Those initial stabs went directly in my brain. Good you pushed through the process. WB is great for that.

Those initial stabs went directly in my brain. Good you pushed through the process. WB is great for that.

There's an appealing upbeat feel to this.  I think it would be fun to drive to, especially the parts where synths and beats are chugging along together.

There's an appealing upbeat feel to this. I think it would be fun to drive to, especially the parts where synths and beats are chugging along together.

Love the gritty tones you get out the M8! That break at :46 had me saying "oh yeahhhh". The whole piece had great ebbs and flows of energy, and those ringing tones played really well against that gritty bass.

Love the gritty tones you get out the M8! That break at :46 had me saying "oh yeahhhh". The whole piece had great ebbs and flows of energy, and those ringing tones played really well against that gritty bass.

It's a good skill to know when to cut your losses. In the end the track is a-ok so it must have been a good call!

It's a good skill to know when to cut your losses. In the end the track is a-ok so it must have been a good call!

Love the positive bent and INTENSE presence of the instruments.  Paisleyfrog mentioned this was done on M8; it that true?  If so: I'd be curious about the instruments/tracking you used to get some of those huge sounds.

Love the positive bent and INTENSE presence of the instruments. Paisleyfrog mentioned this was done on M8; it that true? If so: I'd be curious about the instruments/tracking you used to get some of those huge sounds.

Thank you! WB is really helping me make drastic decisions faster, and painful choices like "do I just scrap this and start over" sting a lot less than they used to.

Oooo thanks! I tried to do a little back & forth in this one, and ended up tweaking it a little more after I posted to lean into that. I don't tend to revisit tracks, but this one still needed a little love. "Fun to drive to" is high praise!

Thanks! I have a "type" of sound, and when I make an effort to diversify and try to play different sounds off each other I'm surprised by how well it turns out...usually. Sometimes not so much.

Thanks! Yes, the earlier version was unfocussed. Sometimes I lean into that, but I'm trying to make more deliberate decisions. I like the phrase "cut your losses" - I should make a nice framed version of that to keep as a reminder.

Yes! I am lazy, so everything I've done for WB has been all M8. I'm not sure what I did this time around, but I love the Wavsynth engine for its grit (that bass line), the Hypersynth engine for layering/detuning/swarming (the stab sound), and the FM engine so I can use one of the oscillators for noise. I guess I like dirty sounding synths? I don't use the mixer to set track levels, just volume at instrument level, crank the mix level a bit and add a smidge of the limiter. This render was "mastered" just a smidge to make the brighter sounds pop.

Everyone is welcome to download the bundle for this project and pick it apart. The hi-hat, e-piano (the bell sound) and kick are the only non-original patches. I believe they are stock or community starter pack sounds. The rest of them are my own (including the fake fart used for the squishy snare) and you are more than welcome to use or reverse-engineer them. I don't feel like I know what I'm doing, but you can find me on the Dirtywave Discord if you want me to try explaining myself

[quote=jimmac]Those initial stabs went directly in my brain. Good you pushed through the process. WB is great for that.[/quote] Thank you! WB is really helping me make drastic decisions faster, and painful choices like "do I just scrap this and start over" sting a lot less than they used to. [quote=Cosmic Cairns]There's an appealing upbeat feel to this. I think it would be fun to drive to, especially the parts where synths and beats are chugging along together.[/quote] Oooo thanks! I tried to do a little back & forth in this one, and ended up tweaking it a little more after I posted to lean into that. I don't tend to revisit tracks, but this one still needed a little love. "Fun to drive to" is high praise! [quote=Paisleyfrog]Love the gritty tones you get out the M8! That break at :46 had me saying "oh yeahhhh". The whole piece had great ebbs and flows of energy, and those ringing tones played really well against that gritty bass.[/quote] Thanks! I have a "type" of sound, and when I make an effort to diversify and try to play different sounds off each other I'm surprised by how well it turns out...usually. Sometimes not so much. [quote=rplktr]It's a good skill to know when to cut your losses. In the end the track is a-ok so it must have been a good call![/quote] Thanks! Yes, the earlier version was unfocussed. Sometimes I lean into that, but I'm trying to make more deliberate decisions. I like the phrase "cut your losses" - I should make a nice framed version of that to keep as a reminder. [quote=ineff]Love the positive bent and INTENSE presence of the instruments. Paisleyfrog mentioned this was done on M8; it that true? If so: I'd be curious about the instruments/tracking you used to get some of those huge sounds.[/quote] Yes! I am lazy, so everything I've done for WB has been all M8. I'm not sure what I did this time around, but I love the Wavsynth engine for its grit (that bass line), the Hypersynth engine for layering/detuning/swarming (the stab sound), and the FM engine so I can use one of the oscillators for noise. I guess I like dirty sounding synths? I don't use the mixer to set track levels, just volume at instrument level, crank the mix level a bit and add a smidge of the limiter. This render was "mastered" just a smidge to make the brighter sounds pop. Everyone is welcome to [url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AOVObX2BaF4eh9QSOSeo7ukUr0WEgC-i/view?usp=sharing]download the bundle[/url] for this project and pick it apart. The hi-hat, e-piano (the bell sound) and kick are the only non-original patches. I believe they are stock or community starter pack sounds. The rest of them are my own (including the fake fart used for the squishy snare) and you are more than welcome to use or reverse-engineer them. I don't feel like I know what I'm doing, but you can find me on the Dirtywave Discord if you want me to try explaining myself :)