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Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
Hi, This is my first submission to this forum. It's an instrumental tune - a few synths and some guitar. It's called Streiflicht. Comments and suggestions highly appreciated.  Regards, Tommy
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RE: Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
2007/02/19 14:49:07
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HI Tommy,
Interesting hybrid of styles you have there. Good tone on the guitars.
What are using for the synth sounds? I liked that 'Mellotron-y' sound.
James
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RE: Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
2007/02/19 14:59:59
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ORIGINAL: jamesg1213
PS I went up to the top of Cologne Cathedral once - made my knees go weak!
I feel for you.  Thanks for the listen and for the kind words. As for the synths: It's Triangle II for the bass, Rumpelrausch Täips Crazy Diamonds for the pads and Synth 1 for the Clavinet (sometimes I'm really cheap). The Mellotron sound ist Cakewalk's Dyad. The sound is called - believe it or not - Mellotron Strings.  Again, thanks for the listen. Regards, Tommy
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RE: Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
2007/02/19 19:14:40
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Hey Tommy,
nice recording and mix but i really think you should swap out the drums for something more fitting.
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RE: Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
2007/02/19 21:11:41
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Guten Tag Tommy! Nice song you got there! I really dig your guitar playing; you seem to have a lot of skills playing them! Performed really well. Mixwise, I think you've done a pretty good job with panning and with placing all instruments in the sound spectrum. However, I would switch the pads to an arrangment of strings, perhaps. The Floydish kinda sound didn't do it for me. This song has a lot of potential; right now, though, it sounds a little bit 'empty'. Could be the lack of vocals, the bass guitar or maybe you ought to use a different drum pattern (as mentioned above by Opaque Slogan). All in all - good job. And welcome to the forum! Heinz.
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RE: Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
2007/02/20 17:06:30
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ORIGINAL: airmeki
And welcome to the forum!
Thanks. Thanks for the listen. Some very good suggestions. Definitely worth to consider. BTW: I visited your pages (all three of them) and listened to your music. What a broad range of styles. Great. Regards, Tommy
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RE: Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
2007/02/20 17:56:35
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I like the way this piece builds. Unlike Heinz, I dig the floydish thing you got going on here. Also the clean guitar funky bit around 2:20. Great feel. I can see nick's point about the drums though. kind of high end.
Mark
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RE: Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
2007/02/22 01:49:31
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Very interesting piece! I like its character.
As far as the comments on the drums, I guess it really depends on whether or not you're trying go for a "real" drum sound or not.
Personally, I kind of dig the sort-of march-like electronic feel it's got going.
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RE: Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
2007/02/22 09:25:50
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Nice synth tones. Nice full sound. I liked the overall tone a lot. I thought the guitar should have a little more punch and drive given the overall mood. But I loved the background, I would have like to riff on that myself.
Daryl
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RE: Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
2007/02/22 09:35:34
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Very cool, song starts out mellow, dreamy, kind of dire straits vibe, then changes. Like the mellow-tones and da guitars sound great--good stuff!
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RE: Instrumental tune - first post in this forum
2007/02/22 16:01:42
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Unlike Heinz, I dig the floydish thing you got going on here. Great you liked it. Thanks for the listen. As far as the comments on the drums, I guess it really depends on whether or not you're trying go for a "real" drum sound or not.
Personally, I kind of dig the sort-of march-like electronic feel it's got going. Actually the drums and the synth bass were intended to be kind of a counterpoint to the plain rock sound during most of the track. Maybe I overdid it? Daryl and jimrocks: Thanks for the listen and the kind words. Glad you liked it. And Daryl: If you'd really like to have a go at it, I don't see a problem. That's always possible and I'd feel honoured. Regards, Tommy
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