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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Marc,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The JX-8p voices patch is a bitch to get right even with the emulator. I’ve actually got the real patch on my JX-10 and the VCA clipping is hard to control. If I master any tighter I get a lot of crunch in that sound where I don’t want it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is the track I modelled mine on:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ0qVAFDa_A">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ0qVAFDa_A</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And they could get it quite right either!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your pointers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marc Nostromo [M-.-n]<br><b>Sent:</b> 20 September 2011 12:55<br><b>To:</b> Music-bar<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Track critique invitation - Voynich - Alocrom<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My feeling is that there's subbass 'beating' in the intro and they are a bit disturbing at least in my headphones.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If it was me, I'd compress/eq the hell out of it to get it more in your face and bring out all the instruments. I tend to over do it but this sounds very 'tape demo', unless that was the intention of course :)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There is that one key (the voic-ey one) that is definetly more in front than all the rest (including arps & percs) and I don't think it's right.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hope that's helpful.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2011/9/20 Gert van Santen <<a href="mailto:g.vansanten@chello.nl">g.vansanten@chello.nl</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Op 20-9-2011 13:31, Chris Strellis schreef:<o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gents,<br><br>I've been invited (well I forced myself upon them to be honest!) to<br>submit another track for the follow up compilation album of this:<br><br><a href="http://www.groove.nl/cd/3/33644.html" target="_blank">http://www.groove.nl/cd/3/33644.html</a><br><br>This time the 20 or so artists create one track that adheres to one of<br>four decades from the 70s to now of classic electronic music. The decade<br>I've chosen is 80s - no surprises there!<br><br>Here's an early mix:<br><br><a href="http://www.voynich.co.uk/mp3/Voynich_Alocrom_V0.9_mastered.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.voynich.co.uk/mp3/Voynich_Alocrom_V0.9_mastered.mp3</a><br><br><a href="http://goo.gl/Zs0w7" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/Zs0w7</a> Short link.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi CHrist,<br><br>I only had a quick listen, because I'm working on my own stuff atm.<br><br>My thoughts:<br><br>1. I like the themes and sounds and the overall idea.<br>2. I don't like the intro. It makes the track feel boring and slow.<br>3. Perhaps you might think about losing some of those loooong notes, and trade them in for short release stuff.<br>4. The overall sound is good, although some sounds could use a bit of (extra) EQ to give them more space in the mix and/or prevent too much pressure from them.<br><br>Cool that you're on the album again :-)<br><span style='color:#888888'><br><br>-- <br><br>----------<br>gert van santen<br><a href="http://www.gertvansanten.nl" target="_blank">www.gertvansanten.nl</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>music-bar mailing list<br><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org" target="_blank">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar" target="_blank">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><a href="http://nostromo.noisepages.com">http://nostromo.noisepages.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>-- <br>This message has been scanned for viruses and <br>dangerous content by <a href="http://www.mailscanner.info/"><b>MailScanner</b></a>, and is <br>believed to be clean. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>