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psionic311 · Last edited by psionic311 on Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:38 am; edited 4 times in total

Hi everyone.

I've given a lot of advice over the years here.
Now I'm asking for a return favor.
Can you please criticize my first real audio upload?
I prefer honest feedback. Don't sugarcoat it.

Tonight, I actually recorded my noodling on the Kronos.
First time, ever. Shocked

This is a big, big deal for me. I never record.
It's only 4:17 long.

I don't have a DAW setup.
I basically plugged a USB cable into Kronos,
the other end into my desktop computer,
then used Audacity to record one take per patch/program.
I made six short patch demos, mostly made with the MOD7 engine.

Then I realized Windows can't play and record at the same time.
So I transferred my recordings to my laptop via USB stick.
I played these back via WinAmp on the laptop, recording on my desktop,
using a 1/8" to stereo 1/4" cable into my XR18, which is my soundcard.
I recorded the six individual 30-60+ second tracks into Audacity as a single take.

https://soundcloud.com/andrewshaw-1/kronos-patch-demo1

Any and all advice / criticism welcome.
I believe constructive feedback makes one better.

It's called Kronos patch Demo1.
Here are the 6 patches in it:

Kronos 303 demo 0:44
AL1 tb303 acid ditty 1:04
7 interruptus 0:37
7 nexus folding 1:08
7 flummoxed 0:31
AL1 pacboy 0:25

The track sounds nice and meaty in WinAmp.
But thru soundcloud it's kinda distant and boxy, but with bottom.

Thanks.

Liviou2004 · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:43 am Post subject:

Hello Psionic,

It would be pleasure to listen to your work but this link doesn't lead to any song !

psionic311 · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:03 am Post subject:

voip · Platinum Member Joined: 27 Nov 2014 Posts: 3771

There seems to be an issue with Soundcloud. I've checked some tracks I've listened to before, and those don't play, either.

.

SKung · Full Member Joined: 20 Aug 2011 Posts: 179

Nice track. Can you elaborate how you did your noodling?

The first part is exactly the same sequence I posted some days ago in a thread about 303 sounds on the kronos

www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=119495

Liviou2004 · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 11:15 am Post subject:

psionic311 · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:02 pm Post subject:

psionic311 · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:05 pm Post subject:

psionic311 · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:13 pm Post subject:

GregC · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:44 pm Post subject:

I think the recording quality is good on SC.

SC is better quality playback vs YouTube, which sounds compressed to me, esp
if the songs are multi tracked.

If you continue recording on SC, its better to adapt your mixing style to that or any digital music site. For each originals, I spend several hours spread over a few days to improve my multi track mixes.

Of course, if a person is playing 1 or 2 instruments, mixing is easy. when recording up to 16 tracks, its more work to get it right.

Mixing is more art than science. Just my advice
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psionic311 · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Greg, I'll keep that in mind.

Liviou2004 · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:59 pm Post subject:

GregC · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 5:16 pm Post subject:

yeskeys · Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 4:41 pm Post subject:

Would love to hear it - but the link in your OP is down....
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psionic311 · Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:11 pm Post subject:

I took down the original recording.
I accidentally mixed in SKung's 303 demo
It's back up now, without the mixup.

Here are the patch names:

AL1 tb303 acid ditty
7 interruptus
7 nexus folding
7 flummoxed
AL1 pacboy