On 18/12/2009, "Ernie Dulanowsky" <ernst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Folderol <folderol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:29:37 +0000 >> James Stone <jamesmstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > Hi All, >> > >> > Here is my last track of the year (although probably not finished). >> > Early 90's shoegaze style with lots of nods in the direction of the >> > likes of My Bloody Valentine, and probably/maybe some Goth influences >> too?? >> > >> > All recorded with Renoise: >> > >> > http://drop.io/mcrx9js >> > >> > As always, comments and criticisms gratefully received.. >> > >> > One thing I'm not totally happy with is the "fizzy" distortion. I think >> > this might just be a result of using the computer rather than a valve >> > amp, but I'm particularly interested in improving this aspect... >> > >> > James >> >> First, I must say I don't know this style at all, even so I found the >> distortion far too heavy and prominent. I had to really struggle to >> hear anything else. >> >> -- >> Will J Godfrey >> http://www.musically.me.uk >> Say you have a poem and I have a tune. >> Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > >Hi everyone: > >This is a pretty good attempt at a shoegaze sound, but something is kind of >off. >I'm guessing that's based on how it was produced. to me it sounds like some >sort of >80s style minimal synth/darkwave, which isn't a bad thing. > >To me, the 'distorted' part sounded less like distortion and more like a >synth with a >wide open filter. Perhaps that's the fizziness referred to earlier. > >Now, I'm going to go against the grain here and suggest that for this style >of music >this piece is almost too clean and parts are relatively distinct. MBV's epic >'Loveless' It reminds me particularly of "loomer" or "sometimes" from loveless. I think what's missing is the strumming sounds. IIRC there's only a couple of tracks on loveless where you can't actually here the guitars being strummed behind all the constant (fantastic) noise. I really like the noise on your song, but maybe it does not quite go far enough, it might need a few more layers of noise - the synth is a little too clear. But saying that, you probably to arrive at your own sound rather than emulate MBV, so it's not fair to say you don't sound enough like them ;-) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
