APHEX TWIN - SYRO

[olo]

Syro > dynamic range

[Lada Laika]

still one of the best albums of the decade so far imo.

Yepper. Aside from the SC dump and SAW1 I've been listening to Syro more consistently than anything else recently

[Bubba69]

 

 

Despite that low DR score, it sounds far, far far better to my ears than say, ICBYD which has a higher DR score. I mean the mix/mastering, I'm not referring to preferring the songs.

 

Why might that be?

Likely because you're confusing dynamic range (the range of dynamics - i.e. loud sections vs quiet sections) with something else?

 

Isn't there an implication that low DR would be overly compressed? I'm probably misunderstanding, agreed.

 

 

Could be. But also compression isn't necessarily a bad thing nor is it the only thing that contributes to the overall sound of the mastering.

[hello spiral]

 

da fuk - a "dynamic range database"? Genuinely curious - is there any science behind their ratings, or is it just "this sounds poor to me" or "this sounds good to me"?

 

I guess for the music noob I am, can dynamic range be measured accurately to generate a score?

Yeah for sure, it probably does something like work out the RMS volume range or something.... Definitely something that can be explicitly calculated though

 

EDIT: Haha, Merbow's Venereology and Pulse Demon albums taking #1 & #2 Spot for least dynamic range with an average DR of 0.0 !

EDIT: And this the most dynamic - https://cathnor.bandcamp.com/album/egg-fry-2

 

 

this looks right up my egg street. Nice1

[Joyrex]

Interesting that Tim Hecker is in the top three for the DR maximum rating...

[Guest]

Someone on reddit did this really tight XMAS EVET10 Thanaton3 Mix Cover [KORG MS-20 Mini]

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeJUkf2cKs8&feature=youtu.be

[Soloman Tump]

Pretty sure i've not listened to this album for a year.

[Uros]

Someone on reddit did this really tight XMAS EVET10 Thanaton3 Mix Cover [KORG MS-20 Mini]

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeJUkf2cKs8&feature=youtu.be

Wow, this was a decent cover. Great work on those little details. Thanks for sharing!

[brian trageskin]

Someone on reddit did this really tight XMAS EVET10 Thanaton3 Mix Cover [KORG MS-20 Mini]

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeJUkf2cKs8&feature=youtu.be

 

pretty amazing work. too bad i don't like the original track.

[Adamovich]

 

FUCKING LOL!!!!

[koolkeyZ865]

Someone on reddit did this really tight XMAS EVET10 Thanaton3 Mix Cover [KORG MS-20 Mini]

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeJUkf2cKs8&feature=youtu.be

 

I remember he did some pretty sweet MS-20 ambient work a few years ago. Pretty nice cover and massive undertaking. I wonder how much of the original track was analog, it's obviously got some digital trickery in there.

Edited May 18, 2017 by clarktrent

[oscillik]

 

Someone on reddit did this really tight XMAS EVET10 Thanaton3 Mix Cover [KORG MS-20 Mini]

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeJUkf2cKs8&feature=youtu.be

 

I remember he did some pretty sweet MS-20 ambient work a few years ago. Pretty nice cover and massive undertaking. I wonder how much of the original track was analog, it's obviously got some digital trickery in there.

 

No, those are analogue breakbeats.

[Real Human Bean]

 

 

Someone on reddit did this really tight XMAS EVET10 Thanaton3 Mix Cover [KORG MS-20 Mini]

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeJUkf2cKs8&feature=youtu.be

 

I remember he did some pretty sweet MS-20 ambient work a few years ago. Pretty nice cover and massive undertaking. I wonder how much of the original track was analog, it's obviously got some digital trickery in there.

 

No, those are analogue breakbeats.

 

Played live on a customised mellotron.

[chaosmachine]

Someone on reddit did this really tight XMAS EVET10 Thanaton3 Mix Cover [KORG MS-20 Mini]

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeJUkf2cKs8&feature=youtu.be

 

awesome. korg should hire this guy.

[auxien]

Yeah that cover is pretty crazy. I would've been interested to hear it without the beats, or perhaps with some creative percussive melodic substitution instead.

 

Interesting note: listening to the original is great and never 'feels' like a 10 minute track to me. This one, though, felt like it dragged on. 

 

Also is no one going to point out the sweet curves on that figure. Just me? Okay.

[Bubba69]

So sick. 

[marf]

i never understood these covers. make your own music. All that energy for what?

Edited May 18, 2017 by marf

[doublename]

Is it any worse than learning to play something on piano? It just feels nice.

Edited May 18, 2017 by doublename

[DavieAddison]

He said on reddit it took a month's worth of time to transcribe and a month to program. It's an insane cover but damn, I wouldn't even spend that time on original tracks.

[Aphex_Squarepusher_Twin]

i never understood these covers. make your own music. All that energy for what?

u're wrong! it's interresting to do it.

[Real Human Bean]

i never understood these covers. make your own music. All that energy for what?

I don't do these type of exercises but I'm sure you learn a lot about the music you're covering (and by extension, music in general) by doing'em.

[d-a-m-o]

Yep, it's like reverse engineering

[Bubba69]

i never understood these covers. make your own music. All that energy for what?

Well for one, I guarantee that this cover is going to get him a lot more attention and views than an original piece of music. So, exposure if that's what this person is looking for.

 

I'm with you though, personally I would find that exercise boring and would probably start working on my own thing shortly after starting it.

[Richie Sombrero]

Absolute lad cover.

 

Continue. Fuck the geeks moaning as they lack ability.

[koolkeyZ865]

i dont understand