Great song! I really like it a lot. You have mixed the sound levels pretty well! I also didn't knew that Volca FM2 was that capable of creating these FM sounds. Great work!

Great song! I really like it a lot. You have mixed the sound levels pretty well! I also didn't knew that Volca FM2 was that capable of creating these FM sounds. Great work!

Nice work! The down tempo decision was the right move, great vibe and atmosphere. I also love the rhythm illusion you played as the hats come in, feels off beat, or makes you question where the 1 is, then the snare and kick come in to resolve it. I've always wanted to try it. FM is the dark art of synthesis for me, you are doing well with your patching here, inspired!

Nice work! The down tempo decision was the right move, great vibe and atmosphere. I also love the rhythm illusion you played as the hats come in, feels off beat, or makes you question where the 1 is, then the snare and kick come in to resolve it. I've always wanted to try it. FM is the dark art of synthesis for me, you are doing well with your patching here, inspired!

I'm imagining the detective in the 80's movie wistfully walking down the beach at night thinking if he didn't always put the case first she wouldn't have left him.

Neon reflects in his tears..

I'm imagining the detective in the 80's movie wistfully walking down the beach at night thinking if he didn't always put the case first she wouldn't have left him. Neon reflects in his tears..

Delightful and subtle—every element in the right place. Nothing overstays its space, and the SID arps complement the overall listening experience. Special kudos for making the offbeat hats start on 2 instead of 1—very tasteful choice.

Peace!

Delightful and subtle—every element in the right place. Nothing overstays its space, and the SID arps complement the overall listening experience. Special kudos for making the offbeat hats start on 2 instead of 1—very tasteful choice. Peace!

Lovely sound design and a nice slow build.
Sounds wonderful!

Lovely sound design and a nice slow build. Sounds wonderful!

smoking in my car as the sun goes down over miami beach

really evocative track, absolutely superb mood

smoking in my car as the sun goes down over miami beach really evocative track, absolutely superb mood <3

Oh man, this is excellent. I love how it builds, and it's such a tasteful use of those little arp and pluck flourishes in the back. If you ever make this available for streaming or purchase, let me know, please!

Oh man, this is excellent. I love how it builds, and it's such a tasteful use of those little arp and pluck flourishes in the back. If you ever make this available for streaming or purchase, let me know, please!

oh my.....
song is so smooth and practically seductive
great job. i love those lil fast arps too.

feels so lush and warm and soothing

oh my..... song is so smooth and practically seductive great job. i love those lil fast arps too. feels so lush and warm and soothing <3

Thank you so much! This is a good boost to my confidence about the mix! Yes, the Volca FM2 is (perhaps) surprisingly capable. I think the benefit of FM, as a digital form of synthesis, is that you can get quite a lot of power in a small package. Many users do experience programming patches on the Volca FM as a pain, because it involves a lot of menu diving. However, I am a bit of nerd for that kind of stuff and happen to enjoy sitting down for extended sessions of sound design. FM synthesis is great for that!

Thank you! Funnily enough, I wasn't even consciously going for that illusion. I do enjoy it in other tracks, so it is nice to read that I did this by accident. I guess I listened to this track too many times myself (partly because I revised its arrangement almost entirely halfway through the week) to even notice it.

I love these backstories! It is so nice to read what kind of images this music evokes for different people. Thank you for that!

Thank you so much!

The fact that you ask this is a huge compliment to me! I did have the thought to extend it a bit (I thought there was still space for that, but couldn't really figure it out this week) and then post in to my Bandcamp. I am still working up to the point that I feel fully comfortable actively sharing my music and pointing people towards it. Weekly beats is of course a great way of working on that.

Thank you so much!

I really appreciate all these kind and encouraging comments! This community is the best. Also looking forward to listening to the tracks produced by you for this week, most of which are still on my list!

[quote=Krisgelero]Great song! I really like it a lot. You have mixed the sound levels pretty well! I also didn't knew that Volca FM2 was that capable of creating these FM sounds. Great work![/quote] Thank you so much! This is a good boost to my confidence about the mix! Yes, the Volca FM2 is (perhaps) surprisingly capable. I think the benefit of FM, as a digital form of synthesis, is that you can get quite a lot of power in a small package. Many users do experience programming patches on the Volca FM as a pain, because it involves a lot of menu diving. However, I am a bit of nerd for that kind of stuff and happen to enjoy sitting down for extended sessions of sound design. FM synthesis is great for that! [quote=carcus]Nice work! The down tempo decision was the right move, great vibe and atmosphere. I also love the rhythm illusion you played as the hats come in, feels off beat, or makes you question where the 1 is, then the snare and kick come in to resolve it. I've always wanted to try it. FM is the dark art of synthesis for me, you are doing well with your patching here, inspired![/quote] Thank you! Funnily enough, I wasn't even consciously going for that illusion. I do enjoy it in other tracks, so it is nice to read that I did this by accident. :) I guess I listened to this track too many times myself (partly because I revised its arrangement almost entirely halfway through the week) to even notice it. [quote=NickLong]I'm imagining the detective in the 80's movie wistfully walking down the beach at night thinking if he didn't always put the case first she wouldn't have left him. Neon reflects in his tears..[/quote] [quote=MaisieMarra]smoking in my car as the sun goes down over miami beach really evocative track, absolutely superb mood <3[/quote] I love these backstories! It is so nice to read what kind of images this music evokes for different people. Thank you for that! [quote=Dustsucker]Lovely sound design and a nice slow build. Sounds wonderful![/quote] Thank you so much! [quote=dadboy]Oh man, this is excellent. I love how it builds, and it's such a tasteful use of those little arp and pluck flourishes in the back. If you ever make this available for streaming or purchase, let me know, please![/quote] The fact that you ask this is a huge compliment to me! I did have the thought to extend it a bit (I thought there was still space for that, but couldn't really figure it out this week) and then post in to my Bandcamp. I am still working up to the point that I feel fully comfortable actively sharing my music and pointing people towards it. Weekly beats is of course a great way of working on that. [quote=theskyis256k]oh my..... song is so smooth and practically seductive great job. i love those lil fast arps too. feels so lush and warm and soothing <3[/quote] Thank you so much! I really appreciate all these kind and encouraging comments! This community is the best. Also looking forward to listening to the tracks produced by you for this week, most of which are still on my list!

I'm in awe of folks making stuff like this, especially on the M8! This rules!!! The sound design here especially is SO damn good. Great job

I'm in awe of folks making stuff like this, especially on the M8! This rules!!! The sound design here especially is SO damn good. Great job =)

This is lovely and spacious! Wonderful sound design.

This is lovely and spacious! Wonderful sound design.

That volca pattern throughout the whole thing is so contemplative and calming. Really great work on the FM sounds in this!

That volca pattern throughout the whole thing is so contemplative and calming. Really great work on the FM sounds in this!

nice one. keeps going, a bit hypnotic. cool sounds.

nice one. keeps going, a bit hypnotic. cool sounds.

Hello fellow FM enthusiast! Love the sound design, the shimmering percussions, the travelling oldskool arp and the bizarre stabs that come in later.... also really like that bassy pad because it totally sounds like something I would do myself for this kind of track haha

Again a great progression that takes you along for a moody voyage that expands and expresses itself in intricate ways

well done!

Hello fellow FM enthusiast! Love the sound design, the shimmering percussions, the travelling oldskool arp and the bizarre stabs that come in later.... also really like that bassy pad because it totally sounds like something I would do myself for this kind of track haha Again a great progression that takes you along for a moody voyage that expands and expresses itself in intricate ways well done!

This is amazing! Agree with DadBoy. Would love to have this available elsewhere.
I don't think you need to extend it or do anything else with it either. It's already great!
Damn, I'm really inspired by what you get from FM. Your sound design is amazing. I've started playing around with the M8's FM synth, but I think I need to sink a lot more time into it to really "get it".
Lol, while typing this, your first week's submission started autoplaying. Will go leave a comment there, but it's also fucking awesome!

This is amazing! Agree with DadBoy. Would love to have this available elsewhere. I don't think you need to extend it or do anything else with it either. It's already great! Damn, I'm really inspired by what you get from FM. Your sound design is amazing. I've started playing around with the M8's FM synth, but I think I need to sink a lot more time into it to really "get it". Lol, while typing this, your first week's submission started autoplaying. Will go leave a comment there, but it's also fucking awesome!

Explosive!

Explosive!

I wish I could get into FM more, this is awesome. Love the leads, the little arps, and the nice slow tempo. Good choice on slowing it down.

I wish I could get into FM more, this is awesome. Love the leads, the little arps, and the nice slow tempo. Good choice on slowing it down.

Thank you all! I did spend an insane amount of time just designing sounds in the past. Have to say that making actual songs with them is much more satisfying.

Thank you! FM for the win . And yes, I often end up with bassy pads rather than proper basslines . Week 3 is going to be different though!

Thank you so much! That is an amazing compliment! I'll make it available on Bandcamp probably. Really loved your track for this week too. The sounds on that are really stellar. And I am jealous of people who know how to sing properly. I did actually buy a decent mic recently, so I might challenge myself with that at some point.

Thank you!

I can really recommend it. For me, the key to getting nice FM sounds is to pay attention to the levels of modulators (subtleness is often good) and good use of envelopes. For sawtooth-like and pulse-like sounds there are some basic recipes. If you want to get your FM juices flowing, watching some of this guy's videos is also nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXo_493fEpU&pp=ygUHd29vZCBmbQ%3D%3D. His work really made clear to me how powerful FM can be.

I should say that the arps in this song are the m8's Wavesynth. The drums all use the FM synth as far as I know, but not necessarily for the FM capabilities. The FM synth of the m8 allows the use of a wide range of waveforms, including different kinds of noise. Using separate operators for (A) a sine with a pitch envelop and a (B) a bit of band passed noise makes for a good snare drum, for example.

Thanks again everyone! Looking forward to listening to your stuff week 3.

[quote=jegasus]I'm in awe of folks making stuff like this, especially on the M8! This rules!!! The sound design here especially is SO damn good. Great job =)[/quote] [quote=Tom Foolery]This is lovely and spacious! Wonderful sound design.[/quote] [quote=horatiuromantic]nice one. keeps going, a bit hypnotic. cool sounds.[/quote] Thank you all! I did spend an insane amount of time just designing sounds in the past. Have to say that making actual songs with them is much more satisfying. :) [quote=XC3N]Hello fellow FM enthusiast! Love the sound design, the shimmering percussions, the travelling oldskool arp and the bizarre stabs that come in later.... also really like that bassy pad because it totally sounds like something I would do myself for this kind of track haha Again a great progression that takes you along for a moody voyage that expands and expresses itself in intricate ways well done![/quote] Thank you! FM for the win :). And yes, I often end up with bassy pads rather than proper basslines :). Week 3 is going to be different though! [quote=GregVK]This is amazing! Agree with DadBoy. Would love to have this available elsewhere. I don't think you need to extend it or do anything else with it either. It's already great! Damn, I'm really inspired by what you get from FM. Your sound design is amazing. I've started playing around with the M8's FM synth, but I think I need to sink a lot more time into it to really "get it". Lol, while typing this, your first week's submission started autoplaying. Will go leave a comment there, but it's also fucking awesome![/quote] Thank you so much! That is an amazing compliment! I'll make it available on Bandcamp probably. Really loved your track for this week too. The sounds on that are really stellar. And I am jealous of people who know how to sing properly. I did actually buy a decent mic recently, so I might challenge myself with that at some point. :) [quote=Tide730]Explosive![/quote] Thank you! [quote=0x_colt]I wish I could get into FM more, this is awesome. Love the leads, the little arps, and the nice slow tempo. Good choice on slowing it down.[/quote] I can really recommend it. For me, the key to getting nice FM sounds is to pay attention to the levels of modulators (subtleness is often good) and good use of envelopes. For sawtooth-like and pulse-like sounds there are some basic recipes. If you want to get your FM juices flowing, watching some of this guy's videos is also nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXo_493fEpU&pp=ygUHd29vZCBmbQ%3D%3D. His work really made clear to me how powerful FM can be. I should say that the arps in this song are the m8's Wavesynth. The drums all use the FM synth as far as I know, but not necessarily for the FM capabilities. The FM synth of the m8 allows the use of a wide range of waveforms, including different kinds of noise. Using separate operators for (A) a sine with a pitch envelop and a (B) a bit of band passed noise makes for a good snare drum, for example. Thanks again everyone! Looking forward to listening to your stuff week 3.

Very cool track. Liked the vibe a lot.

Very cool track. Liked the vibe a lot.

Of all the beats this week, this is one of them
As for feedback, maybe work on the progression a little bit
- Ebrit

Of all the beats this week, this is one of them As for feedback, maybe work on the progression a little bit - Ebrit

Thank you!

XD

Also, thanks for the feedback!

[quote=djippy]Very cool track. Liked the vibe a lot.[/quote] Thank you! [quote=DESLRV]Of all the beats this week, this is one of them... - Ebrit[/quote] XD Also, thanks for the feedback!

This is sublimely beautiful... the downtempo is perfect and the balance between the sounds works great. That sustain bass note thing is effective too. Great stuff!

This is sublimely beautiful... the downtempo is perfect and the balance between the sounds works great. That sustain bass note thing is effective too. Great stuff!

Awesome to hear such a great track mostly designed on the m8! I want to learn more about doing sound design in it as well is so satisfying, do you record the external instruments into the sampler or you send midi from the m8 and then resample?

Awesome to hear such a great track mostly designed on the m8! I want to learn more about doing sound design in it as well is so satisfying, do you record the external instruments into the sampler or you send midi from the m8 and then resample?

Hi Coldsushi! Many thanks! I can share the bundle with you if you're interested. About the recording of external instruments: I use the instrument called "external instrument" on the m8. The midi out is connected to the midi in of the external synth (the volca fm2 in this case), the audio out of the external synth is connected to the audio in of the m8. In this way, you can play the external synth 'live', while it is being sequenced by the m8. When I am happy with what I have, I make a render of the external instrument (do you know how to do this? Basically select the part of the song you wish to render, double tap the [I believe] edit button and then select external instrument). Basically, this makes a live recording of the instrument, so you can also still manipulate knobs while you're rendering and the effects of that will be recorded as well.

For anything that comes out of Sunvox I connect the m8 to my Fairphone with a usb-c cable, because the Fairphone is what I have Sunvox running on (Fairphone runs a version of Android). The procedure for recording is more or less the same, besides some basic setting up you need to do in Sunvox, but in this case everything goes through the usb-c cable (no midi or audio cables needed). 

[quote=Coldsushi]Awesome to hear such a great track mostly designed on the m8! I want to learn more about doing sound design in it as well is so satisfying, do you record the external instruments into the sampler or you send midi from the m8 and then resample?[/quote] Hi Coldsushi! Many thanks! I can share the bundle with you if you're interested. About the recording of external instruments: I use the instrument called "external instrument" on the m8. The midi out is connected to the midi in of the external synth (the volca fm2 in this case), the audio out of the external synth is connected to the audio in of the m8. In this way, you can play the external synth 'live', while it is being sequenced by the m8. When I am happy with what I have, I make a render of the external instrument (do you know how to do this? Basically select the part of the song you wish to render, double tap the [I believe] edit button and then select external instrument). Basically, this makes a live recording of the instrument, so you can also still manipulate knobs while you're rendering and the effects of that will be recorded as well. For anything that comes out of Sunvox I connect the m8 to my Fairphone with a usb-c cable, because the Fairphone is what I have Sunvox running on (Fairphone runs a version of Android). The procedure for recording is more or less the same, besides some basic setting up you need to do in Sunvox, but in this case everything goes through the usb-c cable (no midi or audio cables needed).

Make sense!! I played a bit with external instrument as well connecting to ableton move or the ipad, I havent thought about playing the synths live during recording that's awesome

I would love to peek at the bundle for sure! although I first need to understand better fm synthesis fundamentals, I'm watching the video you advised in the other comment, is a good start! I understand the logic behind it with carriers and modulators but it seems there are some specific ''recipes'' to follow as a beginner to get some good sound, as well as having a sort of plan on the kind of sound one wants to achieve I guess? Many times I find myself just exploring what I can do with filters and distortion knowing that maybe I want to do a plucky sound or an arp but never think about the material it should be, is fascinating!

[quote=WahSp][quote=Coldsushi]Awesome to hear such a great track mostly designed on the m8! I want to learn more about doing sound design in it as well is so satisfying, do you record the external instruments into the sampler or you send midi from the m8 and then resample?[/quote] Hi Coldsushi! Many thanks! I can share the bundle with you if you're interested. About the recording of external instruments: I use the instrument called "external instrument" on the m8. The midi out is connected to the midi in of the external synth (the volca fm2 in this case), the audio out of the external synth is connected to the audio in of the m8. In this way, you can play the external synth 'live', while it is being sequenced by the m8. When I am happy with what I have, I make a render of the external instrument (do you know how to do this? Basically select the part of the song you wish to render, double tap the [I believe] edit button and then select external instrument). Basically, this makes a live recording of the instrument, so you can also still manipulate knobs while you're rendering and the effects of that will be recorded as well. For anything that comes out of Sunvox I connect the m8 to my Fairphone with a usb-c cable, because the Fairphone is what I have Sunvox running on (Fairphone runs a version of Android). The procedure for recording is more or less the same, besides some basic setting up you need to do in Sunvox, but in this case everything goes through the usb-c cable (no midi or audio cables needed). [/quote] Make sense!! I played a bit with external instrument as well connecting to ableton move or the ipad, I havent thought about playing the synths live during recording that's awesome :) I would love to peek at the bundle for sure! although I first need to understand better fm synthesis fundamentals, I'm watching the video you advised in the other comment, is a good start! I understand the logic behind it with carriers and modulators but it seems there are some specific ''recipes'' to follow as a beginner to get some good sound, as well as having a sort of plan on the kind of sound one wants to achieve I guess? Many times I find myself just exploring what I can do with filters and distortion knowing that maybe I want to do a plucky sound or an arp but never think about the material it should be, is fascinating!

I uploaded the bundle here (The project name was Solar Grass; I didn't actually come up with a serious name for this yet).

About FM sound design: I would suggest following two paths. The first path is finding examples such as those in the video and learn a bit about more methodical approaches to FM. Some basic recipes are good to know. For example, setting a carrier and one modulator to the same ratio and a decently high level, along with a decent amount of feedback on the modulator produces saw(-like) waves (at least it does with Phase Modulation, which is what most implementations of FM actually are). If you change the ratio between Modular and Carrier to 2:1, this instead produces a pulse(-like) wave.

The second path is just experimenting, which is honestly what I do most of the time (and then later I try to reproduce stuff). I think I mentioned in another comment that with this path it is good to remember to be subtle with levels and to make good use of envelopes to control the evolution of sounds. I always think movement in sounds keeps them interesting and FM is great for creating movement, by automating changes in levels. If you listen carefully, the melody that repeats throughout the track I shared here changes in tone over time, which is basically me just pushing up and down the velocity slider on the Volca FM2. The velocity slider kinda works as a level control for any operator that you make sensitive to amplitude modulation (or something like that; don't have the Volca in front of me right now).

[quote=Coldsushi][quote=WahSp][quote=Coldsushi]Awesome to hear such a great track mostly designed on the m8! I want to learn more about doing sound design in it as well is so satisfying, do you record the external instruments into the sampler or you send midi from the m8 and then resample?[/quote] Hi Coldsushi! Many thanks! I can share the bundle with you if you're interested. About the recording of external instruments: I use the instrument called "external instrument" on the m8. The midi out is connected to the midi in of the external synth (the volca fm2 in this case), the audio out of the external synth is connected to the audio in of the m8. In this way, you can play the external synth 'live', while it is being sequenced by the m8. When I am happy with what I have, I make a render of the external instrument (do you know how to do this? Basically select the part of the song you wish to render, double tap the [I believe] edit button and then select external instrument). Basically, this makes a live recording of the instrument, so you can also still manipulate knobs while you're rendering and the effects of that will be recorded as well. For anything that comes out of Sunvox I connect the m8 to my Fairphone with a usb-c cable, because the Fairphone is what I have Sunvox running on (Fairphone runs a version of Android). The procedure for recording is more or less the same, besides some basic setting up you need to do in Sunvox, but in this case everything goes through the usb-c cable (no midi or audio cables needed). [/quote] Make sense!! I played a bit with external instrument as well connecting to ableton move or the ipad, I havent thought about playing the synths live during recording that's awesome :) I would love to peek at the bundle for sure! although I first need to understand better fm synthesis fundamentals, I'm watching the video you advised in the other comment, is a good start! I understand the logic behind it with carriers and modulators but it seems there are some specific ''recipes'' to follow as a beginner to get some good sound, as well as having a sort of plan on the kind of sound one wants to achieve I guess? Many times I find myself just exploring what I can do with filters and distortion knowing that maybe I want to do a plucky sound or an arp but never think about the material it should be, is fascinating! [/quote] I uploaded the bundle [url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c1eE8aRZIAyOwoqK_L1fUdN-H0xs6ldk/view?usp=drive_link ]here[/url] (The project name was Solar Grass; I didn't actually come up with a serious name for this yet). About FM sound design: I would suggest following two paths. The first path is finding examples such as those in the video and learn a bit about more methodical approaches to FM. Some basic recipes are good to know. For example, setting a carrier and one modulator to the same ratio and a decently high level, along with a decent amount of feedback on the modulator produces saw(-like) waves (at least it does with Phase Modulation, which is what most implementations of FM actually are). If you change the ratio between Modular and Carrier to 2:1, this instead produces a pulse(-like) wave. The second path is just experimenting, which is honestly what I do most of the time :) (and then later I try to reproduce stuff). I think I mentioned in another comment that with this path it is good to remember to be subtle with levels and to make good use of envelopes to control the evolution of sounds. I always think movement in sounds keeps them interesting and FM is great for creating movement, by automating changes in levels. If you listen carefully, the melody that repeats throughout the track I shared here changes in tone over time, which is basically me just pushing up and down the velocity slider on the Volca FM2. The velocity slider kinda works as a level control for any operator that you make sensitive to amplitude modulation (or something like that; don't have the Volca in front of me right now).

Thanks a lot!! much appreciated, I will create something following your advices hopefully using it in the next weeklybeat

Really thank you for taking the time of giving your explanation it inspires me a lot
And thanks for the bundle I'll make sure to check it out tomorrow as well!!

[quote=WahSp][quote=Coldsushi][quote=WahSp][quote=Coldsushi]Awesome to hear such a great track mostly designed on the m8! I want to learn more about doing sound design in it as well is so satisfying, do you record the external instruments into the sampler or you send midi from the m8 and then resample?[/quote] Hi Coldsushi! Many thanks! I can share the bundle with you if you're interested. About the recording of external instruments: I use the instrument called "external instrument" on the m8. The midi out is connected to the midi in of the external synth (the volca fm2 in this case), the audio out of the external synth is connected to the audio in of the m8. In this way, you can play the external synth 'live', while it is being sequenced by the m8. When I am happy with what I have, I make a render of the external instrument (do you know how to do this? Basically select the part of the song you wish to render, double tap the [I believe] edit button and then select external instrument). Basically, this makes a live recording of the instrument, so you can also still manipulate knobs while you're rendering and the effects of that will be recorded as well. For anything that comes out of Sunvox I connect the m8 to my Fairphone with a usb-c cable, because the Fairphone is what I have Sunvox running on (Fairphone runs a version of Android). The procedure for recording is more or less the same, besides some basic setting up you need to do in Sunvox, but in this case everything goes through the usb-c cable (no midi or audio cables needed). [/quote] Make sense!! I played a bit with external instrument as well connecting to ableton move or the ipad, I havent thought about playing the synths live during recording that's awesome :) I would love to peek at the bundle for sure! although I first need to understand better fm synthesis fundamentals, I'm watching the video you advised in the other comment, is a good start! I understand the logic behind it with carriers and modulators but it seems there are some specific ''recipes'' to follow as a beginner to get some good sound, as well as having a sort of plan on the kind of sound one wants to achieve I guess? Many times I find myself just exploring what I can do with filters and distortion knowing that maybe I want to do a plucky sound or an arp but never think about the material it should be, is fascinating! [/quote] I uploaded the bundle [url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c1eE8aRZIAyOwoqK_L1fUdN-H0xs6ldk/view?usp=drive_link ]here[/url] (The project name was Solar Grass; I didn't actually come up with a serious name for this yet). About FM sound design: I would suggest following two paths. The first path is finding examples such as those in the video and learn a bit about more methodical approaches to FM. Some basic recipes are good to know. For example, setting a carrier and one modulator to the same ratio and a decently high level, along with a decent amount of feedback on the modulator produces saw(-like) waves (at least it does with Phase Modulation, which is what most implementations of FM actually are). If you change the ratio between Modular and Carrier to 2:1, this instead produces a pulse(-like) wave. The second path is just experimenting, which is honestly what I do most of the time :) (and then later I try to reproduce stuff). I think I mentioned in another comment that with this path it is good to remember to be subtle with levels and to make good use of envelopes to control the evolution of sounds. I always think movement in sounds keeps them interesting and FM is great for creating movement, by automating changes in levels. If you listen carefully, the melody that repeats throughout the track I shared here changes in tone over time, which is basically me just pushing up and down the velocity slider on the Volca FM2. The velocity slider kinda works as a level control for any operator that you make sensitive to amplitude modulation (or something like that; don't have the Volca in front of me right now). [/quote] Thanks a lot!! much appreciated, I will create something following your advices hopefully using it in the next weeklybeat :) Really thank you for taking the time of giving your explanation it inspires me a lot <3 And thanks for the bundle I'll make sure to check it out tomorrow as well!!

Lo-fi sine is always a good time. Every time you introduced a new sound I was agreeing in my head, lol. Great progression through the song, and the beat left a perfect amount of space for everything else.

Lo-fi sine is always a good time. Every time you introduced a new sound I was agreeing in my head, lol. Great progression through the song, and the beat left a perfect amount of space for everything else.

[quote=MoJoe]Lo-fi sine is always a good time. Every time you introduced a new sound I was agreeing in my head, lol. Great progression through the song, and the beat left a perfect amount of space for everything else.[/quote] <3