I wrote "Only a Dusting" as part of a winter-themed ambient compilation on a Discord server for synthesizer enthusiasts I like to hang out at... and only just now got around to releasing it separately. Check out the full compilation on Bandcamp, lot of great work by a diverse bunch of people. https://synthesizersyo.bandcamp.com/album/winter-vibes


Production notes:


Roland JP-8000 and Behringer Deepmind 6 were used for pads. My DIY modular synthesizer served for a soft bell like arpeggio throughout. I also taped some cheap contact microphones to a kalimba and tuned it to the key I picked for this.


All of that went into FL studio where I made a pretty simple repeated arrangement, and added a bunch of effects (primarily reverb, because it's ambient after all). Once I was happy with the sound of it, I hit play and record and stood by the synthesizers and tweaked parameters live. The kalimba was recorded and sequenced in later.

Also on:
- Bandcamp: https://cimylium.bandcamp.com/track/only-a-dusting
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cv1V8UgbF4
- Newgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1420163

Cimylium - Only a Dusting

Ambient track using just 2 instruments; "The CS Cloud", and Synth1. Vaguely Vangelis / Blade Runner inspired.

Tannhauser Gate

This is something I made using FL Studio for sequencing and effects; the synthesizers used were all external. I used a Korg Trinity, Behringer Deepmind 6, and Roland JP-8000.

The cover image is a photo of MIDI implementation tables from the Korg Trinity manual, as well as the same from the Behringer Deepmind manual... with of course "Cimylium" and the title edited in afterwards.

Byte Sequence

Hemiptera

Created as part of the forthcoming "synthesizers, yo" Discord server album that was organised to promote staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and doing creative things.


The title is a reference to the "Folding@Home" project that's part of an effort to assist researchers around the world taking up the global fight against COVID-19. - https://apps.foldingathome.org/project?p=14328


Folding@Home is a system where anyone can install a piece of software on their computer and allow the project to use their computer's CPU (and GPU) resources to help compute how proteins develop (at least that's how far my understanding goes). Please go install it if your computer is sitting around doing nothing a lot of the time.

https://foldingathome.org/


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I used water samples in this (recorded myself) to make it even more liquid dnb. :-)

Project 14328

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Glimmer of Hope

A little jam on the Behringer Deepmind 6. Using a patch I made last year, but taking it places I hadn't explored back then.

Resonant Abyss [jam]

You can buy the track on Bandcamp: https://cimylium.bandcamp.com/track/the-pillow-in-between

I decided to write an ambient piece dedicated to our cat Darcy. She's featured in the track as well.


Enjoy!

The Pillow in Between

Enjoy my first foray into Lo-Fi House.

I sampled "Wiretapper", a 1955 Noir movie that, if I understand correctly, is in the public domain.

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