Synth epic demo -- 70 tracks of synths, 20-minutes long

[TwilightOdyssey]

Putting my time off from work to good use -- after 3 days, I've sketched out the structure for my next release!

This is the basic platform: synth tracks, drum loops, scratch bass guitar. No guitar tracks yet. There are about 70 tracks of synths here, it's pretty dense in some places. It's also very trippy -- you have been warned!

UPDATED LINK FOR VERSION W GUITARS



Synths used: Roland JV-1080 w Orchestral I & II expansion cards; E-Mu Classic Keys; Dave Smith MOPHO
Drum loops: Logic Drummer
Bass: DI'd through SansAmp Bass Driver
Guitar: Strat DI w Logic amp sims


EDIT: Made a minor tweak to one section.

 

[LLL]

Re: Synth epic demo -- 70 tracks of synths, 20-minutes long

I'm always a sucker for epic progressive-styled synth musings... thumbs up!

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Synth epic demo -- 70 tracks of synths, 20-minutes long

Thanks! And congrats for making it through the entire thing lol.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Synth epic demo -- 70 tracks of synths, 20-minutes long

Started wring the guitar parts for this one. I now feel 80s era Alex Lifeson's pain!
It's really hard to find guitar parts that will fit in all this without a) getting lost or b) being dumbed down. The alternative is to use a lot of altered/complex chord shapes, which is what I wanted to challenge myself with in the first place. (Mission accomplished lol)

To make it even more challenging and to break out of auto pilot, I tuned my guitar to open Gm (D A D G Bb D). It's off just enough to make my usual chord inversions not work.

So far, so good, though. I have the first 3 parts written and the vocal line for part 2 pretty much sussed out.

For the curious, the chord progression for the backing synths/orchestration is: Bb - Bb11 - Cm - Am7b5 - Bb - Dm11 - Eb - EbSus4 - Gm - GmSus4 - FSus4 - Bb11. That's a spicy meatball!

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Re: Synth epic demo -- 70 tracks of synths, 20-minutes long

Having never touched a synth in my life & knowing pretty much zilch about them, I can't really gauge what went into that..but it sounds pretty lush/cool. I'd love to hear some guitar over that though..then I'm back in familiar territory again :lmao:

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Synth epic demo -- 70 tracks of synths, 20-minutes long

Here ya go, just keep in mind that this is all demo tracks just to get it down.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Synth epic demo -- 70 tracks of synths, 20-minutes long

Loved it....
PF and Rush mixed up somehow

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Re: Synth epic demo -- 70 tracks of synths, 20-minutes long

Guitars fit perfect & sound great! ..that opening synth chord always makes me think for a sec that this will follow though :lmao:

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Synth epic demo -- 70 tracks of synths, 20-minutes long

Loved it....
PF and Rush mixed up somehow

Thanks.

To my ears, it does sound a bit like Hemispheres in a couple of spots, as well as The Song Remains The Same.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Synth epic demo -- 70 tracks of synths, 20-minutes long

Guitars fit perfect & sound great

Thanks! It does have a kind of arch, Gothic, church-y kind of tonality...