Experimenting in REAPER

Mix of samples and playing along with synths and drums

Samples:
  Native Instruments
    Community Drive 2021
      Samples
        Illmind
          Synths[130] Illmind LearnToLive 1
          Synths[130] Illmind LearnToLive 2
          Keys[130] Illmind LearnToLive
          Flute[130] Illmind LearnToLive 1
          Flute[130] Illmind LearnToLive 2
  Looperman
    looperman-l-0323087-0042033-kta-lo-cut-trance-bass-sq-5th.wav
    looperman-l-0323087-0042034-kta-trance-sq-5th-bline-cutoff-up-and-down.wav
    looperman-l-0323087-0042036-kta-lo-cut-trance-bass-sq-5th-clip-distortion.wav
    looperman-l-1456714-0087361-poppe-build-vox.wav
  Freesound
    718082__timbre__stargazing-remix-of-tim-kahns-freesound-717831.flac [CC BY-NC]

Instruments used:
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt7 (Free)
      Glaze
        A Lil Stuck
        Froggish
        Wide Body
  Vital (Free)
    Analog Pad
  Numa Player (Free)
    Acoustic Pianos
      Model D 1983
    Strings & Pads
      StringEnsemble

Filters:
  Cockos
    ReaLimit

Licence:
  CC BY-NC due to freesound sample

FV202403

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A MIDI song including 2 little samples

FX Instruments used
  Ample Sound
    Ample Bass P Lite
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments
    Ethereal Earth
      Cyclic Behaviour
    Ethereal Earth 2.0
      Feel it Deeply
      Flutey Stab
      The Sixt Extinction
  TAL
    NoiseMaker
      BS Knarzoger FN (Bass)
  Vital Audio
    Vital
      Ah Eh Ee Oh

FX Effects used
  Cokos
    ReaLimit
  Native Instruments
    Raum

Samples:
- looperman-l-3551711-0316043-little-tristu-shaker-loop.wav
- looperman-l-0344440-0032803-droppa-yawn-boom.wav

FV202405

Experimenting in REAPER

A danceable and uplifting song

MIDI & samples

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt Player 7
      Seq - FM Melodies
      Analog Dreams
        Cruise Control
        Be Square
        Caverna Magica

Samples:
  Looperman
    looperman-l-0116269-0014902-dextdee-laughter.wav
    looperman-l-0116269-0036671-dextdee-girls-cute-laugh.wav
    looperman-l-0428102-0054152-adamms-no-body-is-perfect.wav
    looperman-l-0583767-0047332-eshar-laughter.wav
    looperman-l-0583767-0047394-eshar-fasten-seatbelts.wav
    looperman-l-0583767-0047524-eshar-normal-service-resumed-t2s.wav
    looperman-l-0583767-0049594-eshar-onetwothree.wav
    looperman-l-0672759-0182406-female-keys-156.wav
    looperman-l-1257569-0223651-tyga-type-loop-uhh-by-101k.wav
  Native Intruments
    Community Drive
      Vocal Miquela 2.wav
      Vocal Miquela 5.wav
      Vocal Miquela 7.wav
    Community Drive 2021
      Voc C Bleu ComeWitDaBeat.wav
      Voc KNyasha Harm 1 Short.wav
      Voc KNyasha HeyYea.wav

FV202407_4

Experimenting in REAPER

First Trance attempt

MIDI only

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Air Music Technology
    Hybrid
      Trance Chords
        Endless 2
        Trance-ition Pad
      Moving Pads
        Chug Pad
      Sequenced
        The Driver
      Hard Basses
        Woodpecker Bass
        Monster Town Bass
        Frying Bacon Bass
      Bells
        Bright Chimes
      FX
        Reso Bird 2

FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaLimit

FV202408_3

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MIDI played & composed by TheFrenZ
Voice samples sang and recorded by TheFrenZ (Audacity)
Royalty free voice & FX samples gathered from:
https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/free-music-samples-royalty-free-loops-hits-and-multis-to-download

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Air Music Technology
    Hybrid
      Trance Chords
        Pulsing Popcorn
      Arpeggios
        Acid Arpeggio
        Thin To Thick Modwheel
      Soft Basses
        Talking Bass
      Soft Leads
        Vintage Saw Lead
  u-he
    TrippleCheese
      Smooth & Low
  Numa Player (Free)
    Strings & Pads
      StringSection
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt Player 7
      Analog Dreams 2.0
        Alert Riser

FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaLimit

Samples:
  TheFrenZ
    Several voice samples
  Musicrader
    Musicradar-female-vocal-samples
      get up on your feet soft h2.wav
      and boogy soft h2.wav
    Musicradar-techno-atmos-samples
      loop049.wav
      loop095.wav
      loop109.wav
      loop137.wav
    Musicradar-trance-essentials-samples
      TFX_51.WAV
    Glitch Vocals
      GV_VocMashB_120-07.wav

FV202410_4

Experimenting in REAPER

Playing with Synth oddities

MIDI only

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  u-he
    TrippleCheese
      Smooth & Low
  Vital Audio
    Vital
      Manual Arp conf
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt Player 7
      Analog Dreams 2.0
        Alert Riser
        Code Error (the critter sounds)
        Mech (the frog sounds) 
      Glaze
        Ahh Riser

FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaLimit

FV202413_1

Experimenting in REAPER

Creating an oddball

MIDI, my own vocals (tweaked) and some supporting samples

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt Player 7
      Analog Dreams 2.0
        Bandpass Attack
      Analog Dreams 2.0
        Alert Riser
        Souf Souf
      Glaze
        Bounce Skate
      Ethereal Earth
        Breathe Ping
        Air Vibratios
      Ethereal Earth 2.0
        Summer 94
        Shimmer Brass
  Numa Player (Free)
    Keys
      Marimba

FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaLimit
  Native Instruments
    Raum

Samples:
- looperman-l-0116269-0036671-dextdee-girls-cute-laugh.wav
- looperman-l-0428102-0054152-adamms-no-body-is-perfect.wav

FV202414_3

Experimenting in REAPER

Creating an Ambient???

MIDI only

FX instruments:
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt Player 7
      Hypho
        Dune
      Yangqin
        Default
      Jacob Collier Audience Choir
  Ample Sound
    Clouddrum
      Default
  Air Music Technology
    Mini Grand
      Ballad in A Hall

FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaLimit

FV202415_4

Experimenting in REAPER

One melody, several variations (again? haha) :-)

MIDI only

FX instruments:
  Air Music Technology
    Hybrid
      Bass To Dub Seq Modwheel
      Bombastic Wave Theme
      Metalic Drops
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt Player 7
      Glaze
        AhhMazing
        AirMinor (Amin-Cmaj)
        Bouncing Ball
        Call Ur Name
        Froggish
        Ghost In The Machine
        Shuttering Ghost
        Sugar n Spice
        Sunny Run (Cmin)
  Vital Audio
    Vital
      A happy ending of the world

FX filters:
  Cokos
    MIDI Chord In Key
    ReaLimit

FV202418_2

Experimenting in REAPER

Something fast, but Techno???

MIDI only

FX instruments:
  Air Music Technology
    Hybrid
      01 Trance Chords
        06 Busy Chords 2
        33 Gater Split
        36 Trance Master
        45 Pulsing Popcorn (tweaked)
      02 Action Pads
        14 Bubbler
      04 Dance Pads
        27 Phaserwaves
      10 uenced Bass
        02 Pokey Metal (filtered)
      16 Percussive
        13 FM Percussion
      17 Bells
        20 So Damn Clean
      23 FX
        04 Styrofoam Staccato
        22 Hells Mermaid
  Decomposer
    Sitala

Samples:
  Reversed stem of: Air Music Technology - Hybrid - 23 FX - 22 Hells Mermaid

FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaEQ

FV202419_1

Experimenting in REAPER

Again, a melody revamped

MIDI only

FX instruments:
  Air Music Technology
    Hybrid
      11 Hard Basses
        74 Big Pulse Bass
      16 Percussive
        01 Sonar
        07 Mallet Maker
      User
        Mix1 (a composition of multiple synths)
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments Kontakt 7
    Ethereal Earth
      Ceremony
    Jacob Collier Audience Choir
    Irish Harp
      Thirty Birds
    The Free Orchestra
      Short Strings
      Sordino Violins
  Studio Logic 
   Numa Player
    Acoustic Pianos - Model D 1983
    Keys - Musette
    Strings & Pads - StringEnsemble
  U-he
    Podolski
      TUC Pluck Rhythm ARP
      UH Warm Pluck
      UH Rave Pad
      HS Plectronics
  Vital Audio
    Vital
      Distant Majectic Lead (modified)

FV202420_2

Experimenting in REAPER

Another melody. The process starts with a base kick drum then fiddling on the keyboard resulting in a melody, from there searching for instruments, playing with the melody, supplementing it with drums and effects, finaly tweaking and rearranging.

MIDI only

FX instruments:
  Air Music Technology
    Hybrid
      01 Trance Chords
        06 Busy Chords 2 (tweaked)
      16 Percussive
        15 Harmonyx
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt 7
      Kontakt
        Classic Bass
        Rock Guitar
  Vital Audio
    Vital
      Sqeak1 (Own configuration)
FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaLimit
  Native Instruments
    Raum

FV202421_4

Experimenting in REAPER

Trying to avoid a melody: Failed but still fun :-)

MIDI & parts of a sample

FX instruments:
  Air Music Technology
    Hybrid
      01 Trance Chords
        06 Busy Chords 2 (tweaked)
      02 Action Pads
        13 Access Pad
      10 Sequenced Bass
        02 Poley Metal
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  u-he
    Podolski
      UH Hard Rez Rave
    Zebralette
      Bio Oscillations
      UH Bad Vocal Sample 03 (tweaked)
  Native Instruments
    Analog Dreams 2.0
      Code Error
      The Free Orchestra 1
        Basses
        Bursts
        Horns
        Short Strings
        Sordino
  Vital Audio
    Vital
      Arp (Own config)
      Lead (Own config)
FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaLimit
  Native Instruments
    Raum

Samples:
  Music Radar
    Glitch Vocals
      GV_VocMashA_120-07.wav (parts of it)

FV202422_5

Experimenting in REAPER

A fast dance song using MIDI & my own voice

MIDI & vocals

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt
      Rock Guitar
  Surge Synth Team
    Freedom Fries
    Mellow
    Probability (tweaked)
  Vital Audio
    Vital
      Arp (Own config)
      Lead (Own config)

FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaLimit
    ReaPitch
  Native Instruments
    Raum
  TAL-Togu Audion Line
    TAL-Vocoder-2

Vocals:
  TheFrenZ (me)

FV202423_6

Experimenting in REAPER

A fast instrumental song using MIDI

MIDI only

BPM: 140

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt 7 Player
      Jacob Collier AUDIENCE CHOIR
      The Free Orchestra
        Sardino Violins
        Short Strings
  Surge Synth Team
    Surge XT
      Die-ie-ie
      Etwas* (tweaked)
      FM Bass 1
      FM Seq FV (tweaked FM Seq)
      Harmonics 2
      Moving Day In The Caves
      Sticky* (tweaked)

FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaLimit

FV202424_2

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Rock or Dance ???

MIDI only

BPM: 120

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt 7 Player
      Kontakt
        Acousting Fingered 12 Strings
        Funk Bass
        Funk Kit
        Jazz Organ
        Rock Guitar
        Trumpet Mute
      Ethereal Earth
        Angelic Whispers
  Surge Synth Team
    Surge XT
      Classic Lead 1
      Etwas
  Vital Audio
    Vital
      Jupiter Bass

FV202425_3

Experimenting in REAPER

Intentional instrumental ???

MIDI only

BPM: 120

FX instruments:
  Air Music Technology
    Hybrid
      FX
        Metallic Drops
      Drones
        Pumping Drone
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt 7 Player
      Glide
        Ah Oh
        Deep Space
      Analog Dreams 2.0
        Fluteley Stab
        Harpsy & Sub
      Jacob Collier Audience Choir
      ProjectSAM The Free Orchestra 1

FX filters:
  Cokos
    ReaEQ
    ReaLimit
  Native Instruments
    Raum

FV202428_4

Experimenting in REAPER

Just fiddling around... >> EDM

MIDI only

BPM: 120

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instruments
    Kontakt 7 Player
      Glaze
        Run With Me (Cmin)* voice only
        Sonshine (Cmin)* voice only
        Keeper (Amin)* voice only
        What's My Name
  Surge Synth Team
    Surge XT
      Bass 5
      Classic Lead 1
      Coteaux du Giennois
      Moving Day In The Caves
      Assymetry
      Bit Seq
      Synth Arp

FX filters:
  Native Instruments
    Raum

FV202429_1

Just Music

MIDI & Voice

BPM: 170

FX instruments:
  Air Music Technology
    Hybrid
      FX
        Mars Lander
        We scare 4U
      Hard Leads
        Accelerator
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Native Instrumets
    Kontakt 7 player
      Glaze
        Stuttering Ghost
      Hypha
        Crackling Pas
  Surge Synth Team
    Surge XT
      Sequences
        Dissorted Glassy Seq

FX filters:
  Cocos
    RealLimit
    RealPitch
  Melda Productions
    MAutoPitch
  Native Instruments
    Raum

Voice:
  Google translate
  TheFrenZ

Just Music

`Experimenting in REAPER

Just fiddling around... >> Chopsticks

MIDI & Audio

BPM: 120

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Air Music Technology
    Hybrid
      Poly Synths
        70's Smack
  u-he
    Tripple Cheese
      Glaze
        Smooth & Low
  Vital Audio
    Vital
      Arp (Own setup)
      Distant Majestic Lead (tweaked)

FX filters:
  Cocos
    Ping Pong Pan
    Pitch and Octave Down
    RealPitch
  Melda Productions
    MAutoPitch
  Native Instruments
    Raum

Voice:
  TheFrenZ

Instruments:
  Akai professional
    MPK Mini Plus
  From household
    Tabletop
    Cardboard box
    Chopsticks
    Brass bell (7cm diam.)

Chopsticks

The retirement song

MIDI & vocal

BPM: 170

FX instruments:
  Decomposer
    Sitala
  Surge Synth Team
    Surge XT
      Sticky

FX filters:
  Cocos
    ReaDelay
    ReaLimit
    RealPitch
  Melda Productions
    MAutoPitch
  Native Instruments
    Raum

Vocals:
  TheFrenZ

The Retirement Song

Started making music, just for fun, no musical training whatsoever.
New hobby for retirement :-)

TheFrenZ

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