SGR 1806-20 [SoundScape - you have been warned...]

Hi Peeps,

I've been experimenting again with sounds, so, yet again, this latest creation is so far removed from what would be considered as music.

I don't post all my stuff, and wasn't going to post this but I thought, "what the heck... make 'em 'ave it!"

https://soundcloud.com/synkrotron/sgr_1806-20

cheers

andy

daryl1968
Is there any noodling involved?
I'm not sure that's allowed these days :)
I'll have a listen in the morning mate.

Ha! No noodlin' so might be okay

Thanks in advance

Glyn Barnes
Experiment successful I think, the movement and evolution of the sound is mesmerising.

Wow! Glyn, thanks
 
I do this sort of stuff thinking that it'll just get laughed out of the place, so it's great to know that at least some Peeps here find that what I create is even listenable.
 
Many thanks
 
cheers
 
andy

Very nice Andy very nice.  😎 

Well, if this is noodling, then I guess I like noodling.   
 
That is all.
 
 
 
Nah... sounds good, Andy.   I think it fits in well with your other pieces - you have a style. 
 

daryl1968
I for one really enjoy your stuff and a lot of other stuff that is posted here that wouldn't usually be termed as a 'song'.
More power to your creativity mate - keep 'em coming.

 
Thanks yet again Daryl, I really appreciate your listening time and feedback
 
I've got more cakes a bakin' and as soon as they're done I'll post them here on the "Songs" forum
 
cheers
 
andy

cwestmont
Hey Andy, this is solid, in the best vein of the cosmic soundscape genre.  Clearly you've struck a chord in your listeners because more than half have 'hearted' the tune.  Really easy to get swept up and carried in the flow.  
 
Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for your kind comments Clark. I really appreciate your time. I don't exactly do short pieces so it's like listening to two at once, so double thanks
 
I do appear to have garnered quite a few "likes" for this piece, for some reason. Currently up to 52 in just 48 hours, which is really good for me. Most of my tracks take weeks, or even months to get to that level. Around 30 of those likes are from peeps that already follow me, one way or another (four from here). The rest may well genuinely like this piece, or, as expected, are playing the SoundCloud game of seeking attention themselves, which is fair enough and I will often go and check out their tracks and respond, if I feel I do like what they do.
 
I fully expect things to calm down a lot now as most of the peeps I know have now listened and commented
 
Thanks again,
 
cheers
 
andy

jamesg1213
Terrific stuff Andy, a real film soundtrack contender.

Thanks James
 
Again, I really appreciate your time here. I'm so glad you listened and enjoyed this thing of mine
 
Don't forget... just stick copious amounts of delay, reverb and Adaptiverb on your tracks and you will have a really nice ambient piece, which you can then noodle over the top to your heart's content and, knowing you, it will sound bloomin' nice
 
 
cheers
 
andy

Right'o Peeps, I think that is everyone
 
Just one more thing, for anyone that may be interested in what I am doing in Sonar while making my stuff.
 
Here is a screenshot of the first five of the nine tracks in this piece, in Track View. I have left the automation lanes visible so you can see what I am up to:-
 

 
If you right click on the image and select "Open image in new tab" you can see the full size image.
 
Here is a screenshot of the Console View and you can see all the effects that I use along with the sends:-
 

 
If anyone has any questions, or suggestion regarding the above then, please, give me a shout.
 
Thanks again to everyone
 
cheers
 
andy
 

Andy, you must have inspiration pumping through your veins. You are magnificent my friend - such creativity and imigination and you follow through with great talent. Love it.

ruralrocker2010
This is outstanding. The only thing I would have done (but that doesn't matter because it's not my song) is build in some deep drum sounds and enhance the tension, almost like an army marching by....could be cool. Not that what you have is bad, because that's not the aim of my comment, just that I would have took the tension to the point of no return. Very nice choices in here. Is this all VST or are you using a workstation, like a Korg Kronos?

 
Thank you very much Joshua, for listening and for your kind words
 
Even though I have Battery, BFD Eco and Drumaxx, plus a few other percussion VSTi, I haven't used any of them for around 18 months now. For the odd tracks that do contain some kind of beat I have either used Tantra (a VST effect) or some kind of sample manipulation. Main reason being is that some "ambient purists" say that ambient should not have any beat aspects. That's not to say I don't think I should use beats/percussion myself, it's just me trying to "fit in," if you like. And it has been an interesting journey, I have to say.
 
Perhaps in the future I will try introducing something, like you say, "deep drum sound" in the future. After all, just because you are using percussion doesn't mean that it has to be used to create some kind of rhythm. It's just another sound source, to be used and manipulated.
 
This particular piece is all VST based instruments and effects. I do, however, have a couple of hardware synths and I recently purchased (in partnership with my eldest son) a Eurorack modular system.
 
Cheers, and thanks again,
 
andy

biodiode
Very interesting soundscape this one and those screen shots you posted make for interesting viewing. 

Thanks Adrian
 
If you fancy embarking on something like this and want some pointers, please, shout up. It would be an absolute pleasure. Having said that, if you are anything like me then most of the fun is digging into this and learning for yourself.
 
But, yeah, that's one of the reasons why I posted the screen shots above. As you can see, the actual sound sources, which have been bounced to audio, run through the whole piece and I use automation to bring those sounds through into the mix, either directly or via one of the effects busses, or both.
 
Cheers, and thanks for listening,
 
andy

philz
Another ride through deep space courtesy of our good friend, Andy. Another typically brilliant ambient piece, Andy... how do you dream this stuff up?  And thanks for sharing those screen shots.  I suspect we could all learn some interesting techniques from you.

Thank you very much Phil.
 
I dunno... I just put it down to lots of little happy accidents
 
I guess my techniques could well be interesting, although I can't see them being of much use to normal rock/pop songs, as such.
 
I got some of the ideas for the above when I had a go at parallel compression on a drum buss. I then started playing with all sorts of effects as parallel processing, and that then led to just letting the processed sound reach the master buss. It certainly got me into understanding what I could do with my effects units
 
cheers
 
andy