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By wangus on January 14, 2024 11:58 pm
(based on a true story)
week 2 !
i'm happy with this one. unconventional. stretched a different approach than my default, which was satisfying.
100% M8 synthesis.
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some things i'm happy I did differently:
* run with the absolute first thing that came to mind this week (bboxing the 8th-note whumpy kick and halftime woody tongue click rimshot. in retrospect similar energy to clown car trolley problem last year, but only surface-level)
* not obsessively focused on harmony+bassline (i wouldn't say this has a bassline at all)
* much more dynamic
* wonkier sound design
* structure-wise, just let it flow. feels natural, and I never was reaching trying to extend some section. just progressed as it felt it should.
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sound design notes
* the whumpy bass drum took a long long time to dial in. other than cymbals, i rarely make atonal FM patches. there's heavy work from all four LFO/envs, and all four MODx channels, and table automation of both.
* quite happy with the clicky/clocky rimshot/block sound. i could make exactly the sound i wanted with my mouth, and thought a lot about what my tongue was doing to figure out the pieces.
* i pursued about 5 different concepts for the main ostinato/drone before landing on the macrosynth plucked engine. really like the lofi sound from degrade+lowpass (LP+HP? i forget). it gives some really cool variation in tone across the range of notes (both the variation from the macrosynth model, and different degrade aliasing). the new tracking mod source was also clutch for some stereo. (also surface-level similar to a track last year, pizza pants percent)
* i need to practice on FM engine cymbal synthesis. this week i managed to get something more toward a china/ride. vs. the 808-like cymbals that are easier to dial in.
* really like the alarm-like blares in the middle section . throwback to 8 years ago https://soundcloud.com/anguslocke/i-cant-sleep
* complimenting that: I found if you slowly (REP) change the reverb size, you get a haunting drifting pitch effect, up or down
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collage tomorrow perhaps
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