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Gatekeeper – Optimus Maximus EP

 

If you’re listening to Gatekeeper for the first time ever, the instant reaction is “John Carpenter.” The next thought will be “this rocks.” Because Gatekeeper does rock. Optimus Maximus is a four song EP of horror inspired, instrumental EBM with a driving beat and a soundtrack style. Retro and dark … Continue reading

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Vertical Section – Death Throes EP

 

We received a promotional copy of the Vertical Section – Death Throes EP at R-Massive about half-a-year ago, and I elected not to review it. A preliminary listening left me feeling that this was just a derivative rehashing of tired industrial rock cliches, albeit very well put together. Take a … Continue reading

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Ensoniq EPS 16+ Tutorial

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The EPS16+ (a.k.a. EPS-16 Plus) has been used by: Rza on “36 Chambers”, Havoc on early Mobb Deep, El-P, and many others. Here is how to get started sampling with an Ensoniq EPS 16+, specifically focused on drums. Also relevant to the EPS 16’s big brother, the ASR 10.

This is an in-depth walkthrough and demonstration geared towards those new to sampling concepts and/or the EPS 16+.

Part 1: Covering sample rate, filter rate, clipping, truncate, normalize, boost, envelopes, effects, and more.

Part 2: Covering volume, panning, key range, layers, trigger mode, copying / erasing wavesamples, and hi-hat choke / cutoff.

Part 3: Covering how to load / save / edit effects, assign effects to instruments, wavesamples, and tracks, and advanced bus routing tricks including Waveboy Parallel FX.

Part 4: A continuation of the effects / bus / Parallel FX tutorial using a real world example of how to mix down a complete song. Covering resample with effects, mono/stereo imaging considerations, and instrument panning and volume as it applies to in-the-box mixing.

Part 5: Covering sequence creation, saving, and deletion; click tracks; instrument tracks; loop recording and playback; note quantize; event editing and filtering; time shifting; mix volumes; performance data; and mute/solo modes.

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Ares Mayhem – Silence

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Intended as a companion to the Mondo Muerte horror zine released by Mutilatia Press, this two-track CD was written and recorded in 2000. Remastered eleven years later, it is now available to the public for the first time. No performances have been reproduced.

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Ghostie at Spinebender Studios in mid-late 2000.

Layout based upon artwork by William Blake and Franz von Stuck.

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