Interstellar Bump » Sweeping Hot Coals http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress Andrew Ford's maxi-tech music Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:53:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sweeping Hot Coals http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/10/13/sweeping-hot-coals-2/ http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/10/13/sweeping-hot-coals-2/#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:20:53 +0000 Andrew Ford http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/10/13/sweeping-hot-coals-2/ just a new mixdown, bit of arranging

straight mix: Download audio file (Sweeping Hot Coals.10-13-2007.loq.mp3)

live mix: Download audio file (Sweeping Hot Coals.10-17-2007.loq.mp3)

]]> http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/10/13/sweeping-hot-coals-2/feed/ 0 Live in StL 9-2-07 http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/09/09/live-in-stl-9-2-07/ http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/09/09/live-in-stl-9-2-07/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:27:47 +0000 Andrew Ford http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/09/09/live-in-stl-9-2-07/ Here’s the set I played last Sunday for Thump.

First four songs were not so good, so they’ve been excised.

Download audio file (Upstairs.9-2-2007-clean Rendered.mp3)

Here’s the list with links to individual song posts elsewhere here:

]]> http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/09/09/live-in-stl-9-2-07/feed/ 4 Sweeping Hot Coals http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/08/08/sweeping-hot-coals/ http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/08/08/sweeping-hot-coals/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:18:08 +0000 Andrew Ford http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/08/08/sweeping-hot-coals/ Here’s a new version where I play the whole thing through “live”.

Download audio file (Sweeping Hot Coals.8-7-2007.96.mp3)

]]> http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2007/08/08/sweeping-hot-coals/feed/ 1 Sweeping Hot Coals http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2006/02/22/sweeping/ http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2006/02/22/sweeping/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:23:59 +0000 Andrew Ford http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2006/02/22/zork/ Download audio file (Sweeping_Hot_Coals__snippet.mp3)

Learning how to play a lead that you created with the mouse is hard.

Slowing down the tempo was the key to getting started. The song runs at 127bpm, but I couldn’t play the line till I got down to 100bpm.

Now I can play it OK at 120bpm. Gettin’ there…

It’s gonna be worth it, the lead sound is very expressive, meaning it’s very responsive to how you play it on the keyboard.

lead Wusikstation : Download audio file (Sweeping_Hot_Coals__WusikstationLead.mp3)

The bass line is a Supernova sound. This really needs to be replaced. I’m toying with some sounds from the Oddity, but nothing is really coming together yet.

Download audio file (Sweeping_Hot_Coals__SupernovaBass.mp3)

The pad is from a Freebie VST called ganymed. It’s an FM synth with really ugly GUI. The software hasn’t been updated in years. It’s incredibly useful though: great presets and you won’t believe how low the CPU usage is.

Download audio file (Sweeping_Hot_Coals__FMpad.mp3)

]]> http://www.andrewford.org/wordpress/2006/02/22/sweeping/feed/ 0