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The recent 12" called "Pretty" from Paul B. Davis on the Beige label is quite excellent... the A3 track ("I want to freak") features a lovely Macspeak R&B number (Ooh, baby let me show you how i like to freak)... very very humorous. The rest of the 12" is actually pretty accomplished in the realm of sample-sequencing type stuff.... worth the affordable asking price. Plus a series of great locked grooves by Rick Stryker on the end of the A side for your endless pleasure. (http://www.beigerecords.com) I also just picked up the "Output 64--Delete All Data" 12" on L'Age d'Or which features 4 artists reworking C64 vintage game theme remixes (from the Input 64 release originall). I was surprised at how much better it is than I would have anticipated. For those into the electro-throwback thing, this is great too.

quoted 10 lines From: Aaron D Meyers <adm226@nyu.edu>

>From: Aaron D Meyers <adm226@nyu.edu> >To: John Counts <polycyclicism@yahoo.com>, idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: Re: [idm] Computer Singing (was Cylob- Cut The Midrange, Drop The >Bass) >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 02:10:31 -0500 > >But since we're dorking it up together, can we have a favorite songs >with computer vocals thread? There is a special place in my heart for >songs with computer singing. So I'll go first. Oh... and vocoded >vocals don't count.

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i saw Nobukazu Takemura open up for Tortoise when they came around last and he did this extended computer voice singing thing that was very melodic and tight. I heard a new track (Sign?) that sounded similar but didn't take it as far as the live show had. i really like DMX's GlassRoom and also Cyclob's track on the BrainDanceCoincidence... nat.

quoted 79 lines From: Aaron D Meyers <adm226@nyu.edu>

>From: Aaron D Meyers <adm226@nyu.edu> >To: John Counts <polycyclicism@yahoo.com>, idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: Re: [idm] Computer Singing (was Cylob- Cut The Midrange, Drop The >Bass) >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 02:10:31 -0500 > >Yea. I think it just has to be laborious and futile. I'm pretty sure >its done by pitch shifting in a wave editing program. Perhaps if you >were savvy at such things you could write some program that would let >you use midi to control the pitch shifting, thus letting you use a >sequencer for the melodies. However, I'd guess its done manually >judging by the precision I hear in that song. > >Moving on from the technical crap, I want to say that I think the new >Cylob single is fucking hilarious. And I love the cover of "What Shall >We Do With A Drunken Sailor?". Like... I know I'm getting really nerdy >here, but I like the fact that Cylob doesn't phonetically spell >out "early" resulting in macspeak fred earnestly mispronouncing the >word! Yes. I am a dork. > >But since we're dorking it up together, can we have a favorite songs >with computer vocals thread? There is a special place in my heart for >songs with computer singing. So I'll go first. Oh... and vocoded >vocals don't count. > >Hrvatski's track on the Kid 606 & Friends comp. Vatstep Catstep >something or other. Its the first song. You know what I'm talking >about. And it probably has the most laboriously programmed computer >vocals I've ever heard. > >Add N to X - Hit for Cheese >A veritable potpouri of the macintosh voices talking about sniffing >your glue and catching your disease? Try and say no. > >someone else's turn! > >-Aaron > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: John Counts <polycyclicism@yahoo.com> >Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 0:54 am >Subject: [idm] Cylob- Cut The Midrange, Drop The Bass > > > Just listening to Cylob's ace new track. Hearing the > > speech emulator has kicked a nostalgia for all the > > early 90s hardcore for me (Wishdokta, Zero B, Utah > > Saints, etc.)- especially, "I'll take your brain to > > another dimension." Just sick! I have a quetsion > > though. It seems pretty clear that he is using the Mac > > voices from SimpleText but how are the melodies being > > made? I know that you can alter factors like word rate > > and pitch but Chris is using it to play chords and > > melodies synched to the tempo. Does anybody have any > > technical suggestions as to how this is going on? It > > seems as though he is treating it like a vocoder. Any > > thoughts on this would be welcomed because, when I use > > computer vocals on tracks, it is so laborious as to be > > futile. > > John > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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