Rotwang

An article about it in the CSM: link

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The interior looks nicer IMO:

^ All very good.

Kris: as it happens, Penzoline's skills at graphic design are a matter of public record - he's made some outstanding artwork. But even if he couldn't use Photoshop to save his life he'd still be entitled to his opinion of the cover (just as I'm entitled to say that I like it despite knowing nothing about graphic design).

I don't believe we've had your answers yet, GT.

Thanks! It's based on nothing in particular; I intentionally learnt nothing about DSP before I started since I felt it would be more fun to try to figure as much out for myself as possible. But it's pretty versatile - as well as factory functions to create things like sine waves, square waves, white noise etc. it has methods which apply arbitrary filters to a sound's Fourier components for subtractive synthesis, it can add together parametrised sets of sine waves for additive synthesis, pitch bend for FM synthesis, as well as output waveforms based on arbitrary mathematical functions or shapes that are drawn "by hand". It also has a few standard effects like reverb and timestretch. It's very slow and memory-inefficient, though; I made it as a learning exercise rather than a serious competitor to other software (which I've never used). No samples yet, but if I have time I may finish my first attempt at psytrance and post the result within the next few weeks.

Great thread. I only started trying to make music relatively recently and I'm still finding out what works for me (so far everything I've made is too embarrassing to share), so obviously nothing that follows should be considered advice. With that said, here are my answers to those questions that are applicable: Other than samples I make all the sounds I use with software I wrote. My software just outputs .WAV files, so none of this is applicable. I can't make music in real time. There's no MIDI involved, but when using my sequencer's GUI I keep track of which sound is which by colour-coding them according to what colour they bring to mind, and I also give them onomatopoeic names. So far I've been writing music 8 bars at a time, starting with the kick and bass and then adding more stuff until I'm pleased with the result. Though I also find myself going back and reworking earlier sections after I listen to what I've made so far and decide that it's crap. I generally have a vague idea of what I want to happen in later parts of the track that I haven't got to yet, but when I try putting my ideas into practice they don't turn out how I hoped so I do something else instead. The end product is much more the result of experimentation than planning.

Posting it here is fine.

^ That show looks amazing. The samples sound well-produced too, sadly (for me) it's just not the kind of thing I like.

I believe that one is a Roland.

I don't know about 68, but 67 and 89 are known among some as the first and second summers of love.

Not sure whether these constitute "rave", but they're all good so I'll post them either way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHLoP1pFxAs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sPUpKGI1Z4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK2U5ziV_Z8

Good stuff.

Nice.

I don't know, but have you tried PMing him here?

I think I prefer the newer version.

Of course.

Very nice.

Sounds like a cross between deep house and IDM to me.

It was awesome.

If you're taking suggestions, how about including links where one can buy (or download if the release is free) along with the tracklists? Also, how about mentioning the year of release alongside track titles?