Logbook Spacecruiser Starchaser Observing Mars

ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 10:53 am

<a name="planetz-file"></a><a href="http://www.spring-of-sound.de/tracks/NB ... .mp3"><img src="/forums/images/listen_icon.gif" border="0" alt=" Song"> Song</a> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Genre: Electronic <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: see inside copyright © 2003 Neil Buxton, Chris Werner _____________________________________ - Logbook Spacecruiser Starchaser – Observing Mars -

This transmission is dedicated to the brave crew and the families of the space shuttle Columbia.

Welcome to the final transmission from the logbook of „Starchaser“.
Due to the fact that we are now in deep space, and nearly out of range, we have had to shorten this transmission to 8 Mins 24 Seconds and it is 7,877Mb in size.

One of our first tasks upon leaving Earth was to despatch a pod containing a Mobile Observer Unit (MOU) to the surface of Mars. The mission of the MOU was to ascend the highest mountain in our Solar System – Olympus Mons, which is 27Km high and is situated in a barren, dusty, rocky and eerie volcanic region of Mars.
The climb put quite a strain on the MOU and at the summit it released jets of steam, and we are proud to say, the first droplets of water to touch the surface of Mars for millions of years.

The MOU should continue to transmit pictures to you for many years to come.
Tell us what you see when you look at the transmitted video footage, because we had to leave, just as it went out of our sight down the other side of the mountain.

We hope you enjoy our final transmission. We may return to our Solar System in the future.
If we do, and you want us to look at some more moons and planets, please let us know. We will look out for your transmissions and transmit our findings back to you should we return.

We would especially like to thank Gustav, the oldest member of our crew, for providing the inspiration for this track. Once we got him out of cryogenic storage and got his medication balanced he made quite a contribution. Does anyone remember his last name?

Crew Information:

Chief Scientist Chris Werner
Pulsar Version 3.1, Mixers, 007, AmbitoSphere Noise Module, Three-o-Three,
Cubase VST 32/5.1, M-Trons, Kontakt, Absynth, Multi Lens, OhmBoys, Rotary, Corkscrew,
Dyno2, My old CS1-X, Speech Synthesizer, Mastering with Cubase Plugs
Thanks to my girlfriend, she keep me alive with food and love. Thanks to all who supported us.

First Officer Neil Buxton
Pulsar: Version 3.0, Mixers, EZ Synth, Blue Synth, Sample Players. Sequencing performed on Modular II Montybass2 and Three-O-Three.
Cubase: VST 32/5.1, M-Trons, Sampler, Synth 1, OhmBoys, Double Delay, Reverb 32, StereoSpread.
Roland JV1080 & Kenton Control Freak
Special thanks to Talisker for supplying the whisky.

Neil B & Chris Werner

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Submarine · Post by **Submarine** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 3:23 pm

Its a bombastic, very coloured Track.I like it very much(Spitzenmässig!):-)

ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 6:25 am

My thanks go to cologne, maybe we can meet someday? I look forward to listen to your
Escape And Fight track later this day.

Cu around
chris

Submarine · Post by **Submarine** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 2:48 pm

Hi Chris,
well,we can meet in Köln any time you want:-)
I like your Music its very "space" and you have a lot of experience.You can also pm me.
Bis später:-)

cook · Post by **cook** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 3:57 pm

To be honest: I was not shure if you guys were going to make it having received your earlier transmissions, so I'm somewhat relieved that you obviously did!

Excellent work, congratulations!

Must be extrem fun to listen to this in an exquisit environment (like sitting in a café on a spacestation with panoramic view), mixed to some 8 loudspeakers, moving...

ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 6:03 pm

Thank you very much cook, we always tried to build something like a movie without pictures.The movie should play in the head of the listener.
The scene you desrcribe is nearly the scene that Neil and I had in our head during the tracks.
We will sent this track to the NASA, maybe they like it too, we will see.
HA! Maybe we meet someday in the ISS or something bigger, hearing a Starchaser track on the journey

It´s good to read a review like yours.

cook · Post by **cook** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 6:19 pm

Thanks for inviting us along

Post by **Neil B** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 2:09 am

Thanks very much for the comments folks - they're much appreciated. Obviously this seems to be a track that appeals more to the Germanic ears

BTW Cook - when we're all sitting in the cafe - Chris has promised to pay for the meal and drinks!

John Cooper · Post by **John Cooper** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:05 am

"Observer has landed!"

Another track which I completely missed! Sorry guys.

All the analog-style arpeggios in this are really warm, and again, remind me of node.

I do hope you make more music together- I really like what you've done.

Why don't you tell us more about your collaboration process, and how you made some of these wonderful sounds. I (and a lot of people) are really impressed with what you've done here, and would love to learn from you! (if you want, you could do this in a new topic over in 'general discussion', or just right here on Mars, which is as good a venue as any

-John

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Post by **Neil B** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:27 am

Thanks John,
Yeah, I'd got my Node/Tangerine Dream/Redshift head on and I really wanted to do some beefy arpegg sequencing as well as adapting Gustav Holst's Mars from the Planet Suite and weaving it into the track.

I like the idea of us sharing how we did it (especially as I'll learn some of the things Chris did!!!!!!). It is MONTHS since we did it but I'm sure we'll remember.
I'll email/have a word with Chris and see if we can come up with a joint post about what we did individually and collaboratively for the 3 tracks, of course if people are interested - anyone?
Thanks again for us having such a great planet ("Z") for us to return to.

_________________
Neil B

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paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:17 pm

25 on 10 on your project, guys!

I'm jealous.

Post by **Neil B** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 2:11 pm

Paul,
You're jealous????
After "Tangerine Dreaming of Air Sculptures" - man, I could learn some things from you to be sure - I'm still waiting for more like that from you.
Thankx for the comments

John Cooper · Post by **John Cooper** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 2:48 pm

On 2003-10-29 11:27, Neil B wrote:
I'll email/have a word with Chris and see if we can come up with a joint post about what we did individually and collaboratively for the 3 tracks, of course if people are interested - anyone?

Count me in!
-John

ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:01 pm

What I could say, I don´t know, thank you.

We will roll up our project and type something together I think we´ve got nearly all mails we shared together in that time(over 6months). We can tell you how Starchaser was born and how we made it.
Neil and I have to plan this but something will come out of it, "The hidden logbook", hehe.

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paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 5:56 pm

Neil, my jealousy springs from the fact that I wish I had a partner to compose with, someone to bounce ideas with in REAL-TIME, face-to-face.

I'm not that hip with this semi-anonymous "through the internet, exchanging files over FTP" type of arrangement. If I were to collaborate in this way, I would at least need to hear the person's voice at the end of my phone cord a couple of times. (I'm not afraid of long distance phone calls)

You get my drift...

Post by **Neil B** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 4:10 am

Hi Paul,
Yeah, I get your drift. Yet, after all this time I still haven't spoken to Chris but we plan to meet in the New Year.
To be fair, and I'm sure Chris will agree, it hasn't all been plain sailing. We've had our disagreements like all friends. We've had highs and lows. In the end though we've become true friends.
Getting used to writing over the internet has been a progressive thing too.
Although we haven't spoken to each other we do make use of some software called Frizzby which allows us to chat on line, transfer files at the same time and then continue working on projects.
Perhaps you & I could do a Air Sculpture like track sometime, but I think it would be many months down the road. There's too much happening for me as it is - goodness knows how I found the time to go to work

Come on someone - offer to do a collaboration with Paul.....

Eon · Post by **Eon** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:17 am

Thats the best ambient track I have ever heard....my best wishes ont he album and please make a new track with last minute of this

Post by **Neil B** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 2:12 pm

I am TRULY flattered by your comment Eon, and of course from all the other positive comments from everyone.
I'm sure Chris will respond too when he gets his pc rebuilt.
Thank you so much.

Eon · Post by **Eon** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 8:33 am

Chris did this remarkable...like I am in star trek on wars or any movie....very well

Nisse · Post by **Nisse** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 12:03 pm

Whoa!

Thats all I can say initially after hearing this.

I see this track was posted here in february so my review is a little late but, what the hell.

Im a huge fan of of early and mid 70s Tangerine Dream, and this track could very well be on one of those albums.

Great stuff!