PiCauroraBinaurealis
By RajaTheResidentAlien on February 11, 2024 6:52 am
this week, i'm using the precursor to zack's 'zeptocore'... which is pikocore!
a 'lofi [whatever-you'd-like] mangler', i dropped some synth loops (i made quickly using aalto plugin in renoise) into two pikocores, and left the third with beats i had already uploaded to it from before, and then synced them all together... twisting knobs, etc... to reveal different parts of the mix and effect in different ways at different times...
pikocore also has an interesting fast-gating sound that happens when you turn one of the volume-parameters down almost all the way, sounds like crackly-stretchy audio-taffy 
after recording one straight take, i edited about 6 minutes down to this in logic, and then decided that, because it's a very monophonic sound, and especially with the ambient mood the synth loops dwelled in, i wanted more space, so i also created two aux tracks in logic with 'valhalla vintage' reverb(one was set with shorter time of .44s, the other with longer time of 1.05s, both tracks had multiband compressors used to eq, the shorter-timed reverb had drastic compression of highs, while the longer had moderate compression of lows, and both had EQ before everything to drop bass entirely below around 140hz...)
finally, i created two timeline 'tracks' in logic so i could draw automation for the aux tracks' respective 'binaural panning' automation(both 'angle' and 'distance' params), and went nutz! 
(hope ya don't get dizzy)
this track turned out unexpectedly pleasing for me(not to mention more quickly than expected, done just within the last two days).. so i've thought about it, and decided carefully: i'm proud enough to choose a license that is a bit more restrictive than cc0 this time, but have chosen 'Attribution Share Alike' because, you see... the other choices here, have 'noncommercial' in them... and i would LOVE to see some huge corporation, like Halliburton, or Lockheed-Martin, or FORD trucks make a tv 'commercial' 
with this track in it... go ahead! i DARE YOU, FORD!
(ahhhhh so proud... perhaps a little too proud... like 'Built Ford Tough' kinda proud, baby! )
...ok then... where was i? oh right, another humble weeklybeat done 
cheers, errybuddy! 
Audio works licensed by author under:
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Sweet ideas with the auxs and ValhallaVintage. Love that plugin. Super varied assortment of ear candies floating about. The verb def gives it some sweet atmosphere and space. Like it's being performed in a warehouse at times. Oh that machine drilly part was extra cool 