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this song started out as a scrap of sound that was built around a drum track, a couple of synth noises and a bass. Kevin put a few tracks in the shared dropbox and I used the shaker that he did, the synth at the very end and an accordion track. Kevin also did a version of the tune and I'm sure we'll be hearing it soon. the song is reminiscent of something I would have written a long time ago and is influenced by some of the old synth acts. i feel like i'm getting better with the engineering of the music end of things, but still having some problems with EQing vocals. there is a certain wooliness to this that I hear, and I tried to isolate all of the frequencies so I could hear any ugliness, but was having problems pinpointing this. oh well, next time.
drums: a really kind of crappy sounding sample of a drumset I found online (i like it that way). has a bitcrusher on it and a little of logics stereo delay on a send. I also have the same midi pattern on another track with a CR68 drum machine that comes in and out. i liked the idea of the drums just playing the same thing all the way through the song like an old lo-fi synth band might have done it. i also have a bit at the end that is a recording of some plastic buckets being pounded on and then I EQed it harshly and added delay
bass: Logics ES2 synth
ambient sounds: I did everything with Logics ES2 synth. you can get a lot of different sounds from that synth. i probably use it more than any other synth I have.
Kevin's accordion sound was run through Zebrafy (a really neat filtering plug that i'm into right now) during the violin solo. Zebrafy has a neat pad that you can automate and make some wild sounds. on the choruses I just sidechained the accordion to the drum beat and added some delay and EQ.
the reversed sounds are done with Logics Sculpture synth and so is the clanking thing at the very end of the song
drums: a really kind of crappy sounding sample of a drumset I found online (i like it that way). has a bitcrusher on it and a little of logics stereo delay on a send. I also have the same midi pattern on another track with a CR68 drum machine that comes in and out. i liked the idea of the drums just playing the same thing all the way through the song like an old lo-fi synth band might have done it. i also have a bit at the end that is a recording of some plastic buckets being pounded on and then I EQed it harshly and added delay
bass: Logics ES2 synth
ambient sounds: I did everything with Logics ES2 synth. you can get a lot of different sounds from that synth. i probably use it more than any other synth I have.
Kevin's accordion sound was run through Zebrafy (a really neat filtering plug that i'm into right now) during the violin solo. Zebrafy has a neat pad that you can automate and make some wild sounds. on the choruses I just sidechained the accordion to the drum beat and added some delay and EQ.
the reversed sounds are done with Logics Sculpture synth and so is the clanking thing at the very end of the song
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sammydix
another fan of lo-fi here, so the drums fit perfectly to me. the melody's as sticky as ever and the mix is clear. sounds like some crazy, creative stuff going on in that folder.
gotta google zebrafy also.