Mornats

With your username I'd expect an entry from you this month 😁

There's nothing like a deadline to focus the mind and get you doing only what's needed to finish the track.

3 hours ago, Skol303 said:

• Avoid any content that other forum users may find offensive.
• Make sure you have permission to use any 3rd party sounds and samples in your track.
• Entries should be no more than five minutes long and written/produced during the month of the competition.

So, bagpipes are cool this month? Asking for a friend.

Well done!

Voted! Extra credit to Douglas for this:

It was a bit of a close one this month for getting this in again. Made it though  Anyone find that a song starts off one way then turns into something completely different? Happened to me on this one.

It's a bit bassy. That Monark synth can kick it out in the low end. Don't turn your speakers up if they have anything below 40hz! Let me know if it's shaking the walls and I'll try and tame it a bit.

I'd be happy with a curve like that in my room  The caveat is that I've got a massive dip in the lows. I've not measured it but it must be -15db or more. As a result I can't mix anything with bass on my monitors and have to rely on headphones. I'm sure Sonarworks would sort your dips and peaks out. If I can catch the upgrade from headphone edition (that I have) to the studio with mic in a sale I'll share my measurements on here.

Homework for the geeks amongst us. I like it

Damn, you remembered the bagpipe clause.

Congrats Bleat! Well done.

For what it's worth I had so much trouble with my old 2009 Macbook Pro being flaky running GarageBand that I swapped to a PC and Reaper with so fewer issues. I've got a 2011 MacBook Pro that overheats and blows its fans like a hoover all the time. 

Just in case the poll doesn't get reopened before its official closing at midnight here are my votes too.

*Edit* Dad sorted it  Thanks!

I can't vote! I still have a few hours left but the poll's closed!!

Yeah, that's nice!

Finished it now

So, this is the closest I'll get to a love song. "Strings" refers to those strings that pluck at yer heart and all that. There's a heartbeat pulsing in the background near the end (and a fast-paced beating near the start too) and there's general confusion throughout so yeah, love song

- "I'm a little harp"

- "No you're not"

- "Are you calling me a lyre?"

I'm on the ball this month, not just with my excellent jokes but my track has been laid down. Just need to re-record a violin line I'm not 100% happy with and fine tune the mixing.

I just noticed that Skol didn't state that bagpipes aren't allowed this month. #justsayin'

I like dark and brooding!

Oh jeez, make it tough lol

You can still enter. We'd never exclude anyone from this competition.

Well done Discreet! Another great month

Voted too. Great work everyone 😀

I heard they have the internet on computers now.

I had precious little time this month so this was my demo that I hastily extended with some randomness and bashed out. I tried to see the blackout from the cat's perspective during a bit of an air raid. I was hoping to do something that started in 9/8, then changed to 8/8, 7/8 and so on, counting down the lives of the cat in the time signature. It probably would have sounded awful so kinda glad I didn't have time. Also glad that Douglas managed to get the 9/8 idea in

Strings are the new Spitfire Labs free strings with oodles of Izotope Vinyl on them. Lots of weird Sound Dust stuff on there too.

RedRoom Audio have a free sampler of their orchestral package available for free: https://redroomaudio.com/product/palette-primary-colors/

It's a good taster of what looks like a really good intro orchestral library.