Very nice and relaxing indeed! I am curious to hear more about this sampling and resampling worklflow. Also, I am intrigued by this ps1 reverb thing. I hope this week will be easier on you!

Very nice and relaxing indeed! I am curious to hear more about this sampling and resampling worklflow. :) Also, I am intrigued by this ps1 reverb thing. I hope this week will be easier on you!

Thanks! Thankfully last week was actually pretty good, just busy. I also feel like I'm starting to take a little more pressure off myself. I've been enjoying the ambient stuff even if it feels like a bit of a cop out (which I'm not saying it is - just my own internal critic!).

Someone else also asked about how I did this kind of stuff last week - maybe I should do a video. I could share a bundle but that wouldn't capture everything. Basically I'll just quick render some internal synth part (sometimes completely randomly generated, sometimes something I sequenced intentionally), then I'll often downsample it a few times to make it grainier. Then I'll move the original chains down and have the song primarily be the newly bounced render, and I'll put an LFO on pitch to give it some tape wow/flutter, and I'll also change the playback with FX, so it'll start playing forward and reverse at certain points. In this one I had a pad playing that would change every two phrases, and a macrosynth pluck once every two phrases. With the quick render, I'd have it play one phrase forward and then have it reverse on the second phrase, so you can hear the pluck start to reverse into the next pluck on the subsequent phrase. I'm not sure if I explained that super well, but hopefully that makes sense. You can do lots more to mess with it or double it, and it can be fun to then repeat the process multiple times, and it also can be nice if you randomly screw with the tempo. Ultimately, it's all very nice because you can come up with something that (to me) sounds pretty nice, without having to come up with a clear plan up front!

[quote=WahSp]Very nice and relaxing indeed! I am curious to hear more about this sampling and resampling worklflow. :) Also, I am intrigued by this ps1 reverb thing. I hope this week will be easier on you! [/quote] Thanks! Thankfully last week was actually pretty good, just busy. I also feel like I'm starting to take a little more pressure off myself. I've been enjoying the ambient stuff even if it feels like a bit of a cop out (which I'm not saying it is - just my own internal critic!). Someone else also asked about how I did this kind of stuff last week - maybe I should do a video. I could share a bundle but that wouldn't capture everything. Basically I'll just quick render some internal synth part (sometimes completely randomly generated, sometimes something I sequenced intentionally), then I'll often downsample it a few times to make it grainier. Then I'll move the original chains down and have the song primarily be the newly bounced render, and I'll put an LFO on pitch to give it some tape wow/flutter, and I'll also change the playback with FX, so it'll start playing forward and reverse at certain points. In this one I had a pad playing that would change every two phrases, and a macrosynth pluck once every two phrases. With the quick render, I'd have it play one phrase forward and then have it reverse on the second phrase, so you can hear the pluck start to reverse into the next pluck on the subsequent phrase. I'm not sure if I explained that super well, but hopefully that makes sense. You can do lots more to mess with it or double it, and it can be fun to then repeat the process multiple times, and it also can be nice if you randomly screw with the tempo. Ultimately, it's all very nice because you can come up with something that (to me) sounds pretty nice, without having to come up with a clear plan up front!

relaxing is right, relaxing is good
it may not be much, but it's right and good
- Ebrit

relaxing is right, relaxing is good it may not be much, but it's right and good - Ebrit

Cool track and thanks for sharing a bit of your process in the comments as well!

Cool track and thanks for sharing a bit of your process in the comments as well!

This track is a relaxing bath

This track is a relaxing bath

Ooof those opening chords gave me some Survive feels.  That main plucky synth sounds so good.  The pads are comforting and wide.  Gorgeous sound

Ooof those opening chords gave me some Survive feels. That main plucky synth sounds so good. The pads are comforting and wide. Gorgeous sound <3

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Sick interlude business for the Grampsman album.

Sick interlude business for the Grampsman album.

Relaxing indeed, and very beautiful. A soothing reward after a rough week. Thanks for making this one dadboy.

Relaxing indeed, and very beautiful. A soothing reward after a rough week. Thanks for making this one dadboy. <3