Jamming on a theme from the game MDK2, but played entirely from memory of the tune as I heard it years ago. Fingerdrumming the breakbeat, and figuring out how to make an organic feeling bass sound using Ableton Live's Tension string synthesizer.

After listing back to the original I really want to go back in and spice up those bass riffs. I'd also very much forgotten the lead synth, heh!

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIXl7F514GE&list=PLMfyoQc4zM9lMPxRAQb3WGFzEhG3wVFRp

MDK2 OST Cover (WIP)

Bass and drums played by hand on the ableton push. Challenge was to get a decent metal performance kit together and to try it out using a few freehand riffs. Pretty happy with how it came together.

Metal/Djent Bass Guitar Riffs using Ableton's Tension Synthesizer

Original song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D0QRRR6Je0

Remix thing I'm tinkering on every once in a while, mostly to learn some production techniques. Sounds ok, needs a lot of work.

Spinvis - Astronout (Work-in-Progress Remix)

Hard Electro - Live Jam (Edited mix)

Self-Inflicted Misery

Different take on earlier concept. Really fun sounds to jam with.

Acid Wobs - Live Jam Exerpt

A simulation of clapping your hands in front of the Mayan temple at Chichen Itza, Yukatan peninsula. It is famous for its acoustics. When you stand in front of the stairs and clap your hands, you get back an echo that is reminiscent of the Quetzalcotl birds that live in the area.

When I learned of it a few weeks ago I got fascinated by it, hyped up by how mysteriously it is often presented.

Then today I took 10 minutes to code up a proof of concept ray-traced reflection of an abstract model, and... This is just the kind of reflection you get when you stand in front of some highly reflective stairs. The interference between the individual reflections, each with its own unique delay time, is enough to get the characteristic sound.

Oh well, still cool.

Original video that prompted my investigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvC_deZuDDg

Code sample here, written in CSharp, Unity3d: 

https://gist.github.com/mzandvliet/a09072a535a6d989fd000520cc5066b2

Chichen Itza Quetzalcoatl Acoustics Simulation

Stonerdoom track by Michiel Braas. Received multitracks to experiment mixing in spatialized VR audio. First thing for me is getting familiar with the material and seeing what I can do with it, so I spent 6 hours working on a stereo mix.

Original mix: https://soundcloud.com/four-wives-of-siam/green-haze-for-a-red-planet

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