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Cupz wrote:I guess?? :O Nothing wrong with that mañana vibe, you have always had that uncannily relaxing guitar-play, though it's definitely improved. "my best friend is the microwave" is still in my subconscious somewhere.

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Cupz wrote:made a little song

So soothing <3.

Wooo. Been waiting for everything to come together on this one. Finally.

Cupz wrote:made a little song

Haha I like the little bass line... it’s cheesy in the best possible way... could see that being in a 90’s commercial haha
I’ve had a rough week... this made me smile and laugh

Put this together out of some library music used in a news report from 70s: https://telehealing.bandcamp.com/track/maashaven

thought i could make a darker version of this classic -

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Soul_Slip wrote:“Xylem (ambient)”
by Soul Slip

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Dude! Your music is great! I grabbed Germination Sunglasses from your bandcamp and listened to it on repeat for an hour on the drive home from southern Ontario. Really beautiful stuff.

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been working on instrumentals for my band's next album, this is the vein of what we wanna do ig. love to hear yalls thoughts

Can't wait to listen. Pablo Collective has been quite a gem for a good while now. Top notch production quality. The music is just awesome. I'm pretty darn happy to have those Pablo Collective band stickers you sent me. Cheers.

Cheers my man

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the cupz jam i needed rn! that melody gives me japanese pop vibes, love it

I made a remix for Purpledaughter.

747Music wrote:I made a remix for Purpledaughter.

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Love it dude!!! I like the atmosphere and how it ends...

If you haven’t heard this track already, it was the track that made me continue... (inspired by Dawn Chorus)
https://soulslip.bandcamp.com/track/science-of-sleep

Soul_Slip wrote:

747Music wrote:I made a remix for Purpledaughter.

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Love it dude!!! I like the atmosphere and how it ends...

If you haven’t heard this track already, it was the track that made me continue... (inspired by Dawn Chorus)
https://soulslip.bandcamp.com/track/science-of-sleep

Thank you!

I hadn't heard that track until following that link. Great stuff! I love the 60s scifi synth sound. Most of all I like how this is drenched in R2R tape warmth and saturation. The pad with the EQ sweep is a nice homage to Dawn Chorus.

One thing I have noticed, in almost working exclusively with analog gear, is that it is much harder to "easily" dial in "non-destructive"editing....which is similar to how in a DAW you make project copies to retain original....when you transfer from tape to tape, you always loose some range and tone....i found that for every tape i want to edit...i have to pre-master and mixdown my multi track tape recordings to multitrack DAT lossless, to retain the entire "snap-shot" sound image of everything you hear, plus a high end tube dynamics expander....not to mention phasing issues.... Then, transfer through a tube compressor back into my R2R lol, I finally found where a visual spectrum analyzer comes in handy with these sort of things....now after all of these years, I keep my mixes simple except for specific effect chain automations, and hence why i multitrack to 8 track cassette workstation that allows me to "DJ" my own samples, then I transfer to R2R hot through a tube compressor at +3-5db of hot clipping

although, if you want the "1000 year grain" sound....then recording over and over on a tube type r2r will result in very heavy "coloring"..... i hear this "tone/effect" the most in Campfire Headphase, Twoism, Trans Canada Highway, and Tomorrow's Harvest most noticeably....

here is an older song of mine that is "drenched" in 1000 year grain analog tube glory!...
"Through Blossoming Seacoast Fog"
https://soulslip.bandcamp.com/track/thr ... acoast-fog

Soul_Slip wrote:One thing I have noticed, in almost working exclusively with analog gear, is that it is much harder to "easily" dial in "non-destructive"editing....which is similar to how in a DAW you make project copies to retain original....when you transfer from tape to tape, you always loose some range and tone....i found that for every tape i want to edit...i have to pre-master and mixdown my multi track tape recordings to multitrack DAT lossless, to retain the entire "snap-shot" sound image of everything you hear, plus a high end tube dynamics expander....not to mention phasing issues.... Then, transfer through a tube compressor back into my R2R lol, I finally found where a visual spectrum analyzer comes in handy with these sort of things....now after all of these years, I keep my mixes simple except for specific effect chain automations, and hence why i multitrack to 8 track cassette workstation that allows me to "DJ" my own samples, then I transfer to R2R hot through a tube compressor at +3-5db of hot clipping

although, if you want the "1000 year grain" sound....then recording over and over on a tube type r2r will result in very heavy "coloring"..... i hear this "tone/effect" the most in Campfire Headphase, Twoism, Trans Canada Highway, and Tomorrow's Harvest most noticeably....

here is an older song of mine that is "drenched" in 1000 year grain analog tube glory!...
"Through Blossoming Seacoast Fog"
https://soulslip.bandcamp.com/track/thr ... acoast-fog

That song massaged my ears. Wonderful sounds there. The percussion especially has such an unmatchable analogue quality to it's sound. Gorgeous.


I fixed up my remix for the amazing Purpledaughter some more. I like version 2 better. It's really just the second half that's different/improved.

Thanks my friend! I wish I still had that drum set...
Dude, I love it!! The percussion and how you changed it reminds me of classic 90’s trip-hop and BOC’s Prime Audio Soup remix!

Experimenting with off-timing

“Windows of the Divine (Black Mirror Mix)”
By Soul Slip
http://soulslip.bandcamp.com/track/windows-of-the-divine-black-mirror-mix

Here is an old folky guitar track that I wrote a long time ago. Always reminded me of a TCH style riff.
I also have some grungy music and some Nirvana covers
“Chartreuse Memory Trail”
https://nickaddy.bandcamp.com/track/cha ... trail-demo

Soul_Slip wrote:Here is an old folky guitar track that I wrote a long time ago. Always reminded me of a TCH style riff.
I also have some grungy music and some Nirvana covers
“Chartreuse Memory Trail”
https://nickaddy.bandcamp.com/track/cha ... trail-demo

Really solid guitar playing!

Soul_Slip wrote:Experimenting with off-timing

“Windows of the Divine (Black Mirror Mix)”
By Soul Slip
http://soulslip.bandcamp.com/track/windows-of-the-divine-black-mirror-mix

The off-timing experiment is off time... lol. It's a very different experience to listen to off-time experimenting. I often find myself waiting until the synchronization happens and then being bored until the next sync arrives when listening to this type of experimenting. The pretty sounds kept me entertained, however. It does provide a flavour of chaos, having things off time. I think the title of the track reflects that well.

The sounds in it are fantastic and there are definitely sections where the off-times sync up and play together wonderfully and magically. I do feel that percussion is important to always have on time with other percussive elements. You can still have the timing on perc off, but the time signature on the percussion pretty much has to remain a low multiple. It more or less just ends up giving the illusion of a more complex beat instead of the listener waiting for a synchronization to happen. I used that trick in My song "Horizon". The kick is a different timing than the rest of the song, but it stays in sync the whole time and tricks you into thinking the percussion is a much longer sequence than the elements that made it up actually are.
REFERENCE

please excuse my crappy mixing job on this song

Melodies seem to sound better when written while depressed.
This is a direct recording of 1 synth played live in 1 take. I then ran it through tape and mastered it. I love when melodies sound good forwards and backwards, so I crudely slapped it on the end again in reverse.

Same, as it was just an experiment, I was playing with moments where it trails off but then syncs up, I was bored of normal locked percussion patterns and in this one, I was messing with cassette tape heads and motor speeds. I tried creating a window where the original tempo opens up inside the slower one. Need to mess with it more to get it “perfect” lol. I have other songs where it is completely synced and controlled more solidly. Nice tunes, I like the atmosphere of the first one a lot.
The guitar song is going to be the main backing track in a more folktronic style acoustic album in the future. Need to track down a new full studio tube mixing console as mine just burned in a house fire
I like that second one a lot too...

747, do you play drums at all as well?
Funny... I have a song on my upcoming album called “New Horizons”.... second from last track

Sorry to hear about the fire. That's rough, man.

Ya, I play drums a bit. Not a lot. Probably the most complex thing I can play is Odd Nosdam - Small Ax. I'm not about to play a drum solo in a rush song or anything though. hahaha.

I'm getting into playing guitar. A guy at the local music store gave me an acoustic guitar for free because he "sees potential". I had a grin on my face for the rest of the week.

Made this with it today:

Another guitar melody:



These need to have dreamy synths accompanying them.