2024 Tracks

This is a collaboration with frenq ( https://hearthis.at/frenq/ ) from the Audiob.us forum.
The end result is this ‘small’ album which contains four jazz oriented songs, all composed and mixed by frenq.
I played all of the solos on my iPad using GeoShred. The instruments used were SWAM Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Viola and GS Gong Lead.
Frenq then did an amazing job mixing everything together, hiding my imperfections and producing something well worth listening to !
We sincerely hope you like the end result.

#248 A Leap Into The Unknown

A slow ambient sort of creation using Decent Sampler for all of the sounds I.e. Woven Strings and RJS Guitar.
Sound effects from the BBC Sound Effects web site.

#249 A Return To Normality ?

This uses the inbuilt GeoShred looper to provide the backing for a GS solo.
The GS instruments looped are…
Howe Classic
Bass Harmonic
GeoViolin 
GeoViola
GeoCello
Naada Bass

A video showing how the track was created is available here https://youtu.be/v8fnKkQftIM

#166 Gloopy Jam

Inspired by the sound worlds of the Glagolitic Mass and Sinfonietta by Leoš Janáček here is my (current) best shot at an orchestral work. All created in the iPad using AUM.

#163 Glagolitic Mess

Almost certainly not a true reel but the Bodhrán and the drone take it in that direction…
The lead is GeoViolin 🎻

#071 Reel In E | 60 Bpm

Knowing when to stop applies to so many things in life but in this case it’s an exercise in trying to play double stops on the SWAM string instruments.

Sounds here are from SWAM Viola and Violin, BeatHawk Bombards and Bagpipes,  World Piano Drones, Bodhrán from the website of Santiago Molina and waves from the BBC.

What works for me to get consistent double stopping (two notes playing at once) using GeoShred is 

1) Change (in SWAM) Bow Polyphony from Mono String Crossing (the default) to Auto.
2) On the Advanced Settings page, make the SWAM window as big as possible and navigate right to the bottom. Change Auto Poly Detection time from 12 (the default) to the maximum of 30.969 🤨
3) Try playing two notes at once in GeoShred.
4) Repeat step 3 a gazillion times until it works consistently😊

#270 Knowing When To Stop

Everything here is created, recorded and mixed on an IPad Pro using AUM.

I use GeoShred to play everything that is not generated or sequenced.

I also have some tracks on my YouTube channel

#270 Knowing When To Stop

GeoTony