"We Should Know" (Not a Dance Track)

vlantis · Post by **vlantis** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:50 am

I just uploaded a new song to my myspace page. Come and have a listen. It takes a while to get started, but if you're patient it'll pick up. The vocals are me reading the top of my Edirol Interface because I didn't want to bother writing lyrics.

http://www.myspace.com/vlantis

As always, fiend requests and comments/criticism welcome!

Silwolffe · Post by **Silwolffe** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:21 am

It makes me feel all bubbly and bouncy inside.

The vocals are... actually really cool, I think.

Nice track, I like it a lot. The melody is pretty catchy.

What are you singing, anyway? It sounds like you're saying, "I'm flying on the plane to Ithicus."

vlantis · Post by **vlantis** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:27 pm

Thank you thank you thank you for replying! I've been posting here for a while, with no replies (but then again, I never reply to the music I check out. I should change that) The complete lyrics are:

"6 in 6 out 24 bit 1 9 kilohertz audio capture FA-66"

And then,

"This class B (maybe I said "8") digital apparatus meets all requirements of"

Like I said, I just read the top of my interface.

I don't think it's 100% finished yet, but I probably won't tweak it for a couple months after I make some more songs. I may add some extra vocals in place of the repeating lines (maybe I'll borrow your line!) and I'll probably change the second drum part a bit. I'll just sit on it and see what it does for me later.

Thanks again for the kind words!

eggnchips · Post by **eggnchips** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:36 pm

nice, I like it.

psychohagis · Post by **psychohagis** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:45 pm

How do you do that vocal effect, been wanting to do sumin similar for ages, but havent been able to work out how to do it.

vlantis · Post by **vlantis** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:33 pm

Thanks everybody for the replies!

psychohagis: I used a program called Zerius Vocoder. It's pretty nice for a free program (but pretty limited). It basically takes a pre-recorded synth melody track (in this case one I made using one of the synth instruments that came with Live) and a pre-recorded vocal track and merges them. If you're really interested and don't know anything about what I'm talking about let me know and I'll PM you.

I'm going to go make a few changes to the song now. Thanks again!

Silwolffe · Post by **Silwolffe** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:02 pm

You're welcome for the response. When I first listened to it, the beginning totally reminded me of a video game - but I couldn't figure it out. Now I have, it reminds me of The Sims2 when I used to play it way back when it first came out. My friend plays TheSims2 a lot, so I'll have to send this track to him.

The vocals are really cool, and I would have never guessed that is what you were saying.

You should totally list this thing up for download.

vlantis · Post by **vlantis** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:54 pm

Silwolffe: Video games are a major influence in the stuff I make. Living in Japan which has a bustling videogame-ish music scene also has an effect. I must say I've never played The Sims 2, so I'll try to track that down and see what the music's like.

As for putting things up for download, I wait until I have enough material for an album and then put the whole thing up for free download.

If you're interested you can download "Access Axis" (for free!) here http://www.filedropper.com/vlantisalbumaccessaxis