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Grant
February 18, 2016
Day 176: Thursday 18 Feb
DoubleU DoubleU DoubleU Dot Alone:
Again this is one that I have trouble placing in one of my little genre holes.
This began with that slow bass arpeggio in Poseidon, which I put into Auria and then added a simple beat using Patterning. I then did my usual trick of adding some interest to the simple drums by adding two more tracks of it with different sounds and slight variations, and then arranging those.
I then came up with a simple melody using a layer of Poseidon, a Cello from ThumbJam, and an Oboe from ThumbJam; they sounded like an Erdu to me and that affected the melody very strongly.
I then added another two tracks of Poseidon; one of drum hits and one for the intro.
Grant
February 17, 2016
Day 175: Weds 17 Feb 2016
Can’t Stop:
A Spoken Word Soundscape.
Today began with these words; a sort of stream of consciousness ramblings-of-a-madman sort of monologue. I recorded them into AudioShare with AltiSpace and then tried to prepare a soundscape for them. I began with a Grain Science recording that I made a month ago and kept in a folder for just such an occasion, I slowed it and lowered it in TwistedWave. Then combined the two files in Auria. Next I added a Sparkle recording that I made using TC-11 and Figure. The vocals required some cutting up and arranging but that was all 🙂
Grant
February 16, 2016
Day 174: Tuesday 16 Feb 2016
Sunset Stains The Snow:
Sort of a light ambient jazz piano piece. Which is cheeky of me given I can’t really play either piano or jazz 🙂
This is a straight jam on the keyboard using Korg Module‘s ‘Dark Sine EP’ patch. It relates to Day 169 which began with a similar jam (it’s something I have been slowly developing, and use to practise with), a little C minor blues scale thing. But here I’ve developed the left hand part slightly, and this is more angular. Also that track had additions and alterations; this is just the piano straight and simple.
Grant
February 15, 2016
Day 173: Monday 15 Feb 2016
Keening For The Lost:
An Abstract Soundscape.
TC-11, Figure, Sparkle. Really loving how Sparkle allows me to generate these Soundscapes. Wish I’d tried it sooner.
Grant
February 14, 2016
Day 172: Sunday 14 Feb 2016
Circumspect Circumstances:
An Abstract Soundscape.
Today I explored Sparkle by Apesoft, an app that I haven’t used before but always intended to explore. I haven’t read the manual or watched any vids, so I’m not really sure what it does but it takes two sounds and combines them in some way. Whatever it is I had great fun and immediately got several good results. Here I have combined two of those results: At first I loaded an earlier version of yesterday’s track into one slot (so that’s using Gadget) and a bassline from a Reggae sample CD into the other, then I used the Gadget file and a TC11 jam from a few weeks ago for the second play. I layered both in Auria and used AUFX:Peak to try and tame the lower end.
Grant
February 13, 2016
Day 171: Saturday 13 Feb 2016
4 Thousand 4 Hundred & 4 Teen (Ways To Stay):
An Ambient Beatscape, slow and sparse ’cause that’s how I roll.
Another Gadget track. Like yesterday’s this was sitting in Gadget when I opened it for the first time in nearly a year; so I finished it today.
Grant
February 12, 2016
Day 170: Friday 12 Feb 2016
Hurry Up & Wait:
An Ambient Beatscape.
Today’s track is all Gadget. It’s not an app that I’ve used much but I have been intending to work with it a little more, so today I tried it out again. There were four small projects in there from my previous attempts to get acquainted and this is one of those; worked over, rearranged, slowed, and added to.
Grant
February 11, 2016
Day 169: Thursday 11 Feb 2016
Sunset; Light Snow Falling:
An Ambient piece today.
Mostly electric piano; I used Korg’s Module to jam a slow and sparse Cm thing which I then slowed in TwistedWave by 70% (because slower and sparse equals better). I also reversed it and loaded both versions into Auria where I selected a few bits from the reversed version and blended them together. Finally I went back to yesterday’s track and cut out one sound of me whacking the bass strings with the pick (Bias FX), which I then added in a few places here.
Grant
February 10, 2016
Day 168: Weds 10 Feb 2016
Follow Me Not – A Bass & Beat ‘Scape In Three Parts:
Intro 0.00-2.42 Body 2.42-8.10 Reprise 8.10-10.42
It’s a Bass ‘Scape! Four layers of bass plus a beat.
This is only my second attempt to incorporate Michelle (my favourite bass who has just returned to my life after an eighteen month absence) into my iPad music making. She is loving it! It is so good to get reaquainted.
I started by loading up Bias Amp and trying out some bass amp models until I found one I liked, then I put that into Bias FX where it slotted straight into a guitar FX chain that was open there, I loved the combination so kept it, just adjusting a few parameters.
Next I opened Auria, put Patterning on one track and Bias FX on another and jammed away.
I recorded several jams, all flowing from each other, and chose 4 for this track; the intro was recorded without the drums and has a free flowing style, while the other three fit together as they are variations of one idea. Still, not all bits worked as a whole so I spent some time arranging.
I also redesigned the drumbeat and recorded it on two tracks with different sounds and slight variations, but ended up keeping the original beat as well because it still fitted and provided some subtle variation.
So this is three tracks of drums and four tracks of bass. A real throwback to my early days 🙂
Grant
February 9, 2016
Day 167: Tuesday 9 Feb 2016
The Education Of Michael ReCycle:
Yesterday’s track was an assemblage based on pieces from one of my ‘scrap’ folders, a group of places where I keep interesting bits that I might use one day.
Today began with another of those pieces.
This time a jam from DM1; to which I added some iMaschine 2 hits, and a fragment from a GrainScience jam.
Once I had arranged these to my satisfaction in Auria, I added some bass using Bias Amp and Bias FX.