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# new track: move along
- URL: https://wootangent.net/new-track-move-along/
- Published: 2011-04-29T23:04:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T08:22:26.000Z
- Author: Leigh Dyer
- Tags: Linux, Music, Releases, ardour, ardour 3, calf, ir, linuxsampler, pianoteq, qtractor, rakarrack, red wire, rockstock, zita-at1, #Migrated-1792830072870, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 08:21

Download [movealong.flac](http://electronaut.linuxgamers.net/~lsd/music/releases/movealong/movealong.flac?ref=wootangent.net)

This track has been a long time coming, but it's finally done! It's my first original track with lyrics; it's about leaving my job after so many years there, though I wouldn't read too much in to the words. It's certainly a departure from my usual electronic stuff -- this has just piano, bass, drums, and vocals -- so I'm keen to hear what people think of it.

You can download or stream it below, or at [Bandcamp](http://pneuman.bandcamp.com/track/move-along?ref=wootangent.net). Some production notes are under the cut.

[mp3](http://electronaut.linuxgamers.net/~lsd/music/releases/movealong/movealong.mp3?ref=wootangent.net) | [ogg](http://electronaut.linuxgamers.net/~lsd/music/releases/movealong/movealong.ogg?ref=wootangent.net) | [flac](http://electronaut.linuxgamers.net/~lsd/music/releases/movealong/movealong.flac?ref=wootangent.net) | 3 minutes 47 seconds

It may not be electronic in sound, but it's still electronic in production; the piano (Pianoteq), drums (LinuxSampler, with the Analogue Drums RockStock kit), and bass (a Soundfont I found online) were sequenced in Qtractor and then recorded in to Ardour 3, alongside the vocals. Mixing in Ardour used a lot of Calf plugins (the Compressor, Filter, and the new multi-band EQ), along with IR for reverb, using a nice [Bricasti M7](http://rhythminmind.net/1313/?p=667&ref=wootangent.net) IR file, and a Rakarrack insert on the bass part to apply an Ampeg SVT 810 cabinet impulse from [Red Wire](http://www.redwirez.com/bigbox.jsp?ref=wootangent.net).

I also dabbled with the [Zita-AT1](http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/zita-at1-doc/quickguide.html?ref=wootangent.net) auto-tuner. I don't have a problem with pitch correction in general, but I don't tend to like the overly-perfect results that people often get from it, so I was very careful to avoid that. I disabled its automatic pitch detection and instead controlled its corrector with a MIDI track, drawing in corrective notes just where I thought they were absolutely needed. I don't think it sounds auto-tuned at all as a result -- it just sounds a little better than it did without the correction.

The biggest challenge (apart from the lyrics!) was to create instrument parts that sound as real as I could manage, and then get them sitting together in a natural-sounding mix. I think I've done a decent enough job -- the piano is fine, and while the drums and bass aren't as natural as they could be, I think the illusion as a whole works well enough.