DAR - Strafe & Strike @Davester2296-B

Davester2296 B-Sides | DAR - Strafe & Strike @Davester2296-B | Uploaded October 2017 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Hey all, I'm back with another track! I think I'm going to try something a little different with this album. Instead of waiting until I have every single song finished, I think I'm going to upload new tracks here, as I complete them. I figured it'd be a nice treat to all of you who are currently subscribed here, as well as those of you that check in here every once in a while.

After having completed D3_T0X, I was in the mood for a more energetic-sounding song this time. I especially had fun playing the leads for the outro! I actually got stuck for a little bit, and it took me a day or two to figure out how I wanted to end the song. However, after noodling around a bit and playing a little fast, I found the melody I was looking for.

As for the name, originally I was thinking, "Strafe & Strife" but I felt like, "Strafe & Strike" made more sense. While working on this one, I sort of envisioned this montage of Sin-Slayer (my little parody of DoomGuy on the album art there) just moving real fast, and obliterating a myriad of monsters/aliens. Kind of like turning on, "Always Run" and then going to town with a Berserker Pack and the Super-Shotgun. Strafing and Striking, thus "Strafe & Strike".

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy, and look forward to more tracks! ~DAR

ALBUM DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/5ihpezo05hldjhe/DAR_-_Ultimatum_of_the_RED_PLANET_%5B2017%5D.zip

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Die Ubermensch! | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI]

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Get Psyched! | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI]

$Limbo | RIFT Original Soundtrack Finally back after that little lockdown blues hiatus there! So, here we have the track thats planned to be the intermission/text-screen song for RIFT. This one didnt originally start out as a track for RIFT. Rather, it started as a quick MIDI idea I threw together back in July of 2019. I wound up tossing it into the endless abyss that is my DEMOS folder (songs in there are in a state of limbo you could say...). Well, recently, while feeling pretty unmotivated and whatnot, I decided to go through that demos folder. I wound up listening to the MIDI, and what immediately came to my mind was ...huh, you know, this might make for a good end-of-level theme for the RIFT Soundtrack!. I then sent the demo over to Rageful_Tim and once he gave the greenlight on this idea, I immediately got to work! I had already worked out a lot of the song in MIDI form, however it still needed more parts and frills added on top of it. I really struggled to get the acoustic guitar parts recorded, but thats normal since its such a delicate process (with my setup anyways). After finally getting the acoustic parts tracked, I realized it didnt quite sound right. It sounded a bit lacking compared to the MIDI, and so for a while there, I contemplated scrapping the parts and just using my Strat or Ibanez. Thankfully however, I decided against that and continued tinkering with what I had recorded. While fiddling with EQ and volume & panning for the recordings, I found out that I had made the mic so sensitive that I could actually hear the sound of my metronome clicking (coming from my headphones!). Despite that sensitivity, I felt like things just didnt quite sound right. I think it was probably just because my strings had gotten too old. After messing around with it a bit more, I decided to slap a 12-String guitar soundfont straight down the middle of the mix. Once I got the 12-string nice and settled in the mix, I FINALLY got the sound I was after. The soundfont wound up giving that needed crisp and bright sound for the strings. After that was done, I quickly laid down the bass track. The bass guitar wound up backing and complimenting the to 2 synth-brass instruments. Now on to the fun part... So when I had originally made the MIDI, I never gave much thought as to whether I could actually play the lead guitar part on a real guitar. However, I was pleasantly surprised when I was able to pull it off after a bit of practice. From there onward (after 0:58), I just noodled around to my hearts content and made new lead parts. Last thing to finish up was the other synth parts. I wanted to keep up the whole glitchy sound since I feel like its definitely going to be a reoccurring element in this soundtrack. I wound up layering a piano and another synth, then ran them through my glitch plugin (dblue glitch). Once that was all finished, I thought I was ready to wrap things up and render out the master track. ...but I felt like this song still needed something more. I wanted to build things up and give this track a proper opening. Setting the mood with that howling wind sound, I also reversed and slowed the acoustic tracks as well. After laying the piano&synth combo on top of it, things went in a surprising direction! I decided to sort of go for this kind of retrowave-inspired sound. After loading up SQ8L, I picked out a sound to go with the synth brass, and another sound to play a dreamy little melody. All that was left was to add a few little percussion parts [gong, big bass drum {fun fact, in projects I always refer to it as Biggus Kickus}, reversed crash cymbal, and even some subtle MIDI vinyl/DJ scratching in one part]. You know, honestly, the mood and atmosphere of this song sounds exactly what I had in mind for a project/album Im thinking of calling Fantasia. Dipping into a bit of that retrowave-inspiration, but still rocking and jamming out where appropriate. This tune is definitely a great proof-of-concept! On a side note, I think this is probably the first song that Ive ever done where I have lead guitar parts, but no heavy rhythm guitars. Anyways, I hope you guys all enjoy the song! ~DAR OPUS DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/vlgsxccqy0jki1z/RIFT Limbo.opus/file Make sure to Like, Share, and Subscribe if you enjoyed! Follow me at: Discord Server: discord.gg/uEAfRWP Twitter: https://twitter.com/Davester2296 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Davester2296/ ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/dar9 Wordpress: http://theofficialdavester2296.wordpress.com/ All Rights Reserved 2020$

Ending The Fight | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI] (Wolf3D End of Level rock remix)

$DAR - Risen {FULL ALBUM} {OLD_VERSION} (2014)$