music...

Moon


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: kara on October 30, 2007, 08:04:01 AM
Elwood,

Did you record this with your Zoom HD recorder ?

k


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: elwoodblues1969 on October 30, 2007, 02:02:37 PM
Moon,

I am certain,that once you plunge deep into your new M3-it will produce some amazing sounds & with your Virus rack next to your Korg-I will be very envious of your set up & will very much look foward to hearing what you will come up with! ;D

Kara,

I'm not really sure how familiar or not familiar, you are about my keyboard,so I will offer a bit of a overview.
The Extreme is a rather amazing & very useful recording tool just on it's own-without any external help.

It has a 16 track sequencer,5 insert effects in song mode,mixing & mastering functions & a sampler-so that being said,I was easily able to accomplish what I did with this song-without the aid of the Zoom recorder.

The one drawback about this board,is that the only ways that you can really manipulate or fortify sounds,is to layer programs,add effects & use the valve force tube-so that's were the Extreme's limits are at.

One of the reasons I bought the Zoom recorder,is to combine the Korg with the Nord.

Also,since the Nord Lead 2X does not have effects,I've got that covered with the Zoom's effects.

Always a pleasure,

Thom 8)


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: kara on October 30, 2007, 02:08:36 PM
Thanks Thom

I was asking because the mix sounds very clear.

k


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: Servetus on November 29, 2007, 09:43:29 PM
Wow. This piece.. is excellent..

Like Kara pointed out, the mix is very crisp, I have liked Korg before, but that is dually impressive. Maybe I'll make my first hardware synth purchase a Korg...

Very enjoyable song, I don't keep a lot of the tracks I download, but that is a keeper.

-Servetus


Title: Re: Ice Planet
Post by: elwoodblues1969 on November 30, 2007, 12:54:54 AM
Servetus,

So glad that you dig the song as much as you do. 8)

I'm really flattered that you saved my song...that's really cool to know.

Thanks a bunch for your comments.

Elwood