Lucky Number
By jetjaguar on January 23, 2026 2:54 am
The title is a bit of a silly joke on this being week 4 (not 3). It made sense at the time.
Aims for this week
Make something more upbeat than I would usually do (again, why not?)
Use only synthesized sounds, no samples or field recordings (e.g. the crash cymbal is a mix of white noise and two synth tones, with further processing)
Use only step sequencers (Bitwig's Stepwise device), no playing or editing sequences on the piano roll
The last one was actually more complex than I had initially realised, because to create evolving patterns over time I had to use automation or modulation to change the state of the step sequencer. For example, Stepwise has a maximum of 16 steps and the 4-bar chord progression that comes in later in the track uses 16th notes, so I needed to somehow have the pattern evolve over 64 steps.
Flagrant cheating
I aimed for only synth sounds, but the second beat I introduce after the chords come in uses entirely acoustic drum kit samples. 🤷 RIP my ambitions.
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