Awake - ambient guitar soundscape

Please subscribe for more, & visit karlverkade.bandcamp.com for more ambient music as well as this piece recorded and edited as a final mix mp3. Original ambient guitar soundscape, and I called it 'Awake' for some reason. :-) Lots of delayed looping; hope it's fun to listen to, and maybe strikes something in your heart.
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[@unitedstatesofmordor]

As an aficionado of Ambient music since the early eighties, I still think this is one of the best compositions I have ever heard. Bravo Mr. Verkade, bravo!

[@tgifhounds]

That is quite the machine.

[@yescaster]

I'm listening again. It really stills me.

[@unitedstatesofmordor]

Still one the best ambient soundscapes I have ever heard. BRAVO!

[@Passenger95]

Thank you so much.

[@Passenger95]

@dockaiser That's the camera mic. If you look at the text below the video, you can find where the actual mic'd and recorded properly version of this song is and listen to it there. :) Cheers!

[@Passenger95]

@aj633 Basically, there's a digital delay at the heart of it all, set to a slow time setting with a lot of repeats. There's a volume pedal prior to that, so I hit the note with the volume pedal down, then swell in, and the delay takes it. Then there's a bunch of other delays around it to meld everything together, and a parallel loop at the end mixing in a double octave up pedal with a reverb pedal at full mix. :)

[@Passenger95]

Thanks for the kind words. :-) God bless you as well!

[@pritch1964]

Beautiful man .... Absolutely beautiful

[@Kdmoo]

Really enjoy your work Karl.

[@cosmogang]

What a nice sound. Great work, the octave stuff adds a nice sheen on top of the milky echoes. Love it.

[@JazzBoricua]

Dude, this reminds me of the Jean Luc Ponty loops but with even more layers of texture. Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing. God bless!

[@OnlineMeditation]

YES!! this is what I have been looking for, many thanks for uploading...

[@pr0llyn0t]

This is absolutely incredible, thank you. Peace.

[@Passenger95]

There was a Timeline for looping, another for swells, a Memory Lane and an Arion for warmth, a Subdecay phaser for washiness, and then at certain times a Dan Burgess parallel looper with an RV3 and a POG in it for the shimmery sounds, and a Hartman germanium fuzz and a Mosferatu, also on at only certain times. :-)

[@Passenger95]

Thanks for the kind words. :-)

[@dimeowns100]

This is amazing man, well done!

[@Passenger95]

Thank you for listening!

[@TheEL337dude]

this is something from beyond, to be honest. took my breath away. i can actually feel the tranquility. i've been searching for something similar a long time now. i'll be keeping a close eye on your stuff, keep up the good work :)

[@Passenger95]

haha Thanks, bro! And ya...I actually run a separate rig with recorded ambient pads on about 85% of the songs in any given worship set. And then I usually do some live pads like in this video in at least one of the songs, more if there's a lot of musicians and I just want to create fullness and textures underneath everybody. :-)

[@Passenger95]

@TheFilmCreator1 It was actually a full mix reverb going into a double octave POG, and then within a lower-mixed parallel looper. The POG, when run that way, kind of gives off this interesting, reverse-flange-verby sound. haha

[@DarthPreamp]

Beautiful writing!! Thank you so much!!

[@metelegerald]

wow!!! this made my day brighter

[@BIRDINTHEHOUZE]

i wish i had a soundtrack like this that goes on for hours while i go to sleep -_-

[@TiANr0ckst4r]

wow this is brilliant yet beautiful...

[@CCFormlessAwareness]

Love & Appreciation

[@Passenger95]

@SLR900 Thanks for the kind words. :-) Cheers!

[@Heineken1712]

man that's really good stuff!

[@SLR900]

awesome sounds from a totally awesome rig..kudos to you man !! =)

[@Passenger95]

The album has 14 songs, but there's a 15th hidden song that is all 14 songs on one track with new compositions that blend them together.

[@fordaydreams]

gorgeous sounds. :)

[@yescaster]

This was excellent... I feel great from hearing this.

[@AlkanetEXE]

This is amazing. I've recently developed a taste for ambient guitar-based music and I'm definitely checking more of your stuff out ASAP.

[@JonMonter]

this is real cool man!

[@Passenger95]

@Andrewmcg1234 I get the drone sounds by doing volume swells into delay pedals set at long times. And then I'm looping some of them with a digital looping pedal. The chords are mostly just regular chords with 9ths and suspensions mostly, voiced high on the neck. I'm also using a minor scale with a raised 6th degree, so that factors into how a lot of the chords function. :-)

[@Passenger95]

Right on! That's what it's all about.

[@pogart2000]

Wicked..great stuff.

[@Passenger95]

lol Totally! I love talking with you bro, because I no longer feel alone in the world of gear. hehe

[@Passenger95]

@tbros2000 Thanks! Vangelis is one of my favorite composers...I can't get away from it. haha

[@Passenger95]

@cosmogang Yep! Every pedal is in its one section of the bypass looper. Volume pedal, too! :-)

[@Passenger95]

@differentone7 Thanks! Actually, the Midi Mate's don't do anything on their own. They just allow me to call up settings on the Timeline delays. The Timeline has its own 20 second looper, which is what I'm using here. But it can't store loops. Hope that helps! Cheers!

[@Passenger95]

@Heineken1712 Thanks for the kind words!!

[@sliverhandsonbasses]

Beautiful

[@skitforbrains]

This is the music I listen to on my submarine.

[@SarahSchlongfeel]

I wouldn't know what to do with that many pedals, but I wish I had them lol. Great work!

[@Passenger95]

@dave422x Thank you for the kinds words! Cheers! :-)

[@Passenger95]

@morganchavis Let's see...my board's changed a bit since then, but I think the basic sounds in this video were from two DC Timeline's, an Arion SAD-1, a Diamond Memory Lane, a George Dennis volume pedal, a Subdecay Quasar phaser, and a Boss RV3 in tandem with an EH POG. Oh, and a Hartman Germanium fuzz and a Hermida Mosferatu. :-)

[@smnewthtrblnmnd]

cool stuff man! keep it up.

[@Passenger95]

@pr0llyn0t Thanks for the kind words! :-)

[@hectordelgado62485]

NICE!!! :) Hearing this Relaxes me!!!

[@Passenger95]

@timacann Please read the video description, where I mention having a mic'd and produced version of this performance available on mp3.

[@Passenger95]

@jsjrocks Thanks for the kind words. And hopefully God is a base inspiration for all 'art' I attempt. hehe And Vangelis is actually one of my favorite composers, so I guess a lot of my stuff inherently ends up sounding like Blade Runner. lol Have an awesome evening!

[@unitedstatesofmordor]

Hope you are still out there painting soundscapes.

[@Passenger95]

Ten years off, but started up again.

[@Passenger95]

Thanks so much!

[@Passenger95]

Thank you!

[@Passenger95]

Fripp is amazing.

[@Passenger95]

Sorry to get to this so late, but I am enjoying your stuff. :)

[@Passenger95]

@TiANr0ckst4r Thanks for the kind words! :-)

[@Passenger95]

@Corinth6 Thanks! Um...my board has changed so much since this video, I'm not sure I remember all of them. But some of my favorites here were the Damage Control Timeline, Arion SAD-1, Diamond Memory Lane, Boss RV3, EH POG, and Subdecay Quasar. :)

[@gabrieloliveira4641]

wow, that's creative :)

[@Passenger95]

@ihaveaverybadcold Ya, compressors do help that. I find however, that I prefer the sustain from changing my strings and giving my guitar a new setup/intonation first. If that still doesn't help, then maybe some compression. :-) Also, the pre-delay knob on the Blue Sky is very useful, and can help give sustain without having to have the decay too high. Cheers!

[@Passenger95]

Thanks for the kind words, brother! :-)

[@Passenger95]

Thanks man.

[@Passenger95]

@Rob919Gore lol Workin' on it!! ;-) But seriously, thanks for the kind words. Have a great day!

[@Passenger95]

@miko1975guitar Thanks a ton! That's actually one of my favorite films, and I think subconsciously it's what I'm always trying to write. haha

[@Passenger95]

Thanks so much! I've got an ep going free tomorrow. :)

[@Passenger95]

Thanks!

[@Passenger95]

@shredknowledge Thanks! And ya...I'm always looking for epople with lots of pedals so I can feel okay about myself. lol

[@Passenger95]

Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks for the info! And the pad loop is 20 seconds. :-) Cheers!

[@smallclone]

Wow

[@Passenger95]

@gregells Thanks! Two DC Timeline's, a Diamond Memory Lane, and an Arion SAD-1. :-)

[@Passenger95]

Thanks, bro. And ya, the rig is just a little bigger. I was actually trying to make it smaller, and definitely failed. hehe

[@Passenger95]

@hosway1992 I need to do an update video really soon. Basically this was swelled with a Damage Control Timeline, Diamond Memory Lane, and Arion SAD-1, and then looped with another Timeline. :)

[@Passenger95]

@andy92811 One of those Damage Control Timeline's. Cheers!

[@Passenger95]

@Spyroid77 @MisterHam86 I didn't see the original comment, but thanks for the kind words in the ensuing ones! haha

[@Passenger95]

@TheChannelSeventeen Hmm...I don't quite remember all the settings for this particular song, but it's mostly just long delays. If you check out my 10 part series on 'Using Delay in Modern Music' over on my blog or channel, that would probably give you a bunch of great settings for this stuff. :-) Hope that helps!

[@SLRPHOTOS]

Like this its what im all about.

[@Passenger95]

Oh. And thanks again! ;-)

[@guyinaband18]

I used to be a just the basics blues player, but I'm really getting into this stuff and pedals, unfortunately my wallet says otherwise!

[@Passenger95]

Thanks, brother. I'm just starting to have fun with the octaves. hehe Cheers!

[@Passenger95]

@djbachiraul7 Thanks a ton. Really appreciate that!

[@Passenger95]

@ihaveaverybadcold This is just the camera mic. It's not bad, really. But I also had a mic on the amp into a tube preamp for the actual mp3 version on the album.

[@Passenger95]

@bobob13131 I'm not sure if strum tempo can be programmed into the midi. Send a quick email to the guys at Strymon though...they're great at getting back to questions about their pedals!

[@Passenger95]

@MsWoodenshoe Ya, for the swells...but I'm looping swells on top of each other.

[@Corinth6]

Would you be so kind as to list your pedals? In particular your favourites. Thank you for this video........I'm impressed.

[@DeepEmoticPhoria9]

Dreamy :) You sure have a shoegaze-talent**

[@Passenger95]

@ihaveaverybadcold Thanks a ton! And how're the Strymon's? :-)

[@Passenger95]

@ihaveaverybadcold Ya, most of my songs are a mix between a base melodic and harmonic theme, with a story in mind, and then between some improvisation on top of it. So I almost never play the same song exactly the same way twice. :-)

[@Passenger95]

@ihaveaverybadcold I know...unfortunately the good ones usually seem to be expensive. It took me a good few years for this, but now most of them are gone and I have others...my board is constantly flowing in and out. lol

[@aj633]

Can you explain how you're using the various pedals? I love the sounds you're getting and am trying to work on some more ambient sounds myself. Not sure where to start...

[@Passenger95]

@TheEL337dude Thanks, I really appreciate it. :-)

[@smnewthtrblnmnd]

cool man

[@differentone7]

really nice sounds, can u explain a bit about the midi mate does it have a built in looper? can it store loops if so how many for how long?

[@Frontschwein666]

What hosway said. What pedals are you using? A guide through your pedalboard would be great. I want to get into making ambient and droning sounds myself, but I don't know exactly where to start. I've a delay pedal already but I'm guessing I need some more of them and maybe a looper. Still not totally sure.

[@Passenger95]

@comeonjerks I prefer the sound of guitar to keyboard for ambient stuff. I do understand that it bored you, though. But personally, I kind of like it. To each his own. :)

[@Passenger95]

@orioneriksen haha Nice!!

[@hosway1992]

I would love to know what pedals you have! :D this is the kind of music i would love to make

[@orioneriksen]

@Passenger95 I know what you mean. I hate the tapdancing, but it never works out. And don't get me started on amps. ;)

[@funkaluca]

Hello ! Great sounds ! I've had this video on in my favorites list for years. Which pedal switcher(s) are you using ?

[@cosmogang]

Question, do you have your Timeline's in the bypass looper? Do you have your MLv1 in the looper?

[@Passenger95]

@cacaface123 lol You're totally right. Thanks!