Speak
By miraclemiles on May 3, 2020 11:09 pm
Created with a limitation this week: only work with sounds I've never heard before. I love opening something new in Live, dropping in simpler and jamming on the Push, or using new instruments others have created and just seeing where the sounds wants to go. It was an excuse to dig into sample folders and download new instruments I haven't played with yet.
Then I added some vocals, more than usual. I'm not too excited about how the vocal sound came out, but hey, learning and experimenting every week! Much was improvised messing around as usual, but actually wrote some words down too. Always good idea to speak up about important things, and breaking free from those invisible shackles. I like the idea that in quarantine here we are the hosts of our own parties, and for me, and many of us, creating songs every week is the best way to stay sane and feel good!
The new-to-me sounds I used: Two sample-based instrument creations from Brian Funk. I use a lot of his creations. He releases a lot of good free stuff and has a good podcast. The first he made from the Polish radio experimental studio samples Ableton released for their Loop at home activities: https://brianfunk.com/blog/2020/4/25/loopathome-free-ableton-live-pack-196-polish-radio-experimental-studio
The other was from sounds he got from Hainbach. Interesting interview on his podcast: https://brianfunk.com/blog/2020/4/22/free-ableton-live-pack-195-hainbach-isolation-instruments
Then some synths from Max for Cats Stray Cats collection that Ableton just made free.
Finally grabbled more drum, keys, string, and voice samples from sample packs that came from Noiiz.
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