Third Track

[Catharsis <catharsis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings,

Well, I just finished my third track; Just Trance. It is deep tech trance; 
straight up. I was able to simulate a sound that resembles pulsar synthesis 
by abusing a couple of plugins on the PC. Actually this little combination 
runs "no-input". Since I just upgraded my PC to an Athlon XP 1900 I am sure 
I can get a crazy no-input track going natively in Nuendo. I am also very 
excited as I can now work on a complete track (mixing/mastering) without 
having to bounce down any audio to free up CPU. I am going to be working on 
a glitchy techno stomper next and hopefully will work again with the 
musician/flautist, Chris O'Connell (wonderful musician) that provided a 
flute part for the current track.

I am very lucky to have a friend that works in a post house in the SF area. 
I was able to process my raw tracks for free over the holiday and finish 
the mixing/mastering in Nuendo. I was able to use the Manley Massive 
Passive EQ, Oram SonicComp, and Empirical Labs Distressor; also checked out 
the Sony DMX-R100 mixer (very cool!). First time using anything of this 
caliber and I must say I am much impressed with the Manley and the rest. My 
next big studio improvement is to pick up the Mytek 2 channel stereo A/D 
and possibly some better monitors at some point...

Anyway, yeah, it is a dance track, but there are many firsts here for me; 
like my first dance track ;P among the technical aspects I have 
accomplished independently.. Here it is:
http://catharsis.egregious.net/tracks/

You know Kim... I recently got around to viewing the video from your brief 
Tate presentation and I must say I am in major dissent/opposition to what 
you presented on many levels.

Cheers,
--Mike


Egregious
"Spiritual renewal through music for those outside the heard."
http://www.egregious.net/