Analord

This should be read more like a personal essay, rather than - say - an argument on how good (or bad) Analord is.

Secondly, I know I'm talking to some of the most hardcore Aphex fans around, but I hope you can bear with me and at least try to understand what the fuck I'm talking about. Also I'm drunk. Thirdly English is not my first language.

Now, I consider myself quite adventurous when it comes to music. I hate to sound like I'm namedropping, but I regularly listen to stuff like Sun Ra and John Zorn. This only to prove how "open-minded" I am.

OK, Analord. The last four to five years Analord has been the most played "album" of mine. Of course, it's not an album. Actually it's 4,5 hours of tracks (including the bonus ones) released on 12 inches to make money (but let's not get into that).

Not all of Analord is great. Absolutely not. But there's between 1.5 - 2 hours of not only the most inventive electronic music around, but music in general. Imo of course.

Take a track like Snivel Chew: WTF is this shit? Listen to it, analyze it and come back to this thread.

Thank you.

true bonk bonk mariachi

so open minded. sun ra and john zorn. you truly know your shit, man, balls deep into experimental and CRAZY music. good essay, by the way. ten thumbs up. read the rules.

It's good melodic harmonies over rhythmic patterns.

  On 9/14/2010 at 10:32 PM, noise said:

so open minded. sun ra and john zorn. you truly know your shit, man, balls deep into experimental and CRAZY music. good essay, by the way. ten thumbs up. read the rules.

I knew it would come to this.

To reassure you I also listen to Merzbow, Keiji Haino and early Ruins. Only. Basically. At least my friends say I'm "pretty cool".

Have a pleasent day, sir.

Edit: Let's skip the triple irony thing.

I am analord

im 5/f/es and i make music with a fuckin donut

Analord is keeping the timeless tradition of analogue synths alive and certainly stands up their with the best.

read the rules

You're funny because you're true.

analord is huggly buggly

analord is awesome but its time for something new

  On 9/15/2010 at 12:08 AM, RDJ said:

some people bought the analogue equipment when it was unfashionable and very cheap though.

some of us are over 30 you know!

anyone remember when 303`s were £50? and coke was 16p a tin? crisps 5p

 

also you have overlooked A LOT of other points because its not all about the overall frequency response of the recording system its how the sound gets there in the first place.

here are some things which you can`t get from a plugin,they are often emulated but due to their hugely complex nature are always pretty crass aproximations..

 

the sound of analogue equpiment including EQ, changes very noticably over even a few hours due to temperature changes within a circuit.

Anyone who has tried to make tracs on a few analogue synths and make them stay in tune can tell you this,you leave a trac running for a few hours come back and think Im sure I didnt fucking write that,I must be going mental!

 

this affects all the components in a synth/EQ in an almost infinte amount of tiny ways.

and the amount differs from circuit to circuit depending on the design.

 

the interaction of different channels and their respective signals with an analogue mixer are very complex,EQ,dynamics....

any fx, analogue or digital that are plugged into it all have their own special complex characteristics and all interact with each other differently and change depending on their routing.

Nobody that ive heard of has even begun to start emulating analogue mixer circuitry in software,just the aesthetics,it will come but im sure it will be a crap half hearted effort like most pretend synth plugins are.

they should be called PST synths, P for pretend not virtual.

 

Every piece of outboard gear has its own sound ,reverbs,modulation effects etc

real room reverb, this in itself companies have spent decades trying to emulate and not even got close in my opinion, even the best attempts like Quantec and EMT only scratch the surface.

 

analogue EQ is currently impossible in theory to be emulated digitally,quite intense maths shit involed in this if youre really that interested,you could look it up...good luck.

 

your soundcard will always make things sound like its come from THAT soundcard..they ALL impose their different sound characteristics onto whatever comes out of them they are far from being totally neutral devices.

 

all the components of a circuit like resistors and capacitors subtley differ from each other depending on their quality but even the most high quality milatary spec ones are never EXACTLY the same.

 

no two analogue synths can ever be built exactly the same,there are tiny human/automated errors in building the circuits,tweaking the trimpots for example which is usually done manually in a lot of analogue shit.

just compare the sound of 2 808 drum machines next to each other and you will see what I mean,you always thought an 808 was an 808 right?

same goes for 303`s they all sound subltey different,different voltage scaling of the oscillator is usually quite noticable.

 

VST plugins are restricted by a finite number of calculations per second these factors are WAY beyond their CURRENT capability.

 

Then there is the question of the physicallity of the instrument this affects the way a human will emotionally interact with it and therfore affect what they will actually do with it! often overlooked from the maths heads,this is probably the biggest factor I think.

for example the smell of analogue stuff as well as the look of it puts you in a certain mental state which is very different from looking at a computer screen.

 

then there is analogue tape...ah this really could go on forever....

 

im quite drunk cant be bothered to type anymore...

so yeah,whatever, you obviously dont have to have analogue equipment to make `good` music in case thats the impression im giving,EVERYTHING has its uses .And not all anlaogue equipment is expensive you can still get bargains like old high end military audio devices,tape machines fx etc just go for the unfashionable stuff.

 

Richard.

its a mix between psychotic jacking, manic bursts and depressing episodes

a product of various mental illnessess

only to be apreciated by people who share these same kranks im kopf

  On 9/14/2010 at 11:12 PM, soundwave said:

Analord is keeping the timeless tradition of waiting until something has ceased to be hip for just long enough for it to be viable as retro and innovative again, then being the first to bring it back to the attention of the mainstream, thereby making it cliché once again

 

...not to say it doesn't certainly stand up with the best.

well put

actually, after thinking about it I can't come up with very many straight-forward analord emulators... use of analogue equipment has certainly become more popular (or at least more mainstream), but I'm not aware of much that actually uses its same aesthetic and structure.

then again I'm nowhere near up to date on the electronic music scene, so perhaps I'm just spouting shit. please carry on

edit: its

an analord song is in an upcoming movie, just read something about it yesterday.

  On 9/15/2010 at 11:16 AM, o00o said:

analord is awesome but its time for something new

Why not creative instead of new..

The pinnacle of his career

  On 9/15/2010 at 11:21 PM, Boxing Day said:

The end of his career

  On 9/16/2010 at 4:58 PM, Murveman said:

  On 9/15/2010 at 11:21 PM, Boxing Day said:

The end of his career

The Tuss

FUCK YOU STUPID FARTS

shit hot electronic music made with synths and computers

  On 9/16/2010 at 5:06 PM, Boxing Day said:

  On 9/16/2010 at 4:58 PM, Murveman said:

  On 9/15/2010 at 11:21 PM, Boxing Day said:

The end of his career

 

The Tuss

I rest my case.