djpretzel
05-17-2003, 06:36 AM
??? -djp
It's about time I got around to submitting something again. This song is a
remix of the title track from Uniracers. I recently bought a copy of Kid
Koala's "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" and was inspired to try something a little
different. This song was done using only my Technics SL-1200 Direct Drive
Turntables and my Gemini PS-676 Pro Stereo Preamp Mixer (for the cutting and
whatnot). These are my babies, I love them more than anything. With this
song, I wanted to let everyone know that the turntable isn't just a means of
playing music anymore - indeed, it is an instrument just like any woodwind,
brass, percussion or string. I had a set goal in mind for this song - to
use an unconventional means of carrying the rhythm, which was achieved by
cutting a voice track in and out using just my ears for syncing everything
that came afterward. Once the groundwork was laid down, I looped it and
went over again, this time manipulating the drum track, and then again using
a long drawn-out sample of a guitar riff being cut in and out and sped up
and slowed down by the speed control on the turntables to bring out the
melody of the original. Be warned though, at first it takes a trained ear
to pick up on the similarities this shares with the original, as it only
uses half of the original material. I just thought it would be something
interesting to share with everyone, however musically viable it is. I plan
on honing my skills and attempting to cover some other video game tracks as
things go along. And yes, this is the first one I did using live
turntables, my Sonic Water Warning revisit was actually all done on the
computer. Anyway, here's the link:
The name of the song is "Velcro Melted Br8kz", which kinda fits the goofy
nature of the song itself, while also vying for the title of "weirdest name
for an OCR song". Don't ask me why I named it this, I don't even know.
I hope you enjoy this
It's about time I got around to submitting something again. This song is a
remix of the title track from Uniracers. I recently bought a copy of Kid
Koala's "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" and was inspired to try something a little
different. This song was done using only my Technics SL-1200 Direct Drive
Turntables and my Gemini PS-676 Pro Stereo Preamp Mixer (for the cutting and
whatnot). These are my babies, I love them more than anything. With this
song, I wanted to let everyone know that the turntable isn't just a means of
playing music anymore - indeed, it is an instrument just like any woodwind,
brass, percussion or string. I had a set goal in mind for this song - to
use an unconventional means of carrying the rhythm, which was achieved by
cutting a voice track in and out using just my ears for syncing everything
that came afterward. Once the groundwork was laid down, I looped it and
went over again, this time manipulating the drum track, and then again using
a long drawn-out sample of a guitar riff being cut in and out and sped up
and slowed down by the speed control on the turntables to bring out the
melody of the original. Be warned though, at first it takes a trained ear
to pick up on the similarities this shares with the original, as it only
uses half of the original material. I just thought it would be something
interesting to share with everyone, however musically viable it is. I plan
on honing my skills and attempting to cover some other video game tracks as
things go along. And yes, this is the first one I did using live
turntables, my Sonic Water Warning revisit was actually all done on the
computer. Anyway, here's the link:
The name of the song is "Velcro Melted Br8kz", which kinda fits the goofy
nature of the song itself, while also vying for the title of "weirdest name
for an OCR song". Don't ask me why I named it this, I don't even know.
I hope you enjoy this