Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

this track is my life project. . .  I meditated at the top of the siberian mountians for 3 years creating it. . .   




For real, this was a last minute release and is still FAR from finished.   When I first built the patterns for this track I was actually quite a bit more trancy.  I used a lot more synths and didn't include any of the key melodies...  It also featured quite a few arps that made the track sound "trancy" - I really didn't feel it was my style and wasn't inovative enough - I also have a tendancy to use a lot of variation in my tracks, which Isn't a good thing to me...  I like to be consistant, but dynamic. So I decided to go along with a primary bass line....    I mixed it up a little bit, and added some syncopation.  Actually Realm gave me a couple of ideas on how to improve it...   The whole track was produced with a vocal in mind...  so it is kind of bare...

The drums are definatly unique.  They were the first thing I programmed when I got the XL rom...    

at the end I kind of take a turn.  This is actually me hurrying up to find an ending.  My intro was so long that I didn't get to emphasize my main chorus, and it ends up quite short.  But the breakdown would make a nice .. . err.   breakdown.  

 The final mix is already in progress.  I have added a vocal line, mixed up the drums a little bit, and added some needed compression.    The sounds are a little different, giving it a smidgin more variation in the synths...  definatly needed some eq as it was mixed on headphones... hehe - sorry about breaking your expensive champaign glasses ... the check is in the mail...

I ended up actually spinning this version at a party (using Staton's Final Scratch) and it got everyone going.  I was kind of suprised because it has such a mellow aspect.  It's very difficult to know how "good" a track is without direct feedback. . . 

err. I'd continue, but it's not like I really remember what happened at the top of that mountain....  

take it ez

.dB

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