Acid LOL from this evening :)

http://soundcloud.com/nathan_firman/lol

 

 

Took me a fucking age and lots of calculator tapping to sequence a 4 bar 202 loop that sounds like your neighbour practicing their flute in the bathroom. Enjoy

superb

'twas cool . If I may be so bold, it could have been a little shorter.

I'd agree with that, i was aiming for the 3 minute mark but got carried away.

 

Just noticed i accidentally adjusted the volume of the first acid line down in ableton, so sorry about that

are the hand claps deliberately off to "humanise" them a bit ???

 

a few times they sound a bit too off - like a human who can't clap in time too well

 

great track though

Cheers. Yeah i'm the human who can't clap in time so well. I adjusted the ones that were really off, and left the rest :)

So nice !

 

that flute sound makes me think about Siriusmo. Also the bass (fm ?) thing makes a good counterpoint. Really nice ! The handclaps are cool but maybe a little little bit too loud (but I like the fact they are loud and goes out of the mix a little bit).

awesome, love those claps, and the rest too of course! I need to learn recording better handclaps

Edited December 14, 2011 by Berk

I recommend recording handclaps in the bathroom. In fact I'd go so far as to suggest actually having a bath while you do it. Use soaking wet hands for maximum CLAP effect.

  On 12/14/2011 at 4:01 PM, LUDD said:

I recommend recording handclaps in the bathroom. In fact I'd go so far as to suggest actually having a bath while you do it. Use soaking wet hands for maximum CLAP effect.

 

true that, but you can't beat the sound of claps in the hallway of a mental institution

  On 12/14/2011 at 4:01 PM, LUDD said:

I recommend recording handclaps in the bathroom. In fact I'd go so far as to suggest actually having a bath while you do it. Use soaking wet hands for maximum CLAP effect.

Hmm yeah I tried soaking wet hands a while back, it sounded better. But what I often get is a too harsh attack I reckon. I want them to be a bit more, I don't know smooth? I'm using a cheap ass old condenser mic though. And maybe I need to move further away from the mic, gonna try a bathroom next time, good idea, I guess the key is some reverb, thanks!

I'm using a mic from the 60s so im not sure age matters! Just stand back a bit, record 4-5 takes and layer them, pan them differently to taste, maybe a bit of compression, maybe run a couple of takes through some reverb, claps sound really nice through a spring :) have fun

Also ive never tried recording claps in the bathroom but i have in the past sampled myself brushing my teeth to use as a shaker sound :sup:

i love this

  On 12/14/2011 at 8:04 PM, Amen Warrior said:

I'm using a mic from the 60s so im not sure age matters! Just stand back a bit, record 4-5 takes and layer them, pan them differently to taste, maybe a bit of compression, maybe run a couple of takes through some reverb, claps sound really nice through a spring :) have fun

Thanks for the info, yeah they really sound great through a spring, I can hear it in your track!

  On 12/14/2011 at 8:08 PM, Amen Warrior said:

Also ive never tried recording claps in the bathroom but i have in the past sampled myself brushing my teeth to use as a shaker sound :sup:

 

I like to jazz up my teeth brushing by putting accents on different brush strokes (As you might do with a real shaker) and apply a low pass filter by opening and closing my mouth.

Edited December 15, 2011 by LUDD

dat clap! Awesome track!

Cheers, corrected a couple of issues i had with the mix last night and added some pads to the second half so it doesn't drag.

 

http://soundcloud.com/nathan_firman/lol-mx

 

  On 12/15/2011 at 11:27 AM, LUDD said:

  On 12/14/2011 at 8:08 PM, Amen Warrior said:

Also ive never tried recording claps in the bathroom but i have in the past sampled myself brushing my teeth to use as a shaker sound :sup:

 

I like to jazz up my teeth brushing by putting accents on different brush strokes (As you might do with a real shaker) and apply a low pass filter by opening and closing my mouth.

 

I hope you're not joking because I do this almost every morning, accompanied with a weird shoulder roll head nod dance, slapping out a four-on-the-floor bassdrum on my stomach.

 

If you were joking then that^ was also a joke...

do a release or something, your music kicks ass.

the claps sound great! very nice vibertian vibes!

Ye the claps make it sound like a Vibert track. Really awesome though.

Cheers all. I have a job interview on wednesday, if i don't get it i will be unemployed for the forseeable with lots of free time to work on a release of some sort. I'd really like to put some stuff out there at some point. :beer:

quality track. a+