Howard Goodall - Theme from Black Adder

Length : 0'33"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 690k

This is a version of the theme music to Black Adder by Howard Goodall, created using Reason 4 and the original midi file I created before.

Demo Piece - Chuckie B

Length : 1'00"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 1176k

A midi demo piece for guitar, drums and piano created using Reason 4.

T.I.M. - Future Beat

Length : 4'40"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 5473k

This has been adapted from the original soundfont file using Reason 4. The original used samples from the Future Beat 3D program and Farscape. Some of those are featured in this mix with the rest of the instruments from Reason 4.

YMO - Cosmic Surfin' Remix

Length : 3'55"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 5514k

This has been adapted from the original soundfont file using Reason 4. The song is based on the live version of the track, which I saw on an old BBC music program called Rock School. Some samples from other YMO songs are featured.

Erasure - Voulez Vous

Length : 5'21"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 6278k

This has been adapted from the original midi file using Reason 4. The original was by ABBA of course, but this is based on the Erasure cover version.

T.I.M. - Deep Beauty

Length : 2'45"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 3488k

This track was created using Hip Hop Ejay or Techno Ejay (I can't remember!) and features some funky guitar riffs, and guest vocals from a couple of certain South Park residents.

T.I.M. - I Wish

Length : 3'18"
MP3 Sample Rate : 112 kbps
Download file size : 2712k

This track was created using Hip Hop Ejay. It was my second attempt at using the program, which is easy to use. The 8 tracks do limit the ability to put tracks into stereo (needing two with an offset on one to get a stereo wide sound) and as all the samples are in the same key and follow the same chords, different tracks can sound the same.

T.I.M. - Unknown Bass

Length : 1'25"
MP3 Sample Rate : 128 kbps
Download file size : 1332k

This is an old track from 1987. The main chord sound is from a CZ101, which evolves the longer it is played. I think I had just bought a MicroVerb, so I was experimenting with lots of reverb. It's a fairly short piece, and I never extended it into a full track.

T.I.M. - Sphere Two

Length : 2'06"
MP3 Sample Rate : 128 kbps
Download file size : 1983k

This is the second in a trilogy of tracks created using Dance Ejay 2. You get twice as many tracks than Hip Hop Ejay, but I found that most of the songs you create sound the same, as they all follow the same chord sequence. Still, I did manage to get three different styles, and this is the second one.

T.I.M. - Fragment Away

Length : 3'45"
MP3 Sample Rate : 112 kbps
Download file size : 3084k

This is the third track created using Techno Ejay. I wanted to create a track where the bass sound is inbetween the bass drum, as with many techno tunes. This is the complete track, hence the large download size.

T.I.M. - Hip Guitar

Length : 2'30"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 2941k

This track was created with Hip Hop Ejay, around the same time as "I Wish". It's made up of some hip guitar riffs and some scratching samples. It's a fairly short piece, so I left the quality at 160kbps rather than reducing it to decrease the file size.

T.I.M. - 31 Seconds

Length : 2'30"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 3233k

A few sampled riffs and played in time CD sounds.

T.I.M. - Don't Go '98

Length : 3'08"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 3711k

A cover of the Yazoo track made largely of samples of my Jen SX-1000 synth which I had just bought at the time.

T.I.M. - Gate Effect

Length : 4'39"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 5494k

I had just found out about adding effects to midi files and I found an example which chopped the volume of a sustained sound, a bit like The Shamen's Move Any Mountain guitar part. I took this further with several sustained voice changes whilst applying the effect.

T.I.M. - Love Being Murdered

Length : 3'02"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 3591k

The chord sequence is based on the Propaganda track A Murder of Love, and was written just after I bought a reverb unit.

T.I.M. - Ominen 2 (Take 2)

Length : 5'04"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 5972k

I must have recorded quite a few versions of this track, but I could only find this fairly early and low quality version which used a SpecDrum for the drum sounds.

T.I.M. - Strings And

Length : 2'26"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 2884k

A piece based on a good string sound I had for one of my synths.

T.I.M. - Sweet Dreams

Length : 3'33"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 4207k

A cover of the Eurythmics track, this was recorded as part of demo for a voice I created for the Yamaha TX81Z Tone Generator. It was submitted and published in Electronic & Music Maker magazine around December 1988 I think, and won me a year's subscription.

T.I.M. - Takt

Length : 2'09"
MP3 Sample Rate : 160 kbps
Download file size : 2556k

A fairly low quality recording of an old track done many years ago.