Ianira

Blimey! I'm on a roll tonight...
 
I wanted to have a mess with my guitar and Adaptiverb, so I knocked up a project with just two tracks.
 
Track 1 :  Guitar audio with G-R 5 in the effects bin and sends to delay, reverb and Adaptiverb (which I placed on a buss). So plenty of the prerequisite verb+echo stuff
 
Track 2 : The Drone Track. I used an instance of Korg's MS-20 and played a single very, very long note while automating the usual HPF and LPF filters to add some flavour to the drone. I then routed this into another instance of Adaptiverb (after freezing the MS-20 synth).
 
So, yeah, this is eleven minutes of self-indulgent noodling over a drone, and I'm not that great a guitar player I'm afraid. Gave me an excuse to get my PRS out of its flight case though, so that must be a positive.
 
If you said, "this is just the same as that Corona crap you did last year," I'd have to concede the point. However, I do think it is a bit of an improvement. The drone I used on Corona was pretty boring, even for a drone, whereas this time I think the drone is a bit more "interesting" (for a, erm... drone). And this time I have left more space between each phrase, and I think that works better.
 
I DI my guitar, so I know I won't get any prizes for guitar tone...
 
Okay, here it is:-
 
https://soundcloud.com/synkrotron/ianira
 
Roll another whatsit, close your eyes and fall asleep
 
 
cheers
 
andy

daryl1968
The mix is excellent and the guitar sounds fabulous. 

Great Daryl, thanks for that
 
I'm a bit out of my depth when I start playing with proper instruments haha!
 
I had to tame the mids slightly, and because I can only monitor on headphones, and my hi-fi isn't exactly the best thing to check a mix on, I rolled off everything below 45Hz.
 
Thanks for listening
 
cheers
 
andy

Fleer
And that sweet Adaptiverb. Can't get enough of it. Nice job, Andy!

Thanks Fleer
 
How are you getting on with it? Anything to listen to yet?
 
cheers
 
andy

ABull
Very pleasing -- well thought out and a very good mix.  I enjoyed this  :)
 

 
Hi Allan,
 
Thanks so much for giving this piece a listen, and your kind comments. I appreciate it
 
cheers
 
andy
 

I did, 

I did,

No just drifted 

Thanks Andy nice stuff.

Wookiee
I did, 

I did,

No just drifted 

Thanks Andy nice stuff.

Hi Wookiee
 
Your support is really appreciated, as always
 
Thanks so much for having a listen to Ianira
 
 
cheers
 
andy

you're right...it is indulgent. but it's also just the right side of excessive and the tones are so beautiful that you can't help but listen to this earcandy

Drone is often used with a negative connotation, but not this time.  Love the feeling of timelessness and floating.
 

mgh
you're right...it is indulgent. but it's also just the right side of excessive and the tones are so beautiful that you can't help but listen to this earcandy

Hi Mark,

Thanks for giving this one a chance. I understand that most stuff I do is not to everyone's liking. I am really glad that you liked this though

Cheers

andy

Walt Collins
Drone is often used with a negative connotation, but not this time.  Love the feeling of timelessness and floating.
 

Listened to your song

Decided to write haiku

Beautiful music

 

:)

Haha! Nice Haiku!

Thanks for listening to Ianira. I appreciate your time and support

Cheers

andy

emeraldsoul
The same thing that happened to Jesse Q, happened to me! In the same exact order!   :0
 
As for the music, extremely beautiful. I think I had inner peace for about 8 minutes in there - many thanks!
 
Guitar has great feel. You wouldn't want to shred on this anyway . . .
 
Now I'm going off to google "adaptiverb" which from the way this sounds could be a religion or something . . .
 
thanks,
-Tom

 
Hi Tom,
 
Thanks for dropping in and listening to Ianira and I'm glad you managed to get through it okay
 
Yeah... Adaptiverb... It's a kind of reverb that has a bit of an identity crisis. It's more of an instrument really, which is what I use it for.
 
I look forward to hearing one of your future Ambient Drone toons
 
cheers
 
andy

no reason in the world not to apply a vocal to this...
 
ala hendrix's "drifting"
 
if you were to edit this down to about 5 minutes,
add a vocal,
strike gold.
 

Hiya Rob,
 
I'm glad you got lured in here...
 

batsbrew
no reason in the world not to apply a vocal to this...

 
Are you offering your services 
 
To be honest, if I did anything with vocals I would probably start afresh. There's always room for improvement and this piece could certainly do with more than a bit of polish.
 
Thanks for listening Rob, and leaving comments both here and at SoundCloud, I appreciate really appreciate it
 
cheers
 
andy

Vilovilo
I do not have private set of my work.

Ah, okay Olivier, I must have just missed those then...
 
kind regards,
 
andy

Firesong X
I really liked this. The guitar fits really well with the drone. For me it makes me think of a nice relaxing sunny summer scene.
John

Hi John,
 
Thanks for listening... I can see that you've been rather busy at my SoundCloud page
 
Thanks also for expressing your thoughts... Another skill of yours... I just hear sounds
 
cheers
 
andy