My second LMMS track with story - "Bikini Atoll'
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:33 am
My second track on LMMS. Recorded, composed & arranged 100% in LMMS on my old IdeaPad 300s. I hope you'll like it 
For all bass & synth melodies I used only ZynAddSubFX.
Also for very quiet "crackings" which you can hear in the highest frequencies I used ZynAddSubFX for imitation of analog vinyl sound.
For glitches and noises I used FreeBoy and Opulenz.
For kick, snare and whole percussion I used samples from 606 and 909 machines passed through tape recorders for make it little dirty and analog.
LINK (reuploaded): https://soundcloud.com/user-777216124/bikini-atoll-1
And here is the story of this track:
Bikini Atoll (on the picture below) is an atoll in the Marshall Islands. Before the advent of Western influence, the Bikini islanders' sustenance-based lifestyle was based on cultivating native plants and eating shellfish and fish. They were skilled boat builders and navigators, sailing the two-hulled proa to and from islets around the Bikini and other atolls in the Marshall Islands. The islanders were relatively isolated and had developed a well-integrated society bound by close extended family association and tradition. Every lagoon was led by a king and queen and a following of chieftains and chief women who constituted a ruling caste.
Between 1946 and 1958, 23 nuclear devices were detonated by the United States at seven test sites located on the reef, inside the atoll, in the air, or underwater. They had a combined fission yield of 42.2 Mt. The testing began with the Operation Crossroads series in July 1946. Prior to nuclear testing, the residents initially accepted resettlement voluntarily to Rongerik Atoll, believing that they would be able to return home within a short time. Rongerik Atoll could not produce enough food and the islanders starved. When they could not return home, they were relocated to Kwajalein Atoll for six months before choosing to live on Kili Island, a small island one-sixth the size of their home island. Some were able to return to the Bikini Island in 1970 until further testing revealed dangerous levels of strontium-90. The islanders have been the beneficiary of several trust funds created by the United States government which as of 2013 covered medical treatment and other costs and paid about $550 annually to each individual. (Wikipedia)
For all bass & synth melodies I used only ZynAddSubFX.
Also for very quiet "crackings" which you can hear in the highest frequencies I used ZynAddSubFX for imitation of analog vinyl sound.
For glitches and noises I used FreeBoy and Opulenz.
For kick, snare and whole percussion I used samples from 606 and 909 machines passed through tape recorders for make it little dirty and analog.
LINK (reuploaded): https://soundcloud.com/user-777216124/bikini-atoll-1
And here is the story of this track:
Bikini Atoll (on the picture below) is an atoll in the Marshall Islands. Before the advent of Western influence, the Bikini islanders' sustenance-based lifestyle was based on cultivating native plants and eating shellfish and fish. They were skilled boat builders and navigators, sailing the two-hulled proa to and from islets around the Bikini and other atolls in the Marshall Islands. The islanders were relatively isolated and had developed a well-integrated society bound by close extended family association and tradition. Every lagoon was led by a king and queen and a following of chieftains and chief women who constituted a ruling caste.
Between 1946 and 1958, 23 nuclear devices were detonated by the United States at seven test sites located on the reef, inside the atoll, in the air, or underwater. They had a combined fission yield of 42.2 Mt. The testing began with the Operation Crossroads series in July 1946. Prior to nuclear testing, the residents initially accepted resettlement voluntarily to Rongerik Atoll, believing that they would be able to return home within a short time. Rongerik Atoll could not produce enough food and the islanders starved. When they could not return home, they were relocated to Kwajalein Atoll for six months before choosing to live on Kili Island, a small island one-sixth the size of their home island. Some were able to return to the Bikini Island in 1970 until further testing revealed dangerous levels of strontium-90. The islanders have been the beneficiary of several trust funds created by the United States government which as of 2013 covered medical treatment and other costs and paid about $550 annually to each individual. (Wikipedia)
