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Talpa - The Art of Being Non
Derango - Tumult
Two of my favourite psy albums of all time! I consider them essential
I also agree with Infected's first three albums. Infected Mushroom is what got me into psytrance!
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It sure isn't! Feelings have no basis in reality. You can feel you love someone, but doesn't mean they feel the same way about you. You can feel any number of things that have absolutely no reality to them whatsoever.
Worse still when you're in love with someone you can never be with. My only comfort in loving a girls who's engaged, is knowing that one day (eventually...) the feelings will fade, and she'll mean nothing to me
Such is the circle of life. One day you love someone. And the next day you don't!Be freeeeeeee!!!
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It seem to me it's all dandy fine to be pro something.. To go with the masses here on psynews and be one of the "chaps"... But dare those who have another opinion or those who do not fall into line here and think Talpa and co. is ooooh so amazing (no offense Talpa.. Just an example).
Talpa IS amazing!
Who are these companions of Talpa you speak of?If you know some psy better than Talpa I'd like to hear it!
No, seriously. It's hard to find psytrance up to the quality of Talpa.
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Thanks alot X Scream!Also check out his two new tracks here:
http://label.psygarden.org/mali_mp3_mid/07...aed_clovers.mp3
http://label.psygarden.org/mali_mp3_abs/04-talpa_-_the.mp3
That should be a hint on what his new sound will be like
I listened to the samples plus got the full song of Four Leaved Clovers. Sounds quite a bit different to the stuff on his album. But his style's always been pretty diverse, so it's nothing too out of the ordinary.
This song is really great! Gotta love that organ! It reminds me so strongly of... something. But I don't know what! Sort of like a haunted house, or something to do with zombies... but kind of not. Those spinning voices sound great! It's good to see his song's havn't lost their psychedelic quality, which is one of the things I loved so much about Talpa to begin with!
This song has made me pretty confident that his new album is going to seriously kick some ass! Just like the old one. But from this song it's obvious he's stepped up a notch in production skills and the sounds are a bit more refined. I can't wait until the album!
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Yeah that's really helpfull.
How did this thread turn into a debate on psytrance genres? Oh well, I may aswell agree with those classifying Penta as Darkspy. Full-on bassline means nothing. So much psytrance has the full-on bassline without being full-on. Don't agree with the person who says it's forest-psy though.
Anyway, if you hadn't realised (like me), there's a new track from Dark Nebula Vs Talpa on the Psionic Religion Comp!!! Check it out http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=5771
Also checkout the Miraculix track on that comp! It's pretty awesome! In fact Miraculix is from the same label as Talpa, and actually has a similiar kind of style I think from the samples I'm listening to at the moment! I definately recommend you check them out! I know I will
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Yeah Talpa is awesome! My two favourite psy producers are Talpa and Derango. And for that reason, I second listening to Derango - Tumult. It's not really like Talpa in terms of style. BUT it is extremely psychedelic, which is one of the aspects I loved most about Talpa! So I think it's definately worth checking out. Maybe if we have similiar tastes you'll love it too
I havn't listened to many other Suntrip releases. Nystagmus is just ok. Has nothing on Talpa. I've listened to some samples for Planum. It's pretty good! Alot closer to Talpa and Infected Mushroom than most stuff. So definately check him out.
Another possibility is The Misted Muppet. Their style has a very medieval feel to it, which is similiar to Talpa has on a few tracks (My Kingdom, No Place to Hide etc). Their style is said to be inspired by Infected Mushroom, like Talpa's. It's quite melodic and medieval. I like it!
Another psytrance producer I've found which I am beginning to get more and more into is Penta! What I love about Penta's style is it's quite melodic for dark psy, his songs can be really intense! With big climaxes and stuff. It's also very psychedelic and is chock full of awesome sounds! Big recommendations for Penta.
Ka-Sol - Fairytale sounds quite good from the samples. I love forest psytrance ever since I first heard Derango. So psychedelic. I'll probably be getting this album. The fact that it has both morning and night psy, and is kind of goa inspired like Talpa may appeal to you.
I hope I've been some help! It's great to meet another Talpa fan! Talpa is so awesome, I've overplayed his songs to hell and I never tire of them. It's hard to get really good psytrance. If you do find something like Talpa, please post it here, I'm eager to find some more stuff like Talpa too!
p.s. last time I checked Talpa's forums he'd completed 7 of the 10 songs on his new album! Hopefully shouldn't be too long now! He's said he's also changed his style quite a bit too. Though I'm sure it will still kick ass.
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I think that's a great idea! I want to do the same myself, or at least get a microphone for my computer. I can make so many complex synth arrangements and stuff with my mouth beatboxing. But once I've sung it, it's gone, or at least will be once the time I can replicate the synths and stuff properly on the computer. That's definately a good idea.2) I have no studio equipment as such yet, but I am in the market to buy something which wouold make me look like I know how to use a sudio (and equipment) Ive used reason and cubase and I hum psytrance (nothing Ive heard but tunes I would make) Like I have dreams of making a tune which sounds fragging brilliant and I can remember the melody from the dream right till I wake up & hit the shitter and then It goes. Ive been thinking of carrying a voice recorder with me to record these 'mental' melodies. whatchu think?
May draw weird looks out in public though.
Another good idea is to carry around a small A5 book or something similiar to write down ideas. So you can draw/ illustrate/ notate/ draw pretty pictures/ write down all those spontaneous ideas that come to your mind randomly during the day. Also keeping it next to your bed at night will allow you to write things down from dreams or whatever as soon as you wake up, so as not to lose them forever!
Dreams are slippery bastards that run away as soon as you stop thinking about them for a second after you wake up
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Haha, yes, I may be asking a bit much! I think I'll save up for the Axiom. It has pretty much all the features (and then some) that I'd need, and is affordable. Getting anything more expensive is really out of the question. But I like the Axiom, so that's fineThat's a pretty extensive list you got there for a budget keyboard. I'd wait and save up for the M-Audio Axiom - or save up even more and grab a Novation ReMOTE SL - you can always buy one of the smaller models, you don't have to go for the 61 like I did. Those blue LCDs are kick ass, and it also has a few red LEDs on it too.
I'm not sure if I really need all those things, but I suppose I'd find a use for them eventually, and it would save having to upgrade later! I'm still a bit unsure about what things the controls can control in the software. And a bit hazy about what things producers control live, and how. But perhaps that is best left for another thread.
Thanks alot for your help!
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Hello! Not trying to drive the topic too off course, but could you recommend some of the more budget controller keyboards that have rotary knobs, sliders/faders and possibly drum pads aswell. I already know of the M-Audio Axiom series, which looks really good (and would go well with my black with blue lights theme I have going in my studio. May post a pic later) However it's a bit out of my price range at the moment. I need money...Pity. You should invest in a nice controller keyboard... you can pick up a decent one for less than 150EUR - it's worthwhile picking up a good quality one with sliders/faders so tweaking parameters is easier. I found that my first keyboard (the one on the right in the pic) was an essential piece of kit once I got it - inputting notes with the mouse was getting unbelievably annoying!
That is if you can afford to get one.
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My music is made digitally. As are my thoughts.
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Infected Mushroom - Disco Mushroom
Great track too. Awesome medieval vibes.
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Very nice! Very clean and professional sounding! I particularly like the synth from 1:04 to 1:21 and the weird voice kind of things right at the end.
Shame I can't hear the full track.
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Thanks Snowball for taking the time to reply!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I never thought it was particularly danceable. Does it really make you want to jump up and down?
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Ok, thanks heaps for the reply! Yeah, it has been a bit of work. Still alot more to go though! I've posted the song in the thread "Evil Imps (Work in Progress)" if you'd care to hear how it sounds
Not too many replies though yet
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Hello Psynews forum-goers!
This is a track I've been working on lately. Made in FL Studio Fruityloops Edition, and uses only a single VST (V-Station for the bassline)
I'd very much appreciate any help anyone has to offer on any aspect of the track! Like the synthesiser sounds and melodies. Or the percussion section. The effects. The bassline. The arrangement and the flow of the song. The sound levels and EQ and stuff. Really any advice at all would be a huge help to me. I'd like to be able to eventually make professional quality tracks
Or just give it a listen and see if you like it! Enjoy
http://download.yousendit.com/854F3EB364127E75
OR
http://www.uploading.com/?get=EHR22Z4N
Here's a pic of the song I posted already in Just for the hell of it Thread:
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I listened to the samples on saiko sounds, and downloaded a few tracks. I'll probably listen some more before deciding whether to buy it or not. I love forest psytrance, particularly Derango, who are quickly becoming one of my favourites, if not my favourite psytrance group. Do you know any other forest psy in a similiar vein to Derango? I already know of Procs, what others are there?
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It's from the song Trust No Goblin by Talpa. I love that song! The words are hard to make out because it's said in a goblins voice with alot of vocoding. It's towards the end of the track.
Thanks alot for the link! Unfortunately I'm at work right now so I can't listen to the samples or test it out. But it definately looks promising!Prosoniq Morph:
http://products.prosoniq.com/cgi-bin/regis...detail&refno=41
Haven't tried it myself though.
Thanks alot for your help!
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These are some of the ones I'm thinking of getting... when I'm not in debt:
Eletrypnose - Le Tireur De Ficelles
Drumatik - Peak Process
Wizack Twizack - Behind the Trees
Double R.E.L. - Cereal Killerz
Luomuhappo - Pog-O-Matic Pogomen 3000000
Planum - Elaborate
If anyone has any opinions on these releases, like whether they are good or not, feel free to tell me
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Here's a work-in-progress song I'm making.
Which forum should unfinished songs be submitted to?
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You're thinking of making a morph between, say, an electric guitar and a dog barking, I take it?
As far as I know, Kyma is the only system capable of directly doing this, although you might get somewhere with a resynthesising instrument like the Camel Audio one (can't remember its name off the top of my head).
I've listened to the samples of morphing for that program, and yes! That's exactly the same effect I'm looking for! Sadly, the price and extremely advanced nature of Kyma are not
I still have alot of the basics of synthesis and the likes to learn before delving into the most advanced stuff.Reading a review of Kyma, it said that alot of the features of Kyma are slowly being being made available with other software. Would you know of any software that can create a similiar effect? Do you use Kyma yourself?
I also advise everyone go to the Kyma website and listen to the audio morphing samples. They're amazing. http://www.symbolicsound.com/cgi-bin/bin/v...ucts/SoundClips
The way was done in the oldschool electroacoustic days before fuckoff DSP was to set up eg. 16 channels on a mixer with the start sound on the left and the end sound on the right, with the first 8 channels carrying the start sound and the second 8 carrying the end sound; the composer would then work from the ends of the mixer in towards the middle, succesively modifying each channel with whatever EQ or effects were available so that each channel sounded slightly different from the last, with the aim of getting to the point where the two channels in the middle of the desk sounded similar enough (despite their different origins) for a transition between them to be as seamless as possible.
To mix down the morph, the composer would start off with all faders at the bottom except the first one (carrying the un-effected start sound) and, over the lengh of the sound, perform manual fader crossfades between successive channels on the mixer, ending up (hopefully) at the end sound before it finished!
This sounds like an interesting idea. I suppose I could create a similiar effect by automating an EQ and other effects? I will have to try this method out. Thankyou
Best way, though, would be vocoding if your vocoder unit supports wet/dry. You could keep the knob turned all the way to your source sound, then record its automation and turn it all the way to the modifying sound, of course, you'll need to keep playing the modified sound on a seperate channel and fade it in in sync with the wet/dry automation. You won't get very good results this way always, either, because morphing completely depends on the sounds you intend to morph.
This sounds interesting. I'll have to try it out. Thanks
try IZotope Spectron.
http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/spectron/
there's a how to under
http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/spectron/morph.html
Hmm, this looks intriguing. Listening to the samples, it didn't sound quite as good as the Kyma. I'm definately going to have to check this out though.
I would use a phase-vocoder (which is not the same as a plain vocoder). It operates on the partial frequencies of the sounds, and it would be possible to do some sort of interpolation between the spectrums of the two sounds. This method is not perfect, though, and some problems may arise, due to phase-distortion and whatnot.
Oh yeah, another problem is that you will probably have to code it yourself
Code it myself. You should have mentioned that part first! Lol. There's already too many aspects of music creation I need to learn, I don't need to learn programming too.
I will have a look around for some phase vocoder's though. You don't know of any phase vocoder VSTs do you?Thanks alot to everyone who took the time to reply! I've got a few leads now to look into for doing these morphing sounds. If anyone else has any idea, please post them
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