tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:27:47 +0000Rotation 1 - The Carrier WaveRotation 3 - Lucid RhythmsRotation 2 - moto-SLAVEIntroRotation 4 - Fluorescent GreyRoland TB-303Roland JX-3PacidhardwarevideoAnarchy FXCooledit ProDevilFish modHyperismJanuary 2011Korg MicroKorgLive TakesMetasonixRoland JX-8PRotation 6 - JeyeVaz ModularYamaha DX7IIDYamaha PSS-460acid patternbrainstormdemoenvellope followerhardware vs softwarelive setsmodularreleasessquare wavestudio tourtubestutorialwriter's blockhttp://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (m-S)Blogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-3858411031971585068Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:38:00 +00002011-06-26T15:13:08.966-07:00Following on from my last post.... if you can think that far back. I'd thought to dig out and post a song from the Split EP I did for Zaftig Research about 8 years ago. It was probably my first attempt at taking a more technique based approach to writing a song. It was when I'd first got my Juno 6 and I was taken by the idea of writing a song using only that and a patch for my Nord http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-want-to-wear-moosehair-soundware.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-7234718392956593566Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:13:00 +00002011-06-14T15:39:15.686-07:00I've recently been starting to pull together some songs with a vague notion about what my next release might be. As I've been going through songs, parts of songs and simple sketches that might be worth expanding on I've noticed that the songs can fall into a few different categories. Which in turn makes me wonder what drives other people to write music... maybe most musicians are more focused http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/06/calibrate-your-pretentiometers-this-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-1899396737148747215Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:54:00 +00002011-06-08T14:24:13.884-07:00It dawned on me that getting into a millimetre by millimetre account of what synthesisers I use and why might not pan out to be the most exciting of reading. So I'll just talk about my latest acquisition for the now which is a hardware rack-mounted sampler. On the surface it might seem like an anachronism given the advances with software samplers. Perhaps doubley so as I have and use NI's http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/06/partying-like-its-nineteen-ninety-nine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-5014527340203513293Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:51:00 +00002011-06-05T12:49:51.673-07:00Thanks to Chris for the intro, hopefully my ramblings will have some form of structure and sense to them. I was thinking about kicking things off with a bit about how I came to be writing music and what I've been doing over the years but as you'll have guessed from the intro I've been at this a while. Not just doing stuff by myself as Jeye but also in a variety of bands over the course... but Ihttp://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/06/am-abend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-8779220266348113750Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:13:00 +00002011-06-02T11:18:58.214-07:00IntroRotation 6 - JeyeScottish producer Jeye has an EP titled "Hatch End Dot" coming out on Gravity Halo next week and he's kindly agreed to grace the Rotation(s) blog with some knowledge over the course of June. Jeye, better known as John Muir, has been creating melodically focused soundscapes for 10+ years, performing gigs around his native Scotland as well as releasing a few EPs on the independent circuit.  http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/06/rotation-6-jeye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (m-S)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-3708772441768917277Mon, 16 May 2011 08:32:00 +00002011-06-02T11:18:38.142-07:00HyperismRotation 4 - Fluorescent GreyHyperprism stand-alone for OS9 Named after the Edgard Varese composition of the same name and coming before the Korg Kaoss Pad, before 'bit crushing' was a term used in music production, we had the Hyperprism stand-alone for OS9. A set of over 25 x/y grid controllable effects that ranged from bread and butter compressors and EQs to Eventide-inspired DSP manglers. Notable effects included the http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/05/aural-relics-of-operating-systems-past.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-1623237139591456142Tue, 10 May 2011 22:42:00 +00002011-06-02T11:18:06.133-07:00Anarchy FXRotation 4 - Fluorescent GreyAnarchy FX This is the newest software I'll be talking about in this series. Coming out around 2000 Leighton Hargreaves designed this plugin pack for Windows that had many unique ideas packed inside of it. To say this is an understatement, together they make up probably the most unique plugin pack ever created. The Corkscrew filter was a multiband pitchshifter that utilizes the Shepard tone (http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/05/aural-relics-anarchy-fx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-2002560544273650035Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:11:00 +00002011-06-02T11:17:41.752-07:00Cooledit ProRotation 4 - Fluorescent Grey Cooledit Pro 2.0 (now Adobe Audition 3.0) In the mid-1990s, two former Microsoft employees started a company called Syntrillium Software that became known for two products -- a psychedelic screen saver called Snoqualmie, and Cooledit. Ignored during its heyday, Cooledit’s spotlight was stolen by other programs at the time like Soundforge, Protools, even Peak. In August 2003, software http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/04/aural-relics-of-operating-systems-past_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-711422177623158717Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:17:00 +00002011-06-02T11:17:15.543-07:00Rotation 4 - Fluorescent GreyVaz Modular When I read the one sheet for the recent Oval album 'O', it described a self-discipline exercise that Markus Popp put himself through for the process of creating the album. He claimed that he had purposefully limited himself to, as he called it, a ‘very cheap’ PC computer running 'old software'. Very vague, but still intriguing. Since Popp seemed to rely entirely on making his own DSP programshttp://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/04/aural-relics-of-operating-systems-past.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-4092292682220244072Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:59:00 +00002011-04-01T17:28:32.950-07:00IntroRotation 4 - Fluorescent GreyBay Area producer Robbie Martin, better known as Fluorescent Grey, has developed a reputation as a bit of a prankster over the course of his career. He's one of the few people on this planet that can say they not only earned a permanent spot on Autechre's shit list for releasing fake music under their name along with software enabling anyone to easily imitate their music, but he also http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/04/rotation-4-fluorescent-grey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (m-S)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-4130478963342744594Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:28:00 +00002011-04-01T17:49:39.854-07:00Rotation 3 - Lucid RhythmsSo this is my final post! It's been a productive month - I didn't achieve anywhere near as much as I had hoped...but there have been new tracks, mixes, live sessions and ramblings. So to conclude, here's an EP of the material that I worked on during my Rotation... Hope you've enjoyed it! Didn't manage to finish any of the acoustic stuff, but a split EP is coming out soon...Over and out!http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/03/goodbye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-4255110566324606915Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:52:00 +00002011-04-01T17:49:39.855-07:00Rotation 3 - Lucid RhythmsAfternoon all - hope you've all been enjoying yourselves. I'm currently sat in an office, staring out of the window at the glorious sunshine...Anyway, last night I banged out another track... It's called 'Metropolis', and it's my first track in a while that's not dubby, dubstep or any varient of it. I've had lots of Major Lazer on in the car, so that probably explains the snares.I've had one http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/03/another-new-track.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-7220770959867510611Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:14:00 +00002011-04-01T17:49:39.856-07:00Rotation 3 - Lucid RhythmsAfternoon! Apologies for the lacklustre nature of my updates over the last week... However, I have not been totally bone-idle... I started a few new projects last night, and my dubby "Rotation(s)" EP is going well!Another live set will be performed and broadcasted next week, with hopefully a webcam video broadcast as well as audio.I'm also working on a new track with guitar, noisebox, piano and http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/03/afternoon-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-9121366884687517363Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:38:00 +00002011-04-01T17:49:39.857-07:00Rotation 3 - Lucid RhythmsMorning folks,Started working on a new track last night... Needs pads and possibly some breaks, but it's basically how it was sounding in my head. It's probably inspired by listening to far too much Digital Mystikz this weekend...Anyway, hope you enjoy! The plan is to finish an EP before the end of my Rotation, so a finished version of this might end up on it.Cheers,Jonhttp://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-track.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-8265472287405251836Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:45:00 +00002011-04-01T17:49:39.858-07:00Rotation 3 - Lucid RhythmsHello again,Good to hear some of you enjoyed my live set! I've uploaded some of my older material: Lucid Rhythms - Altered States EP [2004] by Lucid RhythmsIt's all in a more ambient style than my recent works. Some of you will have heard some of the material before, and I'll be working on remixing some of this material before the end of my Rotation, for an exclusive EP.On a side note, my copyhttp://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/03/older-material-for-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-5543360839020882912Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:09:00 +00002011-04-01T17:49:39.859-07:00Rotation 3 - Lucid RhythmsAfternoon beautiful people,As previously advertised, I will be doing a live set over t'internets in about 50 mins (5pm gmt). Please tune in!It will be a selection of sunny chilled bassy tunes for your enjoyment, all live. I'll be recording everything and posting it online this evening.The link will be: http://84.51.183.148:8000 so copy and paste this into your Media Player of choice (I've http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/03/live-set-in-50-mins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-1784258181831322422Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:09:00 +00002011-04-01T17:49:39.860-07:00Rotation 3 - Lucid RhythmsAfternoon. Enjoying yourselves? It's rather sunny and warm here, but I'm stuck in an office. Boo.So last night, after I posted that entry, I decided to do a bit of a minimix, featuring some of my most recent material, exclusive remixes, as well as some tunes by other people that I'm really enjoying at the moment: Lucid Rhythms - Minimix Vol. 1 by Lucid Rhythms03/03/201122 mins inna dubplate http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/03/minimix-vol-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-2624734425399635821Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:46:00 +00002011-03-03T17:40:24.451-08:00Rotation 3 - Lucid RhythmsEvening chaps and chapesses. I'm Jon, and this is going to be my blog for the next month. The intro from Chris covered pretty much all the basics about who I am, but I think I should probably start by saying why I started making music, etc. I started in early 2003, because at the time I was very much into Underworld and Leftfield, and wanted to make similar techno-ish music. I also rather liked http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/03/lets-start-at-beginning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-4261542908853397663Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:31:00 +00002011-03-01T11:31:33.186-08:00IntroRotation 3 - Lucid RhythmsHailing from Leicester, UK, 23 year old Jonathan Ace has been producing dub-tinged beats as Lucid Rhythms for a few years now and his sound is refined with every new release. His style is always layered with effects, atmospheric ambiance, live instrumentation and a sense of restraint that often goes missing in electronic productions these days. Lucid Rhythms doesn't use a computer packed http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/03/rotation-3-lucid-rhythms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (m-S)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-2630825260391190771Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:30:00 +00002011-02-28T12:30:12.793-08:00Rotation 2 - moto-SLAVEMy apologies. I didn't get to do half the things I had planned for this rotation...about halfway through the month life kinda got in the way, but hey...that's how it goes sometimes. Didn't get to update the regular Gravity Halo site much this month either. Regardless, I still plan to do those synth tutorials for the DX7II, the JX-8P, microKorg and the pss-460, so subscribe to my youtube http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/02/total-shit-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (m-S)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-794606816659252479Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:10:00 +00002011-02-15T11:10:00.041-08:00live setsRotation 2 - moto-SLAVEI've been working on a live set for a little while now that I may preview on the blog at some point this month, but I wanted to ask other producers out there - how do you perform live? What programs do you use? How much of it is actually live? Do you bring any gear with you?http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/02/working-on-live-set.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (m-S)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-2198799572201903838Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:45:00 +00002011-02-09T12:45:01.163-08:00demoRoland JX-3PRotation 2 - moto-SLAVEtutorialvideo When I first decided to start introducing more hardware to my setup, one of the main problems I encountered was the lack of resources online that really showed you how each synth worked, what the interface was like and what it sounded like.  There are lots of places that list specs and give subjective reviews, a few places that will cycle through some presets and call it a demo, but nobodyhttp://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/02/roland-jx-3p-programming-tutorial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (m-S)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-244826674888608667Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:21:00 +00002011-02-05T11:05:31.511-08:00hardwareRotation 2 - moto-SLAVE In production, as with many other things in life, there are two distinct mindsets you can inhabit in terms of building your setup - there are some out there that covet the most tricked out gear with all the bells and whistles, the "top of the line" stuff and then there are those that maybe could never afford to go that route and instead focus on making the best out of what they can get their http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/02/ghetto-mentality-production-values.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (m-S)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-4489481902526472878Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:50:00 +00002011-02-02T20:50:00.780-08:00Korg MicroKorgRoland JX-3PRoland JX-8PRotation 2 - moto-SLAVEstudio tourvideoYamaha DX7IIDYamaha PSS-460I had to do about 15 fucking takes of this video because my dog kept having a fit at almost the exact same point every time, but I finally managed to put her in her doggy crate for awhile and get through this little tour of my home studio.  This is pretty much just a tour of the hardware end of my setup.  I do use a lot of software, vsts and direct-x plugins and whatnot, but I didn't http://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/02/studio-tour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (m-S)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547432071849191879.post-6511539222148959059Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:55:00 +00002011-02-01T13:55:00.918-08:00IntroRotation 2 - moto-SLAVEWell, it was bound to happen...the artist we originally had scheduled for February needed some more time and is being pushed back a few months. Luckily, I was planning on doing a Rotation myself at some point anyway, so I will be filling in and helming Rotation #2. --- Producing for many years as Cats On Earth, Dr. Science and Nova Satori (among many other aliases) I decided to delve into myhttp://gravityhalo-rotations.blogspot.com/2011/02/rotation-2-moto-slave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (m-S)1