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From: Vytautas Jancauskas

Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:09 PM

Subject: Re: [LAU] A new track made in Neil tracker

To: Julien Claassen 
Thanks man. Drum effects are done using a combination of tracker retrigger

command, a special effect I made for neil called stutter and feeding short

chunks of drum line to the delay and reverb respectively. I'm glad you liked

the track.
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Julien Claassen  wrote:
> Hello Vytautas!

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>  I've just listened to your track. I like the overall atmosphere and basic

> harmonies of the piece.

>  I do like the drums. The bass drum has a nice kick and oomph to it. The

> clap sound took some getting used to, but it too has something. I wonder,

> how do you do all those drum effects. I suspect, that Neil Tracker and

> Renoise - as used by Atte - have similar approaches. Is it partly based on

> turntable effects?

>  Well two minor criticisms: The drum section before the intermission around

> 2:15min sounds a little too busy in a repetetive way. It's so out of

> character for the rest of the piece. But it didn't do any harm to my

> listening experience.

>  the other minor issue is one of melody. Around 1:38min you bring in a

> mixture of arpeggio/melody sound on the right side. Between the chord

> movements it depicts a melody, which would have been even more memorable, if

> you hadn't gone up so high, after the lowest melodic note. It's probably not

> very clearly expressed. But that too didn't bother me much. I just noticed

> and thought it would have been nice to have a more distinctively melodic

> layer to the mix at that point.

>  It's a nice electronic track. Well balanced between harmony, melody and

> rhythmic breakouts. I do like it!

>  Warm regards

>             Julien

>

> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

> Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable;

> Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS!

>

> ======      Find my music at      ======

> http://juliencoder.de/nama/**music.html

> ..............................**.......

> "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day,

> so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)

>

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"I don't care much where--" said Alice.

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"Cheshire-Puss," she began, "would you tell me, please,

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br>From: Vytautas Jancauskas <unaudio@gmail.com>

Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:09 PMSubject: Re: [LAU] A new track made i=

n Neil trackerTo: Julien Claassen <julien@mail.upb.de>Thanks man. Drum effects are don=

e using a combination of tracker retrigger command, a special effect I made=

 for neil called stutter and feeding short chunks of drum line to the delay=

 and reverb respectively. I'm glad you liked the track.
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Julien Claa=

ssen <julien@mail.upb.de> wrote:
Hello Vytautas!

 =A0I've just listened to your track. I like the overall atmosphere and=

 basic harmonies of the piece.

 =A0I do like the drums. The bass drum has a nice kick and oomph to it. The=

 clap sound took some getting used to, but it too has something. I wonder, =

how do you do all those drum effects. I suspect, that Neil Tracker and Reno=

ise - as used by Atte - have similar approaches. Is it partly based on turn=

table effects?
 =A0Well two minor criticisms: The drum section before the intermission aro=

und 2:15min sounds a little too busy in a repetetive way. It's so out o=

f character for the rest of the piece. But it didn't do any harm to my =

listening experience.
 =A0the other minor issue is one of melody. Around 1:38min you bring in a m=

ixture of arpeggio/melody sound on the right side. Between the chord moveme=

nts it depicts a melody, which would have been even more memorable, if you =

hadn't gone up so high, after the lowest melodic note. It's probabl=

y not very clearly expressed. But that too didn't bother me much. I jus=

t noticed and thought it would have been nice to have a more distinctively =

melodic layer to the mix at that point.
 =A0It's a nice electronic track. Well balanced between harmony, melody=

 and rhythmic breakouts. I do like it!

 =A0Warm regards

 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Julien
=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-

Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable;

Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS!
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =A0 =A0 =A0Find my music at =A0 =A0 =A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=

=3D

http://=

juliencoder.de/nama/music.html

.....................................

"If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day,

so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)

-- "Cheshire=

-Puss," she began, "would you tell me, please,

		which way I ought to go from here?"

"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the =

Cat.

"I don't care much where--" said Alice.

"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.

-- "Cheshire-Puss," she began, "would you tell =

me, please,

		which way I ought to go from here?"

"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the =

Cat.

"I don't care much where--" said Alice.

"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
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