Crush Everything
By onezero on September 21, 2014 6:23 pm
Last week's track was rocking and maybe more accessible than a lot of what I've been doing. It was also pretty successful with listeners, so to resist the temptation to build on that, I took a radical turn this week. The concept was simple: bit-crush everything to two or three-bit resolution and see what happens. (Four-bit resolution was a bit too clean for this. Things still sounded like themselves.) There are a bunch of drum machines here, bass guitar throughout, and a track of sampled grand piano in there as well. OK, I didn't crush everything--there's one trap kit sample that added necessary stomping impact if I left it comparatively alone. There are two nine-second reverbs here: one clean and one with yet another bit crush before it. Hey, I have to work this weekend, and it comes out in the piece.
I kind of like what the bit crush does to the bass, drum machine toms, and the more tonal kick drums. Something to work with in a less-fuzzy future.
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