zkom Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I think I'll just set up this thread to post my various non-ambient tracks. More like IDM/techno/electro stuff mostly under the rraAste alias. Not going to be updated super often I think.. This one I started over a year ago in Cambodia. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willochill Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Cambodian Acid! Although not really acid, more like glitch. Cool stuff, the beat is very disorienting in a good way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 Thanks, man Yes, I was disoriented and going crazy from the heat in my cheap non-AC guesthouse room making this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 Here's another one. More mellow if you will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 love those kicks. very creative stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 Thanks! The bit harder kick drum is actually my own kick drum instrument created with Reaktor mixed with a sample of a subbass kick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Is it in the user library? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 29 minutes ago, dingformung said: Is it in the user library? Well, not yet at least, maybe if I clean it up a bit so it doesn't look like such a mess, lol. Also I would still like to develop it a bit. Currently it's something like this in the UI. Basically a sinewave kick with some ways to distort and filter: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Looks pretty straight forward and not like a mess to me. You could add something like an FM sub bass or a super harmonically distorted sub 60Hz element. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 14 hours ago, dingformung said: Looks pretty straight forward and not like a mess to me. You could add something like an FM sub bass or a super harmonically distorted sub 60Hz element. The wiring behind the UI is pretty messed. I need to clean it up. I was also thinking about adding sub bass somehow so I wouldn't have to layer it with a sub bass kick drum sample. Subharmonic sinewave maybe, but let's see what sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 Here's a new track. Glitchy & crunchy. Has some more Reaktor instruments I've been creating lately. Renoise as a DAW as usual. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I really like it. Both sequencing and sound design are superb. Could be a bit more compressed for my taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, dingformung said: I really like it. Both sequencing and sound design are superb. Could be a bit more compressed for my taste Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Ok, so this.. this is maybe some strange kind of minimal electro-idm shit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sTeh B L Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 "nama" is a pretty funny track. I would have liked some more extreme/noticeable beat variations. But maybe that would take away from the minimalism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 8 hours ago, sTeh B L said: "nama" is a pretty funny track. I would have liked some more extreme/noticeable beat variations. But maybe that would take away from the minimalism? Thanks Yes, it's intentionally quite repetitive. The previous tracks have pretty chaotic beats so just to shake up things a bit I decided to play the electro-style beat pretty straight. Fun fact: the first draft was done with nanoloop on my phone and I then rewrote the whole thing in Renoise while adding quite a lot of new stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 It's not even that minimalist in the end, there is quite a bit of variation at all times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 1 hour ago, dingformung said: It's not even that minimalist in the end, there is quite a bit of variation at all times. That's how my tracks usually go. They are pretty simple in the beginning but then I start to do all kinds of small edits here and the whole thing eventually blows up, lol. But here I kept the 16 beat kick and snare pattern relatively constant instead of changing it every so often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 This one started as a kind of rave track and then got a bit out of hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justanotheruser Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Nice kick! Loving that muted sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 7 hours ago, justanotheruser said: Nice kick! Loving that muted sound. Thanks! I should sometime finish the Reaktor kick instrument that most of these are using but I keep tweaking it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Very cool! Messed up and industrial but retains the groove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 8 hours ago, chim said: Very cool! Messed up and industrial but retains the groove. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 Some kind of deep techno/IDM hybrid with happy vibes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 hour ago, eassae said: I really like how this one builds and progresses, with that almost ever present heartbeat like bass bell. Nick work! Really great little isolated modulation at 4:00. Thanks The modulation at 4:00 is arpeggio applied on the kick drum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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