there are leftovers in the fridge
By wangus on November 21, 2022 12:01 am
not really finished, was hard finding inspiration on this one.
Samples a previous mystery WB on track 1, but otherwise is all M8 synthesis. Quite happy with some of the unconventional FM action here.
Idea: i wanted to use the Heat again, but i was traveling for thanksgiving. So I frontloaded the HEAT by resampling a previous weeklybeat (can u find which one?), reversed, into the M8. Took a few different segments, with different combos of tracks active. (hint: it SUCKED matching tempo and chopping the loops evenly enough)
The resampled loop was rad, but then I hit a wall on what to do with it.
Eventually I found the 808-y groove that I forced into the finished track.
The bass patches (808 bass, layered kick, two-track scrowling bass) are the best part of the tune.
The 808 patch gets its bite with an unconventional 1.00 SAW > 0.00 SIN modulation. In this setup, if you set the SAW level just right, you get a pure sine wave out. But if you nudge the level away from that just a little bit, you get a discontinuity in the sine wave. Tweaking FMP phase and adding further modulation of the SAW shapes it further. Finally, a bit of SIN and highpass dial in the mix.
The snarl is a funkier one. (A+B)>C>D
A is a 1.00 ratio PUL. B is a high-ratio SIN (SW2? i forget). C is SW2.
With just the right mix of A/B levels, you can make it so that the output of C looks like A and B amplitude modulated. (taking advantage of the zero-level segments of the SW2 waveform).
That adds some really aggressive flavor to the D carrier, and again, some amp and filter shape it.
Panned left/right are variations of the same patch, for grating stereo.
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edit 2022-12-06
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