Venerable Dreadnought
By BarristerPlong on February 27, 2026 3:24 pm
The goal this week was something big, menacing, evocative and intense. It started with a couple different drum loops and my 7 string in drop A. After a couple noodles I had 3 different rhythm guitar sections and wanted to introduce some arpeggios to add some chordal structure and movement from the simple riffs. I tried a couple of lead lines with my guitar but everything I made was needlessly complicated and unsatisfying so I decided to try a synth lead and ran through a dozen or so leads on the Minifreak before coming to the 666 preset which is what you hear in the final mix. I had a LOT of fun with the 666 preset playing with macros while performing creating this digital scream like sound that gave me feelings of the dreadnought pilot screaming in his fluid filled walking tomb, or the brutal spin of metal as his gatling guns spin up.
I'm really happy with the way it turned out. The third section when it hits really makes me want to rip and tear.
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