hi I read something the other day in an interview with Calibre - he reckoned he made most of the tracks on Musique Concrete with an 8-track recorder - he, ha, haa - lets get over the fact that 24/96 can't polish a turd and realise that all the tracks that have rocked over the last 10yrs probably weren't treated to the same kind of processing that is thought to be necessary (�1800 for an A/D converter!). Jeez, most expanded samplers could be used as A/D converters - my Yamaha A3000v2 has 2 good clean analogue inputs and SPDIF and optical in/out (along with 6 analogues outs as a �99 expansion) and sounds really nice to pass a tune through on its way to MD, DAT or CD or whatever. Or buy a TC Finalizer Express with 24 bit A/D & D/A's, AES/EBU, SPDIF and Toslink I/Os to really make a difference overall if you have about �700 burning a hole in your pocket.
I just had a listen to Nick Lankesters tunes and the Every Day tune (which is supposed to be 25% finished) is a real cracker of a tune like slightly lofi Boymerang crossed with something off a Reinforced Enforcers album by Procedure 179 or Syntax etc. Its a deep tune and the pause caused by when the song starts again when Windows Media Player loops the tune actually works as a second drop since the tune is only 3mins long and it could work fine by just doubling it up. I have been sat here at work on a Sat morning (frown) listening to it on a loop for about 25mins now and love it. Not sure which label would dig it cos its not really a dancefloor tune - but taking the commercial aspect away from it its a dope listening tune for sinking into the nice breakdowns. I'd make the breakdowns much longer, keep the intro sparser and introduce the elements layer by layer and round off the bass (sounds a little Casio style - envelopes are a little sharp). Then just have the tune start up again after an atmospheric pause where it actually finishes at the moment and let it roll on for a minute or two and then drop the layers off again and finish off with a few bars of clean beats for mixing out at the end. Needs to be at least 6.5mins i reckon to get the flavours running. my 2p worth :) Laters Dan DISCLAIMER: The Information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or ommision taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. This E-mail and any attachments are believed to be free from viruses but it is your responsibility to carry out all necessary virus checks and Vertase Ltd. accepts no liability in connection therewith. --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
