Wednesday, January 28, 2015
untitled (vst mix) (for thru)
i decided the vst mix is good after all, it just needs volume....
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this track was initially written as a folk punk song, but i jumped to the scorewriter with it almost immediately. the expanded guitar demo was written in a scorewriter and then performed, rather than vice versa. it was initially less about explicitly creating a techno song and more about ordering the parts in a way that could be deconstructed more effectively.
the taiko drum part was initially just to keep time; it wasn't supposed to be a part of the song. but, as i built it up i began to realize how interesting it sounded as a techno tune and sort of ran with it.
written over the summer of 2002. remixed in december, 2014. this render is from dec 26, 2014. as always, please use headphones.
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-3
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this track was initially written as a folk punk song, but i jumped to the scorewriter with it almost immediately. the expanded guitar demo was written in a scorewriter and then performed, rather than vice versa. it was initially less about explicitly creating a techno song and more about ordering the parts in a way that could be deconstructed more effectively.
the taiko drum part was initially just to keep time; it wasn't supposed to be a part of the song. but, as i built it up i began to realize how interesting it sounded as a techno tune and sort of ran with it.
written over the summer of 2002. remixed in december, 2014. this render is from dec 26, 2014. as always, please use headphones.
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-3
releasing inri001 in the alter-reality
moving through the alter-reality, i've worked my way up to the release date of my second demo, now labelled as inri002. that's a good chunk of time - nine months - and represents my gestation phase as a musician, which is coming to it's end.
there will be a month long period after this where i cycle through the material, culminating in the release of a condensed mix tape of inri001 and inri002 (called inri003), which has been dated to july, 1997. there will be a two month delay before inri004 ushers in the beginning of my experimental synth pop and cyberpunk phase.
but this is a significant shifting point in the alter-reality. i'll admit i'm a little tired of people pointing to these early demos and trying to compare them to contemporary lo-fi music. it was lo-fi out of necessity, not by design. i set up my promo like this for a reason, part of which was to create that reaction, so i'm being an ass in reacting badly to it. but i'm nevertheless glad to be moving beyond it.
so, there's three months still until inr004. but this is where the cassette demos stopped, and i shifted focus.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inri-cassette-demo-2
there will be a month long period after this where i cycle through the material, culminating in the release of a condensed mix tape of inri001 and inri002 (called inri003), which has been dated to july, 1997. there will be a two month delay before inri004 ushers in the beginning of my experimental synth pop and cyberpunk phase.
but this is a significant shifting point in the alter-reality. i'll admit i'm a little tired of people pointing to these early demos and trying to compare them to contemporary lo-fi music. it was lo-fi out of necessity, not by design. i set up my promo like this for a reason, part of which was to create that reaction, so i'm being an ass in reacting badly to it. but i'm nevertheless glad to be moving beyond it.
so, there's three months still until inr004. but this is where the cassette demos stopped, and i shifted focus.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inri-cassette-demo-2
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
untitled (intended original mix)
ok.
i've decided to keep the intro guitar part out of the 2002 mix, because i'm going to soundscape the fuck out of it in ways that i couldn't have really done at the time and it just doesn't sound good in raw form.
so, this mix is done. the rss will update. i'm back at the three vst mixes for tomorrow.
when this comes up, crank the bass on it....
carefully. it's potentially speaker-blowing. but it's made to rock the low end hard.
that was the hard part, this should be quick from this point.
this compiles all the 2002 files into a mix that is as close as i can get it to sounding as i initially imagined it back in 2002. mix completed jan 27, 2015.
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-intended-original-mix
i've decided to keep the intro guitar part out of the 2002 mix, because i'm going to soundscape the fuck out of it in ways that i couldn't have really done at the time and it just doesn't sound good in raw form.
so, this mix is done. the rss will update. i'm back at the three vst mixes for tomorrow.
when this comes up, crank the bass on it....
carefully. it's potentially speaker-blowing. but it's made to rock the low end hard.
that was the hard part, this should be quick from this point.
this compiles all the 2002 files into a mix that is as close as i can get it to sounding as i initially imagined it back in 2002. mix completed jan 27, 2015.
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-intended-original-mix
Monday, January 26, 2015
well, i got around this by finding a deleted version and carefully reconstructing it. it's back to where it should be, which tells me there was something wrong with the cubase file. i'm still having a hard time understanding what's going on without resorting to interception, but i do think that cubase can get a little bit weird when you back files up to an alternate drive and that it's a way out of thinking it's the government spying on me. the thing is i'm not convinced.
but something was corrupted, and it's been fixed by going to an earlier version before it got fucked. this basically means i have to finish it before it gets fucked up again. so expect the mix relatively soon. i was really at the point where i just had to mix some synths in before it started sounding like crap - it was basically done. the only other thing is that guitar part which i wanted to cut into a hundred pieces but may have to find some other approach to...
it's very hard for me to explain the following.
1) no latency issues.
2) sleep.
3) latency issues.
4) find old file.
5) modify old file so it's identical to newest file.
6) no latency issues.
how can latency issues depend on the file? that's nonsense...
and they appeared out of nowhere.
as mentioned, there's a pattern here. stuff disappearing. settings modifying. etc.
but i've got a window here, i need to use it...
but something was corrupted, and it's been fixed by going to an earlier version before it got fucked. this basically means i have to finish it before it gets fucked up again. so expect the mix relatively soon. i was really at the point where i just had to mix some synths in before it started sounding like crap - it was basically done. the only other thing is that guitar part which i wanted to cut into a hundred pieces but may have to find some other approach to...
it's very hard for me to explain the following.
1) no latency issues.
2) sleep.
3) latency issues.
4) find old file.
5) modify old file so it's identical to newest file.
6) no latency issues.
how can latency issues depend on the file? that's nonsense...
and they appeared out of nowhere.
as mentioned, there's a pattern here. stuff disappearing. settings modifying. etc.
but i've got a window here, i need to use it...
so, who is the fucker at the mixing desk?
i've let on a few times that i'm conceiving of him as the comic book guy, chowing down doritos that are falling out of his mouth and on to the board and muttering "no, no, this is all wrong - she means to do it like *this*.", which promptly leads me to want to strangle him.
i'm getting the perception, recently, that the surveillance is a little more sophisticated, which is leading me to question my perceptions.
who is the fucker at the mixing desk? i don't know, but it's becoming unbearable and i consequently need to request - again - that this ceases. my time is being wasted, and i don't have a lot of it left...
i spent a good part of the last week on this, and got to the point about friday where i could get a rough mix out. over the last few days, i've been lethargic - partially depressed that the out doesn't sound the same, partially refraining from nicotine. today, i began to notice that the file is skipping very badly and narrowed it down to a latency issue.
now, here's the thing: there was not previously a latency issue. i did not add any effects or buses or anything at all. it's the same file. one does not go from no latency issues to latency issues for no reason.
the one thing that i did change was that i unplugged from the internet....
now, here's the thing that is consistent with the other evidence i've compiled that my audio is connected to an external server: the direct out rendered the way it should, even as the playback sounded muffled and was skipping. that itself is not unusual. but what it indicates is that the processor is picking up extra shit on playback. that it wasn't picking up before. what, exactly?
now, as mentioned, i'm unplugged from the internet. there's no wireless in this machine at all. that doesn't mean remote operation is impossible, but it means that:
(1) it would be slow and
(2) it would require some expertise.
i'm not going to pretend that i know how to do this, but if you check any electronic device manufactured in north america there's a little statement on the back that states "we can remote control this with radio". this applies to everything from your cell phone to your microwave. but it means i'm not talking about a fucker at a mixing desk, i'm talking about a fucker at csis, and the noise and clicking and screwed up mixes i'm getting is essentially a byproduct of being monitored.
the logic may be along the lines of "if she doesn't want to buy a phone, we'll monitor her mixer instead".
so, listen....
....you idiots....
...you can clearly hear that all you're picking up is the music. and, you're interfering in my music production rather dramatically, whether you mean to or not. i'm not attempting to cut you out because i'm trying to hide my riffs and beats from you. i'm trying to cut you out because you're fucking up the monitor on the mix by adding empty space, which is killing the definition and making everything sound compressed.
i tend to be transparent, because i realize it's a better idea for the intelligence agencies to understand what they're dealing with to prevent misunderstandings. for example, i think it's a good thing for them to know i don't own any weapons, because it will prevent any overreactions. so, the idea of being listened to is actually something i'm indifferent to. i recognize the potential for abuse and think it shouldn't happen, but it's not something that really seriously bothers me on a personal level.
but, this is interference, and that's something very different.
i'm not plugging back in until i'm confident that the radio hack has stopped. and, from that point forward, what i want is for the software used to be updated so that it doesn't interfere with the people being monitored. which is probably a good idea anyways.
again: i'm ignoring the stupidity of the fact that you're monitoring a composer with no income and no friends. i don't have the time or interest to drag this through court; that's a waste of my time. i'm just demanding that, if you're going to monitor me, you do it in a way that is non-invasive.
in the meantime, i'm going to have to mix from render. which means i'm going to have to render the track every time i touch the mix. this is extremely time consuming. but you leave me no choice until you fuck off...
the blunt reality is that there's nothing to monitor. i make music, i read, and i eat. i do this entirely by myself. there's no hidden network. i simply don't know anybody.
so, it's not that i'm hiding connections and you need to monitor me to find them. it's that i don't see any use in paying for a device i'll never use. and, that you're basically harassing somebody that is of no use to you.
so, stop.
let me mix....
i've let on a few times that i'm conceiving of him as the comic book guy, chowing down doritos that are falling out of his mouth and on to the board and muttering "no, no, this is all wrong - she means to do it like *this*.", which promptly leads me to want to strangle him.
i'm getting the perception, recently, that the surveillance is a little more sophisticated, which is leading me to question my perceptions.
who is the fucker at the mixing desk? i don't know, but it's becoming unbearable and i consequently need to request - again - that this ceases. my time is being wasted, and i don't have a lot of it left...
i spent a good part of the last week on this, and got to the point about friday where i could get a rough mix out. over the last few days, i've been lethargic - partially depressed that the out doesn't sound the same, partially refraining from nicotine. today, i began to notice that the file is skipping very badly and narrowed it down to a latency issue.
now, here's the thing: there was not previously a latency issue. i did not add any effects or buses or anything at all. it's the same file. one does not go from no latency issues to latency issues for no reason.
the one thing that i did change was that i unplugged from the internet....
now, here's the thing that is consistent with the other evidence i've compiled that my audio is connected to an external server: the direct out rendered the way it should, even as the playback sounded muffled and was skipping. that itself is not unusual. but what it indicates is that the processor is picking up extra shit on playback. that it wasn't picking up before. what, exactly?
now, as mentioned, i'm unplugged from the internet. there's no wireless in this machine at all. that doesn't mean remote operation is impossible, but it means that:
(1) it would be slow and
(2) it would require some expertise.
i'm not going to pretend that i know how to do this, but if you check any electronic device manufactured in north america there's a little statement on the back that states "we can remote control this with radio". this applies to everything from your cell phone to your microwave. but it means i'm not talking about a fucker at a mixing desk, i'm talking about a fucker at csis, and the noise and clicking and screwed up mixes i'm getting is essentially a byproduct of being monitored.
the logic may be along the lines of "if she doesn't want to buy a phone, we'll monitor her mixer instead".
so, listen....
....you idiots....
...you can clearly hear that all you're picking up is the music. and, you're interfering in my music production rather dramatically, whether you mean to or not. i'm not attempting to cut you out because i'm trying to hide my riffs and beats from you. i'm trying to cut you out because you're fucking up the monitor on the mix by adding empty space, which is killing the definition and making everything sound compressed.
i tend to be transparent, because i realize it's a better idea for the intelligence agencies to understand what they're dealing with to prevent misunderstandings. for example, i think it's a good thing for them to know i don't own any weapons, because it will prevent any overreactions. so, the idea of being listened to is actually something i'm indifferent to. i recognize the potential for abuse and think it shouldn't happen, but it's not something that really seriously bothers me on a personal level.
but, this is interference, and that's something very different.
i'm not plugging back in until i'm confident that the radio hack has stopped. and, from that point forward, what i want is for the software used to be updated so that it doesn't interfere with the people being monitored. which is probably a good idea anyways.
again: i'm ignoring the stupidity of the fact that you're monitoring a composer with no income and no friends. i don't have the time or interest to drag this through court; that's a waste of my time. i'm just demanding that, if you're going to monitor me, you do it in a way that is non-invasive.
in the meantime, i'm going to have to mix from render. which means i'm going to have to render the track every time i touch the mix. this is extremely time consuming. but you leave me no choice until you fuck off...
the blunt reality is that there's nothing to monitor. i make music, i read, and i eat. i do this entirely by myself. there's no hidden network. i simply don't know anybody.
so, it's not that i'm hiding connections and you need to monitor me to find them. it's that i don't see any use in paying for a device i'll never use. and, that you're basically harassing somebody that is of no use to you.
so, stop.
let me mix....
Sunday, January 25, 2015
i'm getting this weird "fucker at the mixing desk" vibe again. it's completely disconnected, beyond any possible remote...yet, the sound is noticeably different...
i've decided i'm not fucking around with this. i'm not being careful about it. i'm not waiting for reversals. if i think the mix has been modified, i will drastically alter it. i may blow it up and start from scratch.
i feel i have to take a zero tolerance approach to get the message across: if you alter my mixes, it will cost you a lot of money. so stop.
i will ensure that the time i'm losing in mixing things is being lost, monetarily, by whomever is fucking with me. and, if it means i get nothing else done before i kill myself next month, then whoever is responsible for that will need to be judged by history for it....
i've decided i'm not fucking around with this. i'm not being careful about it. i'm not waiting for reversals. if i think the mix has been modified, i will drastically alter it. i may blow it up and start from scratch.
i feel i have to take a zero tolerance approach to get the message across: if you alter my mixes, it will cost you a lot of money. so stop.
i will ensure that the time i'm losing in mixing things is being lost, monetarily, by whomever is fucking with me. and, if it means i get nothing else done before i kill myself next month, then whoever is responsible for that will need to be judged by history for it....
Friday, January 23, 2015
uploading transitional untitled to the scratch pad
i've uploaded a temporary mix to the scratchpad that represents a properly mixed version of the track as it would have existed had i not run out of ram when mixing it back in 2002. i'm not putting this up at bandcamp because of it's transitional nature; the next mix will take this transition mix as a core and work in the other parts i recorded in 2002. there will be a final mix that adds in some extra synths, and maybe some new guitar parts...
as always with the scratchpad (accessible from the about section), ideas are welcome - even though i'll probably ignore them. this will only be up until i'm done the next mix, which will probably be this afternoon....
as always with the scratchpad (accessible from the about section), ideas are welcome - even though i'll probably ignore them. this will only be up until i'm done the next mix, which will probably be this afternoon....
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
ostrich
it's been a while since i uploaded anything totally new, so i'm going to jump ahead a little with this. it's not clear how i'll be presenting this, yet.
this is an abandoned mix from late 2002 (uploaded unmodified) and will be the track i'll be working on next.
as this is the last track of the jjjjjjjjjjj phase, i'm going to finish this as an epic. it's an exceedingly rough skeleton. i thought i had more of a score than i do, so i'm going to have to score it first. again: i thought this would be sort of quick, but it clearly needs a lot of work.
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/abandoned-mix
this is an abandoned mix from late 2002 (uploaded unmodified) and will be the track i'll be working on next.
as this is the last track of the jjjjjjjjjjj phase, i'm going to finish this as an epic. it's an exceedingly rough skeleton. i thought i had more of a score than i do, so i'm going to have to score it first. again: i thought this would be sort of quick, but it clearly needs a lot of work.
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/abandoned-mix
yeah. i'm feeling myself moving out of the dead phase and into the manic phase. let's get this fucker done...
what i need to do is just sit down and put the thing on repeat and tweak it mildly until what i want comes out. i keep saying this won't take long, but i'm realizing this was a false projection. it's gonna be a while...
what i need to do is just sit down and put the thing on repeat and tweak it mildly until what i want comes out. i keep saying this won't take long, but i'm realizing this was a false projection. it's gonna be a while...
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