Ambient, meditative electronic space music for relaxing, study, or contemplation.

Nova Carinae

1 minute of World Accordion Day celebration recorded May 6, 2023, 2:23 pm EDT at Wild Heaven Beer, Decatur, GA, USA.

World Accordion Day 2023, Decatur GA

Original compositions created with Ableton Live Lite plus a few third-party instrument plugins.

Cave Talk

Waft II

Waft I

Runic

Short jazz-funk piece created using Logic Pro X with a plugin or two from Reaktor.

Okra Vamp No. 1

This project started as an attempt to emulate Ulrich Schnauss's cinematic-sounding ambient electronic music, specifically "Monday Paracetamol." But it ended up morphing into something different, which is OK since I don't want to be a copycat.

The track has three sections or "scenes," linked by overlapping synth pad chord patterns and variations on recurring riffs and rhythms. 

Harmonically, the piece is based mainly on shifting patterns of major and minor chords. The middle section is sort of a round based primarily on an evolving series of minor 7 and major 6 chords, never quite resolving to the tonic. The melodies were improvised (and edited) to be consonant with the underlying chords.

Notes were input with MIDI keyboards and, in some cases, the cursor in Piano Roll view or, for some of the drum beats, the Logic step sequencer. A couple of parts originated with Logic's arpeggiator or drum engines and were then transposed and heavily edited.

Tools used to create the piece include Logic Pro X + associated software instruments (Alchemy, Drum Machine Designer) and several Native Instruments plugins (Reaktor, Hybrid Keys, Session Guitarist, DrumLab, Massive, Prism, Ethereal Earth, TRK-01, and Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass, plus Raum reverb and other effects).

Lake of Clouds

I'm Tom Campbell, an amateur musician and audio enthusiast living in the Atlanta, GA area.

I'm interested in hearing new sounds, finding people who create and discover great sounds, and learning more about how sound works.

Please check out my blog at okrasonic.com

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