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BoB : Boards of Belgium.
General discussionOkay, as discussed in another thread ...
We have here a couple, or many, fans of Boards Of Canada.
face it, their music is great.
So, this thread will be the rally point on the project BOB : Boards Of Belgium.
This is not an ebel competition, it's just an artistic project, between members of electrobel.
The aim is to release in 2007 a netalbum as a tribute to BOC. on the ebel net-label :)
We'll use this thread to discuss techniques and other things related to BOC. Maybe i'll try to open another board in the forum so that more than one thread can be done on the subject.
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imo it'll be very hard to reach BoC's qualities, but it sure's worth it to give it a try!
Boards of Canada, if you don't know them, it's a group consisting of 2 people who make IDM, more kind of a melodic IDM, and also one of my all-time heroes http://www.music70.com/
Well I couldn't wait any longer. I've started working on a track having this BOC-BOB thing in mind.
As for techniques and their production qualities. I've read in a wire-interview (only interview I've found so far) that a lot has to do with an eldering-proces each track has to go through. They trie to make things sound like old tapes.
What seems to work every time is lfo's going slightly out of tune, like a tape that laid in the sun in your car to long. But i'm affraid that's not enough.
Originally posted by : crap
What seems to work every time is lfo's going slightly out of tune, like a tape that laid in the sun in your car to long. But i'm affraid that's not enough.
Yes, that helps, either plaing with the pitch-bend, or if your synth allows it, setting an lfo on an osc detune or pitch ... has to be very smooth though. what i've been experimenting is using multiple oscillators with slight detuning on them to get a beat frequency.
I'm d/l-ing some of their tracks (!!!) and I'll give it an ear. Perhaps I'll join in too :)
don't forget, one of their techniques is reversing too, boc is known for reversed sounds ;)
mm i'm not sure i understand.. do you mean that ppl who join have to make a song that sounds like a boc song? if so it's pretty weird... it's like copying a style that isn't yours...
Originally posted by : filmjolk if so it's pretty weird... it's like copying a style that isn't yours...
that's why it's called a tribute.
because everyone when trying to make a BOC song will make it the way they like a boc song, also everyone will put it's own personal touch to it.