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D E S E R T D R E A M
orig. by Laxity/Merge cover by JWPH
of KEFRENS 1993 2023
I think this might be a due, yet turbulent time to reimagine the theme
that made so many, in and out of the ever-expanding world of the demo-
scene since it was premiered along with the once-legendary Amiga demo
back at TG decades ago. But for this rendition to feel kind of modern,
while at the same time maintain the connection to the ages old, most
of the samples were created anew: the bass, oct. brass, and lead flute
are from Full Bucket's excellent VST emulation of the legendary Korg
Trident (a tri-timbral polysynth from 1980); the chorus-y voices are
from my ModularSynth experiments in Caustic 3 with some editing, while
the strings came from GSE's VST emulation of the equally-famed Logan
String Melody II (yes, that hauntingly-cool vintage string synth from
around 1974 or something); lastly, the drums are from that one meme
video regarding an airport rat warning sign and the FloodSnare sample
pack by u/r235*.
* might add some more drum and equivalent samples in this trackertune
very soon...
Update 0.54 something: settled for some wavefolding and vintage string
machine basses instead
Update 0.55: replaced the cymbal and bass drums with much more dynamic
ones, mainly from Freesound
Update 0.60: new patterns, thus leading to a new revised ending, while
removing one in the process
Update 0.70: changed some samples, especially the orchestral cymbal
one, since I want lesser low harmonics now