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Relentless fun. Voices from "Slow German" podcast "Good Bye Lenin." Experimenting with Live's Groove Pool and vocoder formant settings.
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Loving this experiment! It's like a Prefuse 73 track from the old RDA 
I'm still wondering where the groove pool went on Live 9, so I still use the Suite 8 presets
Have you tried messing with the bandwidth adjustments in Live? I also automate the high and low frequency ceiling on the vocoder.
Awesome use of the vocal samples once again. You do a really good job at making them sound almost like alien transmissions.
Have you tried messing with the bandwidth adjustments in Live? I also automate the high and low frequency ceiling on the vocoder.
Awesome use of the vocal samples once again. You do a really good job at making them sound almost like alien transmissions.
Thanks to you both. In 9, click on the wavy groove icon, then hold the control button (on Mac) & click, which brings up a "browse groove pool" message and opens the 9 pool. I'll have to try automating the vocoder frequencies.
Next time, I'll try to make the voices sound more terrestrial.
Ha! This is awesome. Great sample chopping. Love the rhythm. The sitar and the that big fat bass add great feel. I'm a Live 9 user too. I've never really played with the groove pool. Really like the results.
Ha! This is awesome. Great sample chopping. Love the rhythm. The sitar and the that big fat bass add great feel. I'm a Live 9 user too. I've never really played with the groove pool. Really like the results.
Thanks -- this is the first time with groove pool that I've been able to get something I like.
This is awesome. What is the function of the groove in Live? I've never looked at it at all.
I really love this vocal slicing stuff. Very fun and really exciting to listen to.
This is awesome. What is the function of the groove in Live? I've never looked at it at all.
I really love this vocal slicing stuff. Very fun and really exciting to listen to.
It basically superimposes another rhythmic pattern on the clip; a more sophisticated version of the old "swing" function on the arpeggiator or some drum machines. You can also extract groove patterns from other audio clips. The implementation is still a bit iffy; or perhaps I'm just not that familiar with it yet.
My obsession with vocal slicing is due to my dissatisfaction with most song lyrics. I like the (humanizing?) quality that voice brings to electronic music, but don't want to get tied up with specific meanings.
By the way, I'll have to think about your "does music have to have a direction?" comment.
interesting beginning and cool change of groove in the last third!
Thanks, man. Just cutting the speed in half on certain clips.
Great, great idea--excellent groove and execution of the idea! I agree with what you've said about this solving the problem of incorporating the voice without overloading with meaning. Great work!
vinpous wrote:This is awesome. What is the function of the groove in Live? I've never looked at it at all.
I really love this vocal slicing stuff. Very fun and really exciting to listen to.
It basically superimposes another rhythmic pattern on the clip; a more sophisticated version of the old "swing" function on the arpeggiator or some drum machines. You can also extract groove patterns from other audio clips. The implementation is still a bit iffy; or perhaps I'm just not that familiar with it yet.
My obsession with vocal slicing is due to my dissatisfaction with most song lyrics. I like the (humanizing?) quality that voice brings to electronic music, but don't want to get tied up with specific meanings.
By the way, I'll have to think about your "does music have to have a direction?" comment.
Ah rad. Yeah, I definitely relate to that idea of humanising. Have you checked out "Objet" by Metome? If not, I highly recommend it.
Ah rad. Yeah, I definitely relate to that idea of humanising. Have you checked out "Objet" by Metome? If not, I highly recommend it.
Wow. Something to aspire to.
Really like how rythmic elements drift in and out of the piece. Great stuff :-)
Really nice use of voices yet again! I enjoy your experiments!
Really like how rythmic elements drift in and out of the piece. Great stuff :-)
Thank you. I try.
