September 23, 2015
Abstractions:
An Abstract Beatscape.
iMPC Pro for the drums recorded with Dedalus. I haven’t used iMPC Pro much and it seemed to glitch occasionally so I’m not sure if I’ll used it much. It’s got some great sounds tho.
It was a slow and almost abstract sounding beat, so I added two abstract sounding files I had prepared earlier: one from Borderlands Granular, and one from iDensity.
Video:
People have asked about the videos so I’ll start leaving notes about those too.
I made a series of pics in PicFrame, loaded those along with the song file into Pinnacle Studio (which is my main video app). Then it was just a case of arranging, adding some choice transitions here and there, adding the titles etc, and bob’s your proverbial.
September 21, 2015
Awaiting: Named for my lovely wife, confident, best friend, and muse Lene. Who is away for a few days.
A barebones Beatscape.
My first attempt at loading my own samples into a drum machine. This is Patterning, which I recently bought and have not yet fully explored. I trawled my files in Audioshare (recorded over the last 6 or 7 months), looking for bits to trim out. I loaded 15 or so into Patterning, built a drum kit, made a pattern, and jammed that into Audioshare.
Fun Fun Fun.
I’m looking forward to trying this with other apps.
PS All references to the soundtrack of Dead Man where purely accidental (Though I do love and recommend that).
September 20, 2015
His Slender Skin:
Beatscape.
Patterning, Dedalus, TwistedWave, Audioshare, Auria, iSpeech TTS, AUFX:Space.
September 19, 2015
Miscommunication:
I’m not sure how to describe or genre this one. But I’m very happy with it.
Patterning, iMashine, Muckraker, FLUX:FX, iSpeech TTS, AUFX:Space, iSem, TwistedWave, AudioShare, Auria.
September 16, 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
September 15, 2015
What Winter Has Left Me:
A Beatscape with a gentle groove and some spoken word.
iDensity with AUFX:Dub, AUFX:Space, and Dedalus for the drone/soudscape.
Patterning for the drums. Two tracks using different kits, layered and panned.
iFretless Bass for the baseline.
I read a poem/lyrics straight into the iPad mike, with a few favourite quotes. For the vocals.
It felt great to being playing bass again. Must do more of that.
September 14, 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.
September 14, 2015
MIsmatched:
Abstract Soundscape with vocal snippets.
An abstract jam done in Cyclops Through Audioshare with AUFX:Space, Dedalus, and AUFX:Dub.
Added another Cyclops jam with AUFX:Dub slowed in TwistedWave.
Added parts of a poem done in iSpeech TTS.
September 14, 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.
September 14, 2015
Manta Mantra:
An Ambient Beatscape.
Diode-108, TwistedWave, Microbrute, ToneStack, iMashine, Addictive Synth, Audioshare, Auria.