Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Realm -

I just listed to your track so here it goes.

One of the first things that my girlfriend said when she walked in 
the room was "who's this" - and "sounds like video game music" - 
which is kinda funny, because it reminds me a lot of the "tracked" 
trance that you'd hear back in the day in a lot of the "chip" 
and "future crew" demos....  also has a tint of fsol.  The breaks 
are a nice touch.   And the violin solo is definatly very touching.  
Personally, I'm not a big fan of trance.  But I am a big fan of 
chip/demo music.  over all i'd give this track an 8/10.  Add a vocal 
in there and i'd be an easy 9/10.

What did you use for the core of this track?  

ez.



--- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Hehe, Moonshine a smaller label?  You're joking right? 
> 
> I'm not trying to say you're wrong, but I've been sending out 
promos for a 
> few years now, not to mention I've got a pretty relationship with 
a lot of 
> the nu skool breaks label owner in the UK right now (Sounds of 
Habib, 
> Plastic Raygunn, Disuye, TCR) etc.  Sure if they like your tune 
they'll 
> talk about pressing it, but there's a lot of work that goes into 
putting 
> out a record, so they don't just take the ones that sound good 
(obviously 
> that's ONE of the prerequisites though).  There's marketting plans 
to 
> think about, promotion budgets, regional exposure, whether or not 
it has 
> the 'sound' a label is known for, etc.
> 
> I truly wish it was as easy as just finding a small label and 
letting them 
> press it, but you've got to find the right label, one who's 
willing to 
> invest in an unknown producer(s).  Not that we're not going to try 
still, 
> the B-side is in the works right now...
> 
> BTW, mastering for vinyl is a completely different process than 
regular CD 
> mastering, and has nothing to do with dither.  A record pressing 
plant 
> will typically have an in house engineer who's job is to take your 
nice, 
> pristine CD master, and make sure it'll work on a record.  They 
don't do 
> any dithering at this stage, unless they need to completely 
remaster your 
> song in the first place, which is rare nowadays as the labels will 
have 
> caught any of those issues long before it get sent to be pressed.  
The 
> pressing plant will check to make sure your bass frequencies are 
centered, 
> not panning around, or pulled hard to one side (causes the needle 
to jump 
> out of the groove).  They also determine how hot to burn the 
record (+6dB 
> is typical for dance tunes), an how far apart the grooves should 
be given 
> the track length, and the bass content.  Typcially recored with 
lots of 
> bass with need deeper grooves that are farther apart.  Lots of 
good 
> articles out there on vinyl pressing if you need more info...
> 
> rEalm
> 
> 
> 
> I knew of a guy in New York that prints house tracks, he would get 
stuff 
> in on Dat and just print it if it didn't need mastering.  Prefered 
DAT 
> because he needed to remaster a bunch of em and wanted the higher 
quality. 
>  Really doesn't matter what the format is I'm sure.  Some things 
are 
> obviously easier to work with for mastering if it hasn't allready 
been 
> compressed and dithered.  Just send em out, That track is sweet 
enough if 
> you sent it to a smaller label I'm sure they would pick it up.  
Try 
> Moonshine Records, they're pretty decent.