Portals
By Arcana on July 5, 2020 7:18 pm
Take a moment to open the portal. Step through it and go on the journey. What do you find? What do you see? What do you take home with you?
This is a reflective, yet upbeat piece about going places to learn about things that you perhaps thought you understood, but could perhaps learn better and bring back with you on a journey home.
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This song is kind of cheating because I completed it this week, but I spent like a month on it.
This song is actually a reimagining of "A Little Bit of it All" (http://compo.thasauce.net/files/Arcana_-_A_Little_Bit_of_It_All(OHC607).mp3) created on May 28th, where I said, "This song is a HOT MESS of all kinds of stuff. It features: tempo changes, a key change, minor key stuff, major key stuff, AND a time signature change and like what the hell is even going on here."
I've been working on it off and on since, and now I have a mostly-completed version to share. It's odd because it wasn't really a top choice as far as "wow I sure did this and it has promise".
Some liner notes:
* The song starts in G minor
* The bass was terrible for the longest time. As a last minute decision I hooked up a bunch of hardware to thicken up the bass (Analog Four) and the lead in the lad 3rd (Access Virus) and it made things a LOT better
* I used BOTH Stutter Edit and the demo version of Stutter Edit 2. I only used Stutter Edit 2 because the original Stutter Edit was off by about 1/8 note or so when triggering effects (it would start and end them late) so after getting angry at it I tried the new version. The new version is mostly better (some parts of the UI aren't better though) but it costs money.
* I extensively used automation, which is odd for me since I never really got used to automation in Logic Studio. I did find a really good video (titled something like Seven Tips for Automation in Logic) that actually helped a lot, so anyone here who struggles with automation in Logic should look it up.
* For those of you who listen to a lot of my songs, I actually changed the drum samples I use (since often I'm way too lazy and reuse them over and over and over again and the ones I default to aren't even that good).
Audio works licensed by author under:
CC Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike (BY-NC-SA)
Great uplifting beat and crispy driving synths with lots of variety in the arrangement and moods. Really fun track! Especially like the more orchestral section after the midway point.