djpretzel Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 ??? -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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protricity Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 so... NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcos Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 NO Now lets listen to this. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vig Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 NO because if i wanted to hear this, i'd detonate a couple of kilos of C4 under my hood and try to start my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted June 4, 2003 Author Share Posted June 4, 2003 delay-breaker: No I'd like to add that this may be simply an issue of a genre - scratching and scratching alone - not really being suited to the definition of "arrangement" we have here, which involves... notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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