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Xelebes

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  1. I'm finding the snare really weak. Also the phaser-effect needs to be put further in the background. Also, try clearing up the lead a bit - too much effect on it makes it unclear. Hats could go down slightly in the drum mix.

    Love the 80's throwback with the pads.

    Hm... listening again. You need to do something creative with the drums. Possibly doing some sucking with the reverb and compressors (subtle reverb with compressors set at a fast attack and release and moderately low threshold (-6 - -9 dB)).

  2. Yes this is possible. All you have to do is align the midi port channel with the one your MIDI controller is using. The midi port channel is that digital-display number you see in the upper right-hand corner of the channel box (for example, click on a sample channel, it will become obvious what I am talking about.)

  3. FL's tools are sufficient in making decent trance or dance- trance was made with experimenting with known presets (for example, Vangelis' strings and choirs from the 80's would later be used and modified by tweaking them.) It's all about tweaking the instruments and knowing a little about sound theory (you learn that stuff by fooling around and reading about articles about the knobs you are using.)

    Fruity Piano might be weak - but hey, too many artists made hits using the Korg M1 piano so hey, it's not exactly worthless.

  4. This venue was the one that launched k.d. lang, Sarah Maclachlan, Blue Rodeo, Captain Tractor and the Barenaked Ladies careers.

    Sidetrack sidetracked (10:56 p.m.)

    Famed downtown venue closes doors

    Karen Kleiss, edmonton journal.com

    Published: Thursday, February 15, 2007

    Edmonton’s famed Sidetrack Cafe closed its doors Thursday, 26 years to the day after it opened.

    Sarah MacLachlan, k.d. lang, the Barenaked Ladies and Blue Rodeo are just some of the acts launched from the ’Track’s stage.

    “It was not a decision that was made lightly,” operations manager Leard Robertson said Thursday. “Everyone ... has literally given the shirt off their backs to try to make this happen.”

    “Ultimately it is financial,” he said.

    “The move, the renovations, the delay in opening, those are some of the factors in the decision.”

    The closure is indefinite, he said. All bookings have been cancelled, according to the bar’s website.

    Sidetrack staff member Cory Papirny heard the news Thursday, one day after the decision was made.

    “I was told that as of Thursday, we are closed,” Papirny said.

    “It is a sad day for the music community in Edmonton.”

    The Sidetrack opened Feb. 15, 1981, at 10333 112th St., where it became a mecca of live

    music in Edmonton.

    “It had a kind of magic,” said Clare Anderson, who ran the bar for more than a decade during its heyday. It wasn’t the club du jour … . It was a gathering place where people hung out and coexisted. There was a real magical harmony between the staff and the patrons and the bands that played there.

    “You don’t come across many places like that.”

    The bar moved to its new location at 10238 104th Street in April 2006, a move many in the city’s entertainment community say hastened the cafe’s end.

    “Even though we’ve ceased operations we would like to think that everyone enjoyed their time at the Sidetrack,” Robertson said.

    “We have nothing but good memories.”

    kkleiss@thejournal.canwest.com

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