'Silent Night': instrumental for Yulefest

[cuthbert]

Another Christmas quickie...yes, the old carol which originally comes from the German 'Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht'. I didn't start off trying to make it sound strange: it just sort of turned out that way.

A few days ago, I got this interesting Kontakt sound set from Hideaway Studios which was sampled from an electromechanical, tube-amplified carillon made in 1946 - it's got a very festive-sounding bell tone. I added some music box and mellotron woodwinds, and then due to some slight tuning differences among the samples, things started sounding a little strange. Rather than run away from the strange, I decided to embrace it.

Dedicated to my late grandfather, who used to love to sing 'Silent Night' on Christmas Eve as well as New Year's Eve - once the liquor started flowing...

Happy New Year and thanks for listening,
cuthbert

Silent Night
music: Franz Xaver Gruber

sounds used:
1946 Deagan Electric Bell (a Kontakt instrument by Hideaway Studios)
The Cosmic Music Box (ditto, above)
M-tron Pro: Mixed Woodwinds I mellotron preset

production: recorded, mixed, and mastered in Cubase Essential 5

[Oldrottenhead]

this will be my soundtrack for future christmas's as i am usually a bit woozy too.braw tell yer maw.

 totally intrigued by this deagan guy. worth a google. http://thescreamonline.com/photo/photo10-01/garygoss/deaganbio.html

[alfstone]

Wonderful in its simplicity. And really great sounds, congrats!

Alfredo

[64Guitars]

Great-sounding bells! I wondered what the whirring sound was but after checking out the demos on the Hideaway Studios site, I realized it's the Cosmic Music Box.

[T.C. Elliott]

That music box sound, the whirling, gives this a wind up record player feel. But i do like those bells. It sounds good.

[Groundy]

Beautiful Cuthbert, Just beautiful.
Your Grandfather would be proud....

Happy New Year to you.......Alex