Qattara - Three Winds 2017 Remix

[seismic1]

This started life as two separate pieces. I decided to merge/smash them together and this was the result.



It was originally recorded in March 2010, and I have now remixed it 4 times. Each time I tweaked the EQ, panning, leveling, maybe some synth parameters. This time I replaced the BrainDoc Stereo Enhancer with Nugen Audio's Stereoizer3, and Ferric TDS was replaced with Satin. I used Equivocate to apply some more precise EQ cuts where earlier mixes contained excessive resonances. The mastering chain I used here is my old T-Racks Master#1 chain (migrated to T-Racks 5) with some leveling changes. I have used a compressor/limiter on here, but moderately.

I think this will be going on the "ambient" album in 2020, along with "Absent" which I remixed a year ago.

[GaryG]

That's really lovely, got quite lost in it...

[seismic1]

Thanks for checking this out, Gary. Glad you liked it

[S1gnsOfL1fe]

I love how your pieces are so travelling. I long to make compositions like that. You have the freedom to just wander and roam in your soundscape. I really enjoy your ambient works Tim...if you couldn't tell by my raving review of your last remix. This stuff I really enjoy.

[Heaven And Hell]

This started life as two separate pieces. I decided to merge/smash them together and this was the result.

http://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/qattara-three-winds

Great result!

I love the bass and minimal percussion on this piece.

It could be used in a comedy about a detective who's hot on the trail of the perp. I know that may not be what you were thinking, and I mean it in the highest regard. There's tension in this piece, but not over-much.

Great job!

[seismic1]

I love how your pieces are so travelling. I long to make compositions like that. You have the freedom to just wander and roam in your soundscape. I really enjoy your ambient works Tim...if you couldn't tell by my raving review of your last remix. This stuff I really enjoy.

Thanks very much for the listen and the kind comments, Chris. This one was very minimal compared to my usual work. There are only three synths on here, each playing 1 part, and SD2.0 for the cymbal action :workingout:

I'm wondering whether to put up a WIP of my first Paulstretch experiment, such as it is. All of the basic components are in place. It just needs a little decoration.

[seismic1]

Great result!

I love the bass and minimal percussion on this piece.

It could be used in a comedy about a detective who's hot on the trail of the perp. I know that may not be what you were thinking, and I mean it in the highest regard. There's tension in this piece, but not over-much.

Great job!

Thanks for checking this out and commenting, DAX IX. Glad you liked it

Interesting interpretation :mrcool:

"How do you like your brandy, Sir?"
"In a glass."

[phoenstorm]

Great track. Tasteful instrumentation and a very fluid, natural development!

[seismic1]

Great track. Tasteful instrumentation and a very fluid, natural development!

Thanks for listening and commenting, phoenstorm. That's the first time I've been accused of being tasteful. This has turned out to be quite a weekend :D. This track was actually fairly easy to put together once I had the sounds I wanted. That's usually the way it goes (sounds first, tunes later). Glad you liked it

I'm going to post the 2013 remix of Divide And Conquer a little later. That contains very little in the way of subtlety ;)

[mariosprt]

Excellent track, Tim! I can't belive I missed this one before.
This track definitely has a persona of its own. It does not feel like two different ideas, it works so well!
Amazing, really liked it!

Edit: not that I didn't like your other tracks, quite the opposite
I just noticed I played your track for the 666th time.... yikes!

[seismic1]

The devil makes work for idle hands :maniac: I think Dax IX would approve of the Iron Maiden connection
Thanks very much for listening and commenting Mario. This is one of my favourites too, probably due to the simplicity and space. Oddly enough my other fave is exactly the opposite of this, dense and complex.

I think about half of my tracks are composites made from multiple parts which I smash together. If I smash them hard enough, the seams don't show :D

Glad you liked it

[seismic1]

It's never over. 2017 remix up on SoundCloud for future album release. Linear phase finite impulse response filters FTW

[synkrotron]

Ha! Nice one Tim

Makes me realise that there is still so much stuff I haven't listened to on your SoundCloud page... So thanks for the reminder

[seismic1]

Thanks for taking a listen to this, Andy. I had been putting this remix off for a while because I was quite unhappy with the sonics of the three earlier mixes. I think the last one was over 4 years ago. In the end the EQ mods I made in Equivocate were a lot milder than I was expecting. Glad you liked it, and thanks very much for the repost