"MFD" stands for whatever you want it to stand for. For whatever reason, I've been picking genres which are a bit more difficult for me lately, and it's been years since I put together a "spotlight" synth solo, but I basically went with an "outer-space funk + violin/cello" vibe. The bassline in the original sits on the same note longer than I was comfortable with, but I kept some of its stubbornness in there, for good measure. I really love Superior Drummer 3 -- they took the best bits of the EZdrummer line and merged them back into their "premium" product, and it's a joy to work with; I used it quite a bit here, tweaking patterns & individual sounds to fit. While it's technically a dungeon theme, I feel like the main melody of the source is more open, adventurous, exploratory, etc., so in the intro I have computer doodads firing up, for a "systems initializing" sorta vibe, then we take off. IK Modo on bass, some Keyscape EPs, Chris Hein solo strings, and UVI Falcon on the synth solo lead, which marks the first time I actually drew in a pitch bend curve, at least in Studio One. This is meant to be a sort of an ascent, then an EXPLOSION... but my favorite part is probably the pull-away at 1'34", which turned out how I wanted.

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The MFD (Dungeon of the Military Facilities)

Runs OC ReMix, Game Music Initiative, and does software & music things. Father of two amazing girls! Husband, humanist. He/him. Proud flowchart Ken SF scrub.

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