Peacefully Uncomfortable

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Get Out Final

Interstellar

using serum to choose very short splices and samples from the 1 second sample we were asked to use. I was able to create something very unique and interesting. Doing this this way posed its own challenges for me.

Ryan Sample 1 To 40

I used time stretch to help create the bass voice by using one of Ryans projects. I created my own drum loop that seemed to fit into the intro i'm using as a loop from a Stu Larson song. I automated some of the volume to keep the mix sounding nice and there's automation on some of the effects. I also wrote in some chords to add a little more density to the project.

Lively Loops

I took this assignment as a challenge to make retrowave music out of predominantly cactus sounds. For the synth lead, I cheated a bit and used Serum as retrowave is notorious for having an awesome sounding synth. Cacti unfortunately don't make for great lead synthesizer sounds without a little help: who knew? The bass is a sample from the Roland bass section. Everything else was made from various cactus samples besides the one "riser" that was used. That was also from the Roland pack. A lot of reverb, EQing, and pitch shifting was used to get the sounds I got.

Dance Cactus Dance

to create these two different sounds I first started by stretching the samples to see the wave forms. The first sound is a type of softer lead you could use for soloing or main melodies. The second sound is a type of dark synth/pad. I used serum to create both of these sounds and used some effects to give them more distinct qualities. I adjusted the cutoff relatively low on the first sound because the speed of the cycle was making a clicking sound that i didn't like. It didn't sound smooth so I adjusted the cutoff until it did. For the pad sound I mainly just used some reverb and a little bit of distortion to give it some subtle white noise in the background.

2 Tone Project

One main limitation I used for this project was not using the program Nexus, I tend to overuse it and I need to get out of that habit. The new technique I explored during this project was properly side chaining the kicks and sub lines. I always knew how to side chain but i felt i could be more effective with it because my mixing seemed off. I feel i accomplished mixing this track much better than my previous ones due to the extra time spent on sidechaining. I also forced myself to put some type of vocals on the track as I rarely incorporate them in my music.

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