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Really been enjoying the new iPhone app "NanoStudio" from Blip Interactive. This track was done entirely using that app, no additional post-processing aside from normalization was done to this track, it was created 100% in NanoStudio. If you're into music apps for the iPhone, this is definitely the best one to get in my opinion. Coming up on the 1 year anniversary of doing mastering as a full-time job too, stay tuned for more info about some specials I will run to celebrate. Tarekith
Still on a roll it looks like, been a couple more busy days. Just posted a new music production guide, well actually it's an update to an old guide. Redid the one on leveling and metering to correct and fix some areas I thought were confusing o lacking. Brand new guide now, written from scratch: Tarekith's Guide to Digital Levels and Metering And if that wasn't enough, managed to create some more DJ effects racks for Ableton Live. Also updated all the old racks for Live 8, things like colors and other minor fixes. Please note, you will need the latest version of Live (8.1.3) to use these racks, sorry: Tarekith's Ableton Live DJ Effects version 8 Tarekith
Got around to doing another really chill downtempo tune this week. This one was done in Live 8, using Stylus RMX for the drums, Omnisphere for the bassline and some of the pads, while Synplant, the Access Polar TI2, and Zebra2 added some noises as well. Right click, save as: Disappear Tarekith
After getting new monitors for the studio this week, I started going through some of my older tracks. Realized that somehow one of my favorite ones slipped through the cracks, and I never posted a good version online. Decided it was a good chance to update the track with a new mixdown and mastering, few edits here and there too. Tarekith
Whew, been a busy few weeks! Managed to get a new downtempo set recorded yesterday, the beautiful weather in Seattle was just too inspiring to resist. Good summery tunes in this one, hope you enjoy. Tarekith
Machinedrum Live PA 05-11-2010 Elektron Machinedrum Sysex and samples for this set. Busy week, I finally got my Machinedrum only Live PA recorded today. This was done 100% with the Elektron SPS1-UWmkII. No additional editing or mastering was done after it was recorded. Tarekith
New tune: This track was made entirely using the Ableton Live 8 Suite and an Akai MPK25. If you own the Live 8.1.3 Suite, Latin Percussion, and Session Drums live packs, you can download the Project file at: http://tarekith.com/assets/Devoid.zip Enjoy. Tarekith Finished up the latest entry in my ongoing series of music production guides. This one covers some ideas on creating fills and transitions in your songs: Tarekith's Guide to Creating Transitions & Fills Tarekith NEWS! I will be playing a live set in Seattle on April 10th, from 9:00 - 10:00 PM. If you're in the area and are going to be able to make it to the show, be sure to stop and say hi! Here's the details: Saturday April 10th @ Chop Suey Decibel proudly presents, the return of.... THOMAS FEHLMANN (of The Orb) : Live - Berlin SHEN (aka Noah Pred) : Live - Toronto LUSINE : Live TAREKITH : Live $12 pre-sale tickets available at Chop Suey or online at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/98982 @ Chop Suey http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=289596749903 Tarekith Whew, been on a real performance kick the last few weeks, so I decided to revive an Ableton Live PA I had been working on last year. This one is all downtempo from the last few years, done entirely in Ableton Live 8 and using the Akai APC40.
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Had quite a few people point out how long it's been since I did a more upbeat DJ mix, so I figured it was time I got to it. Hopefully this makes up for lost time, a combination of tech-house and techno. Dark stuff.
Tarekith Just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for showing their support of the new album. Sales have far exceeded my expectations, and I couldn't have done it without my fans out there. Thanks! I've had a lot of people ask me if I ever did an ambient DJ mix, and truth be told it's something I've been planning for some time. Finally got it recorded this past weekend, a good mix of ambient and atmospheric tunes. Head to the DJ Mixes page for the full tracklist, or download it below by right clicking on the image or link.
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The new album is now available on iTunes and Amazon.com. Please take a minute to leave feedback on these sites if you like what you hear! I've already got a lot of new projects in the works for 2010, so check back for more news soon. Don't forget you can also follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/Tarekith Tarekith
At long last, after months of work, the new album is done! Click to visit the download page The long story… This project began to take shape in May, 2009 when Akai announced their new APC40 controller for Ableton Live. The initial plan had been to use only Ableton Live and it's Suite instruments controlled via the APC40, keeping everything in Live for ease of backup and reliability. I wanted a new live set, or at the very least a set up where I could perform an entire album in realtime. After a few weeks of work however, I began to realize I really wanted to use the best synths I had. I decided to use Omnisphere and Stylus RMX for all the sounds, still controlled by Live. I actually did a huge chunk of work with this set up, to the point that I more or less had a set all mapped out and ready to perform. Unfortunately, some unforeseen control issues with how i had initially envisioned the set came up. Hours of hair pulling later, I decided to scrap that idea, and just render everything to audio loops. By the end of August I had an audio-file based live set ready to go, using all the sounds I had made in Stylus and Omnisphere earlier. Did a few trial runs of the set, and while I was more or less happy with it, the whole static nature of the loops I was using drove me nuts. I had programmed a lot of variations, but there was still little I could do with them without getting into the glitchy side of things, which I wanted to avoid. Frustrating because it would work, but just not as well as I really had wanted it to. The APC and Live were brilliant, best combo I've used live in a long time. I just needed to have more flexibility in my set, I missed the control of my initial MIDI only idea. I knew that I had a lot of good material in those loops, and it would be a waste to toss them and start over. So, I decided to use all the loops as the basis for a studio based album. Instead of separate songs though, I wanted it to be 1 continuous piece of music, as if I had played live. By this time it was early September 2009, and I was frankly just burned out on using Live. Great program, I just needed something different to look at while assembling and working on the album. Decided to revisit Logic 9, where all the files from my Live set ended up going and I used for the rest of the album. In the end, pretty much all of my studio gear made an appearance however. The Elektron Machinedrum, Zebra2, Uhbik's, Polar TI2, both my acoustic and electric guitars, and even my DJ mixer's filters and EQ. While it is intended to be listened to as a whole piece, there are some sections where the tone or pace changes, so I've listed the times of the various movements below. 00:00 - In Peace and beats, I hope you enjoy the music! |
