Worked on this track for a *long* time. Learnt a lot but it's time to call it done and move on to something else. Am pretty happy with it all in all.
Sounds include samples of me clapping and the Snowdon steam train heavily processed with Ableton…
One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the last track I did, and it shows.
I was pretty tired after finishing 3am chill, and had to mess round for ages mangling loops and trying out different things before…
This is such a great 24 album - I can't believe I didn't fave it all last year!!!! What was I thinking? I guess I was knackered! Hearing it properly now, with some distance from the madness, it's tight, clever, classy, and cohesive. Just so cool!
One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the second track I did.
I'm an old trance head, so I had to have a go at making a trance tune during the 24 hours. This had the advantage that I could stretch out the breakdown…
One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. I'd just finished the trance track, it was 3am, and I wanted something completely different.
It's 110bpm, the piano is NI AkousticPiano Steingraber 130. The bass and organ are done…
Worked on this track for a *long* time. Learnt a lot but it's time to call it done and move on to something else. Am pretty happy with it all in all.
Sounds include samples of me clapping and the Snowdon steam train heavily processed with Ableton…
Worked on this track for a *long* time. Learnt a lot but it's time to call it done and move on to something else. Am pretty happy with it all in all.
Sounds include samples of me clapping and the Snowdon steam train heavily processed with Ableton…
Worked on this track for a *long* time. Learnt a lot but it's time to call it done and move on to something else. Am pretty happy with it all in all.
Sounds include samples of me clapping and the Snowdon steam train heavily processed with Ableton…
Worked on this track for a *long* time. Learnt a lot but it's time to call it done and move on to something else. Am pretty happy with it all in all.
Sounds include samples of me clapping and the Snowdon steam train heavily processed with Ableton…
Worked on this track for a *long* time. Learnt a lot but it's time to call it done and move on to something else. Am pretty happy with it all in all.
Sounds include samples of me clapping and the Snowdon steam train heavily processed with Ableton…
Worked on this track for a *long* time. Learnt a lot but it's time to call it done and move on to something else. Am pretty happy with it all in all.
Sounds include samples of me clapping and the Snowdon steam train heavily processed with Ableton…
Worked on this track for a *long* time. Learnt a lot but it's time to call it done and move on to something else. Am pretty happy with it all in all.
Sounds include samples of me clapping and the Snowdon steam train heavily processed with Ableton…
This is a track I started on the ferry over to Wales for a little holiday a couple of weeks back.
* Drums are from Ableton Suite's Session Drums
* Bassline is an patch I created in Live's Analog synth
* Guitar is me playing through Guitar…
This is a track I started on the ferry over to Wales for a little holiday a couple of weeks back.
* Drums are from Ableton Suite's Session Drums
* Bassline is an patch I created in Live's Analog synth
* Guitar is me playing through Guitar…
One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the last track I did, and it shows.
I was pretty tired after finishing 3am chill, and had to mess round for ages mangling loops and trying out different things before…
One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the first track I did, when I was still fresh.
I'd wanted to play around with Guitar Rig 3 since getting it at the weekend. The guitars are ableton loops mangled with guitar…
This is a track I started on the ferry over to Wales for a little holiday a couple of weeks back.
* Drums are from Ableton Suite's Session Drums
* Bassline is an patch I created in Live's Analog synth
* Guitar is me playing through Guitar…
This is a track I started on the ferry over to Wales for a little holiday a couple of weeks back.
* Drums are from Ableton Suite's Session Drums
* Bassline is an patch I created in Live's Analog synth
* Guitar is me playing through Guitar…
dark waves lap at the ferry as it makes its way in the mist. there is no turning back. the choice was made, the passage bought. the ferryman's permanent smile is unnerving. it is hoped to get across this murky river as soon as possible. still, it seems a familiar name... river styx, river styx... i can no longer remember. 0x0
This is a track I started on the ferry over to Wales for a little holiday a couple of weeks back.
* Drums are from Ableton Suite's Session Drums
* Bassline is an patch I created in Live's Analog synth
* Guitar is me playing through Guitar…
This is a track I started on the ferry over to Wales for a little holiday a couple of weeks back.
* Drums are from Ableton Suite's Session Drums
* Bassline is an patch I created in Live's Analog synth
* Guitar is me playing through Guitar…
This is a track I started on the ferry over to Wales for a little holiday a couple of weeks back.
* Drums are from Ableton Suite's Session Drums
* Bassline is an patch I created in Live's Analog synth
* Guitar is me playing through Guitar…
This is one track where I can say, without reservation, that I am really happy with how it came out.
I worked up a beat I liked with 3 Stylus RMX parts making good use of chaos and time designer for the breaks.
For the first time I really…
One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the first track I did, when I was still fresh.
I'd wanted to play around with Guitar Rig 3 since getting it at the weekend. The guitars are ableton loops mangled with guitar…
One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the last track I did, and it shows.
I was pretty tired after finishing 3am chill, and had to mess round for ages mangling loops and trying out different things before…
Thanks for the comments everyone! Glad people have liked this because I nearly couldn't stand it when I finished it. It was so much effort to get it done at that time in the morning. It's funny that now that people others have listened and found something in the track I can go back and listen less critically.
Written, recorded, and mixed in 24 hours. August 01-02, 2009, from 6am to 6am.
Instrumentation: Two acoustic guitars, electric guitar (picked and bowed), fretless bass, about 7 different flutes, two tabla drums, rattles, tambourine, didgeridoo…
So this track was purely for the fun of it. I was messing about in Omnisphere and came across this wonderful sound that reminded me of the guild highliners in Dune.
I built a beat around in using Stylus, Ricochet, and Dubstation. Then added more…
Increasingly I think the music I am making is less about sound design and more about expressing some of the things inside of me that want out. I guess I may be starting to know what I want.
This one started with a beat (using Stylus RMX to…
This has been something that has been struggling to get out for a while. I finally feel comfortable enough playing it to have pressed record...
Boring technical details:
DADGAD tuning
two improvised tracks, GT-10 Studio Acoustic Guitar preset…
Honestly I have no idea where this came from or how.
I was messing with Omnisphere patches and came across a lovely, flutey, breathy sound that put me in mind of the scenes inside the monolith at the end of 2001. I setup a Rytme pattern to…
Comments on Chris McGrath's stuff
pounding tune...oh hell ya!
This is such a great 24 album - I can't believe I didn't fave it all last year!!!! What was I thinking? I guess I was knackered! Hearing it properly now, with some distance from the madness, it's tight, clever, classy, and cohesive. Just so cool!
This moves along so wonderfully. Like a smooth train filled with busy commuters, but remaining serene.
Love this, so chill.
Nice mix mate very cool.
Nice track! Lots of fun bouncy bits to listen to.
Thanks for the kind comments, glad you all liked it
Haha, I agree with Moody. Power track! Very motivating! Alarm clock, cross trainer, lipstick, etc.
awesome sounds! builds up so well.. was worth all the work. brilliant. makes me want to get active. but itll pass. :)
I dig this - Very well put together, and for the genre a great tune!
Very well done. Somebody should warn those Kraftwerk dudes that you're coming for them.
muy bien!
Nice work!!
This definitely makes for a good outro. Nice work!
goood work on all ur songs
hey thanks for the kind words on more flakey, pleased that you liked it
dark waves lap at the ferry as it makes its way in the mist. there is no turning back. the choice was made, the passage bought. the ferryman's permanent smile is unnerving. it is hoped to get across this murky river as soon as possible. still, it seems a familiar name... river styx, river styx... i can no longer remember. 0x0
Very cool, Chris! You should visit Wales more often (only give me more notice next time, haha)!
Yeah! This one is great! Might be my fave from your uploads.
This one turned out awesome.. it all fit together beautifully in the end :)
Comments made by Chris McGrath
I think you nailed the breakdown, love when it comes back in. Great tune.
Thanks for the comments!
Thanks for the comments everyone! Glad people have liked this because I nearly couldn't stand it when I finished it. It was so much effort to get it done at that time in the morning. It's funny that now that people others have listened and found something in the track I can go back and listen less critically.
fantastic, well worth all the sleep dep!
your music has definitely been going somewhere over the past few releases. This is great dubby sounds.
The more I listen too it, the more I love this track. Great breaks!
Like it! Especially the beats, halfway through I was thinking of wailing robots echoing through a very large spaceship
Nice playing and it sounds fantastic
love the sounds!