MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas. =]

Christmas graphic done by me [out of boredom].
Take it, use it, Etc.

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Update..

I haven't really had time to update this blog as often as I would like and there are a few things that I've been up to recently so I thought that an update would be in order.

First thing, As some of you know I have another sample pack done [Pack Two]. I finished the sample pack sometime last month but haven't got around to uploading it yet. So keep an eye out for that.

As always I've been working on some new music.
I have uploaded a new track ["Out of sight"] to soundcloud and it's also on my myspace profile.
Myspace
Soundcloud

As well as working on my own music I have been asked by a friend to do a remix of one of his tracks [more news on that soon].

And last of all, I have recently been involved in a local radio station called "Varsity Radio". The station will be going live in January 2010. But there will be test broadcasts throughout this month [Dec]. I will hopefully be presenting a weekly show on electronic music sometime in the future.

I'm sure there's something I've missed but that's it for now. Hopefully I will be able to update this blog more frequently in the future.

-Thanks, Dan.

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PACK TWO (Free loops)

Pack 2 demo by synthersizer-sounds
PACK TWO is the second Sample libary I have uploaded to this blog [The first one was PACK ONE]. Like the first pack I started making these samples to use in my own music/projects.

I was supposed to upload these samples a while back but never got arround to it. Since then I've added a few more samples/loops and 2 combinator patches.

This PACK contains:
18 Loops
17 oneshot Hits/Samples
[A total of 22 samples]

Also included is 2 combinator patches
[For Propellerheads Reason].

DOWNLOAD AS .ZIP FILE

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New gear and Stylophone/Casio CT-647

Since my last few posts I have had some new additions to my collection.
First up is the Yamaha TX81Z FM Synthesizer, A nice 1-unit rack mount synthesizer from the late 80's with some stunning FM sounds [similar to the DX range].

I've had a good mess around with this synth but so far I have no recordings done with it [look out for some in the future though].

Also I have 2 new distortion stomp box's given to me. Another Boss-DS1 and a Danelectro D-3 fab metal pedal [which is quite good for some dirty LoFi sounds].

Also the other week I picked up one of the Reissue Dubreq Stylophones. It has a cool retro look and feel and a nice gritty LoFi sound. And on top of that it's really fun to play.



While messing around with the Stylophone and my old Casio CT-647 I made this quick/rough recording.

Casio stylophone by synthersizer-sounds
[The track can be downloaded free from Soundcloud or from this blog].

About the Stylophone/Casio track:

The track was put together in a few hours, writing the parts it as I went along. It is all recorded on my fostex D-80 digital multi track recorder. there is no complex mixing or mastering [it's done just as a demo for the sounds].

The drum sounds are all from a rhythm preset on the Casio CT-647.
the organ/bass sound and the choir sounds are also from the Casio.
All the rest of the sounds are ether setting 1 or 3 of the Stylophone.
The extra effects [reverb and vibrato] Were added from the zoom G1 effects pedal.

The overall outcome of the track has a very LoFi and somewhat "cheesy" feel to it.

You can find me on Twitter if you have and questions/comments or for general chat.
You can find me on twitter at Twitter.com/dan303

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30Beats

Right then, I entered the Hyundai 30Beats competition. The winner gets a brand new i30 car.

The aim of the competition was to takes the sounds made with the car and remix/make some music with them. In my entry [below] I have taken the samples of the car and made a drum beat then I added a bit of piano over the top.

Here's my entry.

The voting closes on the 31st of October '09 [Halloween]
Please, if you have time vote for my on the 30Beats website
[you can vote for the track once a day].

PLEASE VOTE HERE.

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PACK ONE (free loops)

DEMO song for Free sample pack. by synthersizer-sounds

PACK ONE is the first of what I hope to be a series of free sample packs.
I started out recording these loops for use in my own music but I think other people may enjoy using them too.

The PACK contains 39 bass loops and 32 drum loops [A total of 71 loops].

DOWNLOAD AS .ZIP file

DRUM LOOPS
The "Clean" Drum loops came from my Roland MC-303 [I used the Techno 2 kit].
Also the "Dirty" loops are the same loops but they have been run through the decimator effect on my Korg R3 to give them a Lo-Fi gritty sound.

BASS LOOPS
The bass loops came from my FB-383 [TB-303 clone]. I used the Square wave setting and left the filter open so that it just left the raw wave. The 383 was sequenced by the Roland MC-303.
Again I also sampled the same basslines running though the decimator on my R3, This has given them a harsh, buzzy, "dirty" sound.

Everything was sampled at 32KHz using a Zoom MRS2b 4-track.


If you find these sounds useful and have any comments/questions feel free to comment on the blog or talk to me on twitter.

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New track [FREE] - Alive or just breathing

Alive or just breathing by Dan303

I have uploaded A new track to soundcloud Called "Alive or just breathing". It's very Industrial sounding but also has a lot of influence from noise and glitch music.
I've Been working on this track for about a week now and thought I'd share it, It's free to download [of course].

I Made the track using propellerheads reason, but it also contains reversed voice samples and some sounds from a few of my other synths/plugins.

Hope you enjoy listening to it.

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