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Posted By: MarioD Funkamentals - 05/25/21 08:26 PM
Funkamentals

Don't ask about the title. It just came to me.
Just having a little fun with my wind controller.

BiaB style = Hip Hop 5 - Funky Swing 16ths Hi
Tempo = 85 BPM

I deleted the Strings.

Drums = GM standard drum kit - FX = Maserati DRM, Maserati DRM (two different presets), Ozone elements - Image

Bass = Ample Bass - YingYang - preset = slap, FX = Presonus compressor

Piano = Kontakt - Clavinet - preset = auto wah

Guitar = Kontakt - jazz guitar - FX = Presonus compressor

Me via my wind controller:
Swan temor sax
Kontakt - screaming trumpet
Kontakt - Patchman - flute
FX for all Breverb - preset = classic plate - Funk theory

Master FX = Presonus multibank dynamics compressor
Posted By: Ember - PG Music Re: Funkamentals - 05/25/21 09:50 PM
Sometimes the best names come to us when we're not thinking too hard and just let it comes to us. This song definitely has some funkiness to it, and it sounds like you definitely did have some fun with it. Thanks for sharing!
Posted By: Sundance Re: Funkamentals - 05/25/21 10:09 PM
Funkamentally good show. (Couldn't resist :)) You're so down with that controller and I particularly liked the sound of the ample bass. The mix sounds really good on my jbl's.

Josie
Posted By: PeterF Re: Funkamentals - 05/26/21 02:01 AM
Mario

Well done all round, some very effective playing and a very funky sound.

Enjoyed it.

Peter
Posted By: BabuMusic Re: Funkamentals - 05/26/21 11:26 AM
Originally Posted By: Sundance
Funkamentally good show. (Couldn't resist :))

Josie


Neither could I, Josie. Man, you are such a creative and talented dude, Mario. So much fun it could be considered illegal in some countries.
Posted By: rsdean Re: Funkamentals - 05/26/21 11:46 AM
"Funking" outstanding Mario! Love the groove and mix on this.

You produce some of the best instrumental music around...

Bob
Posted By: David Snyder Re: Funkamentals - 05/26/21 12:20 PM

Nice Mario! oh yeah!

Love that title man.

smile

I think I will use it in a song as part of the lyrics.
Posted By: Robertkc Re: Funkamentals - 05/26/21 01:08 PM
Nice groove for that cool title, Mario.
Love that bass and the solo changes.

Robert
Posted By: bluage Re: Funkamentals - 05/26/21 06:22 PM
Sung to the rhythm of your composition, 'Funkamentals' (cool title, dude!):

"I was listening to a track by MarioD
An experienced user of BIAB
He was feelin' kinda funky, put the hip on the hop
I was snappin' my fingers and I could not stop!

His wind controller chops were truly right-on
He blew sax, trumpet, and flute all night long
The dude was jammin' and I won't lie
I can't wait to hear the next thing he lets fly!"

'MarioD', keep on mixin' it up like this. You put the 'B' in beat, and 'unk' in funk, brother. Ha, ha laugh !!!
Posted By: musician17 Re: Funkamentals - 05/27/21 04:46 AM
So much talent - it's actually a little scary.
Posted By: BlueAttitude Re: Funkamentals - 05/27/21 06:36 AM
Funkalicious!

Good stuff, Mario, great groove.

Love what you can accomplish with that controller.
Posted By: HearToLearn Re: Funkamentals - 05/27/21 05:37 PM
The title got my attention
Your name got me to listen
Your performance had me stay
To me, it's so amazing to hear how you are using all of this technology to "do you" on instruments you wouldn't normally play.
It's an exciting world, and you are showing how exciting it can be!
Neat song of someone jamming. Got me thinking I need to do more of this. Love the freedom of what you did.
Not sure what happened to my pronouns. wink

Great job Mario!
Posted By: Ezekiel's Storm Re: Funkamentals - 05/27/21 09:07 PM
I'm a big fan of your compositions, and this one is no exception.

So much going on here. My ears are glued to my headphones.

Wow, now that's a gas!
Posted By: MarioD Re: Funkamentals - 05/27/21 09:13 PM
Ember, Thanx so much for listening and commenting on this little jam of mine.

Josie, Thanx for the very nice comments. I liked your Funkamentally so don't be surprised if some day it becomes a song title!

Thanx so much Peter.

Marty, I really appreciated your comments. Actually you have to give BiaB a lot of credit. Without BiaB I couldn't do most all of what I do. Plus it pays to have a brain a half a bubble of center like mine!

Thanx for listening and especially that "You produce some of the best instrumental music around" bob. It will take a week for my head to return to its normal size.

David, Thanx for listening and feel free to use Funkamentals in your lyrics. I'm sure you will put it to good use.

Thanx Robert for taking the time to listen and commenting.

Bluage, if you sing those two verses I will cut and paste them into the song. That was very clever!

James, yes I am a little scary! Thanx for listening.

Thanx Dave I'm glad that you liked it.

HearToLearn, Thanx for that very nice review.

I greatly appreciate all of your for listening and taking the time to comment. Thanx to all of you.
Posted By: Derochette Re: Funkamentals - 05/28/21 12:34 PM
Hi MarioD,

Nice research in terms of sounds. Mixing the sax (plus the trumpet) and the flute gives a pleasing result to the ear. It is a beautiful result. Well done.

Kindly regard
Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash
Posted By: Rustyspoon# Re: Funkamentals - 05/29/21 02:17 PM
Mario,
fun and catchy tune. Very good controller playing! Enjoyed it. Thankyou for sharing.

Misha.

P.S. If I remember correctly you have Komplete.. I would definitely try to run those drums through their Session drummer or Drum Labs vsts, they do have GM mapping.

Attached picture funk.jpg
Posted By: MarioD Re: Funkamentals - 05/29/21 06:24 PM
Derochette, thanx for that wonderful review.

Thanx Misha for commenting. No I do not have Komplete. I only have Kontakt and FM8 for NI. I have a couple of good sounding GM drum kits but they only cover the basics and not the percussion. I do have some good percussion sounds but I have a ton of things going one so I took the easy way out and used a soundfont kit.

Loved the pic!
Posted By: floyd jane Re: Funkamentals - 05/31/21 10:34 AM
Funky, Mario.

Cool use of the controller. Trumpets - cool!

Love that Bass! Great sound (and bass line).

A good listen.

fj
Posted By: Jim Fogle Re: Funkamentals - 05/31/21 12:39 PM
Nice jam Mario. Sounds like you were having fun.
Posted By: Janice & Bud Re: Funkamentals - 05/31/21 06:45 PM
The title is well worth the price of admission. smile

That was fun and we NEVER tire of hearing your expertise on the wind controller.
Amazing.

J&B
Posted By: TuneMonger Re: Funkamentals - 06/01/21 01:14 AM
Love listening to anything you do on your wind controller. Surprised 'wind controller' isn't the foundation for one of your tagline jokes, or maybe you've already used it?
Posted By: CaptainMoto Re: Funkamentals - 06/02/21 08:35 PM
Cool and creative!

moto
Posted By: Noel96 Re: Funkamentals - 06/08/21 02:50 AM
Mario.

This is BRILLIANT!!!

I absolutely love what I'm hearing. Your wind-controller playing is awesome. And this arrangement is incredible. It's one of the most inventive I've heard here on the forum.

You must have had a ton of fun putting this together.

As I said... BRILLIANT!!!

All the best,
Noel
Posted By: MarioD Re: Funkamentals - 06/09/21 10:36 AM
Floyd, thanx so much. That bass line is directly from the BiaB style.

Jim, yes I did have a lot of fun doing this one Thanx for listening.

J&B, thanx but I'm still learning the wind controller and I'm no where near being an expert on it; I'm still a hacker.

TuneMonger, No I haven't used wind controller in my tag line yet. I'll try to find something humorist about it.

Moto, thanx

Noel, thanx so much for the extremely nice comments. I'm still a rookie on the wind controller but I am having fun with it. I'm glad you liked it.
Posted By: chulaivet1966 Re: Funkamentals - 06/09/21 11:52 AM
Originally Posted By: MarioD
Don't ask about the title. It just came to me.
Just having a little fun with my wind controller.


Ha....that title says it all.
That's some super funk Mario.
That funky bass is unmistakable.

Good stuff...great listen.
Posted By: Birchwood Re: Funkamentals - 06/09/21 11:59 AM
Hi Mario,

Amazing how you did this on your 'windmachine'!
It sounds very bright and very funky.

And I'm a little hesitant to say something about the title of the song, because almost everybody did it, but the title is very creative.

I enjoyed it,
Hans
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