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Re: Some samples of Vortex sounds...



ahhh, gimme a bit of that paranoid music mucho maas ... brought to you
live on KCUF!

REPORT ALL OBSCENE MAIL TO YOUR POTSMASTER!

i got a kick out of your sounds ... the url spoke "crying lots" to me 
;-)

a-and let's keep this away from the trystero

you know what i'm raving about,
rob

slothrop!

Todd Madson schrieb:
> 
> 
> 
> Geez, if I'd known....
> 
> There are lots of MP3 files I've made and they're on the net for
> download.
> 
> You can first of all check out:
> http://www.waste.org/~crash/asb.html
> -and-
> http://www.waste.org/~crash/loopage.html
> -and-
> http://webriffs.dhs.org/
> -and-
> http://www.waste.org/~crash/crash.html
> 
> The ASB site has, naturally, ASB music on it.
> Many of the sounds in the track "aliensporebomb" are vortexed to death..
> There's 6 stereo pairs of electric guitars playing in harmony and all are
> processed thru the vortex.  Then, the drum machine has drums and bass
> playing, but is also the source of the "synthesizer" in the background.
> 
> The synth pad is created by taking the other two bass guitar samples
> in the drum computer and tuning them up one and two octaves respectively
> and mapping key notes to the drum pads.  Then I "play" the pads for each
> rhythmic pattern.
> 
> I then take a line out from the drum machine and into the vortex running
> a custom patch I created.  The tap tempo was used to further give the
> illusion that you're hearing a big keyboard synth thru a swirling leslie
> like patch.
> 
> The drum machine allows you to send specific signals through any of its
> six outputs (stereo left, stereo right, then 1 2 3 and 4).  This allows
> processing of specific signals while leaving others unprocessed.  A very
> nice feature.
> 
> So essentially, you're hearing 1 guitar and 1 drum machine.  But due to
> the multiple outputs of the drum computer you can do a heck of a lot, and
> the Vortex has much mutational power.
> 
> Let's see, the stuff at webriffs....lots of that is vortexed to death
> too... Late nite has a clean guitar thru a choir patch with the tuned-up
> bass samples from the drum computer into the vortex using another custom
> patch.  There is no bass guitar or synth on this tune, just one guitar
> and one drum machine, the drum machine is playing internal samples to
> create the bass and "synth" parts (which are tuned up basses).  The
> higher pitched "synth" stuff is a fingerpicked bass up two octaves, the
> lower pitched (sounds a bit like rubato electric piano thru chorus and
> delay) is an acco contrabass sample up an octave or so.
> 
> "Dance of Life Part 2", guitar and Kawai K4 synth processed thru the
> vortex there.  The lead guitar is conventional until the fake B3
> (processed thru orbits) drops out and then you've got a guitar thru
> a mesa boogie studio preamp thru a mxr blue box thru a boss oc-2
> octave box into the vortex (on that dynaflanger patch, aerosol I
> think) direct to the board.  The drum programming is actually the
> drum machine into the vortex using a tap tempo delay to create some
> complex counter rhythms..
> 
> I could go on...am I crazy enough for you yet?
> 
> The looppage stuff at my site...the flanging on "unravelling" (short
> version) is vortex I believe, just 1 guitar and nothing else...
> 
> Oh....and the Vortex can rock too.  Check out my crash page to hear
> "The Velocity of Naught", crunching chunks of heavy metal madness...
> the song that could not be killed.  Nothing special in terms of weird
> panning but it sounds allright.
> 
> -t