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    We Are The Music Makers | Volume Two (PLANNING & DISCUSSION)

    in EKT General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by drillkicker

    What's the status of this ?  I'm already in the latter stages of a track that I'd like to submit.

     

    Personally, I think a vinyl release is a bad idea.  It's prohibitively expensive, takes up too much space, and is a really big waste.  Also, the Flashbulb video that was posted recently points out the toxicity of the medium.  So we would just be delaying the project for something that needlessly pollutes the world and our own bodies.

     

    Also, as far as the voting goes, I think the status of the poll should be invisible to people who haven't voted yet.  But also, we would need to wait until every track has been submitted until we start the poll, or else the submissions that come in later won't really have a chance.  So the rule about voting in order to submit would need to be either removed or altered in accordance with that.

     

    Also, I'd be happy to help with the artwork as far as I can.

    Untilted

    in Autechre

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    I think the only other cover that's on par with Confield is Cichlisuite.  Exai has a nice palette but it doesn't hold up to those other two.  Chiastic Slide just looks like an abstract map of New Zealand to me.

    Music Computer

    in EKT General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by drillkicker

    I ended up finding a Vivobook S14 for $500 (marked down from $800 because of a microscopic blemish on the corner of the casing).  So far it's doing much better than the old brick I was using.  Also has phenomenal specs for its price range.

    Music Computer

    in EKT General Discussion

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    Thanks, @TubularCorporation.  Having more than I need is exactly what I'm going for, since I'm starting to invest a lot more into my projects and want to leave room open for them to grow.  The only problem I've read about so far with the Zenbook is that the trackpad stops working quite often, which can be fixed by simply having a mouse.  But HDMI usability will probably be important if I ever do live visuals for anything, so I'll look into it.  The laptop you have actually has a dedicated GPU, which is odd since only the higher end Zenbooks have that.

    Music Computer

    in EKT General Discussion

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    I have recently found myself in this dilemma.  I've been doing audiovisual stuff lately and found that my computer doesn't know how to handle it.  It would be nice to have something portable as well since my desktop has been annoying when traveling and doing live stuff in the past.

    The computer I've been looking at is the ASUS Zenbook 14, which is just a little out of date and is therefore quite affordable now.  Does anyone know if this is the kind of machine that could handle live generating of Jitter visuals and also record them at high definition simultaneously ?

    VEILS - Solopsist

    in Your Latest Creations

    Posted · Edited by drillkicker

    Unexpected neuro bass at the end of solipsist

     

    How did you do the video for chaos flutter ?  I've been getting more into abstract visuals and this kind of stuff is exactly what I'm interested in.  The higher pitched sounds in the second half of the song remind me of Ableton's  "grain delay" effect.  Your tracks have a great dynamic range to them that adds a lot of character to the ambient genre, which can be excessively boring at times.

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    my fancy mud pit

    in Your Latest Creations

    Posted · Edited by drillkicker

    17:30 (in the first video) is where is gets really interesting.  Is that a granular effect ?

     

    Also, are you generating tones algorithmically, or are they somehow emerging from the wooden thing ?

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    Magic Autist's Trax Box

    in Your Latest Creations

    Posted · Edited by drillkicker

    Sounds like the input on the vocoder in these tracks is going in a different rhythm than the vocals.  Am I correct ?  The effect sounds really, really cool to me, anyway.  It reminds me of Returnal by Oneohtrix Point Never.  Vocoded supersaws are a great way of blending vocals into the track without taking focus away from the synths and overall atmosphere, and also colors the aural landscape with recognizable patterns that sound more distant than they should.

     

    Wild and Free sounds like it could do with a more detailed bass frequencies, though.  Maybe taking away from the sustain on the sine wave and attenuating the 120-200hz range.  There's a lot going on in the mid frequency range that doesn't feel like it's allowed to breathe properly until the bass cuts out.

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