For the Cymatics ZODIAC Beat Content, based on the Beta Pack sample "Purple."  Dark, ambient, hip hop.

Noah Bonano - Doorbell (ZODIAC Ultimate Beat Contest)

A weird amalgam of pop, electronic and some funk inspired sounds.  Definitely not a winner, but it's an alright remix.

Tobtok - New Levels (Reason Studios Remix Contest)

Originally made this for a metapop contest.  Then decided I didn't like a couple of sections.  So I reworked those and I think I like this rendition more.

Massive Xplosion (VIP)

I had this attempted synthwave that didn't come out as planned and a while back I had this idea that it would be fun make some drum and bass kind of inspired by synthwave.  So this is what came out.

Moonface

So, Reason Studios has a contest looking for tracks using their new Objekt Synth.  Frankly, I suck at additive synthesis, so this is a combination of presets -- some tweaked, some not -- and some randomized settings in Objekt.

Built in FLStudio using the Reason Rack Plugin, all of the sounds come from Objekt with some effects coming from both the Reason rack and other plugins.

For some reason, no matter how many times I export this thing, one of the acoustic bass patches fails to trigger at least once... so, at this point, since it's just in the intro, I'm not gonna bother much more with it.

Bad Heist

New stuff... good?  not good?  I don't know.  Here it is anyway.

Just Fight

200X

I'm not really sure what this is.  It's sort of inspired in small part by Burial and Photek, but sounds nothing like either of them really.

Fresh Bleach

What does the title mean?  Nothing really.  Like most of my songs, I start with a working title and never change them.  This track is kind of a hip-hop-esque, breakbeat sort of track.  It's part of a series of tracks where instead of using FL or Reason, which I'm most familiar with, I'm playing with Reaper, which I haven't messed with in a long time.

NBA Donk Contest

Another experiment with Reaper.  Kind of a boppy hip-hop inspired track that is a little all over the place and maybe takes from cues from funk.  I don't know what this is.  But I liked it...

Slug Moves

To Galaxy - Edge of space mix

There was a challenge put forth on the FAWM forums to use the amen beat for a song.  So, here's a hacky bit of junk I put together real quick.

FAWM Amen Challenge

Producing since the late 1990s, Manoptic is an avid music hobbyist with an eye and ear towards enjoying the fruits of creative output.  Based in Albuquerque, NM, he looks to various genres for inspiration including drum and bass, dubstep, breakbeat, hip hop, cinematic soundtracks and ambient.

This account is a sandbox for random late night muck-arounds with music.  There's no guarantee of the quality of the mix or the music itself.  The mastering in particular you'll have to forgive.  I just don't have an ear for it.

Manoptic

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