Re: [LAU] Two songs made in Qtractor : Takkadum & Kleb Station

On Sun, 20 Apr 2014 11:35:32 +0100
Philippe Coatmeur <philcm@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> Hi there
>
> Takkadum <http://opensimo.org/play/?a=Azer0,Counternatures&s=1> was made
> mid 2011 right before Automation was available, around 0.4.something, I
> guess
>
> 18 tracks : 10 MIDI tracks and 8 audio ones (using flac containers) ;
>
> * One 3 channels bus to sidechain-compress the 303-style bass (nekobee
> <http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/196.206.69.128>) with the kick (a
> free 808 Sound font played by fluidsynth) using SC3
> <http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html#tth_sEc2.90>
> * the other cheap DR55 Beat elements are made with Rudolf 556
> <http://ll-plugins.nongnu.org/lv2/rudolf556.html>
> * A Hexter <http://dssi.sourceforge.net/hexter.html> synth is doubling
> the bass in the subs
> * The organ is a Calf <http://calf.sourceforge.net/> organ
> * The Lead synth is a Calf <http://calf.sourceforge.net/> Monosynth
> * The guitar is a g10 double coil Ibanez in a focusrite preamp
> * The microphone is a chinese Neumann knockoff in a focusrite preamp
> * The girl asking "what" ? in the background is called Fatima-Zohra
> * Everybody is EQ'd with LADSPA C* 10 bands Equalizer from CAPS
> * Everybody is comp'd with Calf compressor DSSI
> * There is a LADSPA "Fast lookahead limiter" on the master out bus
> * The final bounce, a "normalize" and a quick and dirty fade out are
> made in Audacity
>
> Kleb Station <http://opensimo.org/play/?a=Azer0,Counternatures&s=7>
> (summer 2011 too) uses pretty much the same setup
> <http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/307> with more instruments
> <http://linuxfr.org/users/philippemc/journaux/kleb-station-une-chanson-100-libre>
> plugged in, a little automation (it was just out, and already worked
> really good) and sidechain-ducked bass ; I play on all the tracks.
>
> BTW the CMS <http://opensimo.org/play/> linked is a personal
> developpement, that automatically builds album pages by reading the tags
> (and optional - cover & stuff - images). It's yours if you want it.
>
> I used GNU / Linux to make music since around the time Jack was
> introduced. I spent coutless nights teaching myself how to use just
> about every single system available, and I always came back to Qtractor.
> Everything makes sense in Qtractor. And when it seems that it doesn't, a
> quick message on Rui Nuno's blog and you're out of the hole.
>
> The development is steady, focusing only on the core of the matter, and
> the result is a solid system, usable right now.
>
> Qtractor does not even try to be /everything/, it wants to be useful in
> the middle of the huge Linux audio production ecosystem, talking nice to
> everybody, implementing new techs & protocols silently, never breaking
> what's worked so far, bringing it all together. For me, it's the
> standard against witch I can compare everything else.
>
> Philippe (xaccrocheur)
>
Can't seem to get any of these tracks to play (using firefox24) - just sits
there doing nothing :(

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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