Chocolate

Nikolas · Sat 27/06/2009 17:10:01

Since I've asked you for voice acting, here's the track. (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=38104.0)

Click on the image!

Eggie, Gord10, MashPotato, Ben can be heard inside the track.

Art by Auriond

Pianoteq
The Trumpet
Orange Tree Samples - Pear (<-That's Geoffkhan, in case you didn't know

)

For a friend...

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Sat 27/06/2009 20:27:17

This is really, really weird. I could almost see it as music for a Willy Wonka trailer that has voice clips from the film.

Evil · Sun 28/06/2009 02:10:14

Very bizarre. I love how it's got that slight minor note in there, that makes it not quite major. It's lovely. Very cinematic. Bass was a little too booming through my speakers, though.

Where did you get those child sounds at the end? I swear I've used that before on some of my own work.

Gord10 · Sun 28/06/2009 04:16:09

Splendid! I loved the composing and the other actings ("I love Ã§oklet as Christmas", hahaha!). I sound even better than the real I sound.

Matti · Sun 28/06/2009 04:42:23

Psychedelic. Like it.

Eggie · Mon 29/06/2009 16:11:52

Sweet!
No pun intended.

LGM · Mon 29/06/2009 23:28:26

This could be the opening to a movie. I love it.

Gregjazz · Tue 30/06/2009 11:22:55

Cool, CoreBass Pear! I know that sample library.

I'm glad you found a use for it, Nikolas!

Here's the link to the sample library webpage: CoreBass Pear upright bass sample library for Kontakt

Nikolas · Tue 30/06/2009 14:42:43

Quit Spamming the boards, Greg!

Actually I've used it plenty of times. In fact I went and got Kontakt 3, just to use your basses (honestly. Just got it on crossgrade price). And I've used it to other tracks, including pieces for a Pampers DVD informatial (especially Jaco, is sliding again and again and again. I think I'll get half of them sent back "Keep the bass but remove everything else and start over" from my clients!

Glad you like it guys!

Evil: I made a different version after all, reducing the bass a little and adding a tad of reverb to the other instrumnets.

And, yes, it is bizzare, I can't deny that!

Vince Twelve · Tue 30/06/2009 16:12:08

Strange but strangely fun! Nice stuff as usual Nikolas!

Gregjazz · Tue 30/06/2009 19:31:02

Quote from: Nikolas on Tue 30/06/2009 14:42:43
Quit Spamming the boards, Greg!

Actually I've used it plenty of times. In fact I went and got Kontakt 3, just to use your basses (honestly. Just got it on crossgrade price). And I've used it to other tracks, including pieces for a Pampers DVD informatial (especially Jaco, is sliding again and again and again. I think I'll get half of them sent back "Keep the bass but remove everything else and start over" from my clients!

Hahah, I'm glad you like my basses and are putting them to good use! Man, you wouldn't believe how much work went into the Jaco fretless bass.

Sorry for the tangent. About your song, Chocolate--I love the way you're able to create a beautiful melody all while touching on some chromaticism and dissonance. That Cmajor, Dmajor7 move is really haunting. I feel like it could use some other instrument towards the end to make the arrangement evolve a little bit. Maybe a flute playing counterpart with the trumpet? Or maybe a cello?

Nikolas · Tue 30/06/2009 20:47:23

I can imagine all the work! :o I mean it's almost 3 GB large! Heck that's a lot!

On the track.

I run into a simple problem: I couldn't find any quality instrument in my arsenal. EW was out of the question, so was Garritan, etc... I think that these 3 are the top notch instruments that I have. Until a solo instrument in the ledge of the trumpet comes in (btw I almost preordered LASS. It should be out fairly shortly), I just couldn't bring myself to use anything else in the track. Pianoteq could be GASP but that's about all the changes I could make.