sergeaudenaert

Hi all! My most recent podcast features Augustine Leudar who talks about his compositions and goes in depth on a particular track he made - what techniques he used, what inspired him. I invite you to check it out on http://feeds.feedburner.com/SamplesInMotion or visit http://samplesinmotion.com. Also feel free to send your contributions to info@samplesinmotion.com Take care, Serge

Praise I would say :-) I like the long development and the mood change from more melancholic to a sense of victory. Serge

It is really cool and I like the various alterations "down the road" Cheers, Serge

You could add an additional MIDI interface to your system. USB interfaces come very cheap now and they are also powered through USB. An example is the M-Audio Uno 1-In/1-Out USB Bus-Powered MIDI Interface USD 49.95

Dear forum members, One month ago, I started a podcast called "Samples in Motion" which is intended to be a community experience for all listeners interested in soundsculptures, soundconstructs and the way those things are made. There are weekly episodes where I upload samples to the website and discuss constructs made with those samples. Listeners are invited to contribute samples for other listeners to play with, and of course to be themselves active in putting things together recycling stuff that can be found on the website. I will feature those works on the different episodes of the show. Samples in Motion is made purely out of passion for music - a hobby that got seriously out of hand :-). The podcast is already featured in iTunes and on http://feeds.feedburner.com/samplesinmotion. The main website is http://samplesinmotion.com. I would consider this complementary to this forum that I started to enjoy as of yesterday. I would invite you to have a look. It is the first podcast that I know of that combines abstract music with collaboration and a bit of education (when tools are discussed). I am starting to reach out now after 5 episodes because I now have an idea of the workload it brings and I have a good feeling that I can maintain the efforts. Take care! Serge

Hi, An easy way forward would be to get a good PC USB audio card for your PC that either takes a guitar input directly or the line output from your amp or a MIC input for the MIC you place before the amp. You could acquire a small 8-12 channel mixer to put before that as well. Then, depending on the extent of other instruments you would like to add you could try to find a second hand music workstation that has a variety of sounds for you to add. I personally use an old Roland XP50 for that. It does only have a 66 unweighted keyboard but this could be enough, depending on your needs. With respect to the audio card, you might want to check if it comes with MIDI. Also check out the bundled software. This can be very neat. It is always a plus if it comes with some multitrack recording software but make sure it is a full license! There is also some freeware out there that can help you. Take care! Serge

Without thinking too much about what I am going to write here, to me it comes over as quite serene, but at the same time, I feel it is more melancholic than glorious... Maybe it's the key that it is written in... Cheers, Serge

Hi, I had a listen to Trinidad and it certainly brought me in a relaxed mood after all the music I had been listening to prior to this. I also like the fact that it has very relaxed and sometimes inaccurate timing. This enhances the very natural mood! Take Care, Serge

Hi Jeremy, I like it when music is put into perspective/context, just like you did. No, I did not recognize the piano play, but you can always PM it to me :-). I was wondering how many recordings you used for the background. Was it a continuous recording? I also like the Chorus effects around 1/3 of the song. Later on this turns in some real explicit speed modulation as the piano gets more and more alienated I also like the end where the background takes over at surrealistic speed and when the piano kicks in one final time to close the piece. Very nice! It evoked quite some images with me Serge

Hi ZZ, I was wondering, what was the project actually about? I like the transitions throughout the track and the different voices that compete with the melodic tracks. Personally I would have liked a bit more playing around with the voice samples, maybe something to experiment with in the future? Do you still have the multitrack? Cheers, Serge

Hi Mike, I do completely agree with these statements. I myself like to use sounds as a starting point and as a tool for what I put together. I listened to contemplation and depictingthemonothonyofboredom, which I both enjoyed. I think they would sound great live. I especially liked the introduction of the voices, making your statements dead explicit! Take care, Serge

Hi Augustine, I had a close listen to some of your works. Keep in mind I did not read any descriptions if there were any First, An English Country Jungle - I like this very much, how the mood literally zaps from segment to segments. All segments have their particularities. This creates a longing for more, so this track was really able to keep the attention. I think this track is really my favorite. I am writing as I am listening again - it Zaps right open from the beginning - are those synthesized birds? The second scene is really dreamy with the pitch effects, the third scene is eery with the noise consistent on the background. This song feels like a little journey, summarized in a couple of minutes. Altiplano made me feel like an observer standing close to traffic until a big bang creates a darker mood while the traffic is still there, but more muted, with a darker undertone. Toward the end the mood changes and the traffic is gone. This is certainly a piece I could listen to may times. I was wondering, did you have similar things in mind while composing this? Cheers, Serge