Evolute (Reborn)
By Tone Matrix on October 9, 2022 6:41 pm
"quick" story time.
Back in 2014 when I started my first WB adventure it was a huge challenge to me wondering if I could somehow make 52 tracks in 52 weeks.
Back then I wasn't exactly blessed with the amount of software/hardware music gear as I am now. Let's just say I was a bad boy with some programs that I "tried" out..
So a few years later my conscience got the best of me and I finally decided to stop dabbling in the dark art of warez. I never made any money off those tracks (not that I make money lol) that used that software but it def didn't feel right when I kept watching videos on YT and just felt icky about it.
Which meant after the big software purge that I ripped off like a bandaid, I didn't exactly think through how it was going to affect all of my old projects. Of course it affected all of those tracks and meant if I ever decided to remaster or remix it was going to be either impossible or sound different.
Long story sorta shorter, my fav most proud track that I've accidentally made was week 24 of 2014, "Evolute". It was a combo of Ableton factory instruments, Kontakt instruments and Massive doing some of the synth pad stuff. So even tho my copy of Ableton and all of my other software is legitimatized I never did buy Massive again. For one it was a bit too dubsteppy for me at times or just not for the genre of music i was looking to create in. Also it was a bit expensive at the time.
Cut to 8 years later and somehow Focusrite the company I purchased my affordable 2i2 audio interface from still gives away free software every other month or so. Sometimes it is some dumbed down express version of software meant to get you to buy the full version. And other times it's actually a full fledged program like Izotope Ozone Elements orrrrrrr Native Instruments Massive!
WOAH!
That is what I said Keanu style when I saw that Focusrite was giving me Massive for free!
Exceedingly long story not short at all, I thankfully recovered the patches from most (not all) of the old projects that had Massive patches. Yayyyyy *muppet clap*
So this is my happy sorta remake version of Evolute from 2014. It's pretty exact to the original except for those Kontakt instruments having to be replaced with others and it includes a new Piano noodle in the middle and end. So hopefully this isn't frowned upon but this was a fun sorta childlike adventure for me opening up new presents on Christmas.
The sample is from a show but hopefully hidden enough.. If that is frowned upon I can reverse the sample I just really wanted those words being said (heard) in the track.
“You’re looking at it wrong, the sky thing.
-How is that?
"Once there was only dark. If you ask me, the light’s winning.”
I know I should probably just be proud of most things I do but between the collabs this year and this track this is def something that I look back on fondly and go "damn why can't i make another like that!? but yay!" 
Thank you for listening and reading my story. 
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