MSV Not Invented Here

Hi Peeps
 
I've just finished my latest project. Before you click any links I should explain a few things.
 
MSV Not Invented Here will be included in an album I am creating called "Culture Ships." The Culture series is a collection of science fiction novels by the late Iain M Banks. The three previous pieces from this album can be classed as "dark ambient," and this next offering is pretty much the same, so may be a bit of a challenge for peeps here that prefer three minute pop songs. So, you have been warned
 
This latest creation features one old toy and one new toy.
 
The Old Toy: I have had Absynth since V3 and I like this synth a lot, when I can be bothered putting away my virtual analogue VSTi synths. So Absynth 5 is used here and nothing else.
 
The New Toy: Adaptiverb... Yeah, that reverb that isn't a reverb... Not to me anyway. Yes, I am sure it makes a very good reverb, but I am finding it an absolute inspiration and I'm having loads of fun running Absynth through it, as well as other instruments and samples.
 
The piece lasts fifteen minutes long. Quite a long one for me. It is not easy listening... More sort of curtains closed... sit in front of your hi-fi and chill, while wondering what comes next.
 
Anyway, for your *ahem* listening pleasure:-
 
https://soundcloud.com/synkrotron/msv-not-invented-here
 
cheers
 
andy

synkrotron
 
The piece lasts fifteen minutes long. Quite a long one for me. It is not easy listening... More sort of curtains closed... sit in front of your hi-fi and chill, while wondering who's rolling up the next fat one.
 
 

Doobied
 
 
(Sorry Andy, I just couldn't resist......)
 
Will give it a listen at home.....

very patient and inventive as usual Andy - I really like the way it seamlessly moves through sound textures - very cool 

daryl1968
very patient and inventive as usual Andy - I really like the way it seamlessly moves through sound textures - very cool 

Hi Daryl,
 
Thanks for your patience yet again... You have listened to pretty much everything I have posted here over the last 18 months or so.
 
I guess it could have been a bit shorter, but I had made my mind up on the length before hand. It was fun experimenting with all the different combinations of Absynth and Adaptiverb. And this time round I sculpted out quite a bit of space here and there so it almost goes silent between certain parts.
 
Thanks again for listening
 
cheers
 
andy

 
Good piece Andy, albeit a bit long I thought, but I guess that was your intention to sustain the mood of the ambient spectrum. I too am not much of an Absynth user but this track urges me to check out some more ambient patches.
Thanks for sharing.

Trippy.  A 5.1 mix would be interesting, but i do believe I have said that before about your stuff Andy.
 
What else to say about this......  (Yes all 15 minuets.)

ramscapri
 
Good piece Andy, albeit a bit long I thought, but I guess that was your intention to sustain the mood of the ambient spectrum. I too am not much of an Absynth user but this track urges me to check out some more ambient patches.
Thanks for sharing.

Hi Ramesh,
 
Thanks for checking this out.
 
If I was honest with myself, I would admit that this could have been quite a bit shorter. I normally let a piece develop a little before deciding on a length but in the case of "MSV Not Invented Here" I had already decided on the length and I then dragged the project out to suit.
 
Thanks for listening
 
cheers
 
andy

Wookiee
Trippy.  A 5.1 mix would be interesting, but i do believe I have said that before about your stuff Andy.
 
What else to say about this......  (Yes all 15 minuets.)

Hiya Wookiee
 
Yeah... 5.1 is a direction I really need to look into. I'm guessing I would need an appropriate sound card for starters? It always scares me to be honest. Perhaps I should pose the question in the Techniques forum here...
 
Thanks for listening to all fifteen minutes my friend... Not easy...
 
By the time I have finished something as long as this, and as complicated (automations abound), I must have listened to it for many hours haha!
 
 
cheers
 
andy

Hey andy!  A Ghostship ride, for sure!  lol.  I love Absynth too, and it's great for these ambient pieces.  But I hafta tell ya, 15 minutes of it on an album probably doesn't work for me.  I need for it to develop more...melodically a bit maybe.  However, the EQ and balance seemed about perfect to my ears on my new monitors.  Love the imagination it must have taken to compose this!
 
Tony

tbosco
Hey andy!  A Ghostship ride, for sure!  lol.  I love Absynth too, and it's great for these ambient pieces.  But I hafta tell ya, 15 minutes of it on an album probably doesn't work for me.  I need for it to develop more...melodically a bit maybe.  However, the EQ and balance seemed about perfect to my ears on my new monitors.  Love the imagination it must have taken to compose this!
 
Tony

 
Hi Tony,
 
Thanks for listening. I always understand that this sort of stuff isn't going to be to everyone's liking so I really appreciate it when people at least give it a go. If you managed to go the full fifteen minutes then extra kudos to you
 
I have a guitar piece which is doing the rounds at the moment. It's called Ianira. My guitar playing doesn't even come close to what you are doing, but it was fun, and it has a little bit more melody for you . No pressure, of course
 
cheers
 
andy