[drum and bass] trefoil

xaimus · June 02, 2009, 06:23:25

entry for a battle of the bits VSTi competition. we were required to use a very limited chiptune-oriented VSTi as our only sound generator--it only produces aliasing square waves! needless to say, the tune features quite a bit of processing

made in openmpt, as always
http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Entry/Trefoil/2394/

Sam_Zen · June 02, 2009, 23:27:57

Fat !! Love this.. underlining high speed and excellent development.

One comment about the production :
The basic drum and bass is much narrowed down to the center channel, with the reverbed-extra's wide around it L/R.
This material could have a spread around the center panning of instruments from let's say -60 upto 60.

Nice new cat-pic btw. Does the cat has a name ?

Nahkranoth · June 05, 2009, 06:50:15

Oh, fu**! This is GREAT!
Can you tell what this chiptune VSTi is? Just to know how limited it is, to feel your greatness so to say

Saga Musix · June 05, 2009, 11:31:23

Really nice D&B! Superb production as always.

g · June 05, 2009, 13:42:56

Sounds great, not square at all.

Harbinger · June 06, 2009, 23:27:53

Notes as i'm listening:

Aha, this is drums-n-bass? Always wondered.

Sounds like some Ambient mixed in between the rhythmic clauses. Love the strong inorganic kick and the industrial pad for those. Whoa, i found some interesting time signatures, or perhaps rhythmic counterbeats! And good ending.

Worth keeping for something but not background music -- it's too strong and deviant. :wink:

xaimus · June 08, 2009, 07:35:16

Quote from: "Nahkranoth"Oh, fu**! This is GREAT!
Can you tell what this chiptune VSTi is? Just to know how limited it is, to feel your greatness so to say :D

Sure! It's uB's Medusa VSTi, described here:
http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Battle/339/Bad+Snake+Hair+Day
and available for download here:
http://battleofthebits.org/data/battles/00339/medusa%20VSTi.zip

Quote from: "Sam_Zen"One comment about the production :
The basic drum and bass is much narrowed down to the center channel, with the reverbed-extra's wide around it L/R.
This material could have a spread around the center panning of instruments from let's say -60 upto 60.

Yeah. By the time I got to this part of the mixing, I got irritated with my computer's poor performance and decided to render what I had. The overall balance on the tune isn't where I want it to be, and a lot of sounds are still too hard-edged (like the snare--it doesn't groove at all).

Quote from: "Sam_Zen"Nice new cat-pic btw. Does the cat has a name ?

Neither cat is mine! :-) Both are amusing photos I've found online.

Nahkranoth · June 09, 2009, 11:59:30

Quote from: "xaimus"Sure! It's uB's Medusa VSTi, described here:
http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Battle/339/Bad+Snake+Hair+Day

That shoul be a LOT of processing to make this thing sound like that! :shock:
Meanwhile there's a VSTi that uses only pulsewaves, if someone is interested:
Pulsation Lite

BooT-SectoR-ViruZ · July 21, 2009, 11:05:33

very nice song, though you had me confused with the BotB (Ballet Of The Bits), which i normally recognize as 'Benefit of the Boomerang'

Saga Musix · July 21, 2009, 11:09:34

"Ballet of the Bits"... haha that is so awesome :lol:

BooT-SectoR-ViruZ · July 21, 2009, 11:11:41

oh, my reading abilities seem to have gone worse... :lol: