Another late night (early morning). Yet another tune that had to be finished over the weekend ... ish! I actually started working on it a few weeks before I started on East To West but hit a creative block, so put it to one side for a while. One problem I had was getting a soft drum sound. This was something I couldn't find in any of the hydrogen kits, nor in the drumsets on THREE different hardware synths. The drum I wanted to emulate is, I think, Irish in origin. It is a hand held drum and the single stick is double ended and leather padded, looking something like a dog bone. Eventually I was able to create something like it in Zyn. I also wanted a shaken tambourine and this seems just as hard to find. I used a combination of effects in Zyn. to get somewhere near it, but it isn't really right. Anyway, the results so far are on: http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Celtic_Dream.ogg http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Celtic_Dream.mp3 -- Will J G
