My Guitar Playing Debut

[braincell]

Some music I did for a modern dance this week.

I managed to play a little guitar on it. The guitar is an Ibanez I bought recently. I never played guitar before but I needed it for this piece. I had a Sustainiac installed which gives it infinite sustain. I also got a little Epiphone tube amp. I replaced the tubes with expensive ones. That really helped. I placed the amp in the closet because it is so loud. In the end it wasn't dirty enough so I added more distortion using the Cubase 4 amp simulator. I also had used the SansAmp amp simulator. I love that thing! but the last riff was just the SansAmp and no real amp and you can hear it doesn't sound as good. I played the guitar like a Chapman Stick laying it flat and with no pick. As a keyboard player, it is easier for me to play that way. The Digitech Whammy pedal was good for the guitar. Other pitch bends were done in Cubase which is a better way to do pitch bending.

The intro sounds too long and empty. That is because the dancers will be talking over that part. The wind sound is the Creamware modular with knobs changing the filter cutoff and resonance.

I don't usually work in a major key but I had some complaints that the previous version was too dark.

[hubird]

beautifull and inspiring track!
would like to see the show

[braincell]

Thanks Hubird. I consider some of it to be inspired and some of it contrived.

Here is a photo of the Vortex9000 hardware synthesizer I invented and used near the end. It is characterized by it's biting sawtooth waves and enormous soaring pitch bends. The lowest notes are so low that they become clicks. My ex-girlfriend
said "It sounds like a fart."

I will be playing the Vortex9000 along with the recorded music on the stage. Although it has a small speaker, don't let that fool you. The sound is very loud.

[astroman]

reminds me on the radio experiments in my youth
do you use a NE-555 on that board ?
looks pretty versatile for some mind buggling stuff

well, if it's for a performance the spatial 'confusion' is probably intended - my only small complaint, otherwise I find your tracks very 'musical' for the genre, opposed to many others, who just mess 'alternative' with 'noise'...

cheers, Tom

[bassdude]

Very nicely mixed. I like this one.

[BingoTheClowno]

So this is the Vortex9000

Well, have you tried building any crystal oscilator circuits yet? They migh offer an expanded harmonic range.

You can check also this special purpose chip.

[braincell]

Thanks but I am not advanced enough. I just randomly add capacitors. That method is not going to work well with a chip.