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A jam submission

Cryptomnesia 2View project page

Submitted by pylonmachina — 15 hours, 26 minutes before the deadline
Rated by 11 people so far
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Description
Having been recently inspired by the soundscapes in Big Walk, I felt drawn to the idea of going on a hike with friends, only to stumble upon a glade with music spilling out of the trees around you. You've never been there before, but there's a warm familiarity to the space that feels as though you have. As you continue forward and the music fades behind you, it already feels like a distant memory.

I used Reaper as my DAW, and the sound I built upon came from the physics-based Cymatics plugin "Plinko". Somewhere along the way I accidentally deleted the design I had painted in to generate the audio, which feels right for this track.

Theme

Songs of a Forgotten World
Picture theme

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/tacosaladkicksave/ost-comp-jam-9-cryptomnesia-2?si=6786431a1a234cab9ca9e4ff5190d306&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Number of tracks
1

Genre

Ambient

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY)

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Creative, Nice Chords, Expressive Rythmic Instruments!

Submitted(+1)

I love all the different percussive tones! Great choices all around, everything complemented each other really well! Ever listened to Tennyson? I think you'd like Tennyson.

Developer

I have not listened to Tennyson until tonight, and you're quite right. Absolutely dig their sound, and if this is what came to mind when you listened to my track, then that's high praise indeed.

Submitted(+1)

Great atmosphere and a lot of fun and enjoyable sound design! Definitely feels like going on an adventure with the buds!

Submitted(+1)

The ambience at the start of the track did a great job at setting up the feel mentioned in the description, and it being followed by the fun little arpeggio, and the chord progression... All of them really scream "Curiosity" to me, like it's begging me to just drown myself in the environment. The drums used afterwards are also banging! And the way every instrument fades out naturally midway through til' the end, as if the magical state we were in had ended and we're back continuing our walk... 

A really good time!

Developer

Appreciate you saying so! Wasn't so sure about adding in the ambient sounds, but I really wanted the song to have more of a diegetic feel and that seemed like the best way to accomplish it, short of writing out a whole narrative. I'm glad you mentioned that it made you feel curious too because, upon reflection, putting this together was its own journey in curiosity. This was my first time using the plugin I used to make that arpeggio (Plinko), and the randomness that came out of that ended up becoming the foundation for the rest of the track. Even with the percussion, I ended up just going through and clipping/moving stuff around until it sounded cool. I'd highly recommend it for inspiration, and it looks like it's getting re-released for free later this month on a Cymatics livestream. I saw on your submission you're big into freeware {same}, so if you can tolerate how long their streams are, there's a lot of free stuff to be had.

Submitted

Plinko, huh... I'll make sure to look into it, it sounds pretty cool. Thanks for the rec. I'm familliar with Cymatics, their spam emails are annoying but their plugins and sample packs are pretty damn useful.

Developer(+1)

Oh yeah, feels like I get several emails/texts a day that say "click here for something free" just kidding you have to come to the livestream. Now I just keep the download page up in the background and check it every once in a while instead of watching.

Submitted(+1)

I really like how it gets a bit ominous midway through! Great work!

Submitted(+1)

The Big Walk inspiration comes through a whole bunch! What a pleasant listening experience