Rays of Hope by rogwinyt

Home studio recording of unsigned electronic music made with Atari, Cubase, Yamaha SY35 and DX7, Boss DR660 drum machine and Replay 16 sampler.

This is one of the first things I made. I was quite pleased with it at the time and even now, about 15 years later, it sounds reasonable. I don't think it fits into any of the sub genres of 'electronica'. It's just me having fun making music.

At the time I wrote this I was going through a bad patch - we all get them. Luckily I had friends who got me through it.

I'm putting my music on YouTube so I can get some honest opinions about it (from people who don't know me and won't just be polite) and maybe some
constructive criticism too. Once I've got it all up here (about 70 tracks) I'll start making music again but this time all done on the computer using Reason.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• home
• studio
• electronic
• music
• atari
• cubase
• yamaha
• dx7
• sy35
• boss
• dr660
• drum
• machine
• sampler
• hope

[intonare]

The other comments here are right on. Ace track, lead sound too static/strident for the tone of the piece.

Sounds like a more upbeat version of some of the themes (and palette) from Stewart Copeland's Equalizer soundtrack from the mid-80s. Slightly Jarre-esque too. Both very good touchstones in my book.

[rogwinyt]

@intonare Thanks again intonare. You cetainly know your electronic music from the 80s and 90s. I wonder what you're listening to these days - I've lost touch unfortunately. I've subscribed to you just in case you start putting some of your music on YouTube. I have a feeling it will be good.

[thedrnailsguy]

I'm going to watch your vids cause so far I'm impressed! To me this track should be soothing and it is untill you start hiting higher nots with the solo synth. If it were a less "piercy", smoother, softer sound(not another pad though) it would be perfect. As it stands I could listen to this all day long, but if you want perfection......There it is. BTW, I like the parts that start at 1:30 and 2:50. It would be awsome if you stretched those a little longer and did some slow solo stuff there too.

[rogwinyt]

Yes. Probably not the best choice of lead sound for the high notes and I see what you mean about those quiet breaks. I could have done more with them. Funny how you don't see it until someone points it out.

[sauermusicDE]

This is one of your better songs. It has a very unique character.

[rogwinyt]

Thanks sauermusicDE

[intonare]

Thank you for the faith in my offline content. I have some tracks that I should marry to rudimentary video & post.

I'm listening to a lot of different things these days, not necessarily all electronic, though that is a first love and has remained so ever since I first heard Tomita's version of Debussy's 'Snowflakes Are Dancing' and Jarre's 'Oxygene.'

[intonare]

Though also switching to mostly software myself, I'm still taking a good long time to think on which pieces of hardware have long term value and immediacy or, more importantly, signature tones that I feel *I personally* came upon in my "process" and haven't heard elsewhere.

[intonare]

Just my opinion, but I would definitely re-visit this track in Reason if I were you. I hear harmonies and melodies for it in my head after having listened through a few times - always a good sign. I completely understand your rationale since I'm on parallel lines, switching up to Logic, Reason and Live.