Comments on: Darwin IV

Darwin IV

nthdegx — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:47:51 -0800

There's a way in at the back. It sounds better inside.

By: dobie

dobie — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:51:45 -0800

I can see this being sweet tits in a 5.1 mix.

By: The World Famous

The World Famous — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:36:26 -0800

Within a few seconds, I didn't really like this. By the end, I loved it.

What did you use to create it?

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:59:42 -0800

That's neat. I particularly like the line that comes in just after 4 minutes.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:25:08 -0800

I can see this being sweet tits in a 5.1 mix.

If someone does a wall of fame for the best comments in music, this should be prominently displayed in it.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:34:04 -0800

It was done entirely with the Korg DS-10 synth app for Nintendo DS. I'm eschewing the in-built sequencer because of its limited number of permutations. Instead I record "live" using Audacity, but no after effects are applied. The whole track uses the same two synth lines, but these are manipulated one at a time with simulated KAOS pad on the touch screen using settings 2 or 3. Setting 2 moves the volume or pan of the synth line depending on the position of the stylus. On setting 3 one axis controls peak and the other cutoff. It's here that most of the emergent artefacts are coming from, though there's were applied very sparingly to achieve subtle effects: moving the stylus very very slowly, keeping it completely still at different places on the screen, or tapping rhythms on static locations. When the peak is maxed out the filter oscillates which accounts for times when it sounds like a third synth is playing, including the one uncleozzy noticed.