On Sat, 09 Jul, 2005 at 03:31PM -0700, Florin Andrei spake thus: > On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 12:42 +0100, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > http://dis-dot-dat.net/content/music/justtwo.ogg > > Nice! I like the mood and the expression. > > Here comes the exaggerated nitpicking: > > I'm not sure what kind of effects you're using (reverb/chorus/...) but > they're a bit tight and dark. The soundstage is also a bit foggy and > crowded. Might be a side-effect of the low bitrate used in the Ogg file. > But it might be worth the effort to space it out a little bit: give a > better definition (individuality) to each sound and let the ear-candy > (effects) breathe a bit. This is something I almost always forget to do. Everything is always centre stage and stereo in my tracks is usually only from reverb. Must remember to do this in future. Thanks for that. > I also think I hear something that sounds like nasty distortion. Might > be amplitude overload at some stage (maybe at encoding to Ogg?) but > might actually be an effect (limiter?) that sounds like something went > wrong. > Maybe that's the desired result, but even so it might be a good idea to > make it less natural and convincing ;-) (e.g. like the difference > between a painting and a photo) Distortion was most definitely used on purpose, but if you think there's some that sounds out of place, then it could be something I didn't put there. Can you be a little more specific? Which sound, and where, is distorted? It could be that some of the sounds overlap too much in frequency. > > I starting to think guitar lessons would be a good idea. I love using > > them, but since I can't actually play, I have to do it the long way > > and they always sound a bit too regular. > > Yeah, the guitar sounds strange. > > It would be nice if there was a button in any sequencer to slightly > randomize a track, not a lot, just VERY gently (more on velocity, less > or not at all on timing). That might take care of the robotic sound. Some do, but not mine, unfortunately. When I used to dabble with VST and other Windows sequencers, I really liked the randomization and groove quantization features. Unfortunately, this isn't something easily implemented in a tracker. > Anyway, it also depends on the style. Kraftwerk didn't seem to have > issues with robotic sounds. ;-) True, but doing Kraftwek-style stuff now would perhaps be a bit cheesy. Kinda like going back to mid-90's rave tracks and just speeding up some old song or themetune and adding a break-kneck beat. Although, now I've said it, I'd love to have a go at that. I have a real soft spot for the old "bangin' choons". Where did I put that Smart E's record? Thanks for listening, James -- "I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you." (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power)
