touch a tree
By codydjango on March 15, 2026 11:50 pm
More m8 practice: this week I wanted to continue on with breakbeat slices, but attempt something in an odd meter. I went with a classic 5/4, and while nothing special I kinda dig the simple jaunty vibe I came up with. It's pretty cramped, muddying the mix. If I had more time I'd edit it further, space it out, and be more liberal with side chaining. I still like it, but in it's state it's not really great for presentation... and considering how repetitive it is, I probably should have shaved a half-minute off, but I didn't really mind it looping a bit to show off the LFO modulation.
I also wanted to try rendering the stems out individually, for more fine-grained editing in reaper. It works pretty good! But bypassing my preamps, I noticed the tracks sounded a little wimpy, so I doubled up a few and added some compression and some "Haas Effect" stereo widening.
I'm running out of time -- next time I'll try reprocessing through the preamps.
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