KVR Audio

markkuja · Post by **markkuja** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:20 pm

Nice soundtrack and ambiance.. hot day has gone and a cool night has come to the desert. The caravan has settled down to resting on an oasis. Sounds good

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 12:42 pm

markkuja wrote:Nice soundtrack and ambiance.. hot day has gone and a cool night has come to the desert. The caravan has settled down to resting on an oasis. Sounds good

Thanks, much appreciated!

While I like your description, the landscape is actually an icy one!

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 12:46 pm

Uploaded a video for the masochists among you. Just an image panned and zoomed. Gives a surprisingly good feeling of movement.

Desert

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 9:16 pm

This is a beautiful piece of music. The soundset is almost perfect, but I think that the vocals are putting out a bit too much power in the first half between 500-1000Hz. I tried it on three different speaker/amp combinations and it was quite noticeable. I think you also have some clipping distortion on your master bus in the second part when the 'tron comes to the fore. Apart from these quibbles, I really liked this one.

Good work

Allomerus · Post by **Allomerus** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 10:00 am

Beautiful soundscape Ayorinde!
Nice harmonic shifts.
Well done.

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:01 pm

seismic1 wrote:... the vocals are putting out a bit too much power in the first half between 500-1000Hz. I tried it on three different speaker/amp combinations and it was quite noticeable. I think you also have some clipping distortion on your master bus in the second part when the 'tron comes to the fore. Apart from these quibbles...

After reading this I had a listen - and it sounded crap. I don't know how this got past the quality control department.

So embarrassing.

Anyway, I soon discovered that the reverb on the solo voice (Ew Voices of Passion - Bulgarian) was on - I usually turn this off, but I must have turned it back on. It really increases the output. So, turned it off, turned down all the track faders by 3 dBs (Cubase VCA controllers to the rescue) and reduced the input to the last (of three

) limiter by 2 dBs. As a final touch, I removed the automated fade out at the end.
Whew!
Also, it seems that there is a fair amount of "beating" between the frequencies of the solo voice and the alto/sopranos. No idea how to solve that without re-writing the parts so that they don't clash. Hey ho!

ps
Thanks for listening!

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:07 pm

Allomerus wrote:Beautiful soundscape Ayorinde!
Nice harmonic shifts.
Well done.

Thanks for listening and taking the time to comment. Sometimes I even take notice of them! (see Seismic1's comments.)

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 1:34 am

Ayorinde wrote:
seismic1 wrote:... the vocals are putting out a bit too much power in the first half between 500-1000Hz. I tried it on three different speaker/amp combinations and it was quite noticeable. I think you also have some clipping distortion on your master bus in the second part when the 'tron comes to the fore. Apart from these quibbles...
After reading this I had a listen - and it sounded crap. I don't know how this got past the quality control department. So embarrassing.
Anyway, I soon discovered that the reverb on the solo voice (Ew Voices of Passion - Bulgarian) was on - I usually turn this off, but I must have turned it back on. It really increases the output. So, turned it off, turned down all the track faders by 3 dBs (Cubase VCA controllers to the rescue) and reduced the input to the last (of three ) limiter by 2 dBs. As a final touch, I removed the automated fade out at the end.
Whew!
Also, it seems that there is a fair amount of "beating" between the frequencies of the solo voice and the alto/sopranos. No idea how to solve that without re-writing the parts so that they don't clash. Hey ho!

ps
Thanks for listening!

The latest mix is a big improvement imho

Jesse Gorter · Post by **Jesse Gorter** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 12:03 pm

found it a bit unsettling, maybe a bit too much ! but great job nonetheless

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 12:18 pm

Jesse Gorter wrote:found it a bit unsettling, maybe a bit too much ! but great job nonetheless

Sorry, it's supposed to be unsettling!

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 12:21 pm

seismic1 wrote:... The latest mix is a big improvement imho

Thanks! I still don't know how I managed to cock it up the first time.

davidstiles · Post by **davidstiles** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 12:34 am

Lovely stuff. I see that there was a previous controversy about the mix, but from what I'm hearing right now, everything is sitting very nicely. And it is a beautifully evolving, quite relaxing but also slightly mysterious track. Thanks for sharing!

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:13 am

davidstiles wrote:Lovely stuff. I see that there was a previous controversy about the mix, but from what I'm hearing right now, everything is sitting very nicely. And it is a beautifully evolving, quite relaxing but also slightly mysterious track. Thanks for sharing!

Merci beaucoup, mon amie!

The original mix was sh*te. Bad day in the studio!

Jesse Gorter · Post by **Jesse Gorter** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:44 am

Ayorinde wrote:
Jesse Gorter wrote:found it a bit unsettling, maybe a bit too much ! but great job nonetheless
Sorry, it's supposed to be unsettling!

Great job you did there!

Desert (the re-mixed edition)