Tom's Bored Creations
 

Thanks to Jez for the title idea :P.

Basically instead of making new threads all the time I'll just stick any new audio things I make in here for you guys to comment on.

Here's a few new things to start the topic off. A slightly altered version of the album Love Don't Roam and Song For Ten.

Basically the story is, I saw a video on YouTube which had a different version of Love Don't Roam with a more prominent guitar at the opening. After trying many different things to try and achieive the same effect, I had almost given up, when by chance I put LDR through a vocal remover...! I mixed the two together to make the version I have now uploaded. I prefer it to the original ;).

The other new thing is the same technique applied to Song For Ten. Not only does the mixing now give the album version a similar effect to the original (with the slightly 'muffled' vocals), but also lets you hear some great instrumentation like an electric guitar and trumpet that were buried within the track on the original.

Love Don't Roam (DS.com version)
Song For Ten (DS.com version)

Enjoy!

New thing!

I know Danny did this with the new arrangement of the theme played at the CIN concert, but as far as I'm aware he never did it with the TCI "Encore" version.

So here's that verison with all the Derbyshire melody put back in (not the bassline though, I don't have that).

CIN Concert Encore with Derbyshire melody

The timing is horrible on the original... the bassline is very hard to fit in. It works alright for the melody, but I couldn't get past the intro for the bassline... it just doesn't work. I think they started it too hurriedly.

It sounds out of key too. Speed up the Derbyshire bit, and fiddle with the pitch on either one of the samples (which ever sounds best). :D

Generally the Derbyshire samples shouldn't be screwed with (for sound reasons mostly, not blasphemy reasons -- although that's a good reason too, hehe).

Sorry to mention this here instead of over google talk, but I think Muzz did screw with the derbyshire samples to make them fit, and be in tune...

The bassline at least, I don't think he touched the melodies - and it shows in the tuning.

It's possible. But he's hardly a recommended idol for work on the Doctor Who theme anyway... His melody sounds too clean, too. I noticed that the other day.

Here's a crazy little experiment I've been doing the past few days. Originally I was just going to take the original Series Two theme and add odd bits to it like adding/amplifying the 'horn-like bending notes' and amplifying the flute sections, possibly adding some drums etc. Eventually after adding lots and lots I've ended up with this monster of a theme which, quite frankly, sounds a lot different to the original theme :P.

Note: I never really intended to release this but decided to do so to see what the reaction was :P. So it's by no means perfect/slightly coherent. (Honestly there's allsorts in here, I can't even remember exactly what I did for most of it).

Big big thanks to Danny for providing loads of Fools Gold bits and pieces to add in. Oh, and the gong.

Might update a few things later.

Frankenstein Gold

you could name it Frankengold, or Franken Who.

He's already named it, Ben. How about you comment on his work instead?

ok, ok.
It's a funny rendition, quite different, but don't stop making these remixes, they're brilliant.

Big, breathing dollop of audio visionary genious. :D

The only improvement would be to swap the gong for a cow bell!! Can't beat a good cow bell. :D

Wonderful! That sounds great! :D
I agree with Jez - A cow bell would be perfect. :P

I agree with both of you accept about the cow bell.

I'll see if I can find a cowbell in my orchestra software somewhere. I might have to wait until a few more of the libraries I'm downloading finish.

EDIT: Grr... Over 150 GB of samples, you'd think I'd be able to find a cowbell in here somewhere! :P

coooool where'dya get cowbells anyway who wakes up and says 'i know i'll sell cowbells for a living.'

Well, I imagine they wouldn't sell exclusively cowbells... I don't think anyone can call themselves a "cowbell salesman."

RV might have some fun with this line of discussion.

"hello, I represent the Cow Bell Industrial Company (CBIC), would you be interested in buying some Cow Bells? Due to the over stock of cows, we are selling Cow Bells for the low low price of $1.50, we also sell in England, over there we sell them for about £3.00, and we are considering selling them in Australia among other places. We are currently enjoying success on the internet, they are a must have for any forums. Now we are selling software with Cow Bell samples. Let me leave you our card, it has our number on and it's freecall, you can find our full appliances there, also it has our website on there http://www.bell-outlet.com/cowbells.htm . Thank you for your time".

Wow. That's a real web site. Put me down for ten! Of each!

haha, I thought you'd like that. :P

Cowbells are part of a huge conspiracy. Peoples minds get warped by subliminal messages created Cowbell salesmen in red pinstripe suits so that all music afterwards sounds like it "needs more cowbell", even if they have no knowledge of what a cowbell is.

But there are those of us who fight them. We call ourselves the Teachers, and our mission is to re-educate the world and stop Cowbus Industries from taking over music forever...

I knew RV would have fun with this. :D

"I am not with Cowbus industries, I am with C.B.I.C, I am not the enemy, I am good for all your cowbell needs, and without trying to plant subliminal messages, you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours".

Unfortunately for you, I am a Teacher of Cowbell Theory. It's a secret....it was a secret organisation looking at the methology of the Cowbell Salesmen, the perks of the cowbell and how we can excercise these perks without making something that sounds like, in scientific terms, cack.

Oh, and we have a completely unrequired underground base with gadgets and gizmos that just aren't needed. The month of February is when it all changes and you gotta be ready.:cool:

You're infringing my intellectual property there MATE.

Don't force me to go RIAA on your ass.

WE'RE WINNER.

We've cracked it! It's quite a rigmarole to get the perks but it works!
It requires:

- An automatic gun of any sort. We found the M16 assault rifle gave the best results, although the good old AK47 gives almost equal results for those working to a budget.
- A DJ (we tried out the Pete Tong model of DJ but it went.....Pete Tong! Best to stick to either the Paul Van Dyk (german efficiency) or the Marco V models)
- A cowbell (otherwise there's no source!)
- Any substance that allows one to step into another dimension (for this aspect, all of our test subjects kinda lost it so we have no recommendation for this - best advice is to let your budget decide)
- A huge period of FPS multiplaying. We think the minimum is 34 hours although for best results, we recommend 57 hours. Any game will suffice, although naturally, America's Army, any Battlefield game or perhaps some CS will work. For advice on how to use CS to it's best, consult your FPS_Doug manuals.
- A piece of paper; plain (white) is best.
- A period of sunny weather. Australia, central Africa or certain parts of China are best for this. We recommend either of the first two because anything word that begins with "A" is more trustworthy.
- A random person. Any will do although those with a short temper or who have been convicted of murder/manslaughter are ideal.
- A small room. One with walls on all sides is best.
- Nothing else. We recommend thin-air for this. A vaccuum can be used but survival rates are very low for this method.

Instructions: Do what you wish with the above.

So we find a small LAN cafe in the sun with an angry, criminal owner and convince a DJ it's a nightclub, depressurise it, place the peice of paper at the doorstep and start playing CounterStrike while the DJ uses excessive cowbell. Once we have attracted the cowbell salesmen, one of us sneaks out into the sun where HDR has prevented the salesmen from seeing the pure white paper in the glare, and pull it out from under their feet while activating the the dimension-tearing device, creating a localized resonance cascade and spewing them into Xen.

Gotcha. I'll get right to it.

One thing is missing. You forgot the automatic weapon....oh, and there's one small thing - you have to die as a result anything and everything possible from all of that. :P

The perks? You get to play a cowbell on a cloud rather than a harp. Cool, eh? :D

LOL. You two are funny.

I didn't forget it; it's used if anything goes wrong.

I know this may seem off topic, but I have a fever and nothing seems to work on it. Anyone got any ideas?

Drink water and sports drinks to keep hydrated and use damp cloths to mop your brow. :)

Then just wait for it to pass. If you really want to, I guess you could ask the pharmacist/doctors for some drugs but I don't know about that. (I just put up with it ;))

You need a Doctor. A special kind of Doctor.

They're called General Physicians.

Which is crazy really because they know nothing about physics! One said a quick dose ionic energy would fix my enlarged [omitted]. He then asked me to leave because of my ironic energy. What an arse!


:eek: *Thread Hijacked*:eek:

:D

Thanks for your help guys. I wasn't actually sick, but was in fact trying to set up a joke.

Anyone seen the Saturday Night Live sketch about the Blue Oyster Cult? Christopher Walken is a producer who keeps saying their song "needs more cowbell." Eventually, he says "Listen, I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell."

I guess none of you saw that sketch.

:eek: If this were OG, I'd point you in the direction of the leisure hive!!!

Started my Merged theme from scratch. Here's Version 3:

Doctor Who Merged Theme

Enjoyz.

Note: This one follows the Series Two bassline intro. I'll upload a version soon that uses the Series One bassline intro as well :).

the bassline in the middle-eight sounds like the one from the album version, and the ending deffinitely follows the albums version. Great work, it always blends together so well.

Nice stuff Tom.

:cool: *Thread Restored* :cool:

What Jez said. :)
If any comment on improvement, maybe the screams could be a little quieter? It's still really good and blended wonderfully, though! :D