http://inter-source.net/~junglist/kent/takeabite.ram (streaming 20kbps)
http://inter-source.net/~junglist/kent/takeabite.ra (download -- ~720k)
This is a piece I've done over the past few days, based around a sample
pulled off of www.weprevent.org of McGruff the Crime Dog saying
"Take a bite out of crime." It's best characterized as abstract downtempo,
with lots of dubby echoes.
For those of you who have PC's this is a good showcase of Martin Fay's
VAZ Modular program.
http://www.software-technology.com/info/softech/vazmod/vazmod.htm
This is a full featured analogue-style modular synth, which runs on
a PC. In the case of this track, I took the McGruff sample, split it
into individual words, and loaded them as a multisample. Then I used
the excellent step-sequencer in Vaz to sequence the voice, which gets
run through a variety of filters and delays. The drum patterns were
created from oscillators and noise sources, sequenced with VazMod's
new trigger sequencer.
The track you hear is 90% Vaz. There's another drum loop layered through
part of the track, but it's mostly the direct unedited output of VAZ saved
in a WAV file, and massaged a bit in a sound editor.
I'm actually using an alpha version of Vaz Modular that has many features
(direct X plugins, multisamples, multiple synth windows, trigger sequencers)
that aren't in the released code. All I have to say is that if you have
a decent PC (Pentium 166 or better), for $127 you can have something comparable
in many respects to a Nord Modular, and the next version will be even
more amazing.