The Fall of Raven (alt instrumental)

[Larry T.]

Greetings all. This is The Fall of Raven. Please comment if so inclined. Cheers 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵

link: https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/the-fall-of-raven

 

 

DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab

 pc: windows 10, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 8GB ram, DI electric guitars, SI bass, SI drums, arturia minilab mkII, arturia analog lab 5 lite

reference speakers: M-Audio BX3

Edited December 11, 2024 by Larry T.

[jack c.]

cool song well done.jack c

[equality]

Liked the harmonies and the somewhat unexpected transitions. Nice pick of sounds, arpeggios and delays.

[Larry T.]

12 hours ago, jack c. said:

cool song well done.jack c

Appreciate the listen jack. Thanks 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

[Larry T.]

1 hour ago, equality said:

Liked the harmonies and the somewhat unexpected transitions. Nice pick of sounds, arpeggios and delays.

Thanks so much Mikael. Appreciate the listen. Cheers 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Edited December 12, 2024 by Larry T.

[Wookiee]

I quite like this, though I have to ask is there any low bass instrumentation?

[Ross S]

Nicely done Larry, very cool synth textures. Love the interplay!

[Larry T.]

11 hours ago, Wookiee said:

I quite like this, though I have to ask is there any low bass instrumentation?

Thanks Wookiee. Not very much low bass. The sequencer sections contain the only true low bass (around 50Hz). 

There's also an SI Bass part that I had to add an extra bus set with higher kHz eq to get the melody through the mass of sound that surrounds it.

On my reference speakers the low bass is adequate but, of course, to feel the real power of this piece I use a bass boost on whatever system I'm listening on. It's not mixed for cell phone speakers 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Edited December 13, 2024 by Larry T.

[Larry T.]

33 minutes ago, Ross Smithe said:

Nicely done Larry, very cool synth textures. Love the interplay!

Thanks Ross. Yeah, this little tune sorted itself a lot quicker than usual. The ideas I tried for interplay mostly worked quickly rather than spending hours or days searching.  

The textures are a mix of making a bus from a bus and re-eq'ing the new bus to get as much clarity and texture as I could 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Edited December 12, 2024 by Larry T.

[Wookiee]

@Larry T. I was listening on my Adams. 

[Larry T.]

2 hours ago, Wookiee said:

@Larry T. I was listening on my Adams. 

Yes, flat response reference speakers will not add any low end, but played through an average system should be enough low bass added.

[Bajan Blue]

Hi Larry

Like this - those synths sound great - agree with Wookie, could do with a little bit more bass in there

Apart from that, enjoyed this

Nigel

 

[Larry T.]

9 hours ago, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Larry

Like this - those synths sound great - agree with Wookie, could do with a little bit more bass in there

Apart from that, enjoyed this

Nigel

 

Appreciate the listen Nigel. Thanks so much.

I was saving a bass part for last but when the song got to this stage I decided it might clutter/muddy the sound too much, but now I may revisit the piece and see if I can write some bass parts that can possibly improve the listening experience. Cheers.

 

[treesha]

Nice piece. I like all the rhythms of the drums and other parts, how they work together. Sounds like the Raven is still trying to fly and getting too tired so resting here and there. Would be interesting to see how it is if you do add bass parts, I like what you have in the song but more bass is always appealing to me.

[Larry T.]

8 hours ago, treesha said:

Nice piece. I like all the rhythms of the drums and other parts, how they work together. Sounds like the Raven is still trying to fly and getting too tired so resting here and there. Would be interesting to see how it is if you do add bass parts, I like what you have in the song but more bass is always appealing to me.

Thanks so much for the listen treesha, appreciate it. Going to work on bass sections now. Cheers 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Edited December 16, 2024 by Larry T.

[MichaelJohn]

Enjoyed it! Catchy melody and good arturia synth work

[Larry T.]

5 hours ago, MichaelJohn said:

Enjoyed it! Catchy melody and good arturia synth work

Thanks Michael. Appreciate the listen 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

[Larry T.]

Just a quick reply to @Wookiee, @Bajan Blue and @treesha about the low end/bass;  everything I tried just wasn't the right fit, so, looks like we're stuck with it as is, lol 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Edited December 20, 2024 by Larry T.