Riding Into The Gorge - new muzic

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:49 am

I posted a new tune on my site:

Riding Into The Gorge

http://www.boomstickjoes.com/my_music/

Equipment:
Korg Karma
Kurzweil K2000RS
Yamaha EX5R, TG77

Enjoy!

Post by **Taurec** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:08 pm

Starts pretty synthy classic (Oxygene anyone...)

But then switches to a fightgame / race game ... some parts in the background seemed off a little ....

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:28 am

Yes, that's the KARMA engine putting my playing on the downbeat when it wasn't suppose to. I can't figure out how to make it not do that.... sort of like quantizing, but not exactly.

I forgot to mention that unlike my other recordings, that one was "live" meaning I played it from start to finish while recording a stereo track. no sequencers were used. No mixing, no post-processing. nothing. all live.

That is the power of KARMA on my Korg Karma mwahahahh!

I used my A70, which I configured to trigger sound effects off my Kurzweil and layered the two Yamahas and the Kurzweil piano. One key was used to play the wind sound (key was held down with a Popsicle stick) and another key for the doomsday bomb on the Kurzweil. The rest of the keys on the A70 drove the piano and Yamahas. The Karma was split between driving the KARMA engine and the saw lead sound. A foot pedal connected to the Karma switched between KARMA scenes.

I played both keyboards simultaneously, ala Keith Emerson. it was fun! If I had a video camera, it would be on YouTube.

Question is did you like it?

A race game is fair, since the rhythm is based on galloping horses. It was inspired by “The Charge of the Light Brigade” ( ya know, "Into the valley of death rode the...."). Hence the title "Ride into the gorge", gorge being the mouth of a valley.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:37 am

Agree with Tau, the slow start was something I needed after today, after that I felt the urge to
pick up my joystick or driving wheel and letting loose with some NO-boosted fun.

Keep it up Killer!

Regards

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:23 am

Hey! I lucked out! I recorded the midi output of the performance so I was able ti re-record the audio. What I lucked out on was that the Karma midi only contained my playing and not the generated stuff. So I was able to tweak the parameters to remove what I though was the "off" bit.

I posted an updated version. Have a listen and let me know if I got the offending notes.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 1:29 am

Didn't notice anything different... maybe if both clips were up for side-by-side.
Still liked it nonetheless.

Regards

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:37 am

Your browser may have cached it. Though the piece that I muted out may not show up on all speakers. Glad you liked it

Off to write my next piece

wonder what I should do next? hmm.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:41 pm

...can't think of anything off the top of my head... something that just goes 'boom!' perhaps?

Regards

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:41 pm

hmmmm.

boom boom boom boom boom boom

Nice rhythm.. Sounds like something by the B52's

Post by **Taurec** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:27 pm

In ghost in the shell SAC S2 you have a synthy trancy number playing during the attack of the building .. kanno never released that song ..

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:07 pm

I played with my song a bit. I posted both the latest and prior versions on my site. If ya'll are interested have a listen.