Dan Tootill - Scumball

4 other remixes of Scumball

I chose Scumball because nobody else had done it yet and it proved to be a pivotal moment. Feeling unable to progress beyond the mediocrity of my Platoon and Ocean Loader 2 remixes, I approached Chris Abbott for some advice. He was really incredibly helpful, guiding me towards soft synths which I'd shied away from having failed to make anything decent with AXS. I spent a long time experimenting and began to learn how to create sounds that were characteristic of hardware I loved, but didn't have access to. The sound of the TB-303 in software was something to be very excited about. I also invested in some decent drum samples, although I clearly did a terrible job of mixing them here.

It felt I had the right tools at last and couldn't really go wrong with this, even though it was a short tune. However, even the most positive of the three reviews suggested either me or Tim Follin was tone-deaf and I very much doubt he meant the latter. The high-pitched notes really are that high in the original SID, so I can only apologise if I gave anyone a headache. I'm pretty sure the fast arpeggios are correct, and even after all these years I can't hear the bum note that was pointed out in the first review. I know this isn't great, Peacemaker did a much better job and load_error's trance version shows what else can be done with this tune.