Mornats Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) Righto, I've done mine now [url="https://soundcloud.com/mornats/apocalypse-forest"]https://soundcloud.c...ocalypse-forest[/url] Here's the spiel: I tried to go for an eerie steampunk affair although I'm not sure what it's turned out as but I like it. This is the first time I've used Sonic Forest (a beautifully inspirational VI), Storm Choir (hard to work with but good results if you get it right) and Kirk Hunter Solo Strings - an absolute beauty that cost me around £13! NI's Kontour makes an appearance. It's a very underrated synth that sounds great and I'll be revisiting it more and more. I auditioned over 200 different drum samples and presets to find the one that I used. Originally I had a midi drum beat going into one of the Sonic Forest presets. It sounded very quirky, with a plastic percussion feel to it but it lacked impact and most importantly, lacked a good solid kick drum (as it wasn't a drum sample to be fair). I'd encourage anyone to put a drum beat into any instrument to see what happens. Kinetic Metal still gives me a lot of great usable sounds although the relative instability of it in Reaper is a bit of a chore (NI are working on a fix). I initially tried to compose this entirely from Sonic Forest. I'm convinced that you can create an entire track out of that one instrument, the options are seemingly endless. That's why it's called Apocalypse Forest. However the sounds of the instruments I ended up using were calling to me and I couldn't resist. Here's the full list: Impact Soundworks Sonic Forest NI Kinetic Metal NI Supercharger GT NI Battery 4 Heavyocity Damage NI Passive EQ NI Reflektor Kirk Hunter Solo Strings ReaEQ NI Kontour Strezov Sampling Storm Choir NI Replika Focusrite Red 3 Compressor Put together using: Focusrite Forte interface Komplete Kontrol S61 keyboard Cockos Reaper Edited June 20, 2016 by Mornats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikki1984 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 [quote name='Rikki1984' timestamp='1465940793' post='3072375'] Well here's my entry for this month - https://soundcloud.com/rikki-boyes/junkyard-funk I knew I wasn't going to have much time this month to come up with something (still setting up in my new job) so I decided to set myself the challenge to limit myself to one evening to compose and record this months entry and this was what resulted. It's kind of sloppy/thrown together and the ending is a bit rushed but I did enjoy making it, at least! I wish I could spend more time polishing it, but it is what it is! I apologise for the all the inadequacies! :-) [/quote] I've slightly reedited my entry. I've also added a vocoded vocal part. I'm not sure if it actually works but I thought it needed something to give it a focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I really wanted to get an entry in. I even got the funky bass sound that I wanted, but I doubt I'm gonna get anything done in time. It's another great pic too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1466355653' post='3075217'] I've kept mine mercifully short'n'sweet! Warning, contains purely-executed scat content and other things that some of a sensitive nature might find deeply offensive. [url="http://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/harry-monk-and-his-steampunk-funk"]http://soundcloud.co...-steampunk-funk[/url] Now remixed.... [/quote] I've fiddled with mine too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1466608581' post='3077200'] I've fiddled with mine too! [/quote] We'll pass a veil over that and listen to your track instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1466612740' post='3077260'] listen to your track instead. [/quote] Careful now... It's liberally smeared with scat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1466618458' post='3077326'] Careful now... It's liberally smeared with scat! [/quote] Euwww..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Done! Cool picture this month. It made me think of a ‘Mad Max’ post-apocalypse. And it also made me think about summer festivals, especially some of the more deliciously extrovert parts of Glastonbury that I used to enjoy when I was a young(er) raver during the early 90s. Good times So I took a more summery, frivolous, rave-themed route - and also because I wanted to write something upbeat after last month’s sci-fi shootout. And that’s that. http://soundcloud.com/skollob/fantazia In keeping with the new show and tell ethos pioneered by Mornats, here’s a list of the plug-ins used. Those marked with an asterisk* are specific to Reason DAW. The others are widely available in all formats, as far as I know… Alligator Filter Gate* Buffre Beat Repeater* Kong Drum Designer* MClass Stereo Imager* NN-XT Advanced Sampler* Ozone Maximizer Re-2A Leveling Amplifier Rob Papen Distort Rob Papen Predator Softube Saturation Knob Softube TSAR-1 Reverb Softube Tube-Tech Classic Channel The Echo* Thor Polyphonic Synthesizer* …plus Reason’s own channel strip EQs and filters (emulating an SSL 9000k console). Oh and a Stingray bass. Not a plug-in, just plugged in. [b][size="4"][color="#800000"]VOTING WILL COMMENCE ON FRIDAY![/color][/size][/b] [size=2]Not that we'll all be truly sick of voting by then, of course.[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1466636109' post='3077545'] [size=2]Not that we'll all be truly sick of voting by then, of course.[/size] [/quote] One thing's guaranteed, we'll all probably really like the result Good to see your list of plugins, I've always wondered whether I use too many, too few or just the right amount. When I'm picking sounds I can fall into the habit of constantly saying "ooh that's nice" over and over until I run out of RAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/287349-june-composition-challenge-voting/"][size=6][b]VOTING IS UP![/b][/size][/url] Don't forget to bring your own pen. If you use a pencil, MI5 will almost certainly doctor your vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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