i posted this back at the beginning of march, right before my drive crashed, with the caveat that i may revisit it slightly. the drums need some work, but i'm not going to use (directly programmed) midi to tweak them, so that leaves this done with. this is final (as chiptune). no further tweaks.
the update, however, is the addition of a wind section to take over some arpeggiation. i've boosted this slightly in the mix, but not too much. it was finding that middle point that took all day.
i've probably pointed out a few times that you need to listen to this stuff loud and through headphones to get it. this is especially true of this track, which needs volume and headphones to get the dynamics right.
canned guitars aside, or perhaps included, i think this mix sounds outstanding. it's just going to get better, though, as i layer it over with drum effects and live guitars.
this is the vst mix, including computer generated guitars. in addition
to being the core of the final track, it's interesting to point out just
how good computer music can sound nowadays. excluding the introduction,
i didn't play a single note in this song. the guitars are all played
through midi-based vst instruments and put into digital amp models and
digital effects emulators. it's really rather remarkable how far the
technology has come....
written in early 2001. initially rendered mar 7, 2014. re-rendered due to shift in instrumentation on apr 29, 2014.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/vst-mix
