Demotunes

Original Tracks

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May 30th 2014
140 soundtrack live performance in Copenhagen
https://www.facebook.com/events/317451808404766/

140 @ All the Rave

This is a 2024 remix of the music created for the demo 'min' by Loopit, ranked 3rd in the PC Demo compo in NVScene 2014.

The demo can be seen here:
- vimeo.com/90214680
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=X61MOZoqFB4

Or you can run it yourself:
- www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62851

The track was originally created in Ableton Live 9 with no additional plugins, remixed in 2024 in Ableton Live 11.
It contains samples from:

- Ryu Umemoto: Angels' Melancholy [2010] (Deathsmiles Arrange) - rave chords
- Vangelis: Tales of the Future [1982/1994] - mysterious strings
- John Carpenter: The Fog [1980] - "Midnight"

Track info: min-2024.wav (48KHz 16bit)

Min (2024 VIP Mix)

Created for 8k demo by Loopit & Loonies - 2nd prize in 64k category at TRSAC 2015.
Made in Renoise with Clinkster (Blueberry).

psyltcipher

This is a longer example render of 'modnet', an experimental FM synthesizer I wrote for a performance with visual artists Sune Petersen and Max Hattler at 'Science Friction' in Copenhagen, May 28th, 2013.

The synthesizer is an experiment in algorithm-generated FM patches, and slow metamorphosis between pairs of such patches.

I also ended up using modnet for certain parts of the '140' soundtrack.

Videos from the performance:

https://youtu.be/_kDJN2CVfV0
https://vimeo.com/album/1639402/video/67928081

modnet01

Composed and produced by Jakob Schmid for the video game '140', go to www.carlsengames.com for more information.

Vinyl soundtrack can be ordered from iam8bit:
US store: store.iam8bit.com/products/140-vinyl-soundtrack
UK store: store.iam8bit.co.uk/products/140-vinyl-soundtrack
Digital soundtrack for '140' available now:
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/662290/140_Soundtrack/
GOG.com: www.gog.com/game/140_soundtrack
Bandcamp: schmid.bandcamp.com/album/140-soundtrack
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/2onxxERQd4awdwOofi9bQn
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/140/id1258317518
Amazon: www.amazon.com/140-Schmid/dp/B07QCQ1DD6/
Artist links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jakobschmid
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2onxxERQd4awdwOofi9bQn
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JakobSchmid
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/jakob-schmid/

  
Created with Ableton Live, Modnet, Korg M1 software synthesizer

The game '140' was created by Jeppe Carlsen, Jakob Schmid, Niels Fyrst, Andreas Arnild Peitersen

Thanks to: Martin Stig Andersen, Peter Buchardt, Mikkel Svendsen, Mikkel Gjøl, SØS Gunver Ryberg, Cristian Vogel, Greg Rice, Jon M. Gibson, Amanda White, Christian Villum

The game '140' is (C) Carlsen Games.

The '140' soundtrack by Jakob Schmid is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

0x8c

In early 2006 I was working on a bunch of drum 'n bass tracks, which I published as the 'Mindsurgery' EP (buy here: https://schmid.bandcamp.com/album/mindsurgery-13). 'Definition' is one of my favourites, an experiment in form, carefully replicating the form of a certain mid-90s drum 'n bass track.

The track was created in Ableton Live 5. It's incredibly simple, only 9 tracks. 

All plugins used were freeware. The beautiful arpeggio synth that appears at 2:12 is the EZPoly VST synth by Krakli Software playing the preset 'SEQ Lothlorien TC' by the late Tim Conrardy.

Other plugins used:

Etiquiet2 (Krakli)  - hi-pitch string synth from intro
Chill (Krakli) - snarling bass from 0:12
Shortcircuit (Vember Audio) - sampler used for breakbeat
C3 Multi Band Compressor (slim slow slider)
Voxengo SPAN - Spectrum analyzer

The track contains samples from:

Jimmy McGriff: The Worm [1968] - break
James Brown: Hot Pants [1971] - tambourine
Van Helsing [2004] - screams and ambience
Ghost in the Shell [1995] - servo sound
Pac-Man
FSOL: Egypt
DJ Shadow / DJ Krush: '89.9 Megamix' (Incorrectly titled 'Hermit Kid'?)
Tricky: My Evil Is Strong

This is the original 160 BPM version of the track. I released a 170 BPM version to conform with the rest of the tracks on the Mindsurgery EP.

Track info: Definition 160 BPM version remastered 2019-10-16 (48KHz 24bit)

Mindsurgery

Definition

This track was created for the demo 'min' by Loopit, ranked 3rd in the PC Demo compo in NVScene 2014.

The demo can be seen here:
- https://vimeo.com/90214680
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X61MOZoqFB4

Or you can run it yourself:
- https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62851

The track was created in Ableton Live 9 with no additional plugins.
It contains samples from:

- Ryu Umemoto: Angels' Melancholy [2010] (Deathsmiles Arrange) - rave chords
- Vangelis: Tales of the Future [1982/1994] - mysterious strings
- John Carpenter: The Fog [1980] - "Midnight"

Track info: demotrack-2014-03-24e.wav (48KHz 16bit)

Copenhagen-based electronic music composer Jakob Schmid combines the harmonies and aesthetics of 70s and 80s new age music with deep basslines and beats of contemporary UK electronic music. The result is both melancholic and energetic.

Schmid has decades of experience in computer music, starting with using tracker software in the 80s, progressing towards creating his own experimental music software, including new types of synthesizers.

Schmid composed the music for multi-award-winning rhythm video game '140', a journey into a world of abstract shapes and beautiful harmonies, accompanied by pulsing beats at 140 BPM.