APHEX TWIN - SYRO

http://weightlessfrescos.tumblr.com/image/96876185559

^ If I were at the helm for this one, every angelic face would be syro'd

  On 9/5/2014 at 9:24 PM, ZoeB said:

 

  On 9/5/2014 at 7:50 PM, BaggerMcGuirk said:

 

  On 9/5/2014 at 7:47 PM, ZoeB said:

 

  On 9/5/2014 at 7:18 PM, BaggerMcGuirk said:

 

  On 9/5/2014 at 6:31 PM, ZoeB said:

 

  On 9/5/2014 at 5:43 PM, petina said:

speaking of, it's a bit weird there's no roland tb-303 or yamaha gx-1 listed on there... i swear i heard a 303 line in minipops

One of the items on the list is the insanely vague "Modular systems/Eurorack", which could be referencing hundreds of different modules by dozens of different manufacturers right there, including several that sound rather TB-303-like.

Strange, though, that I see a few euro modules listed by name as well. I remember hearing that Intellijel got into making modules because he heard that Richard built his own synths. He must be pretty happy to see it come full circle!

Yes, it does seem a bit inconsistent. He lists some Cwejman modules too, for instance, but not e.g. the Metasonix ones.

It's still easily the most complete and accurate gear list we've ever gotten out of him, I think. I'm going to try to avoid staring at it for too long and making my wallet sad.

Oh, yes, it's still nice to see his equipment list, especially the breakdown per track. It certainly satisfies my curiosity. I don't mean to complain, sorry. Well, I do, but only about him hoarding three PS-3300s! :)

From vintagesynth.com

looks like matt black from coldcut procured them for him

*email notification from Bleep*

*hopes for surprise Syro digital vionels*

*hopes dashed*

  On 9/8/2014 at 1:43 PM, pierlu said:

http://weightlessfrescos.tumblr.com/image/96876185559

 

*runs*

So I now have souvenirs for a night I couldn't attend

slick. i'm jelly

Do people know much about Mandy Parnell?

http://www.mandyparnell.com/Blacksaloon%20Bio%20.html

Is this the first time he's had work mastered by a 3rd party?

  On 9/8/2014 at 1:43 PM, pierlu said:

http://weightlessfrescos.tumblr.com/image/96876185559

 

I don't like to be a "die-hard" fan but this is awesome as fuck

  On 9/8/2014 at 7:44 PM, Yosholok said:

Is this the first time he's had work mastered by a 3rd party?

No.

http://www.discogs.com/artist/393350-Matt-Colton

the mastering sounds a lot more 'extreme' on minipops than on Rushup Edge, i wonder if Matt Colton does Syro too

Why are a lot of the angels the same girl? Actually it's all the same model. Is heaven filled with clones? Are angels clones? What's going on! Also why do people use shitty old mousepads when they have a perfectly good smooth desk, are they nuts, clones, heaven etc!

  On 9/8/2014 at 8:19 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

the mastering sounds a lot more 'extreme' on minipops than on Rushup Edge, i wonder if Matt Colton does Syro too

syro is mastered by http://www.mandyparnell.com/Blacksaloon%20Home%20.html

minipop is mastered by another person

  On 9/8/2014 at 7:50 PM, logakght said:

 

  On 9/8/2014 at 1:43 PM, pierlu said:

http://weightlessfrescos.tumblr.com/image/96876185559

 

 

I don't like to be a "die-hard" fan but this is awesome as fuck

 

this is my new wallpaper, i have no shame

  On 9/8/2014 at 8:17 PM, psn said:

 

  On 9/8/2014 at 7:44 PM, Yosholok said:

Is this the first time he's had work mastered by a 3rd party?

 

No.

 

http://www.discogs.com/artist/393350-Matt-Colton

 

 

Thanks

  On 9/8/2014 at 8:19 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

the mastering sounds a lot more 'extreme' on minipops than on Rushup Edge, i wonder if Matt Colton does Syro too

it's mixed by a Beau Thomas, who "brings his experience of the early jungle scene" hence the "extreme" you hear perhaps

http://www.masterpiecelondon.com/masterpiece-mastering-team/beau-thomas/

  On 9/8/2014 at 8:28 PM, Deer said:

 

  On 9/8/2014 at 7:50 PM, logakght said:

 

  On 9/8/2014 at 1:43 PM, pierlu said:

http://weightlessfrescos.tumblr.com/image/96876185559

 

 

I don't like to be a "die-hard" fan but this is awesome as fuck

 

 

this is my new wallpaper, i have no shame

 

Same here lol

Can't wait for the release, minipoop is amazing

  On 9/7/2014 at 6:39 PM, colunga said:

been wearing out minipops.

 

Confirmed that I will skip that track for at least one month once I have the album.

That's why I won't listen until I've got it all. Same thing happened with another album I was really looking forward to. Still hard for me to hear the pre-released single as part of the album....

  On 9/7/2014 at 10:45 PM, MIXL2 said:

 

  On 9/7/2014 at 9:54 PM, rd1994 said:

I found this list on reddit

• minipops 67 (manchester track)
• XMAS _EVET10 (metz)
• 4 bit 9d api+e+6 [126.26] (ATP Minehead track)
• 180db_ [130] (aka vibervived synth test)
• PAPAT4 [155] (singapore track)
• aisatsana (barbican/copenhagen track)

   

  this is what we have so far right?

Funny album, this one.

 

 

180db (number 4 above) is the so-called snowbombing track? I do not follow the youtube stuff, so forgive me...

  On 9/5/2014 at 12:16 AM, Retrig said:

 

  On 9/4/2014 at 11:59 PM, matrigs said:

ouch

 

Not seeing that here.

 

Hey, what did all this mean btw? (There were a few others.)

I don't mean, "Is RDJ's face in there somewhere?", I just mean: Can a person w/ knowledge explain what this means to a non-musician? I noticed some ppl described minipops as "loud," and someone posted about why the person who did the mastering may have chosen to do it that way... hopefully this doesn't make it a stupid question. Can someone explain something beyond "it means the song sounds loud"?

  On 9/8/2014 at 9:59 PM, r2c said:

 

  On 9/5/2014 at 12:16 AM, Retrig said:

 

  On 9/4/2014 at 11:59 PM, matrigs said:

ouch

 

Not seeing that here.

 

Hey, what did all this mean btw? (There were a few others.)

 

I don't mean, "Is RDJ's face in there somewhere?", I just mean: Can a person w/ knowledge explain what this means to a non-musician? I noticed some ppl described minipops as "loud," and someone posted about why the person who did the mastering may have chosen to do it that way... hopefully this doesn't make it a stupid question. Can someone explain something beyond "it means the song sounds loud"?

 

The waveform, when zoomed in, displays clipping in louder elements of the music (kicks, bass, and so on), which indicates heavier compression and/or limiting on the master.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

Though with minipops the result is still audibly very nice despite the clipping. The engineer did a great job.

the song sounds really good whatever they did to it, but it definitely has less dynamic range than anything off Rushup Edge.

one thing I don't understand though is that when people use limiters usually the point is to stop it from actually clipping/hitting the red but I can see what you mean at various points in this track it actually is in the red. Is there any artistic or audio reason for doing it this way? My understanding is that certain systems will actually crap out and make an audible distortion or clip sound if something like this is played through it, but on all the systems I've played minipops on it sounds great. In other words what's the advantage of actually letting a digital master clip VS making sure a limiter stops it at like -.01 db

edit: now I'm just confused, the Bleep 320kbps mp3 I downloaded is at 32-bit and is clipping like crazy compared to the wave file I downloaded from Bleep. I could have sworn I downloaded the 24-bit wave but it shows up as 16 on audition.

so i guess I accidentally got the 16-bit wave, just downloaded and checked out the 24-bit wave. There is also clipping (not audible, just going past 0) on this version but it happens slightly less often than in the 16-bit version

  On 9/8/2014 at 9:59 PM, r2c said:

 

  On 9/5/2014 at 12:16 AM, Retrig said:

 

  On 9/4/2014 at 11:59 PM, matrigs said:

ouch

 

Not seeing that here.

 

Hey, what did all this mean btw? (There were a few others.)

 

I don't mean, "Is RDJ's face in there somewhere?", I just mean: Can a person w/ knowledge explain what this means to a non-musician? I noticed some ppl described minipops as "loud," and someone posted about why the person who did the mastering may have chosen to do it that way... hopefully this doesn't make it a stupid question. Can someone explain something beyond "it means the song sounds loud"?

 

here you have a waveform of one of the "best mastered" tracks ever.

mind you, it still clips ocsassionaly and is pretty loud, but you can see that it's not maximized very much

I don't really understand the praise for Minipops' sound. You could hear immediately that it's overcompressed with the scratchy high end on the shakers, and the first time I put it on the distortion in the first bassline really struck me. There are some really cringeworthy moments at points where there are too many elements stacked together and everything gets muddy and distorted for a moment. Initially I thought it was just me so I checked the waveforms and there's clipping all over the place. It sounds like the track's really been pushed to it's limit. Still love the track but someone fucked up the mastering IMHO.