Created this silly-sounding track with nothing going on in my head during the break after my graduation (hence its title). Is partly inspired by Wintergatan, Daft Punk and Vulfpeck; drums directly sampled from Wintergatan's Marble Machine X.
The following VSTs are being used:
- Ample Bass P Lite II (bass)
- Grand Studio A (Pianobook) (piano)
- Guitars-Universal-V1.5 (guitars)
- MuseScore_General.sf2 (vibraphone)
- Surge (synth lead)
- Vital (sub-bass)
Mixed on Reaper

In My Nothing Box

What happens when you take a jazz standard and put a Gen Z spin to it? Here's the result: a lofi version of "Poinciana" featuring Four Freshmen-esque harmonies done using DECtalk (Moonbase Alpha TTS Voice), set to something chill. Enjoy!
The following VSTs and samples are being used:
- Old Vibes Vol.1 by who needs to chill (drums and SFX)
- Surge (bass)
- AIR Music Velvet 2 (electric piano)
- BandLab (percussion and SFX)
- iZotope Vinyl
Mixed on Reaper

Poinciana

Created this simple little ambient track for stress or anger relief.

The following VSTs are being used:

Instruments
- AIR Mini Grand (piano)
- Ample Guitar M II Lite (acoustic guitar)
- Spitfire Audio LABS Electric Guitars (electric guitar)
- Vital (synth pad)
- Karoryfer Pastabass (Bass VI)
- Surge XT (sub-bass)
- Spitfire Audio LABS Drums (drums)

Effects:
- MuseFX Chorus
- Unison Zen Master

Mixed on Reaper
Mastered using eMastered

Ease Of Mind

The first instrumental track I came up with while going through my first semester of Year 2 in uni. Everything in this song is written by, played by or programmed by myself.

Credits:
Xuen Lim - songwriting, keyboards, samples, programming

Websites I used:
Adams Virtual Bass
Chrome Music Lab
Concert Hotels: Got Rhythm?
Google Oskar Fischinger Doodle
midi.city

Instruments used:
Casio CTK-4400 (along with some of its preset tones)

Samples used:
NUS Wind Symphony
@celicealice

Mixed on Audacity

Inception

I made this track out of stems I received for my audio mixing module. Here is a list of songs used:
- "Stitch Up" by Bobby Nobody (guitar & bass)
- "Mouche" by Banda Magda (@bandamagda) (guitar & vibes)
- "Maya" by Strobe (@strobe-1284581) (guitar, synths, cymbals, percussion, SFX)
- "Can You Say The Same" by James Timms Music (@james-timms-music) & Benjamin Coosemans (@benjamin-coosemans) (guitar solo, guitar, piano, bass synth, cymbals, shaker, SFX)
- "Flames" by The Black Crown (guitar)
- "Cog In The Machine" (Live) by Will Knox (violin)
- "Alex the Adventurer" by Jeffrey Hayat (violins & cymbal)
- Drum samples from Wintergatan (@wintergatan)'s Marble Machine X videos
Besides this, I have also added more samples and played some of the piano and synth parts using the following VSTs:
- Grand Studio A (Pianobook)
- Lorenzo's Drums (Pianobook)
- SI Electric Piano
- Surge
- Helm
Mixed on Reaper

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