September Composition Competition!

[xgsjx]

Very nice. I like the different string sections.

[charic]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1347984329' post='1807682']
My take on 'That Picture'

[url="http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/autumn-dreams"]http://soundcloud.co...b/autumn-dreams[/url]

Garry
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Beautiful

[Skol303]

^^ Nice work Garry. Genuinely moving and atmospheric; really well composed and played.

I wish I had the keyboard/piano skills of you guys!

Not going to have mine finished until the last minute on Sunday (I assume the deadline is midnight??)... I've got the bare bones of it laid out, I just need to spend some time mixing it.

Edited September 19, 2012 by Skol303

[charic]

Deadline is around midnight, as long as everyone is ok with it then reasonably late submissions can still be added (just obviously they won't get as much voting time.

[Skol303]

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1348059151' post='1808626']
Deadline is around midnight, as long as everyone is ok with it then reasonably late submissions can still be added (just obviously they won't get as much voting time.
[/quote]

Nice one, I'll definitely have something finished by then! Hopefully before

I personally don't mind late submissions but happy to follow the crowd on that decision.

[Dave Vader]

Will try (there was progress last night) if not I'll just say it was inspired by next months picture and enter it for that.

[Mornats]

I just need to finish the mix on mine and I can post it up :-)

[charic]

3 days left!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2dhD9zR6hk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2dhD9zR6hk[/url]

[bobbass4k]

[url="http://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/ponizovje"]http://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/ponizovje[/url]

My entry. I know the mix is awful but I don't think I'm gonna get time to redo it. It ended up infinitely more complicated than I'd planned. Some advice, if you end up with 7 tracks labelled "glitchy texture", you should take a step back and ask yourself if maybe you've overdone things.

I don't really expect anyone to like it, it's a little esoteric even for me, but I actually finished it which is a rarity for me, so i'm happy.

Oh, and the tiltle is relevant, I'll be impressed if anyone gets the reference. I was going to put it in the original cyrillic for full pretentious points but it seemed a little inconsiderate.

[Truckstop]

Can anyone recommend some software for this sort of thing?

Like up to 8 tracks with a few built in effects? I plan to use a line6 pod for guitars and a gtb6 for bass and just use various percussion type doodads for drums.

I don't have a particularly powerful computer so something that doesnt need loads of power would be great!

Cheers

Alex

[bobbass4k]

Reaper, it's what I use, it's essentially free, pretty lightweight specwise, and pretty easy to use. You could also use audacity, completely free, very lightweight, stupidly easy to use, and it's got all the essentials, eq, reverb and compressor.

[Truckstop]

Cool!

And how do I connect the outboard stuff to the computer? Is there a special cable I'd need to buy?

Thanks for your help!

Btw having got in from work and had a listen I'm amazed at everyone's contributions to this competition!

Alex

[xgsjx]

PC or Mac?
I did mine in GarageBand on the Mac & for the bass, I took a mono 1/4 jack that's wired to one channel of a stereo 1/8 jack, plugged the 1/4 end into the fx send & the other end into the line in on the Mac.
No reason why you couldn't do the same on a PC with Reaper.

[arsenic]

[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1348158935' post='1810213']
[url="http://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/ponizovje"]http://soundcloud.co...ass4k/ponizovje[/url]

My entry. I know the mix is awful but I don't think I'm gonna get time to redo it. It ended up infinitely more complicated than I'd planned. Some advice, if you end up with 7 tracks labelled "glitchy texture", you should take a step back and ask yourself if maybe you've overdone things.

I don't really expect anyone to like it, it's a little esoteric even for me, but I actually finished it which is a rarity for me, so i'm happy.

Oh, and the tiltle is relevant, I'll be impressed if anyone gets the reference. I was going to put it in the original cyrillic for full pretentious points but it seemed a little inconsiderate.
[/quote]

Don't knock yourself. That is a great track. I'm only listening on my laptop, but the mix sounded fine. I think you have far less work to do on yours than i have on mine....

I would have liked to have fixed issues with mine, but I don't think I will have time - so it will stand or fall, rough mix and exporting cockup included.

I will have to listen to all these entries again on a semi decent set of speakers.

Edited September 20, 2012 by arsenic

[Truckstop]

So, I'd just need a 1/4" to 1/8" cable?

Thanks again!

Alex

[Skol303]

[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1348158935' post='1810213']
My entry. I know the mix is awful but I don't think I'm gonna get time to redo it... Oh, and the tiltle is relevant, I'll be impressed if anyone gets the reference.[/quote]

Very nice! I'm all up for alternative stuff and this certainly floats my boat.

I think you're being hard on yourself as the mix sounds fine to me (I'm listening on headphones - no monitors at the moment). Maybe loosen up a wee bit on the compression; especially around the 2 minute mark when the distorted guitar kicks in (sounds like it's 'flattening' the other instruments a little). No big deal. Generally the mix sounds nicely wide and 'sparkly' (that's the best technical term I can offer!).

Anyway, nice work like I said. I particularly like the percussive/glitchy elements during the first half of the track - reminds me of early Aphex Twin (Ambient Works, etc).

I'm guessing Ponizovje is a reference to Metal Gear Solid 3?? (yes, I have access to Google… and yes, I'm a games geek).

[xgsjx]

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1348180700' post='1810660']
So, I'd just need a 1/4" to 1/8" cable?
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You want a mono (TS) 1/4 jack wired to just 1 side of a stereo (TRS) 1/8 jack (they're usually called 3.5mm jacks). Popping a mono jack into your computer might (though it might not) do some damage & popping a stereo 1/4 jack into your fx send or bass might not send anything if the sleeve gets no contact.
You might need to make the cable up yourself.

Mind & don't plug into a speaker out!

[xgsjx]

[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1348158935' post='1810213']
[url="http://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/ponizovje"]http://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/ponizovje[/url]

My entry. I know the mix is awful but I don't think I'm gonna get time to redo it. It ended up infinitely more complicated than I'd planned. Some advice, if you end up with 7 tracks labelled "glitchy texture", you should take a step back and ask yourself if maybe you've overdone things.

I don't really expect anyone to like it, it's a little esoteric even for me, but I actually finished it which is a rarity for me, so i'm happy.

Oh, and the tiltle is relevant, I'll be impressed if anyone gets the reference. I was going to put it in the original cyrillic for full pretentious points but it seemed a little inconsiderate.
[/quote]

Nothing wrong with the mix through earphones to my ears. I like it, sounds very Tangerene Dream to me (that's a good thing).

[Skol303]

Another entry I just found on the Basschat SoundCloud group, in case anybody else missed it...

http://soundcloud.com/tacsiband/shaking-3

Sounds great!

[charic]

A hidden entry you say?! The plot thickens!

Who's the entrant? Are they actually entering? Find out next week on.... BassChat

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rUxKq7w6ec"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rUxKq7w6ec[/url]

[Dave Vader]

Another night of furious recording last night (and ignoring all the things I should be doing) hopefully get the mix done tonight, or tomorrow morning, and then get a chance to listen to everyone else's stuff.

[BigRedX]

I might be posting something (if I get it finished in time). How do I post to the Basschat Soundcloud account?

[Skol303]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1348220607' post='1810958']
I might be posting something (if I get it finished in time). How do I post to the Basschat Soundcloud account?
[/quote]

Very easy. This will probably make it sound more complicated than need be, but what you need to do is...

1) Sign up to SoundCloud (it's free) [url="http://soundcloud.com/"]http://soundcloud.com/[/url]

2) Join the Basschat SoundCloud group by clicking on this link and then clicking the button 'Join Group' (just beneath the title) http://soundcloud.com/groups/basschat

3) Click on the link marked 'Upload & Share' (top of page) to upload your music.

4) Once you have a track uploaded, click on the 'Share to group' button (located in the menu immediately above the track itself); choose the Basschat group and Bob's your uncle!

Edited September 21, 2012 by Skol303

[BigRedX]

So just sign up with Soundcloud. That's good.

When I had a quick look earlier there was a load of stuff about signing in with Facebook which I'm not prepared to do.

[Skol303]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1348229053' post='1811116']
When I had a quick look earlier there was a load of stuff about signing in with Facebook which I'm not prepared to do.
[/quote]

Yeah, you can log in to SoundCloud (and Basschat, I think?) using a Facebook profile if you like - but I always prefer to set up a separate account as I'm no fan of Facebook either!