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From:
Connor Higgins
To:
David Bohan
Cc:
Laurent Knauth , Clint Anderson , Eric Fairbanks , kent williams , IDM
Date:
Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:06:32 -0400
Subject:
Re: New Squarepusher track
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I think [OPINION]. On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:33 AM, David Bohan <madvlad00@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 151 lines What's wrong with you all? This track is proper ace.> What's wrong with you all? This track is proper ace. > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 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: >> >>> 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 >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>> >