Emax

Thanks!

D.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: tu@... 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 2:07 AM
  Subject: Re: [emax] Imaginary Friend - my latest song


    
  You have some nice tracks. My favourite is Prance! Jarre meets New Order meets Erasure meets 
  euro disco pop :)

  /Tristan

  On Sat, Mar 20th, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...> wrote:

  > Thanks!
  > 
  > I did some more editing to the vocals in Imaginary Friend today, so
  > feel free listen if you like.
  > 
  > As to my other work; there are another 13 recordings on my site that
  > you are quite welcome to listen to. To get somewhat back on topic,
  > one of them, called "Song of the Sampler" was entirely recorded on my
  > Emax II.
  > 
  > As for the future, I'm working on it. . .
  > 
  > Regards,
  > 
  > D.
  > 
  > 
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: Patrick R 
  > To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:28 AM
  > Subject: Re: [emax] Imaginary Friend - my latest song
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > Hey Daniel,
  > 
  > Yea, I was completely joking about the auto-tune shit. I hear a new
  > song with that effect everytime I turn on the radio.
  > 
  > I get what you are trying to do lyrically now and it makes sense.
  > It is somewhat like Wrong in its repetition.
  > 
  > Anyway I look forward to your next song/album!
  > 
  > -patrick
  > 
  > ________________________________
  > From: Daniel Baum <daniel@...>
  > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  > Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 1:13:01 PM
  > Subject: Re: [emax] Imaginary Friend - my latest song
  > 
  > 
  > Hi Patrick,
  > 
  > First of all, apologies for taking a long time to reply to your
  > post. Also, 
  > thanks for taking the time to listen to my song and producing such
  > a 
  > comprehensive list of suggestions.
  > 
  > >First, major applause for completing something you feel happy
  > enough with 
  > >to put out there. Second any >crtisims should be taken as trying
  > to help. 
  > >And keep in mind I feel this is better than most the shit that is
  > on >the 
  > >charts right now. But speaking of the charts, maybe you should add
  > some 
  > >auto-tune effect on your >voice. I'm sure you would chart right
  > now. . .
  > 
  > Thanks! I'm pretty sure you were joking about this, but I went
  > ahead and did 
  > it anyway. I used Reaper's own built-in autotune effect. It is not
  > too 
  > dominant, and I think it does actually sound marginally better.
  > 
  > I'd be very happy to hear what you think of the result:
  > 
  > http://alonetone. com/danielb/ tracks/imaginary -friend
  > 
  > >What are you going for with the track? What place, what atmosphere
  > do you 
  > >want me to be in, or what >feeling do you have or want to envoke
  > from the 
  > >song?
  > 
  > I wanted it to sound kind of dark and forbidding. I probably
  > shouldn't 
  > mention Depeche Mode yet again in connection with this song, but it
  > will 
  > give you the general idea The actual inspiration for the basic
  > sound came 
  > from an Emulator II demo I found on Youtube. That said, all of the
  > sounds 
  > except the drums and the JX-8p pad that I used behind the
  > repetition of the 
  > first verse are homemade.
  > 
  > Just some thoughts:
  > 
  > Structure:
  > 
  > > The ending around >3:40-3:43 actually would sound really great at
  > the end 
  > > of your bridge before droping >right back into the chorus.
  > 
  > The flanging sound (actually Roland JX-8p oscillator sync, there's
  > no 
  > flanger used), overlaid with the "filter sweep" DX7 sound, actually
  > does 
  > recur in empty spaces throughout the track. At the place you
  > mention, it's 
  > shortened.
  > 
  > Lyrics:
  > 
  > >It is my feeling that I'm being beat over the head with my
  > "imginary 
  > >friend".
  > 
  > That's kind of the point. People like the one the song describes
  > can be 
  > rather obsessive and talk about their imaginary friends
  > incessantly.
  > 
  > >Effects:
  > 
  > >The bass could use some glissandro or a slight susstain to round
  > off the 
  > >edges just slightly.
  > 
  > Interesting idea. Might not be too easy to achieve on an Emax II.
  > Pitch 
  > envelope anyone?
  > 
  > >Also, have you tried raising the bass an octave higher?
  > 
  > I think it would sound rather plinky.
  > 
  > >It sounds really low without the punch and this sometimes occurs
  > on bass 
  > >samples that are being played too >low. Some EQ on the bass could
  > make it 
  > >fill out a little also,
  > 
  > It's not really a bass sample. it's a sample of me saying "taa"
  > into my Korg 
  > Radias's vocoder. I did give it some extra EQ.
  > 
  > >or layer a real bass sound in there.
  > 
  > Don't have one, can't play it.
  > 
  > >It made me think of Body Pop and a bit Joy Division so I think it
  > is in 
  > >line with exactly what you were going >for. Keep it up!
  > 
  > Thanks again for your criticism. I certainly didn't find it to be
  > negative, 
  > and frqankly, even if it was, I normally find negative criticism to
  > be more 
  > useful than everybody standing in the aisles and cheering. . .
  > 
  > Regards,
  > 
  > Daniel 
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