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My name is David Pletts and I live in East Anglia, UK. I am 67 and have worked in various jobs including printing, teaching and working on the British railway system. Almost all my life I have had an interest in music, and for many years on and off have been a church organist. About 25 years ago I became interested in electronics, particularly in sound producing equipment. I bought a small synthesisier and did some multi-track recording. Next an interest in computing meant that I was using computers (Ataris and Amigas) for composing, using trackers.
Now I still use some pretty basic, inexpensive, software for music making, mainly employing Magix Music Maker, Cubasis VST 5, and AudioMulch with many VST instruments and effects to create sounds and sequence them in addition to using 'found' loops and samples from various sources. Other examples of my music can be found at http://www.soundclick.com/208andahalf

By-the-way, all the song illustrations are made by my own graphics program PikQuik 3. It's a free program. You can find more information about it and it can be downloaded from http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/dpletts/pq3.html

208 and a half Top 10 This Week : -72- Madness of Mind (1) -291- Episodes (0) -292- Melissa (0) -301- Working Waves (0) -302- A Higher Strength (0) -305- Ancient Days (0) -346- Aspects of One (0) -372- Eniamatic (0) -375- For ever on (0) -390- Distance Yourself (0)

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208 and a half
A Higher Strength 03:50/128k
An electronic soundscape. The ambient background was made from loops created with the help of Ambient Grains. Loops from the Contagion collection were processed through this very interesting software. Credits: Contagion. Genre: Ambient. Created: 16 Jun 2007 09:58 AM. Plays: 918 -->please comment (0).

208 and a half
Working Waves 08:22/128k
This track is a bit of an experiment with mangled loops in an ambient setting. Does it do anything for you, or is it just a pile of old rubbish? Credits: Free Loop Project 015/ Hal McGee/ International Garbageman plus GEMAfreie-welten Guest Artist. Genre: Experimental. Created: 21 May 2007 07:28 AM. Plays: 726 -->please comment (1).

208 and a half
Ancient Days 07:16/128k
A track which uses a few provided drum loops in addition to material from other sources and created myself. Credits: Free Loop Project 015; Omnitechnomatrix. Genre: A Fine How Do U Do. Created: 19 Mar 2007 08:48 AM. Plays: 759 -->please comment (1).

208 and a half
Aspects of One 03:16/128k
Just one loop selected, used as found, but also mangled and messed with to give additional sounds. Credits: Free Loop Project 015; CYSTEM. Genre: Electronica. Created: 08 Mar 2007 09:32 AM. Plays: 695 -->please comment (0).

208 and a half
For ever on 06:02/128k
Credits: Free Loop Project 015; Omnitechnomatrix; Mental Anguish; Dave Fuglewicz. Genre: Electronic. Created: 03 Mar 2007 05:23 AM. Plays: 805 -->please comment (0).

208 and a half
Eniamatic 06:05/128k
Credits: Yuroun Guest Artist. Genre: Electronic. Created: 27 Feb 2007 08:46 AM. Plays: 754 -->please comment (1).

208 and a half
Distance Yourself 05:32/128k
I have used some of CYSTEM's recently contributed guitar loops (thank you CYSTEM) as the foundation of this track, added a rhythm track from various loop sources and added some of my own samples. Hope you like it. Credits: CYSTEM open loops. Genre: Electronica. Created: 13 Jan 2007 09:14 AM. Plays: 781 -->please comment (0).

208 and a half
A Crowded Place 05:08/128k
A simple track assembled from samples from Mental Anguish (thank you) and a few other samples garnered from my travels on the net. Credits: Mental Anguish Open Loops. Genre: Electronica. Created: 05 Jan 2007 09:44 AM. Plays: 1125 -->please comment (1).

208 and a half
Madness of Mind 07:12/128k
I have used a sample by Dave Fuglewcz from the Free Loop Project 014. Thank you Dave. Credits: Free Loop Project 014. Genre: Ambient. Created: 09 Oct 2006 08:37 AM. Plays: 936 -->please comment (0).

208 and a half
Episodes 06:41/128k
A faster track (140 bpm) with a dancy/trancy feeling (hopefully). All made from borrowed and found loops. Credits: M.Nomized Guest Artist; Michael Thomas Jackson Guest Artist; CYSTEM open loops; Hal McGee Open Loops; Heuristics Inc. open loops; Free Loop Starter Pack. Genre: Dance. Created: 10 Sep 2006 05:45 AM. Plays: 859 -->please comment (0).

208 and a half
Melissa 06:16/128k
All sounds in this track are derived from or make use of a few of the loops provided by Omnitechomatrix in the Free Loop Project 014. Credits: Omnitechomatrix Free Loop Project 014. Genre: Abstract Ambient. Created: 06 Sep 2006 08:10 AM. Plays: 810 -->please comment (1).

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David Pletts

LOCATION
EUROPE: United Kingdom: England

INFLUENCES
Any ambient/down tempo/trancy even experimental.

SOUNDS LIKE
Electronic

offline since: 06/02/08 04:06

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Recent feedback...

Melissa
"Agree with Mental Anguish. Excellent soundscape. Pallette of sounds is very engaging, deep and mesmerizing. Splendid work!" -- larisso (on 09/02/07 20:37:40)

"A wonderful experimental soundscape here,great use of random elements & loop modification! The sonic pictures conjure up very well in ones mind." -- Mental Anguish (on 08/05/07 07:48:07)

Working Waves
"It's a wonderful trip through interwaving soundscapes. Very well done." -- davefuglewicz (on 05/21/07 21:43:31)

Ancient Days
"Another nice mix, excellent production and voicing, very well done." -- davefuglewicz (on 03/19/07 16:47:04)

Eniamatic
"I love what you did with my loops. Good job. I love it." -- Yuroun (on 02/27/07 13:07:18)

SPOTLIGHT TRACK

A Crowded Place

A simple track assembled from samples from Mental Anguish (thank you) and a few other samples garnered from my travels on the net. Credits: Mental Anguish Open Loops.

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New ambient track
posted: 16 Jun 2007 10:02 AM
"208 and a half" has just added a new ambient-style track, using loops from the Contagion collection and making good use of Ambient Grains. See http://www.thesharm.com/ambient_grains_info.html for more information on Ambient Grains.

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