I'm Not a Believer
By NWSPR on August 14, 2022 8:59 pm
Back to the heavy synth punk sound again! I'm in such a raw mood, I only want to do angry sounds, and this one goes deeper in that direction.
Also this week, I'm uploading a reasonable 3 hours before deadline. Last week the clock rang 8:00 PM ET (my submission time) in the midst of uploading so I was bounced out in shame and defeat. I need to work on my time management 
For week 32 (or Week 31 Deluxe Edition), I'm continuing with exploring the aggressive sound of the 1980 Moog Liberation. Even more so this week with more Lib, more distortion, dueling synth leads, etc, and no guitars.
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Boring Notes - FEEL FREE TO SKIP
My goal is to create an analog synth sound that can be as raw or aggressive as guitar in a hardcore / punk / metal context. I could use digital emulation or samples, but that is not what I'm going for. I'm trying to develop performance sounds on an old synth that can rival all the expressive nuances of a rock guitar such as pick slides, harmonics, whammy bar, chug chug bar chords, etc. I can't do that stuff on a synth (samplers excluded). But I can do things like turn up the pressure sensitivity of filter or pitch, and mash the keys to get a new non-melodic effect similar to percussive picking on a guitar. Also, I avoid piano based chord structures like common triads (C-E-G), relying more on a wide chord arrangement similar to bar chord (C-G-C). There are some string pads and synth bass sequences that support the liberation as well so it's not all the same keyboard on multiple tracks.
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Hope everyone is doing well. Mind your deadlines. Mind your manners. Mind the gap. Mind over matter. See you at week 33 if get my shit together.
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