Archive for December, 2010



23
Dec
10

Christmas Cohmpetition submission by Jeffrey Powell

Hi all, Here’s my entry for the poetry cohmpetition  It’s called “Elusive Inspiration.” I like how so many words used in the world of synths and effects also have ordinary, everyday meanings.  I’ve tried to play on that a bit. Thanks for a cool cohmpetition!  I hope you enjoy the poem.  — Jeffrey Powell   (Alabama–USA)

Elusive Inspiration

 

It left me quite suddenly,

The exact time is difficult to say.

It was near the first day of winter;

That’s when my inspiration went away.

 

My life went into a tailspin,

An inescapable vortex of bland.

Nothing was as it was before

And no one could understand.

 

I withdrew inside myself

As the hours became days and days.

So, I thought of several ways to cope

And I pursued them with no delays.

 

First, I cut off my friends completely.

My normal activities ceased.

But my bouts of misery grew worse.

Their frequency increased.

 

Then, I went to all my friends

To find out what they thought.

But none of their words provided

The type of feedback that I sought.

 

The highs were nowhere to be found.

The lows never seemed to pass.

I didn’t comprehend how long

This phase was going to last.

 

Suddenly, it was over.

My computer was finally fixed.

The ohm force plug-ins were back, and

My creative drought was nixed.

 

I was back to being a mellow man.

My creativity flowed on and on.

It was great to see their faces again.

Welcome, ohm, my friends…welcome home.

22
Dec
10

Christmas Cohmpetition submission by Frederico Pezzotta

Hi there Ohm Force! My name is Federico Pezzotta and this is my work for the Christmas Cohmpetition 2010. Being born in Italy, I tried to pay a little tribute to Dante Alighieri (that guy was an awesome writer..) : I borrowed the rhyme scheme and metrics from his Divine Comedy and wrote 33 lines in triplets. In case you don’t know the story of that poem, a little introduction: As in the Divine Comedy, figure Dante walking through Hell (and further on Purgatory and Paradise) guided by the roman poet Virgil, crossing the different Circles where the damned atone their earthly sins..

The  Distorted  Circle   (a Divine Cohmedy)

This  path  across  the  Hell  is  taking  further
My  knowledge  of  the  human  soul  and  vices,
This  burden  I  must  carry  upon  my  shoulders

For  task  I  took  it  leaves  no  compromises
And  I  have  to  proceed  along  my  way.
The  Circle  I’m  approaching  for  the  eyes  is

Not  terrible  to  bare  as  I  must  say,
My  ears  instead  are  left  in  dread  and  fright
For  hearing  such  a  furious  frantic  fray.

“It’s  time  to  be  prepared  and  step  inside”
The  Guide  who  leads  me  through  the  Hell  declares
Then  steadily  I  follow  his  advice

And  here  is  what  I  observe  and  want  to  share:
A  crowd  of  souls  unbodied  is  attending
This  massive  rush  of  sound  filling  the  air

And  pressure  waves  like  brass  chains  never  ending
Entangles  them.  No  chance  they  can  take  rest.
Inside  the  Circle,  pumping  glowing  bending

Nine  phantoms  wearing  masks  and  as  for  vest
Bright  flames  of  different  colours  wrapped  around.
From  them  the  noise  is  gushing  at  its  best:

Vibrations  cutting  through  the  space  rebounds
Detuned  dephased  delayed  in  braided  streaks
“What  was  their  guilt?  Who  could  conceive  these  sounds?”

I ask,  hence  my  Guide  turns  to  me  and  speaks:
“They’re  here  for  denying  nature  of  the  tones
Which  God  created  first  so  pure  and  meek,

For  breeding  sounds  that  rip  flesh  to  the  bones,
For  giving  voice  to  inner  human  yell.
Native  to  Gaul,  doomed  to  this  land  of  moans”

And  shows  me  the  way  out  meanwhile  he  tells.
Thus  I  can’t  shirk  my  duty  and  walk  ahead,
But  never  will  forget  that  sonic  spell.

21
Dec
10

Christmas cohmpetition submission by Thomas Couton

A Christmas Cohmpetition submission by Thomas Couton from France:

A bundle of Ohm

Pirates who can’t sing are better left to rot
So give me my sword and my godamn parrot
We got a few songs to stay up until dawn
Oh oh oh, and a bundle of Ohm !

You’ll find some pirates without stitches to scratch
Even some rare ones who don’t wear an eye patch
Every one of them got some bottles of rhum
Oh oh oh, and a bundle of Ohm !

Look at the compass and follow the arrow
We’ll get the treasure quicker than Jack Sparrow
Cause we got the groove he only has a comb
Oh oh oh, and no bundle of Ohm !

21
Dec
10

Hy2rogen and the Ohm Force plug-ins

If you dig tech-house and progressive house you may have already heard about Hy2roGen, either because his groovy tunes have already been released on more than 10 different labels, or because of his much sought after sample packs for electronic music producers. He has been praised for resisting the temptation to over-produce his tracks and loops, giving them “only” warm and attitude – having created a hot-and-tight sound signature. Now guess what plug-in collection you’ll find in his sound mangling setup? You’re right, he owns all the Ohm Force plug-ins – and together with SoundsToSample authorized us to spread his audio pieces in the ohmworld: post a comment to this blog post explaining why you deserve to win a free copy of his “Tech-House Song Starters”, “Main Room FX” and “Progressive Tools 3″ sample packs. Hy2rogen himself will choose the best 3 comments during January’s second half!

16
Dec
10

Christmas Sale: Quad Frohmage and OhmBoyz

These December’s Fridays are being the best days of the month, not only because we’ll be all waiting for Santa Clownz at a Friday night, but also thanks to our Christmas Sale! Third Friday, just one week before Christmas, and now it’s time to please sound gourmets around the world: be it with the warmness of the complex sonic meals you’ll prepare with the OhmBoyz delay or the infinite gifted possibilities of the 4 QuadFrohmage filter units, -40% discount is not the kind of fake-winter-plugin-sale you’ll find out there. Almost half-price, it’s a golden opportunity, so read this week’s poems, try the demos and use the codes below.

13
Dec
10

Christmas cohmpetition submission by Mike Moreau

Today’s Christmas Cohmpetition submission comes from Toronto, Canada. A piece of Ω-poetry by Mike Moreau:

 

An Ohm Force Christmas

Was the night before Christmas and at our Chalet,
Not one person Came over to hear what we’d played.
For the music we made there was no appeal,
It was dull, it was boring it completely lacked feel.
So with the deepest of shame we hung low our heads,
shut off all our gear and went up to bed.
But our sleep was short-lived as we awoke to a noise,
I was sure it was Santa bringing us toys.
But the thoughts of St. Nick were soon to be dashed,
As I peeked out to see four Boyz in strange hats.
Down the stairs I did rush with my trusty night stick,
“I’ll fix those darn thieves and I will do it real quick”
But upon my arrival they had all disappeared,
They’d ate half the food but they drank all the beer.
So outside I did run to give them a fight,
“To late!” I exclaimed as they drove out of sight,
But out of the darkness drunken voices did cry,
Predatohm! Symptohm! and Melohman de Ohmicide!
Mobilohm! Hematohm! and Quad Frohmage too!
“Enjoy them my friends they are all for you”,
My eyes filled with tears and my heart filled with joy,
I forgot about Santa and all his cheap toys,
So I ran in the house and what did I see?
It was that sweet All-All Bundle placed under our tree!
The following morning was such a delight,
As our friends all came by and we jammed through till night,
So happy were we with the music we made,
“THANK-YOU OHMFORCE FOR YOU SAVED CHRISTMAS DAY!!!!!”
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!
09
Dec
10

-40% on the Ohmicide and Predatohm distortions!

This year’s Christmas Sale goes on, and this Friday 10th December it’s distortion time (evil laugh) !!! You don’t need to choose between the four-band strength of the Ohmicide or the agile power of the Predatohm You can get both, each one of these 2 distortions will be extremely useful – depending on which kind of audio material you’re going to distort and how evil is the result you’re looking for. Read the poems, try the demos, use the codes. And if you’re talented and brave, join the Cohmpetition too and maybe win a big bundle!

06
Dec
10

Christmas cohmpetition submission by Fabien Aubréjac

Christmas cohmpetition submission by Fabien Auréjac from France, translated version (in English) here:

Back To Ohm

Terrien,
ta planète, anohmalie du néant, atteint sa périhélie
sur le timestamp unix du 3 janvier.

nouvelle ère, donc, entends résonner les ondes
qui, en battements par secondes, sont fécondes…
d’émotion.

Motion Finished, a new Motion Begins
Point ne fera trop péter les watts,
Sinon c’est tes oreilles que je devrais soigner à la ouatte,
mais pas ouatte de phoque, car j’ai promis de ne point blesser d’animaux en faisant ce poème.
Enfin c’est un juste conseil à ne pas ohm-mètre.

Etre de son et de silence, de fortune et d’infortune,
Je t’implore: fais nous de bons, sages ou chaotiques tunes.
Qui remuent le corps et stimulent nos atohmes.

Back to Ohm

Et , fais gaffe au syndrohm du néant.
Amuses-toi avec ta muse, détends toi avec le temps.

Tu verras, tels de scintillants lézards,
cohmputer comme des maquisards,
des gars et des filles qui auraient pu être complètement pohmés, atohmisés.

Back to Ohm

on attend de toi rien de bien cohmpliqué, juste d’aterrir sans casse quand ça voltige trop dans ta boite cranienne.
et qu’importe si ta rengaine est athée, chrétienne musulmane, que sais-je, ou paienne

Back to Ohm

Ohm c’est la résistance, et tu en es une preuve…

Oh my Brother i hope i didn’t bother.

06
Dec
10

Christmas cohmpetition submission by Arthur Agapoff

Christmas cohmpetition submission by Arthur Agapoff from France…

Ohm, sweet Ohm

Whenever I need a metronOhm,
I can borrow one from the cOhmmunity.

But when I need a wOhman,
I behave like a zOhmbie.

I know she is sOhmwhere,
Laying by the Hi-tOhm.

I promise her the maximOhm
But I’m just a PetitbonOhm.

So I get back to my tOhmatoes,
mixing my sample rOhms.

Ohmy, Ohmy…
I only get the minimOhm.

If one day I could cOhmpose
“astronOhmy dOhmine”
This surely would be a bOhmb!

Don’t wanna be Ohmless…
POhm pOhm pidoooo.

03
Dec
10

Christmas Cohmpetition 2010 submission by Denis Da Silva

This poem comes from Denis Da Silva from France. Despite having a Portuguese (or Brazilian) name and actually being french, he wanted to submit some Thai-written poetry. Well…. Ok. Here is the link for the translated version.

Ping Pong Delay

ทุกคืนฉันเล่นปิงปอง
ภายใต้การจ้องมองของพัฒพงษ์ ohm
0.3 ms สำหรับผมที่จะเพลิดเพลินไปกับ
ข้อเสนอแนะถึงทำให้ผมมีความสุข

การบิดเบือนอาชีพ
มาดูผม แต่ระวัง
ด้วยหัวใจของคุณผมจะเล่นปิงปอง
ชาย, ชาย, คิงคองและอื่น ๆ




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