"I began the sketch by playing around and creating three tracks with Una Corda using the Cotton preset transposed down an octave. I was looking to create a more processed sound, which I achieved with the Transient Master, Supercharger GT, Solid EQ and VC 2A in my Logic channel strip. I heavily shaped the transients, compressed and eq’d the sound to bring out the lovely noise and character. This effect chain became the basis for processing most of the channels.

Next up, I added some spiccato/staccato orchestral ostinati using the String and Woodwind ensembles from the Symphony Essentials. Now I was ready to add a simple, but characterful kick and went to Drumlab for this one, editing and using the Kick Vinyl preset. Wanting the kick to push through my existing tracks and the others yet to be created, I made a duplicate track of it to sidechain into instances of the VC 2A compressor on the other channel strips.

Then I dived into Reaktor 6, first for a repeating note using an edited version of the Kontour House Organ preset. I went on to Skanner XT and played around with the Arctic Drone preset. I sidechained it to the kick and bounced it down to an audio track. I used The Mouth for some rhythmic grit, bringing it to life by sidechaining both the Reaktor instance and the VC 2A on the channel strip to the base kick. For reverb most of the tracks were sent to one of two instances of Replika XT, sometimes automating the send level." - Schwarzmodul

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: UNA CORDA, TRANSIENT MASTER, SUPERCHARGER GT, SOLID EQ, VC 2A, SYMPHONY ESSENTIALS – STRINGS, SYMPHONY ESSENTIALS – WOODWIND, DRUMLAB, KONTOUR, SKANNER XT, REPLIKA XT, THE MOUTH

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Sketches 008 - Schwarzmodul

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Circadian Delays is an artist project from film composer, remixer and producer Cato Gilmour.  It's a loosely ambient, sometimes sunnier, sometimes more melancholic musical jacket.  Low Tide is the first, official solo release and previous collaborators include Foam And Sand ("Circle 21" from "Full Circle"), Wendy Rae Fowler (the “Hollow Ground” and “The Sound Of My Heart” remixes, the latter for which Circadian Delays also produced the video), Kira Skov (remix) and collaborations with video artist Francesca Levi.  Circadian Delays' debut EP, Omni Run, was released in 2021, and a new EP, Aether, will be released on April 12, 2024.

Cato is a composer of music for film (incl. Blade Runner: 2049 (all Vangelis original score reimaginations for the trailer campaign), Stone, Smokin' Aces, Mini's First Time, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps), documentaries (incl. The Kennedy Detail, Semper Fi: One Marine's Journey) and other media (incl. television, 1,300+ movie trailers, commercials and video games), and is a recording artist releasing music as Circadian Delays, One Carrera Two, Eccotonic, Cato Gilmour (Kiite Records) and schwarzmodul (Track Number Records, Monkeytown Records).  As schwarzmodul he is also known for his often dark, photographic art.