Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass

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2017/05/22 20:46:51 (permalink)

Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass

On the eve of my birthday, and completing my 30th track for the year, I would like to give one of my compositions to the music community. I am sure we are not alone out there in the cosmic soup called the universe.
 
https://soundcloud.com/biodiode/giants-at-the-semblance-of-the-cosmic-hourglass
 

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    LWD19821483
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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/22 21:51:16 (permalink)
    Happy birthday biodiode thanks for really bringing out what omnisphere can do.  I use omnisphere also, always amazed by what people can make with it.
     
     
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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/23 05:08:25 (permalink)
    As Siddharta is discovering, the downside of being unaware of and unconcerned for your own existence, is occasionally you get sucked into a black hole.
     
    With this song (loved it!) I'd like to know what is on your master bus. It's really working. I listened on headphones and the panning was really nice. Lots of elements, all clear. Nice pad fills in the background. Are you using multiband compression on the MB, or an Ozone-type thing?
     
    nice job as is your usual.
     
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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/23 08:37:04 (permalink)
    Thanks LWD, yes Omnisphere has so much hidden under the hood that has made most of my outboard synths obsolete to my needs.
     
    Thanks Tom, I think it would be easier to explain with screen shots of both the main page and also the individual mix channels.
     
    Main Page: https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ah63TBpKAVf5haYQyet4Uewf_wkE6w
     
    Mix Channels View: https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ah63TBpKAVf5haYP43C9w2HJMobBWg
     
    The Sonarworks is a VST that I use to mix with my headphones then I swap out to my main speakers for the final balancing of the track.

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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/23 12:53:41 (permalink)
    Cool tune and nice mix Adrian!
     
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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/23 13:14:56 (permalink)
    Mix of the standard I have come to expect from you Adrian, nice chill track, thanks for sharing.

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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/23 16:27:18 (permalink)
    Makes me want to go and buy Omnisphere. Nice.

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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/23 18:09:44 (permalink)
    Thanks Dan, Wookiee and Glyn.

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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/23 19:44:32 (permalink)
    Glyn Barnes
    Makes me want to go and buy Omnisphere. Nice.


    wonderful instrument you should ....
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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/23 19:45:35 (permalink)
    biodiode: nice work... smooth , kinda has that 80s vibe....
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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/24 03:46:37 (permalink)
    Thanks for the screenshots! I notice you run it at 48 / 24     as opposed to 44.1.  Are you thinking output to video?
     
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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/24 06:57:39 (permalink)
    Thanks PCode.
    Thanks Tom, I've always recorded at 48khz mainly because my Korg M3 is connected by SPDIF and is therefore locked at this sample rate. 
     

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    Re: Giants at the Semblance of the Cosmic Hourglass 2017/05/24 19:11:07 (permalink)
    Happy birthday!
     
    Good tune as usual... it sounds like you.   Clear mix, nice selection of tones.  And as Tom mentioned the panning is really nice.   I also liked the occasional voice snippets. 

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