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Go Figure 8 bars of Fortitude at The Universe

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Kiss Angry Rememberance

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Vittle Styx

"Without You Here", written by Jeffrey East and Robert K. Wolf, is a song inspired by Autumn and the loss it can sometimes represent.  Written in Nashville, TN.  (Publishers:  Maple Music, Inc., ASCAP, Tazmaraz Music, BMI)

Without You Here - Demo (vocalist Jeffrey East)

This track is an effort to put some tutorials into practice, as well as use some of Logic Studio 9's in the box features.

The track is three chords and the truth as I know it.  :-)

I used Ultrabeat to generate a drum sequence, copied the resulting pattern into the arrange window, and then chose a new stock drum kit.  I then threw some effects on it.  Many, many kits were auditioned.  This is the remix hip hop kit.

The arpeggiator ran with the three chords, using randomization to remove some of the monotony.  In addition, the Humanize function was used to vary the Ultrabeat track.

Also, I made a few edits to the bass sequences and the chords, pulled out a few instances of the sequences, etc. to shake things up a bit.

Employing sidechaining was a goal in the creation of this track.  The bass is altered by a compressor sidechained with the drum track.  The result is a warpy sound for the bass, a whooshing sound of sorts.

Hoping you enjoy it.  Comments welcome.

Arrr Peggy-0

Logic Studio Pro's UltraBeat virtual drum machine has been well worth exploring.  It contains 25 virtual tracks, each with its own synthesizer.

In this recording, there's a sequence built entirely within UltraBeat.  The tutorial kit was used as a base, and then a couple of the drums were imported from other kits (for the sake of creating a "Frankensteined" custom kit).  One of the voices was a handclap, and with this voice some of the parameters were changed, such as LFO triggers, Envelopes, Pitch, etc., with reversing of samples in a case or two.

For dessert I threw in a Side Chain on one of the voices, I think it was a mod of the Tutorial Kit's "Ring Bell" instrument.  I took an audio track, recorded something like "this is a side chaining experiment", and then I side chained it into the Ring Bell.  Then I modified it with the noise generator and the 2 oscillators within the instrument's sequencer.

I thought I'd try refraining from copying the UltraBeat pattern into the arrange window.  I kept the sequence from within the UltraBeat instance and drew some delay automation the track, as well as a straight reverb--Averb.

Hope you find it interesting.  : )


robert-k-wolf