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Manshonyagger

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My contribution to the Aural Films Robots! compilation, available here: http://auralfilms.bandcamp.com/album/robots

From Cordwainer Smith’s Instrumentality series of stories, the Manshonyagger (from the German Menschenjäger, meaning hunter of men) is an autonomous fighting robot designed to seek out and kill all non-German humans. From the story Mark Elf, here is a description:
“Carlotta stared at the machine. It had legs like a grasshopper, a body like a ten-foot turtle, and three heads which moved restlessly in the moonlight.
From the forward edge of the top shell a hidden arm leapt forth, seeming to strike at her, deadlier than a cobra, quicker than a jaguar, more silent than a bat flitting across the face of the moon.”

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dougsparling said

Nice ray gun sounds. Fun!

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fallingupart said

It begins with electronics: it must be good. ;) Oooh, I love the low, looming, video-game-noise-at-the-end sound. Nice lead, too. :) I'm all smiles. :)

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Breaking Light said

Hey Joe: used various synth apps including Moog Filtatron and NLog synth, and some percussion sounds in Logic, and the usual BL guitar setup. Thanks!

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Brett Warren said

very cool, great odd mixture of sounds. I like how the string synths kind of ominously come in and play with the rhythm based synths around the 1:45 mark.

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another cultural landslide said

2 words - oh wow! w;-)

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JR James said

That was cool. Love when the guitar enters the fray.

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Big Joe Silence said

YAH! evocative. what did you use for this?

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