Archive for January, 2016
Grant
January 11, 2016
Day 138: Monday 11 Jan 2016
I’m Dry:
An Ambient Soundscape with electric piano and spoken word.
The soundscape was made with Grain Science (what a cool app that is), I had great fun playing with it today.
The electric piano part was played in using my MicroBrute as a midi controller for Lyra, the sampler in Auria. I then copied it to two more tracks and used: another electric piano and an acoustic piano, which I mixed to get the sound I wanted.
Finally I added the words which I had recorded in AudioShare with AltiSpace,
Grant
January 10, 2016
Day 137: Sunday 10 Jan 2016
Where Does The Sun Hide From The Snow:
An Ambient Soundscape.
I started with a drum file that I made three days ago of very random sounding drums, I afraid I can’t remember how I made it. I added it to Auria where I cut it up and made an arrangement.
Next I turned to Addictive Synth for two drones and for the occasional high synth part.
Grant
January 9, 2016
Day 136: Saturday 9 Jan 2016
You Lied:
A Beatscape with spoken word.
Drums courtesy of Patterning and the midi drum loops that came with Auria, I haven’t used midi drums before and this track started with my experimenting with them. I added a Borderlands Granular file from earlier in the week, and two spoken word lyrics that I recorded into AudioShare with AltiSpace.
This was my most complicated track to make so far, certainly in terms of cutting up the different elements to make the final composition.
Grant
January 8, 2016
Day 135: Friday 8 Jan 2016
Which Part?:
Beatscape with Spoken Word.
As part of my experimenting with little used apps I opened up iMPC Pro today and found a beat that I had started months ago, possibly last year. I played with it a bit and exported it to AudioShare then slowed it with TwistedWave. In Auria I added some Patterning to it as well as a percussive vocal part. Next I turned to Addictive Synth and added an arpeggio part which I repeated twice with variations. Finally I added one of my spoken word pieces which I had recorded using AudioShare, AltiSpace, and TwistedWave.
Grant
January 7, 2016
Day 134: Thursday 7 Jan 2016
Thank You Mr Kurosawa:
A sparse and slow minimalistic Beatscape.
I used BeatMaker2 for this. It’s an app I’ve barely used and I was lost, but I eventually managed to make a little beat, and I eventually figured out how to export it to Auria where I at least know my way around.
I think BeatMaker has riches awaiting for me to unlock them. Too many apps too little time.
Anyway I cut a small piece and reversed it with TwistedWave; then looped it and used it as the intro.
Then I took a Borderlands Granular track from last week and reversed it before adding it to the project and cutting it up around and through the beat.
I really like the minimalism here.
Grant
January 6, 2016
Day 133: Weds 6 Jan 2016
Slight Hesitation, World Spins Regardless:
A Soundscape/Beatscape today.
Drums courtesy of Patterning, ElasticDrums, and DrumPerfect.
Fieldscaper provided the bass scape.
The rhythmic vocal fragment was made with AudioShare, AltiSpace, Sector,and TwistedWave.
All brought together in Auria.
Grant
January 5, 2016
Day 132: Tuesday 5 Jan 2016
Shine On Moon:
A Beatscape with Spoken Word.
Patterning provided the drums today, one slow and simple pattern recorded 4 times with different sounds and different soloing ad muting of parts. Then I added an ambient Addictive Synth jam and a Borderlands Granular bass part. Finally I added the words (recorded with AudioShare, AltiSpace, and TwistedWave). All this took place in Auria.
Grant
January 4, 2016
Day 131: Monday 4 Jan 2016
As Snow Falls:
An Ambient Soundscape today.
This was made by recording a collection of my Poseidon abstract and bass drone patches into Auria.
I simply jammed them one at a time into different tracks before selecting and arranging.
Simple but fun and effective.
Grant
January 3, 2016
Day 130: Sunday 3 Jan 2016
The Sentence:
A Beatscape with Spoken Word.
Today began with an arpeggio in Nave recorded into Auria and then accompanied with an ElasicDrums beat and a DM1 beat. I mixed it down and then slowed it in TwistedWave. Then effected it once with AUFX:Dub, AUFX:Space, and Emo Chorus. And again with Dedalus. Then I reversed it.
Now I had 4 variations of the slowed file. I loaded them all into a new Auria Project, added one of my abstract patches from Poseidon, then added the vocals which I recorded using AudioShare, AltiSpace, and TwistedWave.
Some cutting and collaging and hey presto.
Grant
January 2, 2016
Day 129: Saturday 2 Jan 2016
The Tale Of Musca Domestica:
Another Beatscape with Spoken Word.
I started this, as I often do, by taking a piece from yesterday’s track and building on that. I began with the beat from yesterday which was made with iMaschine, FLUX:FX, and TwistedWave. I ran it through Sector, twice with different settings, and then ran each through TwistedWave and slowed them by 50% and lowered them by 400 cents. Then I ran both of those through TwistedWave again, with the same settings.
Next I added both versions into Auria. It sounded like Mt Etna exploding 🙂
Cool, but what to add? What direction to go?
Now the project took an unexpected turn, as sometimes happens.
I decided to try adding a slow pulsing arpeggio, so I loaded up Addictive Synth; the result was so good it required reshaping the whole track. So I carved into the first files, opening room for the arpeggio to breathe.
Then I added a simple bass drum track, for emphasis, using Dm1. Then repeated it with a different sound.
And finally I added the lyrics. I read the poem into AudioShare with AltiSpace, added them to Auria and arranged them about the track.