Malstrom madness

[Oz]

Hey!

I was toying around with the analogue Malstrom synthesizer in Reason and came up with this:

http://hem.bredband.net/minefield/malstrom_2.ogg

The voice samples are from various movies.

[fovmester]

Hey, that rocks!! You got a real groove going, there.

I use Reason to but my sounds doesn't nearly as good as yours! Where did you get them? Did you download them?

[BorisZ]

I didn't download your file (yet) so this is just a trick I use when exporting mudio from reason:
Rewire it to cubase (if you have it), and export it from there because cubase has much better audio export channels.
In Wave lab (or cubase) there is great VST plugin called FinalMix that greatly improves final sound (It's not easy to use but there is a lot of tutoriials on internet).
Don't know if it is important to you, but I felt like sharing that information.

[otter]

Nice arrangement!   I really like the samples and the programming on that synth lead.  Strings, bass, and drums are all very solid.

Some notes on mixing, which are of course personal preference - I'd love to hear the strings a bit more forward, since they're in a lower octave than most of the other instruments.  Some of the synth horns sound a bit tinny (sax and trumpet samples, for some reason, never sound any good if they're at all exposed), and the mix as it is now could probably stand an EQ boost of a few decibels in the ~300Hz range.

You obviously know what you're doing though, so feel free to ignore any of this.

[=The=Brat=]

  i think we should download instead of just listening to it off a browser. did you make the whole song (i know you didnt make the voices) because that is a wikid song to listen to while i draw pics. you made my day oz!

[BorisZ]

i think we should download instead of just listening to it off a browser.

I don't think it makes much difference with audio files (doesn't apply for MIDI, off course).

[=The=Brat=]

i think we should download instead of just listening to it off a browser.

I don't think it makes much difference with audio files (doesn't apply for MIDI, off course).

i meant do that we can burn it to cds and listen to it like a proper song(UNLESS YOU LISTEN TO ALL YOUR SONGS ON THE WEB)

[Oz]

i think we should download instead of just listening to it off a browser. did you make the whole song (i know you didnt make the voices) because that is a wikid song to listen to while i draw pics. you made my day oz!

Thank you guys.

The voices have been sampled, but everything else is written directly in the paino roll sequencer.

And otter, I really appreciate the mixing pointers, I still have a lot to learn in that area!

[BorisZ]

Need any plugins?

[Oz]

I didn't download your file (yet) so this is just a trick I use when exporting mudio from reason:
Rewire it to cubase (if you have it), and export it from there because cubase has much better audio export channels.
In Wave lab (or cubase) there is great VST plugin called FinalMix that greatly improves final sound (It's not easy to use but there is a lot of tutoriials on internet).
Don't know if it is important to you, but I felt like sharing that information.

Good idea. I've never thought of using VST plug-ins to master the final mix. My experience using Rewire is that it is a little slow, but that could be my ancient computer acting up.

Thanks for the tip!

[Oz]

Need any plugins?

Not at the moment. I'll check out FinalMix. Thanks anyway.

[fovmester]

i do i do i do!!