James B. Pollack · 2015

Winter Correspondence

125 BPMA minor4:49Ableton Live 9.0.44 samplesBuilt-Out Arrangement

Listen to "Winter Correspondence" by James B. Pollack. 125 BPM, A minor, Ableton Live 9.0.4, 4 Ableton sample references. "Winter Correspondence" 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: 125 BPM, A minor, 4:49.
  • Ableton source: project "FEB15JAM1", Ableton Live 9.0.4, 4/4 time.
  • Tempo source: Ableton project tempo.
  • Session shape: 6 audio tracks, 14 MIDI tracks, 2 return tracks, 1184 MIDI notes.
  • Arrangement read: Built-Out Arrangement, score 61.
  • Ableton scan found 4 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
  • Instrument tags: Drums, FX.
  • Arrangement tags: Built-Out Arrangement, Dense MIDI.
  • Highlighted plugins: Sylenth1, Zebra2, FM8, SausageFattener.
  • Listener mood tags: Driving, Intense, Dreamy, Melancholic.
Ableton Session Data
BPM
125 BPM
BPM source
ableton_project
Detected BPM
125.0
Key
A minor
Duration
4:49
Ableton project
FEB15JAM1
Ableton version
Ableton Live 9.0.4
Time signature
4/4
Sample references
4
Plugins
Sylenth1, Zebra2, FM8, SausageFattener
Complexity
Built-Out Arrangement 61
Samples and Sources
  • Ableton scan found 4 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
Crowleyverse Title Connection

"Winter Correspondence" 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: Winter Correspondence, James B. Pollack, John Crowley, Crowleyverse, Little, Big, Aegypt sequence, Driving, Intense, Dreamy, Melancholic, Drums, FX, Built-Out Arrangement, Dense MIDI, Sylenth1, Zebra2, FM8, SausageFattener.

February 15 in history
  • 2003 The last Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre, carrying Intelsat 907.Wikipedia: Ariane 4
  • 2013 A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.Wikipedia: A meteor explodes

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