Demo track submission for Denver Electronic Music Producers Meetup.

I don't usually make DubStep, but when I do... I rewind it way back to Dub

1-MINUTE CHALLENGE

Our challenge is to make a 1-MINUTE song by using the following samples (thanks John!). You should make a song using the samples and tempo provided below. You'll then share this challenge sketch with the meetup and we'll give you feedback. Use this opportunity to experiment and learn from making a quick 1-minute track! More details: 

1. Samples are here:

https://clyp.it/qhwgzxxz 

https://clyp.it/e4kiz1g4   

https://clyp.it/wakuhf1k

2. Tempo is 70 bpm!

DEMP April Challenge - Fear Itself (SHORT)

This originally started as a 1min challenge track submission for Denver Electronic Music Producers Meetup. I decided to try and finish it into a full song.

I don't usually make DubStep, but when I do... I rewind it way back to Dub

1-MINUTE CHALLENGE

Our challenge is to make a 1-MINUTE song by using the following samples (thanks John!). You should make a song using the samples and tempo provided below. You'll then share this challenge sketch with the meetup and we'll give you feedback. Use this opportunity to experiment and learn from making a quick 1-minute track! More details:

1. Samples are here:

clyp.it/qhwgzxxz

clyp.it/e4kiz1g4

clyp.it/wakuhf1k

2. Tempo is 70 bpm!

Fear Itself-DRAFT2

Gravitas Create #12: Amon Tobin (Foley Sounds)

Every sound made using the Gravitas Create provided sample pack for challenge #12 here:

https://gravitascreate.com/production-challenge-12-amon-tobins-foley-room/

Most of them were made using Ableton Instrument Racks loaded with Sampler and routed through layering, filtering, transpose / detune, and Amplitude Modulation.  I also used Serum, Polyverse "Manipulator" VST, and Ableton Drum Racks.

I went deep into sound design territory with this one, and I used a bunch of the samples so there's a lot I could explain. Basically I started out by throwing all the samples into a couple drum racks to "audition" them and see what I could make. I started with a couple drum kit sounds: Using the "Wood Hitting Wood" and "Wood Stomp" samples I created a basic kick drum. I felt like it needed a bit more, so I tried to tune the drum kick sound to a note. I ended up coming up with a process for tuning these foley samples that I used throughout the rest of the Live Set. I used an EQ8 with very narrow bandpass tuned to a note in the key of E minor melodic to give a clean signal to the Tuner utility. I then used Sampler or Simpler's Transpose and Detune knobs to get the sample's fundamental frequency tuned to the right note. I then layered multiple Chains in an Instrument Rack with the Wood Kick and repeated for tuning to multiple octaves of the same note. This gave it a very satisfying kick + (almost?) Bass Guitar sound. I did this a couple times copying the entire rack and tuning to a couple other notes in E minor. I then started designing a Serum wavetable Bass Synth sound using the "Manhole Jumping On" samples. Grabbed an interesting bit of the sample and did some wavetable Morphing to get it sounding good. Finally, there were: Snare (Tabletop + Keys transposed, filtered & tuned + "Leaves Ruffle" again filtered & tuned + 2x Manhole filtered w/resonance & different filter frequencies glued together with a Compressor), HiHats (Keys+Bottle for Open HiHat & Keys+Bottle+ 2x PennyInGlass+Lightbulb again with different filtering tuning and a very short reverb to force the amplitude envelope to look like a Closed HiHat).

Then that's where things took a much different direction when I added the "Sizzle Water" sound to a Sampler piped into the "Manipulator" Polyverse VST sample-based synth. It ended up reminding me of a certain type of "Photonic-Sword-ish" sound... (maybe a bit "Saber-y"). I used that to go off in a new direction making other things that would fit the "scene": a Spaceship / Riser / Faller type sound using Sampler with a Hi-Q Bandpass Filter + Frequency Modulation, and I added the "Laser Rock" sample to another Drum Rack full of One-Shot type samples for extra rhythmic and environmental quality. A lot of the other samples I didn't touch much other than some basic Transpose/Detune & Filter work. Oh, can't forget: the Lead Guitar was made using Sampler with the "Guitar Twang" sample & Glide set to On. I think that's mostly it. Let me know if there's any other questions if you hear something else interesting in there.

GravitasCreate-Challenge12-DarkSide

Gravitas Create #12: Amon Tobin (Foley Sounds)

Every sound made using the Gravitas Create provided sample pack for challenge #12 here:

gravitascreate.com/production-chal…ins-foley-room/

Most of them were made using Ableton Instrument Racks loaded with Sampler and routed through layering, filtering, transpose / detune, and Amplitude Modulation. I also used Serum, Polyverse "Manipulator" VST, and Ableton Drum Racks.

I went deep into sound design territory with this one, and I used a bunch of the samples so there's a lot I could explain. Basically I started out by throwing all the samples into a couple drum racks to "audition" them and see what I could make. I started with a couple drum kit sounds: Using the "Wood Hitting Wood" and "Wood Stomp" samples I created a basic kick drum. I felt like it needed a bit more, so I tried to tune the drum kick sound to a note. I ended up coming up with a process for tuning these foley samples that I used throughout the rest of the Live Set. I used an EQ8 with very narrow bandpass tuned to a note in the key of E minor melodic to give a clean signal to the Tuner utility. I then used Sampler or Simpler's Transpose and Detune knobs to get the sample's fundamental frequency tuned to the right note. I then layered multiple Chains in an Instrument Rack with the Wood Kick and repeated for tuning to multiple octaves of the same note. This gave it a very satisfying kick + (almost?) Bass Guitar sound. I did this a couple times copying the entire rack and tuning to a couple other notes in E minor. I then started designing a Serum wavetable Bass Synth sound using the "Manhole Jumping On" samples. Grabbed an interesting bit of the sample and did some wavetable Morphing to get it sounding good. Finally, there were: Snare (Tabletop + Keys transposed, filtered & tuned + "Leaves Ruffle" again filtered & tuned + 2x Manhole filtered w/resonance & different filter frequencies glued together with a Compressor), HiHats (Keys+Bottle for Open HiHat & Keys+Bottle+ 2x PennyInGlass+Lightbulb again with different filtering tuning and a very short reverb to force the amplitude envelope to look like a Closed HiHat).

Then that's where things took a much different direction when I added the "Sizzle Water" sound to a Sampler piped into the "Manipulator" Polyverse VST sample-based synth. It ended up reminding me of a certain type of "Photonic-Sword-ish" sound... (maybe a bit "Saber-y"). I used that to go off in a new direction making other things that would fit the "scene": a Spaceship / Riser / Faller type sound using Sampler with a Hi-Q Bandpass Filter + Frequency Modulation, and I added the "Laser Rock" sample to another Drum Rack full of One-Shot type samples for extra rhythmic and environmental quality. A lot of the other samples I didn't touch much other than some basic Transpose/Detune & Filter work. Oh, can't forget: the Lead Guitar was made using Sampler with the "Guitar Twang" sample & Glide set to On. I think that's mostly it. Let me know if there's any other questions if you hear something else interesting in there.

GravitasCreate-Challenge12-DarkSide-SHORT

Preview of full track: Growloween

To be released soon ;-)

2018-10-24-Growloween-SHORT

Soulful Deep House track with warm and happy vibes

Some bass parts were originally generated by machine learning using Google Magenta.

I've re-scaled this track fully into C# Major and rewritten parts to fit.

Third draft pre-release - SHORT DJ mix!

The original track this was based on turned out pretty dark at parts and weird... For that one, I started with a MIDI idea a happier deep house track, sent them into Magenta's AI as a "call", then got a response MIDI out.

The idea was to use machine learning to come up with something along the lines of the original inspiration yet different and in another key.  The key choice I made was definitely a factor because it turned out way different but wasn't what I had in mind originally.  This track is the remix to go more in the direction I wanted.

Original track: https://soundcloud.com/phasik/lovlelibliss-deep-space-mind/s-jN9Wx

Lovelibliss - Double-star Magnitude Thermal Energy Mix - SHORT PREVIEW

An Electrical Engineer turned DJ, Producer, and Software developer from CO

He's got a passion for technology and electronic music.  When he’s not working on electronics or software projects, he’s constantly fueling his need for artistic expression through music.

Phasik

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