Pulsar Song Contest: borg

borg · Post by **borg** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 5:21 pm

This file has expired and is no longer available here. The owner of the topic can re-upload the file, or post a link to an off-site file. <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Genre: Electronic <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: Pulsar Effects,Pulsar Mixers,Pulsar Synths copyright © 2002 ag _____________________________________ so, here it is... a bit late and not quite finished, but the plasma, blue synth and inferno are all in there, as well as some cw stock fx, not even the pro pack stuff.

a bit too long, maybe...
hope you like it...

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andy
 the lunatics are in the hall 

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Post by **hubird** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 8:56 pm

weird, borg, but sweet and tender at the same time.
may be the beats, specially the 'bassdrum', could be a bit more on the front, to give some more structure for the synths.
It's a trip...

mr swim · Post by **mr swim** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 5:36 am

This is wicked ! It sounds so good - really atmospheric and moody yet, as Hubird says, there's a gentleness as well. I really like the sort of Geiger Counter effect, it seems to work really well in the mix though you would expect it to take over.

If anything I did want a bit more variation at about 3 minutes - maybe a new sound or taking the drums totally out or something.

This gets my vote. Very Boards of Canada . . .

Will.

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 5:53 am

[Drumroll]
A N D Y - thank you for the composition!
There is one word to add to the above: melancholic. Hough.

The lunatics ARE in the hall

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Sir SamPlaire

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at0m · Post by **at0m** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 5:42 pm

Hm, neig sjiek, Andy!

Beautifull!

algorhythm · Post by **algorhythm** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 11:37 pm

andy, your stuff is real nice, when you actually make some.

this one is real cool. chilled out. only criticism: drums are really upfront in a way I don't like. They are either too loud, too dry, or both. Some modulation might be cool on the bleepy drum parts . . . other than that, bang on.

borg · Post by **borg** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 1:48 pm

thanks for the kind words all!

mmm, yes, the sound... it's never been my strongest point. i definitely need to get a bit deeper on this one. maybe read the mastering thread that's going on right now.
i must say, i didn't pay any attention to it (time

) i just played the tracks live a month ago, then edited the drum bits before posting last weekend. there's no mastering done at all.
when listening to other peoples' songs, they all sound so much 'louder' and 'better' although when recording in cubase, my recordings seem 'hot' (just not clipping/going in the red).
i'll for sure try and give this one a proper mix...

please: advice!!!

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 8:28 pm

something interesting you could do, is to master the drums and tracks separately. That does creates some strange ambience sometimes. I guess it's not mastering in a real "mastering" sense, but more closer to sound processing. Give the drums a very weak ER up to 100-150hz zone (with the pre-lowpass in masterverb), and then mash it with a finaliza+limiter combo.. You could leave the tracks alone.. maybe it'll work. If not, just mash it. After you've mashed it though, you can mix it in with drums at a very low volume, so as to keep the difference in dynamics (between drums and tracks) that you have right now. Gives it that dark quality the tune has right now. Which, of course, shouldn't be lost.

cool ambience!

borg · Post by **borg** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 12:07 pm

who could ask more than a hint by da man himself? i'll give it a try ken. for sure i will!

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 3:33 pm

I like the atmosphere at the beginning, but then it becomes to monotone to my test. Nice melodic variation. I don’t particularly like the FX behind, is it the drum?

borg · Post by **borg** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 5:03 pm

yep, nestor, i think the track is too long as well, but the bell like 'lead' was recorded live in one take, and i didn't have enough time to cut out some parts. i will work it out sooner or later, but i think i won't reduce it's length. i'd rather give the bass line a new edge somewhere (yes, it never changes throughout the song

) and an extreme break for the drums here and there...
and the fx at the end... it's a very short delay (1/64) with a high feedback (entire song), which is brought to 127 in the end, and no, i won't change it

i'll even take it a bit further, hehe.
i'm beginning to like the song myself now.

John Cooper · Post by **John Cooper** » Fri Nov 08, 2002 12:56 pm

nice vibe, cool sounds. i agree it could use some additional spices if cooking this long

-john

petal · Post by **petal** » Sun Nov 10, 2002 6:15 am

I like the choise of sounds here. This is a very dark thing, but I get the feeling that this track is more a long intro or a long break, that is builiding up to take off.... I think I'm looking for a main theme or main melody!? hmm - I really like those strange sounds.

Thomas