Funky House: "Shopping for Something Orange"

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Sat May 27, 2006 5:34 pm

<a name="planetz-file"></a><a href="http://www.planetz.com/Pulsar/files/mus ... .mp3"><img src="/forums/images/listen_icon.gif" border="0" alt=" Song"> Song</a> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Genre: house <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: Pulsar Effects,Pulsar Mixers copyright © magronbass _____________________________________ A house track with a bit of an attitude. More than plenty of humanesque grooves with pre-washed, pre-shrunk, pre-faded audio textures. When you need to add the hop into the night, go shopping for something orange.

What I did was spent a while re-tuning my timing for real time play, and I think I got it tightened just enough. Basically, all tracks are non-quantized or very weakly quantized, and I think it left a great natural sounding groove. Bongos, cowbells, you name it, it's played with sampletank.

microtonic for drums, sampletank2 for samples, cubase a1 synth for synth sounds.

scary808 · Post by **scary808** » Mon May 29, 2006 2:42 pm

Ken,

You never cease to amaze!

Clamhead · Post by **Clamhead** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:30 am

Hi Ken,

I'm staggered that you can get such an individual bass sound out of a soft synth. Generally, the more I listen and fiddle with soft synths the less I like them. I guess I'm not a programmer. Nice one! I always like listening to your music.

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:32 am

hehe, well, I think it's more the mixing than anything else.

For this bass it's a combination of ER + stereo enhancer + overdrive. The ER is used to create reflections for low frequencies, like below 150. Then, stereo enhancer refocuses the sound to a near mono state. Overdrive just brings the power back in the sound as stereo enhance takes some of it away.

I'd use the CW synths any day, but it's a drag just to do the routing.

[ This Message was edited by: kensuguro on 2006-06-12 07:34 ]

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:45 pm

On 2006-06-12 07:32, kensuguro wrote:

I'd use the CW synths any day, but it's a drag just to do the routing.

[ This Message was edited by: kensuguro on 2006-06-12 07:34 ]

Come come now. You're just being lazy, Ken.

Clamhead · Post by **Clamhead** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:26 am

Sorry ken, but what is "ER"? Scuse my ignorance...

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:06 am

early reflections. I sometimes use it just for not so much "space", but just a slight ambience.

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:52 am

Ken I agree about the SFP GUI. It is a great concept but annoying. Propellerheads did it the right way with Reason. I wish I could use the Creamware hardware and synths with a Reason interface. I wish Creamware would copy it or Propellerheads would buy Creamware and create a special Creamware edition of Reason.