WB2605 - Melancholy Dream
By Dan on February 1, 2026 11:21 pm
During the first four weekly beats I did a lot of idea generation/discovery first and then arranged/trimmed/elaborated as needed, all on the M8. This week I wanted to try the same thing but on piano, my native instrument. I recently invested in a microphone setup for my piano and am fairly new to the world of recording acoustic piano. Last night I sat down and improved around 16 minutes of music, and then today I chopped it up, merged bits I like, and stretched some parts to create smoother transitions.
Some of the chopping and joining still sounds evident to me, but some of it I've already forgotten happened. I'd love to learn some techniques around extending a sustained chord longer than recorded. I ended copy/pasting the sustain, added a crossfade and lowering the gain on subsequent sections. It was more noticeable in some areas than others.
Because I've been playing and improving on piano for so long, I don't really know how I feel about the final product. This is unlike my earlier WB submissions, where the instrument (the M8) and the style/genre are new to me and I have strong immediate opinions about what I like/dislike.
All in all a fun experiment, and a good excuse to learn the tools, cheers!
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