Pastoral Help Desk (Instrumental)

[cuthbert]

Here's a new little ditty that's not easy to dance to but reflects a certain state of mind which is not necessarily my field, but it's close. There's (soft) Mellotrons in there... 

Thanks for listening,
cuth

[Oldrottenhead]

really cool cuth like goldfrap meets the beatles loving it and it is playing as the soundtrack to the winter wonderland outside my window right now.

[Redler]

Very warm sound and I love the harmony through the tune. Nice post, cuth.

Kari

[pjd1]

Liked it Cuth and i agree with ORH Beatles keyboards with a goldfrapp vibe about it , Nice recording job as well   .

Dunny

[64Guitars]

Pretty cool sounds. Which soft synth did you use and what did you use for a controller?

[Bluesberry]

Holy moly I like this Cuth, so what now, you got a real Mellotron there with all your other authentic gear collection.  What a beautiful sound, simply stunning in its warmth.  Whatever you used to get that Mellotron sound, its gold, very authentic sounding.

[cuthbert]

Thank you Jim, Kari, Dunny, 64G, & Dave!

This was a little sketch I created just before dinner yesterday evening, and then I added some finishing touches (sound effects) to it later on last night. Not my usual recording fare, but I was experimenting a bit (more about this later).

...like goldfrap meets the beatles loving it and it is playing as the soundtrack to the winter wonderland outside my window right now.

...i agree with ORH Beatles keyboards with a goldfrapp vibe about it...

Thanks Jim & Dunny. I didn't know much about Goldfrapp before your post - checked them out, and I like what I hear! I must confess: I have a weakness for this type of music, especially when it's sung by a beautiful lady with a sexy voice. Never heard of these 'Beatles', though...   

But seriously, thanks so much the comparison. And Jim, snow already? We got some freezing rain in Maine yesterday; it almost looked like snow in the grass. 

Pretty cool sounds. Which soft synth did you use and what did you use for a controller?

...so what now, you got a real Mellotron there with all your other authentic gear collection.  What a beautiful sound, simply stunning in its warmth.  Whatever you used to get that Mellotron sound, its gold, very authentic sounding.

Thanks 64G & Dave - this was my first song recorded using Cubase 5 Essentials, which I got for Xmas last year but hadn't used very much up until yesterday. I learned a little bit about it, but even this budget DAW runs pretty deep.

I'd love to have a real Mellotron if I had lots of money or was very handy with electronics repair, or even had the space in the house for it! But alas I have none of these, so for the Mellotron sounds I used M-tron Pro loaded as a VSTi in Cubase...those are the 'Flutes Basic' and 'Cello Basic' patches you hear, panned left and right respectively. There's also a string machine pad being played and percussion was hammered out using KeyWriter VSTi, which has only typewriter sounds. All nice retro sounds.   

I used a Novation ReMote 25SL keyboard and played each part live while recording, and then looped the best percussion measure afterward.

Finished it with a Help Desk office recording from freesound archive, which is bookended by clips from the Phone Recording Archive.

All in all a lot of fun to do and it was a learning experience, too. Thanks again everybody for the nice feedback - I appreciate it.

[Tony W]

very cool piece of music here Cuth. I've been exploring a similar style lately. I never thought I would, but it's so addictive.

[OsCKilO]

This is some Serious conceptual Greatness and awesome playing and production skills in this!

If Bosko was still here I’m sure he would approve! Sounds like it could be the opener to his next album!

Love it man!

[Geir]

WOW !!!

Just WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is fabulous !!!

Just realised, it's Bosko's birthday tomorrow !! This would be a perfect gift !!!

John, if you're stilll around, an early "happy birthday" to you !!! Hope you still remember us !!!