Ever since the last Robotmakers clip ended up as a "featured video"
on Youtube, I'd been plotting the follow-up. With the distractions
of the financiapocalypse intervening, it's taken a very long time,
but "Crush Kill Destroy" is finally done. There are some interesting
synth bits:
- At 0:59 to 1:11, and 2:15 to 2:30, there's a synth line that's
played without envelope generators or triggers. Instead, the VCA
(and VCF) are controlled by the X-axis of a Novation RemoteSL xy
pad. The Y-axis is vibrato. A footpedal through a MOTM pedal
interface controls the rate of downward glide of a MOTM lag
processor. It's a revelation how different it is to play this way -
like driving a manual transmission car in London (for an American).
- Throughout there's a hammond-esque organ that's actually 4 synch'ed
Moog921AB VCOs producing sine waves, sampled into Kontakt. The sound
is then processed in Cubase with distortion and rotary vst plug-ins.
- The horns in the chorus were the result of experiments into
imitative synthesis discussed here in April, 2007.
- The guitars are guitars (sorry).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZsmLluFTUsCan be watched in HD, as well (!)
I very much hope you like it and sincere thanks for all your support.
Best regards,
Roger