New Track: Concurrency

patrickwoo · Concurrency

 Here is my latest track entitled Concurrency. I am very honoured to have the track up as part of the list of demos for Sonic Underworld's Convergence for Repro-5.

This time around I decided to sprinkle a bit more acoustic elements into my track. These include a piano, a guitar and strings. The percussion parts consist of a laid back electronic drum kit.

You can listen to just the Convergence sounds in the "naked" version without external elements (mostly acoustic instruments) here:

patrickwoo · Concurrency(naked)

I enjoyed working with this library. Lots of inspiring sounds!

The artwork that you see here is my own creation. It is procedurally created and rendered in Houdini, then composited in Nuke. From time to time, I try to create visuals for my tracks. This is a still image from a moving sequence. I may show the movie at a later time.

New Track: Guiding Light

patrickwoo · Guiding Light

 

Guiding Light is my latest track showing off the newest sounds from Sonic Underworld's Omniscient for Zebra 2.

This time around, I wanted to make a track that sounds a bit more positive and upbeat. I wanted to take a break from bleak, moody and dark sounding tracks.

I also created my own artwork for this track. The imagery accompanying the image is created and rendered in Houdini Mantra, then composited in Nuke.

Here's Guiding Light in Sonic Underworld Omniscient demo tracks playlist. 

On my SoundCloud tracks list I also have a naked version of Guiding Light (the naked version is the track with just the sounds from Omniscient).

I hope you like it!

New Track: Our Hearts Beat

patrickwoo · Our Hearts Beat

Our Hearts Beat is the title of my latest track for Enigma, the latest sound-set for Sonic Underworld Enigma. Instead of creating something mysterious and perhaps dark, I ended up with a track with an upbeat and a somewhat positive feel.

There is also a "naked" version with just the Enigma presets. https://soundcloud.com/patrickwoo/our-hearts-beat-naked

Find out more at the product page: https://www.luftrum.com/enigma/

https://soundcloud.com/patrickwoo/our-hearts-beat

New Track: When Darkness Stares Back

 

patrickwoo · When Darkness Stares Back

My latest track on Soundcloud.

Here's a dark track with a disturbing lead. When we stare into the darkness, sometimes it stares back. This track features Sonic Underworld's latest sound set, Axion for Dark Zebra.

Listen to the naked version featuring just the sound set here:

https://soundcloud.com/.../patrick-woo-when-darkness...

This cover art is my own CG creation in Houdini based on a photograph as texture. I will show the piece in its entirety soon.

Here's a link to the naked version of the track with just Sonic 

Underworld's Axion for Dark Zebra.

https://soundcloud.com/patrickwoo/patrick-woo-when-darkness-stares-back-naked

Creating a Camera Frustum in Houdini

Creating a Camera Frustum in Houdini from Patrick Woo on Vimeo.

In this newest video tutorial, I show how to quickly create a camera frustum in Houdini.

Having a polygon geometry that outlines the camera frustum is useful as a visual indicator of the camera's direction and shows immediately which objects are inside or outside of the camera.

It also allows for a geometric image plane and opens up visualisation options for clipping planes and projection mapping operations.

Addendum: I have discovered my mistake months after I published this post. I have posted this in my music blog. It should rightfully belong in my VFX blog. If this is first time reading my blog post, please access my VFX blog here.

New Track: Ancients Lived Here (for Sonic Underworld Synchron)

patrickwoo · Ancients Lived Here

Ancients Lived Here is written for Sonic Underworld's Synchron for U-he Zebra.

This track brings me to the remains of a place that holds secrets to a civilisation long-forgotten. Her people are long gone and their ways of life but a faint memory.

The inclusion of a live violin part in the arrangement marks the first collaboration with Huisze, a dedicated musician and a long-time friend of mine.

I hope you like it!

Also, do check out the "naked" version from Sonic Underworld's Synchron demo tracks playlist.

Sonic Underworld · Patrick Woo / Ancients Lived Here (Naked)

This naked version is the track with just the synth sounds without the orchestral elements, to show off Sonic Underworld's sounds in their playlist. It also serves as a kind of breakdown or behind-the scenes for the track, peeling off a layer of selected instruments and having a peep at what's underneath :)

Update: My First Release on Major Streaming Platforms

I am super excited to have taken the first step getting my music out there in major music platforms under my own capacity as a composer musician.

Winter in May is now available on Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, Amazon Music, Google Music/Youtube, QQ Music, KuWo (and a couple more).

I'm thankful and inspired.

Please let me indulge myself and post all the captured images of where I spotted my track. :)