Elements of Synth - Wind [electronic collaboration]

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Elements of Synth - Wind [electronic collaboration]

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Me and Jeanette C are doing a collaboration, sending ideas, thoughts and files between Sweden and Germany! Lots of fun and a great learning opportunity. Thank you @jeanette_c! :)

This is our first track.

Elements of Synth - Wind

YouTube: https://youtu.be/DeU8szdXwRg

Music: Staffan Melin and Jeanette C
Voice: Kajsa Olsson
Mix: Jeanette C

Produced using free software: MusE, Surge, drumkv1, zita-reverb, g2reverb, CAPS plate 2x2, TAP Chorus, SWH DJ phaser, Calf Phaser, Fons' 4-band parametric filter, Glame Low- and highpass filters, Invada compressor, CAPS Spice, SWH Revdelay and L/C/R delay, basic LADSPA CMT delay, TAP stereo echo, TAP Tubewarmth.
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Thank you @oscillator for taking this adventurous road with me. I know that my workflow and toolchain is so alien to yours - and most other people's.
And thanks for the video. :) As ever your sound choices are excellent. Most of the instruments in the mix were recorded by Staffan, I only added a few layers and effects for production reasons, once the composition was finished.
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Really cool track, kudos to you both! Silly question: since you're named "Elements of Synth" and the first track is "Wind", should we expect a theme and so some water, earth and fire next too? :D
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Rainmak3r wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:00 am ...
Silly question: since you're named "Elements of Synth" and the first track is "Wind", should we expect a theme and so some water, earth and fire next too? :D
Who knows... In a universe of endless possibilities. :)
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Rainmak3r wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:00 am Really cool track, kudos to you both! Silly question: since you're named "Elements of Synth" and the first track is "Wind", should we expect a theme and so some water, earth and fire next too? :D
Just wait a few more days... :)

And thank you for listening and commenting!

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I really like this track! My favorite thing in the whole piece is that lovely binaural transition sound that is first heard at about 0:35. I'm guessing that was @jeanette_c's fingerprint. The super long intro and outro are also very cool. Nice work on the synths, @oscillator! Also, you found a great place for Kajsa's voice in the mix, and her harmony vocals add a lot. I'm doing a spinning workout while listening, and this song made me jump to a higher intensity. :)
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Hi @milo , yes that "binaural" thing isn't really, but it came out nicely. A bit of Csound trickery, white noise through a bandpass filter with rising frequency passed through a waveguide/Karplus Strong delay with rising pitch/shortening delay time passed through a phaser. Or did you mean the master passed through the Calf phaser? :)
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I went back and listened again. It starts at 0:29. Such an awesome sound! Well done!
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Very much enjoyed this - good collab!
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Wow, this is really great. I think this collaboration got the best out of all contributors. There's not much more I can say about this.
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Thank you both @folderol and @PieterPenninckx for listening and commenting!

It is fun to cooperate, and you always learn something new. We have another track in the works! :)

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oscillator wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 2:22 pm We have another track in the works! :)
I'm looking forward to that!
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Bravo, great track!

Finally got a minute to listen... A really nice journey for the ears, great motion and the 3D-ness of the mix even through decent Desktop Speakers is really enveloping. I love that gritty bass underneath everything just coming to a boil. Thoroughly enjoyable listen! Great Collab!
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Thanks a lot @GMaq! @jeanette_c is a very talented mixer.

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Well, I could not not (not2?) comment on this one, given it's from two Linuxmusicians whose music I enjoy a lot!

Unsurprising, it actually sounds as awesome as a collaboration between the two of you should sound! :D

@oscillator can write great, distinctive melodies, @jeanette_c is a superb engineer and both are great arrangers, of course this one is a banger! I think @jeanette_c pulled out an edge which is usually hidden in Dream of Seagulls track, pulling it more into the "alternative dance" field. Great track, ready for radio airplay tbh :D
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