Sample sound clip from my notebook computer system

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

I finally got around to making a sample sound clip of my new notebook computer system. I'll reiterate the components of my system, and then I'll describe how I made the clip below. I'll forewarn you now, however, that this is no piece of art and is only a sample of the effects, not anything that creative or song-like by any means. I'm just messing around with random notes and chords over the top of the looped foundation, sometimes playing only with my left hand in order to move from effect to effect with the mouse in my right hand.

 

The System

 

ThinkPad T60p (Intel Duo Core T2500 processor, 2GHz x 2,  2 GB of RAM)

http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/notebooks/thinkpad/t-series/tseries_byo_t60p.html

Microsoft XP Pro

Xlutop Chainer VST host (http://www.xlutop.com/html/chainer.html)

Echo Indigo IO sound card (http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/CardBus/IndigoIO/index.php (guitar plugged directly into the IO card)

 

How I Made the Sample Clip

 

Everything you hear is a VST effect. First I created an initial loop with Mobius, Voxengo Tube Amp simulator, Fat Ass Edge (for pitch down), MHC FlexFx Delay, Kjaerhus Audio Classic Chorus, and ANWIDA Soft DX Reverb.  Everything but Edge is a set of VST effects I keep on all of the time for my standard guitar sound.

 

Second, I began activating each of my favorite 65 VST effects in Chainer one at a time, playing just a few seconds on each one to give you an idea of the sound of that preset (which in most cases is my favorite preset).

 

Basically, this sample clip reflects about 1/30th of my tone mangling capability, given all the other presets in each VST effect that is not heard. And based on my experience so far, I could easily eliminate all of my VST effects and just use my Reaktor 5 VST, or run it as a standalone, and have enough effect processing diversity and power to last me a lifetime.  The effects that users are developing and providing free for download are just mind blowing.

 

The Sample Sound Clip, VSTs, and URLs

 

http://www.box.net/public/fobok5z5dy (to download or stream - 25 minutes long!)

 

Direct link to 23.6 MB MP3 file: http://www.box.net/public/static/fobok5z5dy.mp3

 

You can follow the sounds in the clip in this order, or jump to the minute:second marker:

 

00:29 - Lexicon PSP84 http://www.kvraudio.com/get/509.html
01:01 - Lexicon PSP42 http://www.kvraudio.com/get/508.html
01:29 - Antares Filter http://www.kvraudio.com/get/818.html
01:54 - MHC Space Effect http://www.mhc.se/software/plugins/spaceeffect/
02:20 - Pluggo Feedback Network http://www.cycling74.com/products/pluggo)
03:03 - arcDev Cyclotron http://www.device.arcanedevice.com/?sig_mod

03:15 - Pluggo Fragulator http://www.cycling74.com/products/pluggo
03:26 - Toybear Madshifta http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1324.html
03:39 - NuSofting Morphing Delay http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com/Morphing.htm
03:55 - Nusofting Trimmetry http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com/Trimmetry.htm
04:09 - Pluggo Rye http://www.cycling74.com/products/pluggo
04:18 - Pluggo Warble http://www.cycling74.com/products/pluggo
04:27 - BrushFX http://www.kvraudio.com/get/454.html
04:46 - Crazy Ivan http://www.macmusic.org/software/releases.php/lang/en/id/1143/plug/VST
05:09 - Pluggo Weat http://www.cycling74.com/products/pluggo
05:17 - dfx Geometer http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/
05:33 - dfx Scrubby http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/
05:47 - Grumblebum http://www.kvraudio.com/get/894.html
06:10 - Glitch Jockey http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2094.html
06:19 - Pudding (http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1335.html
06:33 - Reversinator  http://www.kvraudio.com/get/988.html
06:45 -Pan-Oh!-Rama http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1661.html
06:54 - Drive32 http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1493.html
07:13 - fxpansion Ringmod
07:23 - WTF http://www.kvraudio.com/get/816.html
07:30 - Pluggo Space Echo http://www.cycling74.com/products/pluggo
07:39 - Pluggo Speed Shifter http://www.cycling74.com/products/pluggo
07:55 - E-Phonic LOFI http://www.kvraudio.com/get/737.html
08:05 - FX Jockey
08:11 - Glitchgirl
08:18 - Analogic Delay http://www.kvraudio.com/get/891.html
08:28  - KTGranulator http://www.kvraudio.com/get/625.html
08:46 - Antares Kantos http://www.kvraudio.com/get/248.html
09:03 - Scuzzphut6 http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1156.html
09:14 - Univibe by Simulanalog
09:41 - arcDev Hosebeast http://www.device.arcanedevice.com/?sig_mod

09:48 - arcDev ET-200 http://www.device.arcanedevice.com/?sig_mod
10:00 - Charsiensis http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2264.html
10:13 - Crazyator
10:23 - Pshift http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1118.html
10:30 - Pluggo Squirel Parade http://www.cycling74.com/products/pluggo
10:42 - Hipno Amogwai http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno
10:55 - Hipno Deluge http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno

11:02 - Hipno GrainStream http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno
11:10 - Hipno Morphulescense http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno

11:20 - Hipno Multilution http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno

11:29  - Hipno SfylterBank http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno

11:36 - Hipno Shypht http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno

11:46 - Hipno SPuntorrt http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno

11:57 - Hipno Squeege http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno

12:15 - Hipno SquiglyQ http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno

12:35 - Hipno Technishypht http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno

12:41 - Toybear CandyBox http://www.tobybear.de/p_monsterbag.html

13:11 - Toybear DelayDevil http://www.tobybear.de/p_monsterbag.html

13:22 - Toybear RedRack Multi http://www.tobybear.de/p_monsterbag.html

13:31 - Toybear Robobear http://www.tobybear.de/p_monsterbag.html

13:38 - Toybear ShivaShifter http://www.tobybear.de/p_monsterbag.html

13:45 - OctBUZ http://www.kvraudio.com/get/641.html
13:56 - DeeLay
14:09 - GRevDly http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1298.html
14:18 - GGrain http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2189.html
14:25 - OverDubber (http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1816.html
14:37 - ParadigmShifter3 http://www.kvraudio.com/get/640.html
14:48 - Sun Ra http://www.kvraudio.com/get/490.html
15:00 - Reaktor 2 Metaphysical
15:16 - Several Reaktor 5 Ensembles (effects), starting with Blackbird - David, want to guess what I'm using? :)

 

Kris

 

 

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