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My version of the Imogen Heap track the song that never was.
    Better quality also available, please contact. Enjoy it.
Email: mineral.walter@googlemail.com
Twitter: mineralwalter

Imogen Heap - The song that never was (Mineral Walter's remix)

My application to the El Tony Producer Challenge 2025.
The original title was "Mineral Walter's slightly acidic version"


The backstory of the track is that I was pretty busy with life during the approx. two weeks I had for its production.  I heard a nice idea in my mind while just fooling around with the vocal sample, quickly creating a minute-long loop of drums and a bass line in about five minutes. I listened to that loop repeatedly for the next few days. As the deadline approached, I hadn't had time to develop it further. The day before the deadline, I finally had a day off, and in that single day, I produced the entire track, transforming the initial sketch into what you hear now.

I initially struggled to improve the sound "in the box," so I replaced almost everything with hardware synths. The track was sequenced with a hardware sequencer, the vocal was loaded into a sampler, and the delays and reverb were handled by outboard units. I then recorded everything, one by one, through a Mackie 1604 mixer with the effects applied. All the synth tweaks and even the vocal's delay feedback were done manually while recording. The resulting sound feels like a bit of the mid-90s because the track was essentially produced using 90s methods.

I'm pretty proud of how it turned out, even if other entries sound much more polished.

Thanks again for the nice vocals, for the fun challenge, and for giving it a listen.

For the gear nerds, here's what was used:

Hardware:
Behringer TD-3-MO
Korg MS-20 Mini
Roland TR-8S
1010music Blackbox
ASM Hydrasynth
Squarp Hapax
MOTU MIDI Express XT
Mackie 1604 VLZ4
Eventide Space
Eventide Timefactor
Boss RE-20
Electro Harmonix Platform
Palmer PAN 04
JoeMeek TwinQ
MOTU 16A
Behringer SWING
Faderfox EC4

Software:
Ableton Live Suite 12
REAPER 7.46
Aodyo Instruments Anyma V
Fabfilter Pro-Q4
Valhalla Super Massive
SSL Native Channel 2
SSL Native Drum Channel
Sonnox Oxford Inflator
Sound Theory GullFoss
TC Finalizer

Mineral Walter - Two Faced (Natascha Polké – El Tony Producer Academy 2025 Remix)

it is kind a different track than my Imogen Heap remix, much more chilly

Mellow

Állatbarát

my contribution to Trent Reznor's & Atticus Ross's remix competition of their soundtrack for the movie "The Social Network".

For original tracks, details and rating visit http://remix.nin.com/play/mix?id=21882

The track is pretty much like the original but had only couple of hours to complete. I hope that you will enjoy it anyway.

Trent Reznor's & Atticus Ross - On We March (Mineral Walter's Haste Remix)

as heard on the youtube video updateing the OS of a novation nova synth.

http://youtu.be/eSeVZI5aa-Y

Delta

My contribution to the Tricky Tricky remix competition.

Hope you like it.

www.myspace.com/mineralwalter

Röyksopp - Tricky Tricky (Mineral Walter Remix)

I am a bedroom musician or call it a gear collector with slim talent trying to make electronic music in different styles. And no the name isn't serious.

Mineral Walter

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