AndyUK wrote:Oh yes I like this!! oh yes I do.. The only! and I mean only! bit that sounds 'off' is around the 2:05 mark where the higher notes come in' it's very abrupt but its a wip so hell can't argue.. Delta's always been one ( and I'm a Galway boy heh ) of my fave Rob tunes because of the way it feels compared to his other work and your version hit's all the er..er .. right notes
heh
You planning on turning this into a fully fledged version? Hmm
I have to add, that everything you hear in the demo is live played... nothing is sequenced, and I actually use the pitch-wheel to make those bend notes which is a bit "rough"
... even the filter sweeps is live-tweaked too... this is sort of like the typpical Berlin School way of doing it, but I'll certainly automate my movements when the final tune is done... I'm a perfectionist, so don't worry
In fact I've worked on the Evolver patch some more today... one thing I had a problem with was that the bassline was not playable by itself... both the bass and arpeggio followed eachother on the keyboard which made it impossible to make the bass notes of the piece, as the arpeggio pattern always stays the same.
I sorted this by removing the arpeggiated oscillator from MIDI, so now I can play the tune right.
One of the problems with many of hubbards sounds is that it involves ringmodulating or syncronizing two oscillators together... on hardware synths this is not really a problem, but it becomes a problem because Rob almost always play two different melodies with the two synced/ringmoded oscillators... that's what gives his tunes these wonderful FX'ed and tuned textures... the problem with this is, that almost no other synths than the C64 SID chip allow you to control the oscillators on different MIDI channels... had the Evolver not had that build in sequencer it would not have been possible to do this.
And yes... I have plans on turning this into a fullfledged version that last AT LEAST those 11-12 minutes that the original did, and very possibly also much longer... normal Berlin School tracks can easily last for more than 30 minutes... and either you like this genre or you don't.... normaly Berlin School is completely percussionless, but I think I'll try to see if I can make it a bit percussive at times as well, but this I have not yet decided.
One thing I'm certain of is, that this piece will end up sounding VERY analog... because I intend on using only analog gear with it... it's kind of like a Berlin School signature sound, that it's analog.
Thanks for your reply AndyUK...
