Archive for the EDM category

Day 308: Friday 1 July 2016 [Day 5 Holiday]

Well Adjusted Head:

Continuing my Gadget obsession today with another little downtempo piece of electronica. Today I also used AudioShare, ApeFilter, Dedalus, AUFX:Dub, and Auria.

Day 304: Monday 27 June 2016 [Day 1 Holiday]

Fluid Victoria Extract:

Another Downtempo Electronica piece courtesy of Gadget. This app is really fun to use and full of so many possibilities.

I made this on the plane between Oslo and Bangkok.

Made in Gadget, ran it through Dedalus, back to Gadget and exported a sparser version, ran that through Dedalus, arranged the two together in Auria. This is becoming a standard workflow for me for this sort of track but so far I’m happy with the results.

Day 302: Saturday 25 June 2016

QB2B:

Still playing with the downtempo electronica beat thing. Gadget again featuring here with a little help from Addictive Synth, which made the explosions, and of course from Dedalus and Auria with out whose help I would be at a loss.

Day 301: Friday 24 June 2016

End Credits:

I’m calling this Downtempo Electronica though at 110 bpm I’m not sure if it qualifies, but then I have no idea exactly what qualifies as Downtempo so I’ll just go with my own categories I guess.

I’ve said it before and no doubt I’ll say it again, Alchemy is one fun and easy to use app. Every time I touch it I get something that I like. Unfortunately it is no longer available on iOS if you’re starting out but you can get it for desktop I believe.

Anyway Alchemy, AudioShare, Dedalus, and Auria is all I used today.

Enjoy.

Day 300: Thursday 23 June 2016

Bombast:

More Downtempo Electronica this time courtesy of iKaossilator. Like Figure which I use yesterday it’s a fun little easy to use app that is really geared towards EDM style things. Another such app that I have used occasionally is Auxy. They each take a different approach, they all have their limitations but that adds to their charm I think. With all of them I usually attempt to subvert their EDMish paradigm, typically by using slower tempos, effecting them, or cutting and arranging them in Auria, perhaps placing them in an unusual space.

Today was a fairly straight forward take on the idea. I began by making a song in iKaossillator at 90 bpm and then jamming it into AudioShare (by muting and unmuting the 5 parts) with DubFilter and Dedalus in the effects chain. Then I loaded it into Dedalus and recorded it at 0.80 sample rate therefore lowering slightly and giving a final bpm of 72, not super slow by my standards but certainly providing a laid back sort of groove which I prefer.

Thanks for listening trackers and may all your days find you in a funky laid back groove 🙂

Day 299: Weds 22 June 2016

Figure Of Speech (Blah Blah Blah):

I’m continuing to embrace my inner ‘blippy bloppy’ today with Figure 🙂

So after I made a thing in the app I exported all three parts to AudioShare via AudioCopy (if you are unfamiliar with Figure it gives you three elements to play with: a drum track, a bass track, and a lead track).

Once in AudioShare I treated them with FLUX:FX and Caramel then imported all the effected and uneffected parts to Auria for arrangement and/or assemblage.

Day 290: Monday 13 June 2016

Floating Down The Tagus:

A gentle piece of electronica today, this has a 70’s almost Kraftwerk feel to my ear, powered by an arpeggiator line from iSem.

As iSem is a recreation of a 70’s Oberhiem synth perhaps it’s not that surprising that I should find such sounds in there 🙂

I recorded it into Auria and then added two sounds from Addictive Synth and a few well hidden Patterning moments (they don’t sound like a drum machine as I used my own drumkit made with my own samples).

Day 288: Saturday 11 June 2016

Chain Me Unchain Me:

Another of my recent attempts to play with (and perhaps subvert) some of the more loop based, EDM type apps that are available to us. It’s a fun experiment if nothing else.

Today I used BlocsWave which is definitely one of the more sophisticated of these apps. I also used AudioShare, TwistedWave, Dedalus and DubFilter.

Day 287: Friday 10 June 2016

Exfoliate:

I don’t know how to classify today’s track. Is it DownTempo if it’s EDM slowed way down? Or does that genre name mean something more as well? I have no idea.

Anyway I began this in Auxy Music Studio which is somehow related to Auxy, that I have been using a bit this week. I don’t quite understand how they relate to each other but I discovered one version on my iPad and the other on my iPhone, so I thought I’d give this one a run.

They are both loop based apps aimed, I think, at EDM type stuff but I’m happy at the moment to play with that and see how I might be able to pull them in my direction.

So I made a little thing in the app, transferred the audio to AudioShare and treated it with Dedalus and ApeFilter, and also saved the midi versions. Opened them all in Auria where the midi versions where used to drive other internal sounds. I mixed and arranged these into a track which I then ran though Dedalus at a sample ratio of 0.75.

I hope that makes sense and that you enjoy the result.