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Bonus Excerpts:
These are best thought of as
musical sketches or ideas,
rather than completed works.
You may find previews of
tracks in progress along with
excerpts from ones that I felt
would not work and no longer
plan to further develop.
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1st
A6
- February 20, 2005
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5.0mb
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Trying out how the new
Alesis Andromeda analog
synthesizer sits in a mix
with the other synths. For
some reason this simple
demo has received a
positive response from
several people. |
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Autonomous
Arps
- November 6, 2004
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7.5mb
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A friend asked about using
an arpeggiator to create
more complex sequences
rather than the usual
up/down patterns arps are
known for. So, I fired up
the Virus b synthesizer
and created this little
demo. There is no lead
lines, just some looping
arps and drum patterns.
Something fun:
Using my new Sony Handycam
I recorded some video from around my
house (studio, aquariums, waterfall,
etc.) and used Autonomous Arps as
the soundtrack. It's not very good
but was fun to create:
Autonomous Arps Video
(11mb - RealVideo format) |
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Underwater
Caves
- July 11, 2004
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3.9mb
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Started to work on this as
a track, but grew tired of
it. Some fun sounds are
used though, and I like
the lead line. |
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Amaranthine
- June 15, 2004
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1.8mb
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A preview of a track
created for the Michael
Garrison tribute project. |
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Aquaria
- December 14, 2003
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2.1mb
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This is one of my favorite
sequence/lead combinations
I have ever created.
Unfortunately, I have
never managed to turn it
into a finished track. |
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MarcE
Test
- November 30, 2003
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1.9mb
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A wonderful person and
excellent sound designer
from the EX5 community has
fallen ill and each year
the group members do a
tribute CD for him using
sounds he created. This
was the start of a track
that unfortunately was
never completed for the
tribute. |
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Evolver_seq
- October 16, 2003
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A short sequence using the
Evolver's onboard
sequencer. Each of the 4
Evolver voices are
sequenced separately,
along with the noise
source. This allows a
5-part real-time mix
created on a monosynth!
:) |
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Moonstruck
- April 27, 2003
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3.1mb
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A fun melodic excerpt
played live using the Nord
Rack 2 and Waldorf XTk.
Several people have said
it reminds them of vintage
Commodore 64 game music. |
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Material
Witness
- April 1, 2003
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2.3mb
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Excerpt from a fun little
sequence. I liked the
sounds used and the smooth
groove the sequences
created. |
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The
Promise
- July 21, 2002
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3.2mb
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An excerpt of a track I
decided not finish. I
really liked it at first,
but after a few days the
magic was not there for me
anymore. |
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Smallstone
- June 20, 2002
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885k
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Example of running a
string sound through a
Smallstone phaser. Results
in a nice warm Jarre-esque
sound. |
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Virtualizer
- May 30, 2002
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2.9mb
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A
quick audio capture of
some trance inspired
noodling I was doing in
the studio.
The lead sound was what I
liked about this one. |
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MKS-7
- March 16, 2002
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1.7mb
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While testing the new
studio configuration I
used the ancient Roland
MKS-7 module and came up
with this short sequence.
The MKS-7 is quite
limited, but it can sound
interesting when tweaked a
bit. The drums in this
clip are provided by the
Korg ER-1. |
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Glacier
Park
- January 27, 2002
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3.6mb
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Playing around in the
studio and came up with
this frantic little
sequence and Mellotron
strings. |
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Werkstation
- November 11, 2001 |
5.6mb
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Playing around in the
studio one afternoon
resulted in this Kraftwerk
inspired mix. |
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Terra
Firma
- October 22, 2001
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2.3mb
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A very rough mix but kinda
fun. |
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Melotheous
- July 14, 2001
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3.6mb
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A rough mix that has very
little time invested. I
was working at trying to
get the best sound out of
my new digital mixing
environment when I came up
with it |
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Reflections
- February 21, 2001
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A beautiful sequence using
my new VA synths. This is
one that I regret losing
the setup for, I think it
could have been a great
track. |
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Dawn
of
Time
- February 2, 2000
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5.9mb
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Excerpt from an early
track for the 1st
Encounter CD that did not
make the cut. |
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Aurora
- April 23, 2000
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520k
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A very early Dream Quest
track that I abandoned. I
no longer have several of
the synths used to create
it. |
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News:
July 10, 2007:
I've gotten away from music making
in the past two years and have
decided to sell off most of my music
studio. My music future is very
uncertain, but am actively pursuing
a new creative outlet.
May 20, 2006:
I've uploaded previews/excerpts for
all tracks of the
1st Encounter CD.
March 12, 2005:
Added new page with info about and
excerpts from the
out-of-print MP3.com CDs.
February 20, 2005:
Invisible Shadows have gone out of
business. There are only a limited
number of copies left of my
1st Encounter CD.
Added a homemade video using
Autonomous
Arps as the soundtrack.
New pictures and updated info on the
Studio page.
November 9, 2004:
Added a few new
Bonus Excerpts
that I dug up from the archives:
June 15, 2004:
Added a new
Bonus Excerpt
called "Amaranthine" created fro the
Michael Garrison tribute project.
February 12, 2004:
Updated
1st Encounter page with review
excerpts and links.
Added a few new
Bonus Excerpts.
December 14, 2003:
Updated
1st Encounter page with new
places to order the CD.
The CD
Synthetic Dreams
is no longer available now that
MP3.com has closed for good.
October 8, 2003:
Created this new web page in
preparation for the new CD release.
I have merged the Dream Quest and
SAYER projects since the new
1st Encounter CD will be
released under the artist name
SAYER. |
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