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Look what I made! / Re: Chaos Algorithms
« on: June 15, 2017, 02:33:14 »
Some experiment.


I got a question. Do you know what a key is(in the context of music)?


Not trying to call you stupid or anything, but I'm just asking.

It's not in a key. I tried to come up with some tortured analysis of it to say "It's in this key or mode" but really, it isn't. The first part starts out in C Phyrgian and goes crazy modulating a half step to C# minor, except there's an added major note in the scale, then modulating to something in D which I don't know the name of (D, Eb, A, B are the notes used) and finishing by modulating to E (it could be any scale that starts with E)

Then the thing gets cut up into a fragment with a 10/4 time signature. Then at pattern 5 the fragment is modulated up a half step to C#.
At six it again chops the 10/4 piece into an 8/4 fragment by removing the last two spaces, then does the thing where instead of key changes there are modulations, but this time going "D-D-D-D-D#-E-D-G", maintaining this modulation tendency through pattern 7, 8, then in 9 modulating to a repeating 10/4 D Phyrgian fragment, maintaining this through 10, cutting it to 5/4 in 11, modulating to C Phrgyian in 12.

Pattern 13 has a repeating modulation pattern in the time signature of 6/4 where C Phygian is modulated to A# Phrygian, and this is repeated 4 times. Pattern 14 maintains this basic structure. Then pattern 16 cuts the whole two modulation section by removing the last two lines, making it 10/4. Pattern 17 is in C Minor and 6/4 time signature with a recurring sometimes-chromatic note that goes: D, C#, C, D

Pattern 18 is in 4/4 and has C Phygian Modulate into G# Phygian and back, same with Pattern 19. Pattern 20 is in 10/4, in C Phyrgian with a chromatic A note, same with pattern 21.

Patterns 22 and 23 are repeats of patterns 7 and 8, the whole thing with its sub-modulations modulated to G# (basically, take pattern 7 and 8, hit the transpose up on the whole thing until the first note is G#)

Pattern 24 uses the same structure as 23.

On pattern 25 it all ends on a G#-7 note.

Edit: Sorry if this analysis sounded annoying or pedantic, but its the best I could do, hehe...

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Help me find that... / Re: Looking for a song - "Escape"
« on: June 13, 2017, 08:07:49 »
Is this it? http://files.exotica.org.uk/modland/?file=pub/modules/Fasttracker%202/BTME/escape.xm

Fits your description, although the flute only has one little part.

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Look what I made! / Re: Unknown Moon released on CD!
« on: June 12, 2017, 06:34:12 »
"An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them." - Andy Warhol

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Look what I made! / Chaos Algorithms
« on: June 03, 2017, 06:39:26 »
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=180168

Ever make something and then when you listen to it you're just like "How did I make this?!" Anyways, its my usual 3 channels of square wave, so if that turns you off...well, sorry :P

But for the remaining listeners, I got a screwball module with changing time signatures, bizarre modulations, skewed song structure, but it somehow just works in a weird way. At least I think so! Let me know what you think...

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Help me find that... / Re: Trap songs?
« on: May 14, 2017, 00:43:17 »
Well, since it's relevant, I'll use this opportunity to plug the album BGM by Yellow Magic Orchestra again, since it was the first album to use the TR-808 (in 1980)



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM_(album)

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Look what I made! / Re: Unknown Moon released on CD!
« on: April 23, 2017, 00:26:17 »
There are no jobs on the Unknown Moon!

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Look what I made! / Re: Unknown Moon released on CD!
« on: April 22, 2017, 06:07:22 »
WELL THEN, I'll have to offer alternative incentives, if spinning the moon on your pinky isn't enough.

First of all, it does spin in a CD player, and music is produced. If you listen to the music this way, you hear the tracks exactly as I intended them to sound, in the order I intended.

Second of all, the entire package looks cool. I designed it myself, and it did turn out most nicely in my opinion. Which bring me to the third incentive...

IT HAS A CADUCEUS WITH FIRE AND ICE SERPENTS. Which is a lot of cool symbolism in a nice winged-rod and serpents package.

Also, the inspiration for the album cover came when I was a kid, and had a dream that blue and orange serpents pulled me up to the moon, and the album as a whole is intended to create a similar "dream" in the listener (maybe just to appreciate the moon?)

This all leads me to my final (EDIT: next) point, which is that selling this  CD expands my ego, which briefly feels good in the way that a shot of dope after a broken arm or winning at Street Fighter 2: Turbo, or any other ephemeral pleasures feel.

Beyond that, this CD is an immortality token, or something mundane which reminds of something that outlasts mortal flesh and blood. Humans seek out immortality tokens because they are afraid of death. This CD temporarily relieves the terror caused by knowledge of one's mortality.

Anyways, while ego is part of why I made the CD, I wanted to give
A) The few fans I have something to have
And B) Have something cool and tangible to remember Unknown Moon with

Money is a very small factor, but I went into this expecting to lose money on this, that is, not even sell 6 copies of the 10 I made, so time will tell if this is the case.

Anyways, MOON!

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Look what I made! / Unknown Moon released on CD!
« on: April 21, 2017, 21:37:34 »


Due to the incredible popularity of my "square wave only" modules on ModArchive I decided to release my album Unknown Moon on a physical, spin-it-on-your-pinky CD. The disc has the dark side of the moon printed on it, like the cover, its got artwork, a jewel case, shrink wrap...

Or you could just get the modules on modarchive, but seriously man, YOU CAN SPIN THE MOON ON YOUR PINKY! Released by the mostly imaginary record label Fourier Records, i.e., myself.

It's only $5 but shipping might kill you if you're in Europe or Asia.

Check my bandcamp page for more information!

And before anyone accuses me of selling out, I don't expect to make any profit on this, and if I do, it'll be to fund releases on Fourier Records (i.e., make more quality records for me and other people to enjoy for cheap)

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The Lobby / Inspiration from Yellow Magic Orchestra
« on: March 18, 2017, 10:03:23 »
I've started buying up Yellow Magic Orchestra LPs, and it just struck me that this pioneering Japanese experimental synthpop band is the right band at the right time to look back on and be influenced by. Just dropping this name, check 'em out if you haven't heard them. They were synthpop influences (along with Kraftwerk) on Chicago house. But they could influence more modern music too, if musicians would listen to them. Which is something I'd like to happen, so I made this post.

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The Lobby / Noise!
« on: March 04, 2017, 19:52:20 »
I'm wondering, are there any modules that are just noise? I don't mean "rhythmic noise" or hardcore...I just mean soundscapes of sampled noises without melody, rhythm...Perhaps droning as a cacophony of sampled noise. I know that effects available in more modern DAWs facilitate this type of noise making better than trackers, but perhaps there are some interesting noise tracks? BTW, what is ModArchive's policy on noise, musique concrete, etc. Is it even accepted here?

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