James B. Pollack · 2013

Last Card Turned Over

138 BPMF minor2:01Ableton Live 9.0.3b3148 samplesDense Production

Listen to "Last Card Turned Over" by James B. Pollack. 138 BPM, F minor, Ableton Live 9.0.3b3, 148 Ableton sample references, samples including VVE1 Vocal Phrases 002.wav. "Last Card Turned Over" sits inside James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system and connects most clearly to Little, Big and Aegypt sequence. It points toward calendar magic, seasonal recurrence, and symbolic systems. The source connection is literary and thematic rather than an official adaptation: John Crowley was Pollack's writing advisor at Yale, and the title system treats the catalog as a set of linked rooms inside that influence.

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Production Notes
  • Core DJ metadata: 138 BPM, F minor, 2:01.
  • Ableton source: project "apr30Jam1", Ableton Live 9.0.3b3, 4/4 time.
  • Tempo source: Ableton project tempo.
  • Session shape: 4 audio tracks, 7 MIDI tracks, 1 return track, 9304 MIDI notes.
  • Arrangement read: Dense Production, score 71.
  • Ableton scan found 148 sample references.
  • Named vocal/sample sources: VVE1 Vocal Phrases 002.wav, VVE1 Vocal Phrases 052.wav.
  • Repeated sample sources: veh2 electric guitar kit 20 f# min, vub1 root a 010, vub1 root d 09, vub1 root e 29, vub1 root f# 20, vve1 vocal phrases 002, vve1 vocal phrases 052.
  • Related sample families: sample-veh2-electric-guitar-kit-20-f-mi-d8f2c487, sample-vub1-root-a-010-9b2c17a7, sample-vub1-root-d-09-f9cd577f, sample-vub1-root-e-29-93b542e0, sample-vub1-root-f-20-eace2a88, sample-vve1-vocal-phrases-002-e1696ccb, sample-vve1-vocal-phrases-052-d60cb17d.
  • Instrument tags: Drums, Piano / Keys, Guitar, Vocal / Vox, FX, Loops.
  • Arrangement tags: Dense Production, Dense MIDI, Sample Heavy.
  • Highlighted plugins: Sylenth1, Effectrix, Omnisphere, WOW.
  • Listener mood tags: Driving, Intense, Atmospheric, Melancholic.
Ableton Session Data
BPM
138 BPM
BPM source
ableton_project
Detected BPM
138.0
Key
F minor
Duration
2:01
Ableton project
apr30Jam1
Ableton version
Ableton Live 9.0.3b3
Time signature
4/4
Sample references
148
Vocal samples
VVE1 Vocal Phrases 002.wav, VVE1 Vocal Phrases 052.wav
Plugins
Sylenth1, Effectrix, Omnisphere, WOW
Complexity
Dense Production 71
Samples and Sources
  • Ableton scan found 148 sample references.
  • Named vocal/sample sources: VVE1 Vocal Phrases 002.wav, VVE1 Vocal Phrases 052.wav.
  • Repeated sample sources: veh2 electric guitar kit 20 f# min, vub1 root a 010, vub1 root d 09, vub1 root e 29, vub1 root f# 20, vve1 vocal phrases 002, vve1 vocal phrases 052.
  • Related sample families: sample-veh2-electric-guitar-kit-20-f-mi-d8f2c487, sample-vub1-root-a-010-9b2c17a7, sample-vub1-root-d-09-f9cd577f, sample-vub1-root-e-29-93b542e0, sample-vub1-root-f-20-eace2a88, sample-vve1-vocal-phrases-002-e1696ccb, sample-vve1-vocal-phrases-052-d60cb17d.
Crowleyverse Title Connection

"Last Card Turned Over" sits inside James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system and connects most clearly to Little, Big and Aegypt sequence. It points toward calendar magic, seasonal recurrence, and symbolic systems. The source connection is literary and thematic rather than an official adaptation: John Crowley was Pollack's writing advisor at Yale, and the title system treats the catalog as a set of linked rooms inside that influence.

Motif signalLittle, BigAegypt sequence
Research source: Hachette: Little, BigResearch source: Yale English: Endless Things / Aegypt
Search Context

Keywords: Last Card Turned Over, James B. Pollack, John Crowley, Crowleyverse, Little, Big, Aegypt sequence, Driving, Intense, Atmospheric, Melancholic, Drums, Piano / Keys, Guitar, Vocal / Vox, FX, Loops, Dense Production, Dense MIDI.

April 30 in history
  • 1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers.Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
  • 1961 K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.Wikipedia: K-19

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