Comments on: The Ghostly Green Pulse of the Cursor http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Mon, 21 May 2012 15:19:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Dublin Opinion » Blog Archive » The Stupidity Register http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-46525 Dublin Opinion » Blog Archive » The Stupidity Register Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:17:06 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-46525 [...] using the addictive nature of the internet as a way of, like, controlling you? Previously I had a post on early personal computers and how I liked playing around with some of the early crappy ones to [...] […] using the addictive nature of the internet as a way of, like, controlling you? Previously I had a post on early personal computers and how I liked playing around with some of the early crappy ones to […]

]]> By: Donagh http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-44262 Donagh Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:06:56 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-44262 Thanks. A truly strange instrument, what with the vague strumming/stroking, plucking and punching of keys. It was he was giving the Omnichord a Jujitsu massage. I worked with Donnacha when he first signed to Mille Plateaux. He was wide eyed with joy and said it had been his dream since he was 12. To be a recording artist, not to sign with Mille Plateaux. Don't think the German recording label was around when he was 12. I'd be interested to hear those singles. Thanks. A truly strange instrument, what with the vague strumming/stroking, plucking and punching of keys. It was he was giving the Omnichord a Jujitsu massage.

I worked with Donnacha when he first signed to Mille Plateaux. He was wide eyed with joy and said it had been his dream since he was 12. To be a recording artist, not to sign with Mille Plateaux. Don’t think the German recording label was around when he was 12.

I’d be interested to hear those singles.

]]> By: I Prefer The Obscure Remix http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-44145 I Prefer The Obscure Remix Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:31:39 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-44145 Apologies for shattering the illusion of Four Tet Donagh. I was gutted myself! I'm pretty sure it's this he is using, god help the poor chap if he has been splicing and dicing old jazz beats, he'll be gutted to hear there's a button that does it all in seconds! It's the musical equivalent of wasting a day tunneling under a fence, only to find when you reach the other side there was a big hole in it you could've just walked through! Donnacha is actually finally getting around to releasing his Colours Series on CD, a series of singles he did a few years ago, that put him on the map internationally. It's a great introduction for anyone wishing to catch up with his work. I'll come back to you with some techie nuggets, a la Wire Donagh, but i'll leave you with this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9SpobHVOTo One of the guy's in my band is a producer by day, and he recently bought an Omnichord off ebay. It arrived yesterday, and when we got to the studio we had so much fun! Nearly as much as this guy. It's an awesome/bizarre machine, that's played like a piano, kinda, but with buttons and a panel you strum rather than keys. Bizarre! Enjoy the clip. Apologies for shattering the illusion of Four Tet Donagh. I was gutted myself! I’m pretty sure it’s this he is using, god help the poor chap if he has been splicing and dicing old jazz beats, he’ll be gutted to hear there’s a button that does it all in seconds! It’s the musical equivalent of wasting a day tunneling under a fence, only to find when you reach the other side there was a big hole in it you could’ve just walked through!
Donnacha is actually finally getting around to releasing his Colours Series on CD, a series of singles he did a few years ago, that put him on the map internationally. It’s a great introduction for anyone wishing to catch up with his work.
I’ll come back to you with some techie nuggets, a la Wire Donagh, but i’ll leave you with this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9SpobHVOTo
One of the guy’s in my band is a producer by day, and he recently bought an Omnichord off ebay. It arrived yesterday, and when we got to the studio we had so much fun! Nearly as much as this guy. It’s an awesome/bizarre machine, that’s played like a piano, kinda, but with buttons and a panel you strum rather than keys. Bizarre! Enjoy the clip.

]]> By: Donagh http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43953 Donagh Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:00:31 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43953 WorldbyStorm: Maybe I should dabble, but I think I prefer to listen for the moment. At least you got your stuff out to an audience but I'm horrified to be reminded that the Northside Shopping Centre still exists, never mind that its now called Cromcastle. What's all that about? Something vaguely colonial about that name. That it should exist on a road named after Oscar Traynor surely must be an insult to our nationalist heritage. I think I'd better venture no further than fisher-price toys just in case my nearest and dearest insist on carrying firearms to protect their sanity. Prefer, keep those details coming. This is facinating. It's like flicking through a hybrid magazine, part sound equipment catalogue and part Wire. I like that <i>'his Minimise releases are generally fabulous'</i>. I liked his first album, but it was just a little too minimalist. As you can tell, I don't see much of him these days. Thanks, you've complete destroyed any respect I had for Four Tet up to this point. There's me thinking he judicious samples jazz records and skillfully mixes sounds until its just right. And to think that he just does it at the click of a button. I'll have to keep an eye out for TRR. WorldbyStorm: Maybe I should dabble, but I think I prefer to listen for the moment. At least you got your stuff out to an audience but I’m horrified to be reminded that the Northside Shopping Centre still exists, never mind that its now called Cromcastle. What’s all that about? Something vaguely colonial about that name. That it should exist on a road named after Oscar Traynor surely must be an insult to our nationalist heritage. I think I’d better venture no further than fisher-price toys just in case my nearest and dearest insist on carrying firearms to protect their sanity.

Prefer, keep those details coming. This is facinating. It’s like flicking through a hybrid magazine, part sound equipment catalogue and part Wire. I like that ‘his Minimise releases are generally fabulous’. I liked his first album, but it was just a little too minimalist. As you can tell, I don’t see much of him these days. Thanks, you’ve complete destroyed any respect I had for Four Tet up to this point. There’s me thinking he judicious samples jazz records and skillfully mixes sounds until its just right. And to think that he just does it at the click of a button. I’ll have to keep an eye out for TRR.

]]> By: I Prefer The Obscure Remix http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43814 I Prefer The Obscure Remix Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:41:33 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43814 World - I moved onto Logic for the PC after Music X. Then swaped to FL Studio when Logic was bought by Apple. The last year or so I've used Ableton, and various soft synths. Mainly Native Instruments synths, like the Moog, Minimoog, Arp, and B4. Yep, it's great fun! I've managed to release a small bit of stuff over the last few years. My current band are just putting the finishing touches to our second album, out early next year, so I'm quite excited. We've managed to integrate the laptop and Ableton into the band and live set-up, along woth loads of live instrumentation. That's my shameless bit of self promotion over with also, I'll hold off on naming the project as it's not fair to plug it here. But best of luck with the composing and sequencing, it is a blast! I was a big fan of Logic and was gutted when it became Mac only. Donagh - I was into that dubby sound you spoke of, and a big fan of Pole, especially the Red album. Donnacha is an excellent producer, and his Minimise releases are generally fabulous. You're right about the ease with which some of these effects can be produced. In Ableton, there are effects named Berlin, Cologne, Tresor, etc. It's quite simple to recreate various styles and genre's at the touch of a button. It's the people that really dig deep within a program, and utilise it's full capabilities that produce something lasting and memorable. I still remember the first time I applied the Beat Repeat effect to a beat I'd been working on. It sounded great, but I was gutted because I'd just discovered Four Tet had based much of his career and output around this one trick. I'm getting super nerdy now! I believe there's a new To Rococco Rot album on the way, and I've heard it's rather fine. World - I moved onto Logic for the PC after Music X. Then swaped to FL Studio when Logic was bought by Apple. The last year or so I’ve used Ableton, and various soft synths. Mainly Native Instruments synths, like the Moog, Minimoog, Arp, and B4. Yep, it’s great fun! I’ve managed to release a small bit of stuff over the last few years. My current band are just putting the finishing touches to our second album, out early next year, so I’m quite excited. We’ve managed to integrate the laptop and Ableton into the band and live set-up, along woth loads of live instrumentation. That’s my shameless bit of self promotion over with also, I’ll hold off on naming the project as it’s not fair to plug it here. But best of luck with the composing and sequencing, it is a blast! I was a big fan of Logic and was gutted when it became Mac only.
Donagh - I was into that dubby sound you spoke of, and a big fan of Pole, especially the Red album. Donnacha is an excellent producer, and his Minimise releases are generally fabulous. You’re right about the ease with which some of these effects can be produced. In Ableton, there are effects named Berlin, Cologne, Tresor, etc. It’s quite simple to recreate various styles and genre’s at the touch of a button. It’s the people that really dig deep within a program, and utilise it’s full capabilities that produce something lasting and memorable. I still remember the first time I applied the Beat Repeat effect to a beat I’d been working on. It sounded great, but I was gutted because I’d just discovered Four Tet had based much of his career and output around this one trick. I’m getting super nerdy now! I believe there’s a new To Rococco Rot album on the way, and I’ve heard it’s rather fine.

]]> By: WorldbyStorm http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43793 WorldbyStorm Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:21:07 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43793 I mess around with Logic on an Apple. Various softsynths including V-Station, Albino, Vanguard and so on. It's great fun. Extremely relaxing. And - shameless self promotion time - believe it or not a friend of mine used a couple of pieces for corporate presentations and - er - the backgrond music for the opening of Cromcastle Shopping Centre (I used to know it as Northside SC). Donagh, hand the Fishcher Price back to those as need it and go for it... I mess around with Logic on an Apple. Various softsynths including V-Station, Albino, Vanguard and so on. It’s great fun. Extremely relaxing. And - shameless self promotion time - believe it or not a friend of mine used a couple of pieces for corporate presentations and - er - the backgrond music for the opening of Cromcastle Shopping Centre (I used to know it as Northside SC). Donagh, hand the Fishcher Price back to those as need it and go for it…

]]> By: Donagh http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43713 Donagh Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:55:41 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43713 I should have noticed sooner, but it’s there now and that’s the main thing and thanks for linking us in from the beginning. I’ve always loved electronic music but aside from doing repeated bleep effects with my kids fisher-price toys I’ve never played with anything, so this is an education for me. Nice to find out about the progression of technology in music, something I’ve always been curious about but never so much that I would dabble. A friend, who as far as I know, doesn’t play an instrument got into music software a while ago, with fairly positive results by his own account. He’s a software boffin, but also a big Fall fan and considering that bands experiments with electronica it doesn’t necessarily bode well. I once worked with Donnacha Costello and in the studio one time he showed me how you can apply these different sound filters to a track much like you would to picture in photoshop. I was listening to a lot of Pole and To Rococo Rot at the time, so was amazed to see just how easy it was to add the dub effect and the scratchy vinyl effect onto a piece of music (superficially easy). I saw Decal support To Rococo Rot in Whelan’s (the Germans complained bitterly about the complete disinterest of the audience at the Trinity Ball where they played the night before). I wasn’t too gone on Decal after that performance, as live they did the scratch and glitch a bit too heavily while I preferred the mellower click n cut stuff. Have to say I haven’t tracked down much Decal after that, though I’m lead to believe that they’re stuff is great. I should have noticed sooner, but it’s there now and that’s the main thing and thanks for linking us in from the beginning. I’ve always loved electronic music but aside from doing repeated bleep effects with my kids fisher-price toys I’ve never played with anything, so this is an education for me. Nice to find out about the progression of technology in music, something I’ve always been curious about but never so much that I would dabble. A friend, who as far as I know, doesn’t play an instrument got into music software a while ago, with fairly positive results by his own account. He’s a software boffin, but also a big Fall fan and considering that bands experiments with electronica it doesn’t necessarily bode well. I once worked with Donnacha Costello and in the studio one time he showed me how you can apply these different sound filters to a track much like you would to picture in photoshop.

I was listening to a lot of Pole and To Rococo Rot at the time, so was amazed to see just how easy it was to add the dub effect and the scratchy vinyl effect onto a piece of music (superficially easy). I saw Decal support To Rococo Rot in Whelan’s (the Germans complained bitterly about the complete disinterest of the audience at the Trinity Ball where they played the night before). I wasn’t too gone on Decal after that performance, as live they did the scratch and glitch a bit too heavily while I preferred the mellower click n cut stuff. Have to say I haven’t tracked down much Decal after that, though I’m lead to believe that they’re stuff is great.

]]> By: I Prefer The Obscure Remix http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43658 I Prefer The Obscure Remix Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:52:58 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43658 Many thanks for including me in the blogroll! I'm still pretty new to this, so it's nice get the mention, you guys are in mine since day 1. I never managed to program anything except that bloody hangman game, so this is an education. Although, I did just gave away my very first sampler to a friend last week. The old Akai s950, which I bought in London in 1997. It had a whopping 12 second sampling capability! Ridiculous when I think of it now, but at the time it was considering a great machine. When I got back from London that year, one 1/2 of Dublin electronic act, Decal, drove me to Carlow and back in a blizzard of snow, to buy an Amiga 500. This was how I got into making electronic music. I think the program for the A500 was Music X, a midi compatible sequencer. It's bizarre to think that Decal made their first album with this computer, the album is still a classic. I never really achieved any work of quailty with it. In 10 years i've gone from an A500, Music X, and an Akai s950, to a fancy laptop, Ableton, soft synths, etc. How times have changed, and progressed. But a good workman should never blame his tools, so they say, and Decal were proof that a little could go a long way. Many thanks for including me in the blogroll!
I’m still pretty new to this, so it’s nice get the mention, you guys are in mine since day 1. I never managed to program anything except that bloody hangman game, so this is an education. Although, I did just gave away my very first sampler to a friend last week. The old Akai s950, which I bought in London in 1997. It had a whopping 12 second sampling capability! Ridiculous when I think of it now, but at the time it was considering a great machine. When I got back from London that year, one 1/2 of Dublin electronic act, Decal, drove me to Carlow and back in a blizzard of snow, to buy an Amiga 500. This was how I got into making electronic music. I think the program for the A500 was Music X, a midi compatible sequencer. It’s bizarre to think that Decal made their first album with this computer, the album is still a classic. I never really achieved any work of quailty with it. In 10 years i’ve gone from an A500, Music X, and an Akai s950, to a fancy laptop, Ableton, soft synths, etc. How times have changed, and progressed. But a good workman should never blame his tools, so they say, and Decal were proof that a little could go a long way.

]]> By: Donagh http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43563 Donagh Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:21:31 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43563 <i>Hmmm, my first was an LC</i> Very annoying the way there was a splitting off between PCs and Apples. For example I'm not familiar with the LC at all. I've only used a Mac on the odd occasion and then only when I couldn't find the can opener ;) On that topic this amused me http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2006031,00.html Hmmm, my first was an LC
Very annoying the way there was a splitting off between PCs and Apples. For example I’m not familiar with the LC at all. I’ve only used a Mac on the odd occasion and then only when I couldn’t find the can opener ;)
On that topic this amused me
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2006031,00.html

]]> By: WorldbyStorm http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43387 WorldbyStorm Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:41:39 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/11/02/the-ghostly-green-pulse-of-the-cursor/#comment-43387 Miner from the dial-a-view... genius. Grandaddy are a fabulous band. As for the Apples? Hmmm, my first was an LC. But I never learned programming. Left that to Mr. Jobs... Miner from the dial-a-view… genius. Grandaddy are a fabulous band.

As for the Apples? Hmmm, my first was an LC. But I never learned programming. Left that to Mr. Jobs…

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