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Album at Bandcamp: The Windward Side Of the Heart
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 12:53 am
by glowrak guy
https://franklincheney.bandcamp.com/alb ... -the-heart
16 songs running around four hours, generally quite peaceful, if you fall asleep in the first one,
could be hours until you wake up
Made with great tools made by great coders, using
AVLinux distro, Reaper DAW, linux apps like Rakarrack, Hydrogen and Yoshimi, and some favorite
plugins via Yabridge, wineasio, and wine-staging, painstakingly configured in AVLinux by the ever busy
and productive Gmaq, so even people in my fractional IQ range can make a tune. Tons and tons of fun!
https://franklincheney.bandcamp.com

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Re: Album at Bandcamp: The Windward Side Of the Heart
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:52 pm
by folderol
Had a listen through some of these. They are very nice, but there are a lot of them and they are rather long!
Re: Album at Bandcamp: The Windward Side Of the Heart
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:34 pm
by glowrak guy
Hi, glad you found some you like! I decided to let Tailor Sweft dominate the market for small albums full of short songs
Seriously, I love the sounds the great synth designers provide, so I love to play, listen to, and record such music,
and feel free to switch to something else at any time, or let it run as backround or mood music. A music expert once opined
that studies show it takes around ten minutes for listeners to 'join' with a piece of music. Admitedly, I saw that video long after finding
I enjoyed making long versions of some songs. We're all so busy these days, but still find time to enjoy gazillions of cool
three and four minute tunes
I suppose a fan hearing one of Tailor's many hits 3 or 4 times counts for such joining, the numbers don't lie 
I listed the general content and mood of the various albums in the first post here https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=283225
The album titles and cover photos are also clues. Some for those in serious trouble, some for those thriving and hoping for a brighter day.
Cheers
Re: Album at Bandcamp: The Windward Side Of the Heart
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:24 pm
by sysrqer
I echo what Folderol said, sounds lovely from what I listened to but will take a while to get through! That's not a bad thing though, I'm certainly not opposed to long ambient leaning tracks. I like the different textures you weave through the tracks, they all have a very distinct character but mesh well as a whole. Good work.
Re: Album at Bandcamp: The Windward Side Of the Heart
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:01 am
by glowrak guy
Thanks for the nice comments, much appreciated! I see you mentioned doing some darker music going forward, I have some 'darker' collections
you might like, as these are pretty challenging times for so many people. The Muse often hints strongly.
Hailing On All Frequencies, The Secret Escape Of Wars, and Absence Of Light
Do you have some video of your Eurorack setup? Might be an area of interest here,
certainly sounds great. I didn't find much in the site search tool, maybe you are the
only rack-enabled linux user here? Someone made a 3D printable cheat-sheet rack module,
so paper docs could fit next to each module.
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopi ... f34c916a66
Cheers
Re: Album at Bandcamp: The Windward Side Of the Heart
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:23 pm
by sysrqer
Cool, I'll check those albums out. I mostly listen to darker ambient but for some reason what comes out when I make it is less dark a lot of the time.
I don't have any videos, I'm not really a media creator besides music. My rack is here though if you're interested to see what I'm using https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2324135.
Yeah haven't seen anyone else mention they use Eurorack here so it might be just me!