October 2011 re-mix.  Both the lead melodies are ACE.  The second one uses the silky smooth sync sweep.

Pink Jam

Recorded analog.  All sounds are Alesis QS8.

Vishnafri

Chicxalub

Multitrack improve on an Alesis QS8.I believe this was the first multitrack midi tune I ever recorded - 1999.


Projectabla

Wurl n Boogie

A demo of a soundfont I created from a classic DX7 patch called Activate.  Jan Hammer used this sound on Rum Cay, on the album Escape From Television.  Here it's used for both the bass and lead parts.

Activate

An example of U-He's DIVA virtual analog synthesizer.  This patch shows DIVA's authentic dynamic attack.

ClearPlastic - a sample of a synth patch

This piece is dedicated to my Father.

Picture a Bali beach as viewed from close offshore.  Large waves are crashing, the wind is blowing, and gulls are careening.  Still unfinished.  Bali might be 12-14 minutes in length eventually.

Special thanks to <a href="http://Freesounds.org">Freesounds.org</a> and inchadney (<a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/inchadney">http://www.freesound.org/people/inchadney</a>/) for the use of his seagull recording (<a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/inchadney/sounds/78389">http://www.freesound.org/people/inchadney/sounds/78389</a>/).


Bali

Manic's Swamp (Original Mix)

Just a demo of my U-He ACE Syncitar (1st 50 secs), NI Massive Syncitar and Arturia MinimoogV bass.

Acid Eats Metal

Merdance - Ocean Night Drive w/ Dan Ling

We tried to capture the experience of being alone under a starry sky on a cold winter's night.  Music, and finally fire and companionship keep us warm.  This piece has taken fifteen months to finish, including seven distinct sections totalling over 21 minutes.  I'm happy to be joined by my old friend from Barcelona, Terence Butler on flute...after many years we reconnect on SoundCloud.

This piece is dedicated to the SoundCloud community.  We wish everyone peace and contentment for this holiday season.

For inquiring musicians, this recording is almost exclusively Spectrosonics Omnisphere.  The wind, wolf, campfire and partiers are audio files, and the three flute tracks were recorded by Terence Butler separately in Barcelona, which I later mixed together here in New York.  Other than that, everything is Omnisphere except the piano, which is Native Intruments Alicia's Keys (my favorite piano).  Effects are all U-He Uhbik (echo, reverb, EQ, phase shift, tremelo).  The phase shift and tremelo (autopanning) on the three flutes are a great example of why I love U-He Uhbik effects!

Special thanks to <a href="http://Freesound.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freesound.org</a> and Bogus (<a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/bogus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.freesound.org/people/bogus</a>/) for his campfire and people (<a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/bogus/sounds/104632" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.freesound.org/people/bogus/sounds/104632</a>/), and to Spandau (<a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/Spandau" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.freesound.org/people/Spandau</a>/) for his hot coals fire sound (&lt;a href="<a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/Spandau/sounds/40699" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.freesound.org/people/Spandau/sounds/40699</a>/).

In memory of my sister Marilyn.


Winter Solstice featuring Terence Butler (flute)

A demo for a game theme.  Stylus RMX guitars, Kontakt voice (Aliye), Diva Bass


Lonely Rain Demo featuring Aliye

I went back to my roots with this tune, which reminds me in many ways of some of the stuff I used to do in the 70s.  Dedicated to Ryan.  Main melody is U-He Zebra.  Incidental is U-He ACE.  Lead (end) is U-He Diva.

Ryan

A collaboration on a tune by Jason Glidden of Slow Motion Productions.  I play U-He Diva and Yamaha TX-802 leads.

Time Out - by Jason Glidden (Slow Motion Productions) featuring Dan Ling

Hammered by Bernaudio w/ Dan Ling

A work in progress by Andre Harkness.  I played the "strings" and "guitar" lead.

Soundcloud Session 3 - by Andre Harkness w/ Dan Ling

Sarah Is Kidnapped

Music for the starting flyby of the Madhouse level in Dracula Returns.

Catatonia

Fountain Bats

Leaving It by TerryTerence Butler w/ Dan Ling

Music for a flyby in Dracula Returns where four ghosts emerge from their tombs to try to kill Lara Croft.

Ghost Hour

Created for Dracula Returns, most of the sounds coming from the old Roland JV-2080, with a bit of Zebra bass toward the end.

Another Rescue

Music for, perhaps, the Magic Shop in Whitby

Ghost Choir

Thanks for listening, and for your kind comments and support over the years. The new and old studio hardware is all set up and connected.  I'm currently configuring the MIDI connections.  After that I still need to update everything and configure the software and my DAW (Cakewalk).  It should only be a few months at this point before I can start recording again.

I periodically update my website with new landscape photographs, and articles about my music.  So far there are articles regarding Jan Hammer-esque FM synth sounds and his analog techniques.  I plan to record new pieces of my own using some of those old-school techniques, and to make patches available for those sounds for the Moog Subsequent 37, U-He's DIVA, and probably other synths, such as Omnisphere, Massive, Pigments, etc.

Please consider visiting my website https://danling.com/.

Take care, and leave a comment!

Dan Ling

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