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Pavao Improv

By xavier marques on July 7, 2024 11:41 pm

Hi all!

I had a track I was quite happy with but didn’t yet get the permission to use one of the samples (vocal track) so I will set this one aside and wait for it.

In the meantime, I was browsing some old projects and found this one. It features a recording of a friend of mine improvising on a classical guitar. I captured his performance into a looper and mangled it, added some subtle synth layers and lots of fx and it became this "ambient" type of song. It starts very sparse but I like the way each layer interacts with each other and all the fx's give it an extra texture underneath.

I must admit that this was a last minute effort not to miss this week's WB, but anyways, I feel it was worth even if it was just to keep the momentum going.

See you all next week!


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July 8, 2024 3:45 am

perman00b

Like slipping through time, except it's really pretty and pleasant. I like this a lot.

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July 8, 2024 12:03 pm

Devieus

This is very peaceful and relaxing. Very much enjoying this.
- Spider

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July 8, 2024 2:22 pm

that_ranjit

Lovely dreamscape. Something about reverse acoustic guitar sounds brings me to an ephemeral place. Really great layering. Loved your track at the M8 meetup too! heart

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July 8, 2024 2:30 pm

djippy

Before coming back to the current tab, I did think it was Q-rosh pedalboard looping.

Sweet vibes there.

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July 14, 2024 10:54 pm

xavier marques

perman00b wrote:

Like slipping through time, except it's really pretty and pleasant. I like this a lot.


Thank you for listening and for the kind words!


Devieus wrote:

This is very peaceful and relaxing. Very much enjoying this.
- Spider


Sometimes we just have to stop and feel the time go by. Thanks for your feedback! Always appreciated!


that_ranjit wrote:

Lovely dreamscape. Something about reverse acoustic guitar sounds brings me to an ephemeral place. Really great layering. Loved your track at the M8 meetup too! heart


Sometimes I like to steer away from the more rigid tracker grid and I get lost in these textural pads.
Also loved your track! I felt the transition from yours to mine was great!

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July 14, 2024 11:45 pm

xavier marques

djippy wrote:

Before coming back to the current tab, I did think it was Q-rosh pedalboard looping.

Sweet vibes there.


Thanks for listening! I'm not familiar with Q-rosh and couldn't find anything...

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