Hey-up!
I was expecting this to be on page two by now
dcumpian
I, for one, would have a difficult time putting something like this together. As a soundscape, it works very well, though I would get creeped out listening to it in a dark room...lol.
Thanks for listening Dan. Listening to your music I am pleasantly surprised that you stuck with it. Having said that, just because your stuff is somewhat rather professional sounding, and very much mass appeal, if you know what I mean, doesn't mean that your tastes match what you create yourself.
There are a few parts in this that made my hair stand on end at the first couple of listens. I'll explain later...
Wookiee
This has a nice sense of movement to it, though I think that those rhythmic moments could come forward a little more and perhaps develop in some way, perhaps hints at the throb of the engines.
What synths did you use, have you tried the trial of the new Softube Modular?
Thanks for sharing and keep them coming.
Hi Wookiee,
Thanks again for listening to my stuff.
I deliberately kept that rhythmic bit well back this time. I've been over using my Tantra of late, which is what I use for the almost percussion like sounds. It's a great tool. I know what you mean though, and I was almost wavering in my resolve...
I've heard of the new Softube Modular but they scare me a bit. Even my Arturia Moog Modular frightens me and that's nowhere near as complicated as the likes of Reaktor.
For this piece I used Absynth 5, which I have had since 3 way back when. Considering how much I paid for it I hardly use it. But, having dived back in there and tested out some of the more off the wall patches, it is ideally suited to creating weird soundscapes.
There are just four instances of Absynth, each using "Soundscape" type patches.
I don't just hit one key though and let it play out. Each instance has anything between six and twelve automation lanes which tweak all the performance controllers throughout the track's length. That takes absolutely ages to go through each instance, auditioning the automation and tweaking on the go. And you still have to "arrange" stuff. It's not the same as orchestral scoring, sure, but it still takes a long time to get something you are happy with.
There is also a single instance of my Mini V3. That mainly produces a periodic bass drone, but I also tried the same patch playing a note three octaves higher, and that's the bit that made my hair stand up on the back of my neck when I heard it in context with the rest of the tracks playing.
Oh, yeah, I also threw in copious amounts of reverb and delay in there, and a mild amount of Tantra too.
philz
Wow, this one was really dark, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Keep 'em coming.
LOL! Thanks again Phil... You've listened to a few of these weird pieces of mine now... Cheers for that
jamesg1213
Any fan of Iain Banks is alright by me Andy Strangely I never got into his sci-fi stuff tho but I have just about everything else by him, 'The Bridge' is my favourite.
Anyway - this is excellent, would have been perfect in 'Alien', great sense of tension and foreboding. Keep posting your stuff mate, I'll listen and comment.
Hiya James,
I'm t'other way round, and I need to hop over the fence and check out some of his non-sci-fi stuff. I did read one, which, funnily enough, was penned under his Iain M Banks moniker but was not strictly sci-fi.
He really was a good writer.
Thanks for listening James. I'm glad you liked it
TheMaartian
10 grams of mushrooms, this in my headphones...and off to Glastonbury 2016 I go. Well, psychedelically at least! 
Haha! Thanks for that John.
The look on that young lads face tells the tale
Thanks so much for giving it the time of day... I appreciate it.
Apologies for the negative vibe I created here... I will not do that again.
cheers
andy