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The Last Second of Sunset.
You are sitting on a beach. The waves lap against the shore. A gull cry's in the distance. The bell on a buoy sounds somewhere across the water. The last edge of the Sun settles below the water. And....................................... It is gone. The Last Second of Sunset
Thanks for listening.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/30 13:39:57
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You might want to randomize the waves a little more. It sounds fake.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/30 14:00:37
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Nice one Wookiee. I like the way that builds up
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/30 14:01:28
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eph221
You might want to randomize the waves a little more. It sounds fake.
It is fake, it is a Moog Modular  , the regularity is deliberate, thanks for listening though.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/30 14:04:48
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Wookiee
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You might want to randomize the waves a little more. It sounds fake.
It is fake, it is a Moog Modular , the regularity is deliberate, thanks for listening though.
I think most of us would get that, and it's entirely appropriate for the track. Nicely done John, you evoked that mood well.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/30 15:29:27
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. (I hope wookie knows I'm joking)
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/30 17:14:47
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Very nice soundscape you created. I was able to imagine those things happening that you said when listening to this. And the arps sounded just right here.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/30 17:25:01
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My first listen after a long absence and it is the furry one. I love when that "beat" comes in. I didn't expect it to go back. Kinda cool!! Nice hearing your stuff, John.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/31 04:49:27
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Thank you Bob, thank you James, thank you Antti, thank you Warren for listening and commenting glad you enjoyed my little tune. David your limbs are safe  
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/31 08:05:17
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Nice build. I thought the gulls sounded a bit like a squeeze toy, but it does add a strange and unique atmosphere to the sound. Nice synth work. Peaceful ambiance.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/31 11:35:16
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Good one, John. Nice build up. Did you shoot that seagull at the end?
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/31 12:04:01
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/07/31 13:25:20
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Thank you John, yet another instance of Arturia's Moog Modular, yes I think your right but then it is synthesis. Thank you Phil, I have considered it but they tell me they taste of fish, rotten fish at that. Thank you Ed.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/01 22:20:51
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☄ Helpfulby dcumpian 2016/08/02 09:26:00
. . . and I crack open a beer, and then my wife starts complaining that she's getting cold, and I have to go get her a sweater, which is up like a million steps back to the room, which of course I have forgotten my key so I have to go to the front desk, and I get back 20 minutes later, and the seagull has knocked over my beer.
Just some ideas for part two! :)
As for your song, it's really nice. It has cool build-ups, and the synths you have bouncing around are recorded or rendered with amazing clarity. I liked the seagulls, too.
green flash, anyone?
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/02 08:13:41
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Very nice Wookster. Atmospheric. Great choice of synth sounds - just the right blend.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/02 09:10:34
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Tom just makes me laugh...very enjoyable fellow.
Back to the program: I like what you did with this. Themes are nice and coherent throughout the piece. Not a fan of the gulls, but \_(00)_/
Very nice overall!
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/02 09:46:43
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Thank you Tom, as for the rendering up-sampling is the name of the game. Perhaps I could suggest driftwood for the next time on the beach and I am sorry about the beer. Thank you as well Daryl, I do try with the synths a tweak here a tweak there, some selective EQ. Dan not a fan of gulls myself and as for these gulls it is synthesis after all, I could have used a sample but I prefer to see what I can build from the synths I have. Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/02 13:52:39
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As soon as I listened to this....I said "man, this guy really knows his Moog!" Nice textures John! You know what would be super cool? Just as an idea....start something out like this, and make it start with old, primitive synths. Almost like old video games. Then morph the sounds to a little more modern and continue to morph until you have a realistic orchestra with a rock guitar blasting....like Trans Siberian Orchestra or something. I'd LOVE to hear you do something like that. I know you have it in your fur to do it! My Chewy says hello and he loved the song. (honest that's his name lol) 
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/02 14:02:08
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Thank you Danny you are most kind and I feel humbled by your words. One never knows what is going to fall out of the ends of the furry paws when I sit at the keyboard. Perhaps with the help of some of the amazing guitarists we have here in this forum something will happen one day.
Cute hound and I can see the family resemblance, give Chewy a scratch behind the ears and a belly rub from me and say thank you.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/02 15:43:43
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I like Danny's idea there, that would be cool. I'd be up for a colab on that. :)
Cool tune btw Wook :) you really do know how to write them :)
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/03 06:25:52
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Thank you Russ, sounds like a plan, now I just need to finish Sextilis, (August) and the new potting shed, with living roof, then there is September, November and December to go perhaps we can come up with something. I will set my furry brain to ponder this. If you have any ideas please feel free to share them.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/05 14:46:19
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Yeah, that was pretty cool. Err, I mean warm. The gulls were a little loud, but hey, isn't that just the way they are? Loved those synth tones throughout, they sound great.
I was going to ask if this was August (beach theme) but I see that is still to come. Well, nice interim piece!
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/05 16:37:33
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You really have a talent for taking sounds and weaving them into an audio picture. Over the years I have spent a number of relaxing vacation days on the dock behind the Islander Motel on Islamorada Key listening to the waves and looking to the east at the sunset over the Atlantic. This number took me back.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/06 06:30:55
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Thank you Steve, gulls are like that though so intrusive . Thank you Freddy nice to know that it took you somewhere that brings happy memories, there a few planets I know where the sun sets in the east to.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/07 00:36:10
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I haven't been to those planets yet! Good heavens --- sets in the east!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What was I thinking???????????????? Your response got me laughing so hard I had to change the cushion on my chair. I have to stop these late night responses. Thanks for the humourous relief!
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/08 15:45:45
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Hi ,
Nice tune,
I got a little more caught toward the end than in the beginning but...you caught me.
I can see here that people know what a synth is because I just imagined I was hearing Z3ta on some places.
Thanks for the moment spent.
Cheers.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/09 08:25:28
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Glad I put a smile on your face Freddy sorry about the cushion. Thank you Oliver, I hope it caught you in a pleasant way, there is no Z3ta+ in this tune, mainly Arturia's V synths, 2 x Modular V, 1 x SEM V, 1 x Synclavier V, 1 x CS 80 V and 1 instance of Korg's M1.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/09 15:07:33
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Hi John, nice one, sounds and composition really nice.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/09 17:31:28
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Wookie, your songs are always so ambient and ethereal. Where does it all come from? Nice piece, consistently wookie.
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Re: The Last Second of Sunset.
2016/08/10 07:32:50
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Thank you Rik.
Thank you Jesse, as to where they all come from I think they are all out there floating around in the ether looking for somewhere to be, if I am lucky some of them find their way to the end of my furry paws. Perhaps also my life outside the studio is just a tad difficult for a number of reasons and I like music that takes me away from that.
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