Back in the Protracker days, i once recorded the Amiga channels onto
cassette and resampled the track this way.
Quite blurry, RAM-hog (4 bars) and slightly unsync'ed.
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:16 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 136 lines heh in the .mod days ppl would use mod2wav to make patterns from their
> heh in the .mod days ppl would use mod2wav to make patterns from their
> .mod files into wav files, the idea being that since you only had 4 tracks
> if you could write a 4 track beat and mix it down to 1 wav file you could
> free up 3 channels
> </mod-nerd>
>
>
> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Eric Fairbanks <
> eric.p.fairbanks@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Oh man, those stutter-rolls. That's friggin' impressive. They sound so
>> smooth, and the volume envelopes are perfect.
>>
>> Must've taken a hellovalot of time. :P
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 6:05 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This track was made entirely in Sound Forge
>>> http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/SoFarSoSo/02%20Morton%27s%20Shadow.mp3
>>>
>>> This was from this album
>>> http://music.cornwarning.com/2009/01/31/so-far-so-so-retrospective-1995-2005/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:02 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Before Acid Pro, I did a whole bunch of tracks in Sound Forge. I'd
>>>> figure out the number of samples in a 4-beat measures, create that much
>>>> silence, and turn on the selection grid in Sound Forge so I could see where
>>>> the beats were, and paste/mix samples in. Once I had some basic patterns
>>>> and sounds, I'd make copies and fuck them up, and string them out and
>>>> paste-mix other loops into the master mix.
>>>>
>>>> I'm really comfortable working directly with waveforms. It's a lot
>>>> easier these days with other tools, but I liked that method better than the
>>>> other options of the time, which were trackers.
>>>>
>>>> Though I did do trackers to generate loops that I'd arrange in Acid.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 4:16 PM Eric Fairbanks <
>>>> eric.p.fairbanks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ah man, Acid Pro. That's exactly what I was picturing. I've heard of
>>>>> musicians who work like that, but it sounds like a nightmare. Might as well
>>>>> compose music in a video editor at that point IMO.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:09 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I did it kind of as a dare for myself. I was working in Acid Pro, and
>>>>>> I cut the break into chunks, and then looped a bar or two bars, and
>>>>>> copy/paste bits into the loop until it feels full. Then move on to the
>>>>>> next measure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It wasn't hard, but it made me hate those particular sounds by the
>>>>>> time I was done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 3:44 PM Eric Fairbanks <
>>>>>> eric.p.fairbanks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kent, that's nuts. I can't imagine working with sampled breaks in an
>>>>>>> audio editor. (well, I suppose I can, but it sounds like a serious
>>>>>>> headache) My recent jam has been writing LUA scripts that
>>>>>>> generate/transform patterns in Renoise that re-arrange cut up breakbeats.
>>>>>>> Editing and manipulating breaks and sequences in a tracker at 180+ BPM
>>>>>>> 8/16LPB is work enough. Cutting up breaks in an audio editor represents a
>>>>>>> level of long-term focus and dedication that I'm unfamiliar with.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Totally hypothetical, but if Jenkinson handed me a spec for some
>>>>>>> beatmangling software, I'd happily implement it in return for some spastic
>>>>>>> Squarepusher-brand breakcore. >.>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 4:24 PM kent williams <
>>>>>>> chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm not sure I'd call it piss-weak. Not sure if I like it yet, but
>>>>>>>> I enjoy the melodic content. It sounds like he's using the Eventide effects
>>>>>>>> rack as a synthesizer again -- that buzzy foreground sound, which comes
>>>>>>>> from playing bass through it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Closest contemporary comparison is the PC Music stuff, which is
>>>>>>>> manically shiny in a similar way.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can't fault him for trying to do something that sounds
>>>>>>>> different.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As regards the Amen break, I did a track years ago that involved
>>>>>>>> loading the Amen break as a sample, and then cutting and arranging it so
>>>>>>>> every bar was different, across 5 minutes. As you can imagine this amounted
>>>>>>>> to about 8 hours of painstaking zoomed-in editing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ever since doing that, I'm allergic to the Amen. I don't mind if
>>>>>>>> people use it in their tracks, but if I load it a sampler and start messing
>>>>>>>> with it, I start feeling sad and wishing it would go away.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:21 AM CRAIG SIMPSON <
>>>>>>>> craignorms@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is pis* weak. Hes making music that sounds like its all been
>>>>>>>>> sampled from an arcade or funfair. Hes given up on the amen break. It's a
>>>>>>>>> tragedy.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:06:04 -0700
>>>>>>>>> From: gwrenchxx@sbcglobal.net
>>>>>>>>> To: idm@hyperreal.org
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Fwd: Re: Jlin album out.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --Forwarded Message Attachment--
>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:58:47 -0700
>>>>>>>>> From: gwrenchxx@sbcglobal.net
>>>>>>>>> To: 313@hyperreal.org
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Jlin album out.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've had to review a 12" or two for the radio station where I DJ, and
>>>>>>>>> I've never heard anything that appealed to me in the least.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> kent williams wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > I'm surprised footwork/juke hasn't been a bigger thing on the IDM
>>>>>>>>> > list. This new record on Planet Mu is revelatory.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > http://www.planet.mu/discography/ZIQ356
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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