Hello!
I just wanted to show a little project I just finished; I call it Insomnilund, and it's a 8-track "album" made completely in Linux. It's all instrumentals, some simply acoustic and some hiphop-beat influenced tracks basically.
I used KXStudio distro, and Ardour3 svn as a DAW. I would be honored if you gave it a listen!
It's available through a number of sources and in a number of formats, I made a collective page for all of it on http://www.ironink.se/music.htm where links to both archives in various formats, and links to soundcloud+bandcamp, can be found!
Thank you for your time, and I would love any feedback anyone got, for the future!
Insomnilund, my first album!
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Re: Insomnilund, my first album!
Hey dude! That kicks some serious ass ! 
Breeze is good but quiet... too quiet... is it going to be a boring album ?
Search and Repair the answer is no ! Nice voices introduction, reversed instrument and a break that breaks the ice !
The Last Time a bit too much alike previous track but still a nice evolution.
9 Lives time for an acoustic break but with a catchy riff and some perfectly dosed effects.
Who Stole My Stuff Yeah yeah that rocks ! Catchy breaks and riffs + some nice fx. Maybe the best track ! Dj Shadow couldn't do better !
Simply Let Go Time for a break after the "Who Stole My Stuff" monster track. Something feels unfinished in this one, don't know what or why.
G.B.C Back for good. Some dark electro goodness ! The intro is a killer. It nicely evolves to an almost movie soundtrack like kind of thing.
Flow Birds ? Really ? Well, OK let's go for a nice balad for a peaceful outro.
Very nice job ! I like the combination of quiet and more punchy tracks and the constant blur between high quality sounds and a lo-fi input that gives some kind of soul to the whole thing.
I'm curious to know how you balanced between Ardour and OpenOctave. Is it a combination of each on each track or a track by track approach ?
I bet you spent some hours on this... I think it was worth it ! Keep up.
Breeze is good but quiet... too quiet... is it going to be a boring album ?
Search and Repair the answer is no ! Nice voices introduction, reversed instrument and a break that breaks the ice !
The Last Time a bit too much alike previous track but still a nice evolution.
9 Lives time for an acoustic break but with a catchy riff and some perfectly dosed effects.
Who Stole My Stuff Yeah yeah that rocks ! Catchy breaks and riffs + some nice fx. Maybe the best track ! Dj Shadow couldn't do better !
Simply Let Go Time for a break after the "Who Stole My Stuff" monster track. Something feels unfinished in this one, don't know what or why.
G.B.C Back for good. Some dark electro goodness ! The intro is a killer. It nicely evolves to an almost movie soundtrack like kind of thing.
Flow Birds ? Really ? Well, OK let's go for a nice balad for a peaceful outro.
Very nice job ! I like the combination of quiet and more punchy tracks and the constant blur between high quality sounds and a lo-fi input that gives some kind of soul to the whole thing.
I'm curious to know how you balanced between Ardour and OpenOctave. Is it a combination of each on each track or a track by track approach ?
I bet you spent some hours on this... I think it was worth it ! Keep up.
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Re: Insomnilund, my first album!
DoosC: Thank you so much for that 
Very nice list and feedback for my future! Especially the part about Dj Shadow, I'm still blushing over here
About OpenOctave and Ardour: What I usually do/what I did was start sequencing drums/add the first layers/fundament of the track inside Ardour3. I then usually went on and exported that to a .wav, put that in OpenOctave and composed strings to the song. Then I exported the strings and put them inside Ardour3 again for mixing etc, and just kept on going until I felt done with the song.
I indeed did spend alot of hours on this, but yeah, I feel it was worth it, especially personally to myself. Ment very much to me to actually finish something and put it up for people to hear!
Thanks again!
Very nice list and feedback for my future! Especially the part about Dj Shadow, I'm still blushing over here About OpenOctave and Ardour: What I usually do/what I did was start sequencing drums/add the first layers/fundament of the track inside Ardour3. I then usually went on and exported that to a .wav, put that in OpenOctave and composed strings to the song. Then I exported the strings and put them inside Ardour3 again for mixing etc, and just kept on going until I felt done with the song.
I indeed did spend alot of hours on this, but yeah, I feel it was worth it, especially personally to myself. Ment very much to me to actually finish something and put it up for people to hear!
Thanks again!