An old composition
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~sk316400/wt.mp3
This was done around early 2005. Was getting introduced to soft synths and such around that time. The idea was to make a restive piece, with some commotion, with melodies buried under the arrangement. The melody and progression is based on Sa Ri1 Ga3 Ma1 Da2 Ni3 Sa scale. You can hear Absynth (the bouncing harsh sounds), Vanguard (the gated synth sounds), some Juno like sounds, and a portable yamaha board. You can also hear one Absynth preset that ARR used in Kannathil Muthamittal title song. Mixed in Cubase (if I know 1/100th about mixing now, I knew about 1/100th of what I know now then)..so production wise, one can find bunch of mistakes, but what the heck. Neways, Maargazhi Thingal Allavaa?
This was done around early 2005. Was getting introduced to soft synths and such around that time. The idea was to make a restive piece, with some commotion, with melodies buried under the arrangement. The melody and progression is based on Sa Ri1 Ga3 Ma1 Da2 Ni3 Sa scale. You can hear Absynth (the bouncing harsh sounds), Vanguard (the gated synth sounds), some Juno like sounds, and a portable yamaha board. You can also hear one Absynth preset that ARR used in Kannathil Muthamittal title song. Mixed in Cubase (if I know 1/100th about mixing now, I knew about 1/100th of what I know now then)..so production wise, one can find bunch of mistakes, but what the heck. Neways, Maargazhi Thingal Allavaa?
posted by Sam at 8:48 PM
7 Comments:
Sam
Excellent , I am also into soft synth.
Your this composition has heavy shades of Raag Vasantha
keep it up
Ganesh
hi sam..very nice man. but where did you get that mrudangam (or ghatam ?) sounds from ?
anup always talks very highly of you. Keep the good work up.
Great to see ya in the blogosphere pal! :-)
Thanks guys for the appreciation.
Ganesh, nice to know you are a technology fan too. Which ones do you usually use?
Murali, the mridangam/ghatam sounds were taken from the Marghazhi Thingal Alla song from Sangamam. The respect for Anup is mutual, and I shud say that he is a far more better instrumentalist than me.
Jo..thanks buddy.
Eeks! seems like I am almost the last to comment!
Wonderful one Sam...
I am sure you have tons more in your sleeve (-: Why not post some more?
yeah, Meera. almost last.
Real funky. The technos sound a bit repetitive at places, but gives it a kinda trance touch. The percussion is just rite. I loved the way you've used the margazhi thingal piece. The carnatic lead blends in very well.
Real smooth playing and you seem to have managed to make the piece fit the description to a T.
There seems to be a dearth of pieces in the desi blog world w.r.t instrumental pieces. Hope you'll fill the gaps and make the silences less longer.
Hey Meera..thanks for listening...well, I too hope I cud post more..
Hi Bharath..thanks to you too for listening...Glad you guys enjoyed it.
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