Graveyard Of Abandoned Ships
By Ashtom on February 8, 2026 1:24 pm
I continue my journey through experimentation with cassette tape recording.
This week, I added a harmonic component to the soundscape and brought back the space exploration that I cherish so much (this is one of the main themes of my music production these past few years).
I started creating a new patch on the Korg Wavestate, using the 4 layers and focusing each of them on a specific area of the spectrum: woodwind samples for the lows, synthetic pads for the low-mids, strings for the hi-mids and looped bells for the highs.
For the harmonic component, I reproduced a technique popularised by Alessandro Cortini (who I mention often to my fellow musician friends) by recording a different note on each of the 4 tracks: C#, E, G and B.
As usual, I recorded everything in high speed and then replayed a normal speed, while playing a lot with the faders to introduce a note and remove another. Like last time, I fed the whole in the Golden Master pedal and recorded with the Zoom L-12 (with a pinch of plate reverb to glue everything).
I think I really like the result, and I hope you'll like it too!
Thanks in advance for your feedback and have a nice week!
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