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Points And Origins
Originally released on red book audio CD through Ampcast.com in 2001, Points And Origins is the first Pond album.
Use the table below for rapid access to downloads, or select a title to jump to more information about that track.
| Number | Name | Download | ||
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| 01 | One Three Five |  |  |  |
| 02 | Arcade | | | |
| 03 | Rainy Day | | | |
| 04 | Long Trail | | | |
| 05 | Arrival | | | |
| 06 | 2001 Part IV | | | |
| 07 | Akureyri Dawn | | | |
| 08 | 2001 Part I | | | |
| 09 | Factory Two | | | |
| 10 | Easy Alternative | | | |
| 11 | Ice Sculpture | | | |
| 12 | Points And Origins | | | |
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Ogg Vorbis files at Q4 (average about 128kbps), designed for gapless playback representing the continuous mixed tracks on the red book audio CD previously on sale at Ampcast.com. |
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MP3 files at 128kbps as previously held on Ampcast.com, each a stand-alone track. |
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A low quality 24kbps MP3 track for previews. |
Copyright
Note that the Points And Origins album including all tracks, track titles and artwork is Copyright (C) Andrew David Hodgkinson 2001. The Creative Commons license below refers purely to the HTML and CSS from which this Web page is constructed.
You are welcome to use these tracks for Internet radio broadcasts but please let me know about the broadcast first so I can tune in! If considering any other uses apart from personal listening, please e-mail me.
Tracks
Ampcast genre: Electronic > Ambient
Ampcast plays: 947
Ampcast downloads: 594
Late night track, soft beat, light melody. The rather unoriginal name is derived from the tempo... Supernova for most stuff, NanoPiano for strings, Classic Keys for sine lead. With thanks to posters on the Supernova mailing list for some of the patches used.
Ampcast genre: Electronic > Dance
Ampcast plays: 803
Ampcast downloads: 684
Odd disco / dance tune with 4/4 and 7/4 sections. Started life as something dumped into the ESQ-1's sequencer a few months back and finally got turned into a full tune. The intro is designed to mix in from One Three Five.
Supernova for the intro and all melody instruments up until the last main section, except for the backing strings in the first 7/4 section (they're from the NanoPiano); Triton for the drums; Quasimidi Polymorph for choir/ambient pad, support arp and backing melody in the last section, along with the quiet epilogue choral pad.
Ampcast genre: Electronic > Ambient
Ampcast plays: 722
Ampcast downloads: 626
Take one rainy and windy day, a microphone resting on the window, lots of reverb and weird EQ, and then play a few things on a Triton Rack - and this is (eventually) what you get. Produced entirely in Logic Delta, Win 2K. Some backing support on the first pad from a SuperNova II Rack's vocoder. Complete instrument list: Triton Rack for most of it; SNIIR for vocoder; Alesis MidiVerb for external reverb effects; keyboard stand and 19" rack for extra noise spikes; one microphone; one glass candle holder with rattling glass panes; one storm.
Ampcast genre: Electronic > Ambient
Ampcast plays: 611
Ampcast downloads: 638
Really an example of sounds from a Tom 1501 synth, this track is written in anticipation of a rather gruelling "holiday" walking the Long Trail in Vermont. Most days cover about 20 miles, over mountainous territory...
Ampcast genre: Electronic > Ambient
Ampcast plays: 588
Ampcast downloads: 550
Upbeat ambient. Novation SuperNova for most things; NanoPiano on backup melody through MidiVerb 4; Classic Keys module for most percussion with Triton Rack for extra bits and intro effects; MelIDI (RISC OS) for main sequencing, Logic Delta (Win 2K) for final recording and effects processing on percussion.
Ampcast genre: Electronic > Ambient
Ampcast plays: 541
Ampcast downloads: 505
One of a series of seven songs, Part IV started life as a 12 channel Desktop Tracker module many years ago. I decided to bring it up to date with hardware synths, though the job was in practice much harder than I expected. The final version is quite a bit different from the original.
Ampcast genre: Electronic > Ambient
Ampcast plays: 643
Ampcast downloads: 554
Akureyri is a town on the Northern edge of Iceland. I once spent a couple of days there on a walking holiday. Synths: Triton Rack through a Smallstone phaser and MidiVerb 4; support from a Quasimidi Polymorph and Ensoniq ESQ-1; Alesis NanoPiano provides sound effects. Recorded in Logic Delta, Win 2K.
Ampcast genre: Electronic > Ambient
Ampcast plays: 755
Ampcast downloads: 434
One of a series of seven songs, Part IV started life as a 12 channel Desktop Tracker module many years ago. I decided to bring it up to date with hardware synths, though the job was in practice much harder than I expected. The final version is quite a bit different from the original.
Ampcast genre: Electronic > Dance
Ampcast plays: 646
Ampcast downloads: 739
Short dance track. Supernova II Rack OS 2.0 used for all sounds except cymbal crash and hihat, which come from a Triton Rack.
Ampcast genre: Rock/Metal > Easy Listening
Ampcast plays: 387
Ampcast downloads: 543
Daft 3/4 track with cheesy end section. Lots of Supernova stuff going on, Triton Rack with backing drums, Ensoniq ESQ-1 for main melody at start, Classic Keys module for supporting melodies later. Delay and chorus effects done within Logic Delta.
Ampcast genre: Electronic > Ambient
Ampcast plays: 610
Ampcast downloads: 546
Inspired by scenes of twisted blocks of ice on wind-swept snow fields in Siberia. Alesis NanoPiano for strings, Quasimidi Polymorph for leads and support, Ensoniq ESQ-1 for sound effects.
Ampcast genre: Electronic
Ampcast plays: 658
Ampcast downloads: 550
Album title track with four major sections - quiet synth intro, upbeat midsection, gentle strings melody into finale and One Three Five reprise. Supernova II for most things, NanoPiano for main strings melody, E-Mu Classic Keys for supporting instruments and percussion, Polymorph for emphasis here and there, Triton Rack for light pad in intro and finale; and last but not least, ESQ-1 for some sound effects.
