"Echoes in the Night", on Soundcloud

[AlbertoZ]

Hello all,

I posted few days ago my latest track on SoundCloud, I called it "Echoes in the Night". It is a piece based on a 4 bars theme (d f e a c) and an interval of two ascending notes (d a). It is recorded in Ardour on Linux (Mint 17.3, 64) using 8xZebra 2 (u-he), Sequent (Loomer) and Hydrogen for the drum track and a bit of my voice . a-compressor from Ardour was used as a spice on the buses, including main mix. The drums have a lot of presence, and sound quite "electronic".
The more I use Ardour the better I'm used to it. What I understood recently is that in order to have many plugins I had to "bounce" often and to manually de-activate the plugin track (in order to save precious CPU of my 7-years old desktop).
I think I should categorize it as "electronica/ambient" but I'm not sure it fits, it's simply "a piece".
Feel free to comment it!!

https://soundcloud.com/albertoz/echoes-in-the-night

Best regards,
Alberto

[jonetsu]

Nice track. Very good and fitting use of Sequent. Perhaps just a bit too much between 1:04-1:15, but that's just me. I would have put the Sequent track just a tiny bit more at the back. The overall feel of the piece is nice and coherent. Do you know Cumulus by Loomer ?

Cheers.

[AlbertoZ]

Jonetsu, thanks for your time in listening the song.. appreciated!
Between 1:04 and 1:15 yes, I wanted some "crushy" effects prior to the "transition" part... That is Zebrify, BTW.

Yes, I know cumulus and I really like it. I got some nice textures out of few soundfiles of my own and sooner or later I'd like to put together something with it. The Loomer products are really good!

Alberto

[kbongosmusic]

two thumbs up! cheers!

[AlbertoZ]

two thumbs up! cheers!

Thanks, appreciated.

Alberto

[GMaq]

Hi,

Great track! Enjoyed listening and great mix too!

[AlbertoZ]

Thanks Glenn, appreciated!
The mix is one of the most complex aspects I just faced. Glad to hear that it sounds acceptable.

Alberto

[folderol]

Overall I enjoyed this, but found the 'squidgy' noises a bit of a distraction.

[AlbertoZ]

Hi folderol,

your feedback is appreciated...
Yes, there is a lot of contrast in the piece between the "creamy" parts and the "crunchy" stuff.
Maybe too unbalanced toward the latter.

Alberto

[psyocean]

Very like! Cool and tranquillity, interesting sound solutions!

[assink]

Nice track!
And awesome glitches! Tho, I would put those (glitchy) drums a bit louder in the mix....
for the rest the mix sounds really good overall