A brand new set this week for your chillaxing pleasure, a happy result of the new monthly release schedule for this podcast. With more time between releases, I have more time to create material for the podcast. I don’t think it influences the quality of the show, but rather it’s a change in favor of variety over quantity.

We’re ringing more changes the week – membership is now officially something of the past. It seemed like a good idea in theory, but the practice didn’t bear it out. I may bring it back at a later stage, but we’re not there yet. There’s also a new HQ download options. When buying a high quality download, you now have the option of choosing between a 256kbps MP3 or a much larger, but better lossless FLAC file.

Enjoy Live Online #142: Reboot

Playlist: (1)Kiribati (2)Luxembourg (3)Mauritius (4)Nauru (5)Japan (6)Indonesia (7)Guinea (8)Honduras

This recording was made at Starport Omega (Second Life) on May 9th, 2012.

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I’ve been using Reason to create sweeps and swells for my MLO sets, and I thought it would be a good subject for a first tutorial.

I’m using Reason 6.0.2 in the vid, but the Thor synth has been around since Reason 4.

We had a lovely time on our visit home in SA, but it’s back to the grindstone and I’m still struggling to prioritize projects that I have/want to work on. There’s Suncake Lounge Vol.2 begging to be finished, a new track for Lemongrassmusic’s 100th release coming soon, creating a brand-new visual set to accompany me live (and the firm resolve to find more opportunities to play live outside of the studio). To take a little of the pressure off, these MLO sets will now be a monthly rather than a weekly release. Still, there will be chill!

Enjoy Live Online #141: Dream Eater

Playlist: (1)Ethiopia (2)Fiji (3)Bootes (4)Caelum (5)Djibouti (6)Egghead (7)Jamal (8)Ladybug

This recording was made at Starport Omega (Second Life) on April 11th, 2012.

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Louis, Em. and I will be leaving for our visit to South Africa on Monday. We’re very excited, of course, but it does mean there will be no new set on these pages for the following month or so. Hey, I did warn you that the podcast will be appearing less regularly from this year on, didn’t I? Parenthood comes with a price ;^)

Enjoy Live Online #140: Intermission

Playlist: (1)Scenery (2)Zero (3)Final (4)Irradiate (5)Wamble (6)Miru (7)Belligerent (8)Dionysus

This recording was made at Ce Soir (Second Life) on March 8th, 2012.

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Dragon Dur. 56:37

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I’m hard at work on Suncake Lounge Vol.2 to get it to a point where I can leave it for three weeks while we visit South Africa next month. That point is somewhere where enough has been done that it inspires me when I want to start work on it again, but with enough loose ends that I know where to start work as soon as I’m back. I’ve heard some writers never finish a chapter before they call it a day, so it’s easy to pick up where they left off. Makes sense if you think about it.

Enjoy Live Online #139: Stars

Playlist: (1)Daffodil (2)Echo (3)Icing (4)Jelly (5)Magal (6)Odalis (7)Schism (8)Zindell

This recording was made at Ce Soir (Second Life) on February 23rd, 2012.

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Dragon Dur. 59:03

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The iOS version of What Comes Around has been added to the RjDj scene catalog. Now we’re just waiting for Apple to approve the paid version before both versions become available. Coming soon!

Enjoy Live Online #138: Helix

Playlist: (1)Djibouti (2)Cambodia (3)Quinn (4)Rosmerta (5)Salvador (6)Turtledove (7)Siamese (8)Spider Monkey

This recording was made at Ce Soir (Second Life) on February 10th, 2012.

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Dragon Dur. 55:37

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Make your own photo slideshow at Animoto.

Drummer Dave Ramey kindly agreed to drum on the album on very short notice and very little time to prepare. He did a sterling job though and we powered through the 15 tracks with a single take for each. I’ll probably end up cutting loops from the recorded material, taking care to keep most of the fills and flourishes that Dave added – these have really made the tracks come to life.

We worked with the kit that was in the rehearsal room. It’s obviously not the best kit in the world, but I really like the flavor it brings. There’s something loose and vintage sounding about it. The same goes for the room itself – it’s not going to give the same results as a dedicated drum room, but it has its own character.

I brought in my M-Audio Fast Track Ultra and recorded on 5 tracks straight to Sonar X1. I miked the snare with an SM-57 and the kick with a locally made Superlux PRO218A that I bought for this session. I used the Zoom H2 Handy recorder as a stereo overhead. Finally, I had an Audio Technica AT4033 a couple of metres back as a room mic. Now that I’m mixing the drum tracks and after working in detail on the seperate kick and snare tracks, I’m finding the room mic really useful for blending the sound back together and adding some cohesion again. I’ve also added a dash of reverb from the freeware epicVerb VST, again to add a sense of cohesion.

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So far I’m pleased with the sound of the drums in isolation, but there’s still going to be a lot of fiddling to get the drums to suit each individual track. I may also blend in some of the loops that we’ve using for the tracks up to this point – just for variety, if nothing else.

And a happy Year of the Dragon! We’re enjoying the break and trying our best not to think of being back at work on Monday. I’ve managed to put in some uninterrupted hours’ work on Suncake Lounge Vol.2 – or at least as uninterrupted as it gets with a 4 month old boy in the house. Chris and I are planning to track drums for this project on the weekend.

Enjoy Live Online #137: Dragon

Playlist: (1)Kook (2)Niven (3)Ladybug (4)Obelus (5)Lovecraft (6)Outbound (7)Niko (8)Reels

This recording was made at Starport Omega (Second Life) on January 26th, 2012.

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Dragon Dur. 59:49

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Happy New Year to you! Somewhat belated, but still. How’s 2012 been treating you so far? Here’s to a year in which all good things are possible.

Enjoy Live Online #136: Possibilities

Playlist: (1)Angola (2)Benin (3)Taffeta (4)Stalwart (5)Macaronic (6)Latency (7)Elwood (8)Jag

This recording was made at Starport Omega (Second Life) on January 11th, 2012.

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Possibilities Dur. 59:08

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