A bad day for camping!

sheridan · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:13 pm Post subject: A bad day for camping!

Well here is something a little different... maybe not wholly original (I got the idea after listening to G2Ian's 'seaplusplus' patch, so thanks Ian), but I've taken the idea to the extreme of my (unexpanded Mad

) G2's capability. Unfortunately, that means that there is only one voice available per slot (<<edited: see below>>), but it all seems to sound good still - those with expanded G2s will hear it better though. As such, I have also posted two other patches ('Thunder' and 'Fun with liquid') in the FX section, so that you can hear them as they were supposed to be heard. Anyway...

THE SCENE IS SET:

You've driven to the country, through some woods. You pull off the road into a small lay-by and park the car. You then walk a short distance through the trees until you find a small grassy clearing, where you pitch your tent for the night. Then you notice the wind picking up...

This patch picks up the story from there. It'll be a couple of minutes before you've heard everything, but it all cycles at different rates, so it won't exactly reapeat either. There is only one variation... but that's enough. It always plays the same 'story', but with some timing variations. For tweaking, I have marked important modules in purple - note that as slot B is routed through slot A, it is better turned off using the purple mixer switches.

Have fun! Very Happy

Now either listen to the shortend and edited audio clip without the best bit in it (no point on giving it all away Smile

) to get an idea of where we're going, or just download the patch and turn up the speakers!

<<Edited: Well I've been re-arranging and tweaking this patch a little and have come up with a little bit more polyphony! Very Happy

(Not much though.) Now, the thunder has 2 voices.

I have slightly improved some sounds (you probably wouldn't notice the difference) and created a 2nd variation (controlled from slot C), which makes the rain more constant and the thunder more... well, just more. (I prefer this one). Variation 1 should be more or less identical to the first patch, but with fatter thunder. Very Happy

BadDayForCamping.prf2

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Bad day for camping patch - 'imaginary scene from story above involving bad weather'

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Shortened audio edit of the patch (minus best part) from G2 with no external effects.

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BadDayForCampin2.prf2

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Modified patch to allow more voice count and an extra variation - more or less, identical sounding to the original patch but with fatter thunder. Overall, this patch is slightly better.

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ian-s · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:15 pm Post subject:

Excellent!

cebec · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:23 pm Post subject:

awesome! some of the best imitative/emulative synthesis i've heard.

3phase · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:21 am Post subject: Re: A bad day for camping!

) Not just the wright patch on the first real sunny day since 2 weeks here Wink

... and the amount of thundering is scary...It however seems to pass by by now ... what was that noise? a bear?...oh shit the tent is fucked now ? nice , thank you sheridan Confused

And this sound like somebody pi on my tent...

Thanks god we dont have such nasty wether and neighbors around here...

3phase · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:47 am Post subject:

Sheridan..it just started raining..your patch is still running ( raining) in the background...How did you do that? Shocked

sheridan · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:28 am Post subject:

3phase · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:

sheridan · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:17 am Post subject:

I'm not sure if you have looked at the rain patch in slot B, but there are 3 rain generators; one for the rain on the grass, one for the rain on the tent, and one for bigger drops/wetter rain. Each was altered to get the specific sound needed, ie. the high frequencies were taken out of the rain on tent signal and it was made loudest as it was closest to the listener's perspective, etc.

As the Mod Env slows the rate of the rain down, it can have the effect of going from many seperate drops into short 'flows' of water, maybe like someone pouring small amounts of water, or larger drips/collection of drips running off high branches... maybe that is what you're refering to? I was trying to replicate really heavy rain, but if the rain sounds too constant to your ears, you can lower the Prob modulation knobs on the relevant red 'Trigger' modules. You could even just mute the 'rain on tent' sound to hear more authentic sounding rain if you prefer.

Unfortunately, the effect is also spoilt somewhat when only given 1 voice, as in this patch... if you turn off slots C and D and assign more voices to slot B, you should hear an improvement.

I'm not trying to claim thet the rain is that 'natural sounding' though - without the huge eq cuts around 1 - 2 kHz, it sounds like raining on crisp packets/plastic sheeting! I found it extremely hard fine tuning the rain and often ended up with other liquidy sounds, hence my other 'Fun with liquid' patch. Maybe I'll look into using a different system to model it better another day. Smile

3phase · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:08 pm Post subject:

Dont get me wrong ..it sounded al extremly realistic...the wind and the rain..and the the somebody pieing on my tent...

When random is involved there are probably not many people that have to experiance this Smile

Wan · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:12 am Post subject:

Marvelous patching, very realistic Exclamation

In the end i was most surprised by the passing car. Couldn't it stop and take me with it? Slamming doors and sound of rain in the car comes to mind...

sheridan · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:41 am Post subject:

Hah, thanks... I couldn't think of what other sounds would fit into my little story... except maybe a bear Wink

. I figured there was a road in/near the scene, so why not? Very Happy

(Plus it was easily modified from my F1 patch Embarassed

) I thought I'd leave a big pause before it comes, so it would surpise everyone... just as you thought it was all over! Very Happy

I need the expansion card for my G2, before I can get deeper into this stuff... but I can't wait!

3phase · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:19 pm Post subject:

Blue Hell · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:28 pm Post subject:

That's some damned good patching you did sherdan !

I'd call it a noodle, not an FX :-)

The watery things in the other thread made me think I'd have to make sure to wash the speakers afterwards, I'm sure someone was peeing in them or something.

Jan.

spanky · Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:40 pm Post subject:

Aaww man that is excellent! Thank you for posting this patch, it's like watching a movie with my ears! Very Happy

mosc · Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject:

Wonderful! This is a very special one. Congratulations, Sheridan. Amazing... Shocked

sheridan · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:51 am Post subject:

... Oh, I've just heard Rob's Fantasy patch - Summer Storm - which isn't too disimilar to this one. Sorry Rob, I din't mean to steal your idea.

deknow · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:03 am Post subject:

...perhaps if you get expanded, you can add some of your other creations, and have the "my tentmate ate beans for supper" sounds Smile

deknow

sheridan · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:11 am Post subject:

Heh!

Actually, I'm hoping to get the expansion board this month!!! Very Happy

Could be interesting...

3phase · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:10 am Post subject:

defenetly..especially for a hell patcher like you Wink

...
you deserve one..

its just fine with the expansion...to go further with patches you anyway think rather about having more slots than filling more in the 4 given ones...
At least i only rarely feel limited by dsp since i got the expansion...
While without the expansion i was running against the dsp border with any bigger projekt i tried.

3phase · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:12 am Post subject:

ups: i got fooled by the unreas post function... june.... ts ts ...probably you have 4 engines by now Wink

AntonyPath25 · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject: Amazing

Amazing !! You really feal it !!!!
Excellent sheridan !!!!! its truly... Smile

stiiiiiiive · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:35 am Post subject:

Yeah very cool.

I patched a similar one by the time I had my Modular rack. You can hear it in this little track that tells the story of a frog dreaming of being a camel...

But the frog is not camping. It is near a greenhouse in the french countryside, Normandie. And there is a little pond near.

Only 4 patches.

It is called Modromadular.

Blue Hell · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:47 am Post subject:

Nice story, nice track Very Happy

GovernorSilver · Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:01 pm Post subject:

Finally tried out this patch. holy... what a brilliant piece of work!