Archive for the Ambient category
Grant
October 3, 2015
Day 38: Saturday 3 Oct 2015
Saturday Dog:
I started today playing with Patterning. I loaded up the Drum Kit that I made last week and made a new beat which I jammed into AudioShare with Dedalus and Caramel in the effect slots; muting and soloing parts as I went. I then loaded up DJ Puzzles ‘FunkStep’ drum kit and did the same, and the built in ‘Honey Drum’ drum kit and did the same.
All three drum jams were then loaded into Auria and slightly arranged. Hey presto instant Beatscape.
But I didn’t stop there, oh no!
Bass, I said to myself, this needs bass. So iFretless Bass it was. I jammed a bit, copied the file, and panned both copies with a different combination of effects on each side (Johnny, Caramel, Muckraker, and the built in reverb).
And then iSem was calling to me: 2 basslines and 2 pads followed.
Plus a recording of the dog barking which I happened to grab in the process.
The Video:
I shot a video of the dog with his bone, slowed it down, ran it through: Glitch Wizard, Pinnacle Studio, Live FX, and CinemaFXV.
Grant
October 2, 2015
Day 37: Friday 2 Oct 2015
Shamblin’:
A Synthscape. Ha ha, I guess its an Ambient Soundscape.
My third day trying out Arpeggist by Virsyn. Today I used a slow and sparse arpeggio (50 bpm), and I loaded up Audiobus with the most synths I’ve ever tried. I used Sunrizer, Addictive Synth, Cube Synth, Magellan, Argon, Alchemy, and iSyn Poly. I used Mimex to mix them and recorded into AudioShare.
Then a little arranging in Auria between two versions, and a little help from Dedalus and AUFX:Dub.
The Video:
I filmed a little still (or not so still) life, using Imaengine. Arranged it in Pinnacle and processed it with CinemaFXV.
Grant
September 22, 2015
Day 27: Tuesday 22 Sept 2015
The World Is Breathing:
An Ambient Beatscape today. With me reading a poem at the end 🙂
I found an old beat that I recorded in Feb, I don’t know what app I used. I cut out a small segment that I liked and looped it with Dedalus effecting it. Then I slowed it in TwistedWave (that old trick again).
I loaded that into Auria and jammed a baseline from iFretless Bass. Only a small segment of that was successful, so i cut that out and arranged it (and bits of it) along the timeline.
Next I jammed four different sounds from Addictive Synth. Did some rearranging. Then recorded myself reading an old poem that seemed to fit the mood.
Grant
September 16, 2015
Day 21: Weds 16 Sept 2015
For My Love:
An Ambient Modal Jam
An improvised jam using iFretless Bass into Audioshare with Dedalus and Echo Pad.
Added two drones from Addictive Synth.
Assembled and mixed in Auria
Grant
September 14, 2015
Day 19: Monday 14 Sept 2015
Tell Me That You Love Me:
Dronescape.
A simple piece that is a live take on one patch of one synth. Slight movements of just three knobs gave all this variation. I love simple tracks like this.
Addictive Synth jammed into Audioshare.
Grant
September 14, 2015
Day 17: Saturday 12 Sept 2015
Mechanical Dancer:
An Ambient Beatscape.
A beat from Patterning slowed down to 70% in TwistedWave.
Two high theremin like parts from Addictive Synth jammed over the top in Auria.
A drone from Addictive Synth.
Grant
September 14, 2015
Day 15: Thursday 10 Sept 2015
Cityscape:
An Ambient Beatscape.
Six tracks of Diode-108; the same beat with a different drum set each time. Layered and arranged in Auria.
Three tracks of Addictive Synth and one of Xynthesir; each one jammed or recorded straight into Auria.
Grant
September 14, 2015
Day 12: Monday 7 Sept 2015
Just Another Respite (From The Game Of Life):
An Ambient Soundscape.
MiMix, Xynthesizr, Addictive Synth, Rode Rec.
Grant
September 14, 2015
Day 11: Sunday 6 Sept 2015
Peace Out: (An Abstract Ambient Narration In Two Parts)
An Abstract Soundscape in part one becomes an Ambient Beatscape in part two.
Alchemy recorded into Audioshare and slowed by 70% in TwistedWave.
Three more tracks of Alchemy recorded into Auria.
Cyclop and iDensity for the more abstract sounds.
Grant
September 13, 2015
Day 4: Sunday 30 Aug 2015
Hieroglyphic:
An Ambient Beatscape.
Using iMpc Pro, Dedalus, Emo Chorus, Addictive Synth, AudioShare, and Auria.