Archive for the Spoken Word category
Grant
December 22, 2015
Day 118: Tuesday 22 Dec 2015
About Face:
A Beatscape with Spoken Word.
I began today in Patterning where I made a beat and recorded it into AudioShare with Dedalus, using my usual technique of jamming while muting and soloing the different parts to make a composition. I then ran it through AUFX:Dub adding a little spice here and there. Then I did it again with a different setting in Dub. Then a third time but with FLUX:FX this time.
Then I put it into Auria and added a bassline courtesy of Addictive Synth, also with Flux:FX.
I also added a Theremin style lead part using Addictive Synth.
Next I wrote a vocal line and typed it into iSpeech TTS. From there I followed my usual procedure and effected it with AUFX:Space and slowed it down in TwistedWave, and then distributed it around the timeline in Auria.
For a final touch I recorded myself adding an additional line or two.
Grant
December 21, 2015
Day 116: Sunday 20 Dec 2015
For What They Did:
A Soundscape with vocal.
A fairly simple process today, inspired by Jacobs tutorials on TC11 I fired it up and had a play (it intimidates me).
I quickly found a groovy patch and did three jams which I slowed down and lowered using TwistedWave before putting into Auria for mixing.
Then I added a vocal line for Trudi using iSpeech TTS, AUFX:Space, and TwistedWave.
Grant
December 15, 2015
Day 110: Mon 14 Dec 2015
Hunter & Hunted:
An Ambient Drone Beatscape piece with Spoken Word. How’s that for a mix.
Wow, this one took all day!
Bear with me while I go through my thinking and process.
I began with FM1 (I love FM synthesis and for some reason haven’t used it much of late). I played around trying out patches and fiddling and jamming until I found a bass drone that I loved and a melody that went with it. I jammed this into Auria along with a simple drum beat that I cooked up in DM1 for the occasion.
(It took 4 or 5 goes until I got it right but let’s never speak of that again).
Next I cut these up and arranged them in a pleasing way…
It was okay, but it wasn’t yet a ‘thing’.
I decided to duplicate the drum beat to effect it but I accidentally misplaced it on the timeline…AWESOME sound…(ok let’s pretend I meant to do that and move on)…
Duplicate the beat again re original intention 🙂
SO… now I’ve got a slow bass drone and three mixed and panned tracks of drums that sound good…but not great…not yet a ‘thing’…
How about I load the bass drone into TwistedWave and raise it by an octave…and by another octave…and by another fifth…
…yeah I’m liking it.
But I’m not Loving it.
Where is the ‘thing’?
I went back to DM1 and added a bass drum only version of the drum beat for emphasis…
Nearer…
My wonderful wife suggested I try PhaseRings…what a great idea!
I jammed two tracks and panned them hard left and right…
Nearly there…
Finally I reached into my folder of poems and lyrics, which I have read into AudioShare with AltiSpace, and chose one that I thought would fit. I put it into TwistedWave and slowed it by 86%, and then spent AGES fitting it into the track.
Oh, and there was some other drum arranging too…
It became one of my most complicated tracks to make so far, but I’m really happy with it.
Enjoy.
Grant
December 13, 2015
Day 109: Sunday 13 Dec 2015
Caught:
A slow piece of electronica with Spoken Word.
Figure was the start of this; I made an 8 bar piece at 80 bpm and reversed it with TwistedWave before taking both into Auria and arranging the pieces. I effected some parts with Dedalus, and some with Emo Chorus. I also took a drums only version of the Figure file and arranged that along the timeline.
So far it sounded fine, but I must admit I find using apps like Figure and iKaossilator a little difficult, they are fun but the results tend towards an EDM thing that gets just a little too poppy for my tastes. I need to tweak things for a darker vibe I guess. And if you’ve been following my posts you may well guess what I did next, that’s right…
‘If in doubt, Slow it down’.
It was already quite slow at 80 bpm but I slowed it by 80% in TwistedWave giving a bpm of 56, not to mention a slight robotic tinge as an artefact of the algorithm, which I love.
I opened a new project in Auria, imported this new file, and added a file of me reading a poem which I had recorded into AudioShare. I felt I had read it a little fast for this context so I slowed it 90% which gave it a better feel. Finally I did a little arranging.
Grant
December 11, 2015
Day 107: Friday 11 Dec 2015
Here I Stand:
A Beatscape with spoken word.
The fifth and (so far) final instalment in the ‘Parallel Lines” series.
As well as the words which I recorded into AudioShare with AltiSpace, I used a beat from iElectribe which I put into Sector. I also ran the words through Sector, and combined everything together in Auria.
Grant
December 10, 2015
Day 106: Thursday 10 Dec 2015
Recitation (Parallel Lines):
A Beatscape with vocals, or a Vocalscape with beats, I’m not sure.
The fourth in a series of tracks based around these words. Here you can hear the full lyric for the first time.
Grant
December 8, 2015
Day 104: Tuesday 8 Dec 2015
Time Drools Revisited:
A Beatscape with Spoken Word.
The third in an ongoing series, this is directly related to yesterdays post, and is another in my exploration of the spoken word as part of my personal sound scape.
I hope you enjoy this journey.
Grant
December 7, 2015
Day 103: Monday 7 Dec 2015
Time Drools:
A Soundscape with vocal elements.
I began today by playing with Alchemy, I used 3 drum parts and a bass to make a slow dirge-like Ambient sort of a piece by jamming them into AudioShare with AUFX:Dub.
I loaded it into Auria then took a file I made yesterday using Sector, AltiSpace, Echo Pad, and AUFX:Dub, of my reading the ‘Parallel Lines’ lyrics. I cut this up, keeping only the more abstract parts.
Then I added 2 tracks of Addictive Synth.
I am very much enjoying finding settings for these spoken word pieces.
Grant
December 6, 2015
Day 102: Sunday 6 Dec 2015
Parallel Lines:
A Beatscape with Spoken Word.
ElasticDrums, AudioShare, AUFX:Space, AUFX:Dub, FLUX:FX, and TwistedWave were used for one of the drum parts. Figure, Sector, Turnado, AudioShare, Auria, TwistedWave, AUFX:Dub, and AUFX:Space for the other. The vocals were recorded into AudioShare with Altisvace. Then everything was combined in Auria for arranging and mixing.
Grant
December 5, 2015
Day 101: Saturday 5 Dec 2015
Mr Toad:
A Spoken Word Beatscape.
I recorded myself into AudioShare reading an old song lyric as if it was a poem or spoken word piece. I then ran that through Sector twice before moving all three to Auria and cutting them up and collaging them over a Borderlands Granular file that I made from Diode-108, Caramel, AUFX:Space, and TwistedWave.