12/16/17

152 bpm
Track 1: Electribe beat through Digiverb gated reverb
Track 2: Electribe samples in 4/4 into Mel9. Constant.
Track 3: Electribe samples with delay mangled on Mel9. Bombastic
Track 4: Electribe samples of my guitar (2x at diff speeds) through Mel 9
Track 5: Monologue with fx from Tascam
Track 6: Monologue through 30ms
Track 7: Monologue through 30ms


mixed 12/16/17

Lamento haberme perdido en vos

12/19/17

109 bpm
Track 2: Monologue cumbia basslines sampled into Electribe. Looped for 4 mins. Compression from Tascam.
Track 3: Electribe merengue pattern. Panned L with deep tom. Into HoF2 on room setting.
Track 4: Electribe merengue pattern. Panned R with tight snare and clave. Into HoF2 on room setting.
Track 5: Arturia parts sampled into Electribe. Played at max speed. Decimator + Delay. Into Hof2 (Shimmer from Toneprint 3)
Tracks 13/14: Electribe sample pitched. Wah effect and delay. Stereo. One signal processed in the Minibrute. Live tweaks.

Mixed on 12-23-17

Rhythm inspired from merengue pattern here:
http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/latin-lessons/2969

Desligué la cordillera con mis dos o tres güeras

12/16/17

108 bpm
Track 1: Volca Bass sequence through Hof2 shimmer
Track 2: Volca Bass into Mel9 (vox) and EchoBrain (starts around 40 second mark)
Track 4: Monologue + Minibrute 54 bpm bass sequence into Echo Park.
Track 5: Volca Bass through Mel9 (high vox)
Track 6: Electribe at 54 bpm through Mel9
Track 13/14: Three marimbas, bounced and paned in stereo
*Electribe marimba fast (from cell phone sample) with delay at 108 bpm
*Electribe marimba slow (from cell phone sample) with delay at 108 bpm
*Electribe marimba super fast (from cell phone sample) with delay plus 30ms at 216 bpm

Mixed on 12-29-17 after midnight

Inspired by Aztecs, Spaniards, King Crimson, and percussive traditions of the tropical world.

Nuevas Españas hay que eregir

3-11-18

118 bpm

1 Electribe ES-1 sequence with live manipulation at 118
2 Schecter Omen 6 through Tesla Wolf Overdrive into TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 (at the end of the song)
3 Schecter Omen 6 through Little Big Muff into RE-20 Space Echo with NR/Comp from Tascam (comped take, minor Goldwave edits)
4 Schecter Omen 6 through Little Big Muff into RE-20 Space Echo with NR/Comp from Tascam (consistent take with a few edits on Tascam)
5 Volca FM sequence with motion sequencing, arpeggio, and speed changes + RE-20 Space Echo
6 Schecter Omen 6 through EHX Mel 9 clarinet
7 Schecter Omen 6 through EHX Mel 9 flute for ending solo
13/14 two different Volca FM parts through RE-20 Space Echo

I was lent an RE-20 in exchange for my Boss SP-505 sampler, so I began this the next day.
Guitar tuned using 444HZ. First time trying that tuning. First time using guitar in months. First time using the Little Big Muff
A lot of EQ work on final take (mostly killing the high end)

Final mix 3-12-2018 around 1 am

Aquí hubo esperanza

6-6-18

1 Volca FM low notes arp sequence
2 Volca FM percussive
3 Volca FM high pitched arp
4 Reface CS supersaw, two parts.
5 Monologue faux violin patch I made, single take.

First time recording the Reface CS onto a piece. First solo jam in ages.
Final take made on the morning of 6-7-18
Mixed on Tascam
Goldwave edits: cut out first 30 seconds, overdubed Monologue portion close to the start, slowed track to 90%, reversed, minor delays, overdubbed a lowpassed version of the full take, then reversed again.

Perfeccionando fábricas

6-8-2018

1. Electribe main beat, minor live tweaks, compressed via Tascam
2. Electribe hi-hat beat, a few live tweaks
3. Volca Beats: Speed manipulation of PCM samples plus stutter. 4/4 pattern at the end. Compressed via Tascam
4. Reface CS frequency modulation loop with minor live tweaks. Original 1 min loop repeated 3x and treated with comp/faux amp/delay via Tascam
5. Reface CS oscillator synch live playing into Keeley 30 ms pedal. Kinda high pitched.
6. Reface CS frequency modulation live playing into Keeley 30 ms pedal. Gnarly.
7. Old random noise made on TAL Sampler from laptop played into RE-20 Space Echo
8. Reface CS frequency modulation live playing into Keeley 30 ms pedal, then cloned through a Digiverb. Vocalesque sound.
10/11. Tracks 13/14 processed via effects out of Tascam into Hall of Fame 2 shimmer.
13/14. Track 4 panned slightly, new EQ

First time using Reface CS and a pedal.
First time using laptop into Tascam
One of the rare times I use the Effect Send loop

Mixed on 6-9-18 at 1 am

En ese sueño, tu también bailaste

6-9-2018

2. Digitakt: 2 sine wave pattern. Compression and phaser from Tascam.
3. Digitakt: Snare, manually triggered. One of the stock sounds.
4. Digitakt: Took a preset pattern, replaced everything with my samples, and played it back. Lots of filter sweeping on one instrument.
5. Digitakt: Chromatic sample, played live.
13/14. Reface CS MultiSaw loop. Played 3x with different parameter twiddles, comped into stereo, then cloned several times over.
15/16. Electribe, Resampled a beat, more percussion, decimator. Comp/amp via Tascam, panned. "Dry" ES-1 at center, Tascam stuff panned.

All the Digitakt overdubs done on 6-15
Ended up editing a lot of material out.
Final mix 6-16-2018

Himno desalentado

6-21-2018

1/2: Digitakt loop. One main resampled loop plus additional stuff. Conditional triggers plus just turning stuff on/off.
3/4: Digitakt synth improv with stereo delay from the unit itself.
5/6: Reface CS Oscillator Sync, live playing
7/8: Reface CS Multi Saw, live playing

Mixed on 6-21-2018

Slowed down to 80%
Faded in and out in order to condense the final stereo master.

Por ti esclarecería cualquier abstracción

3-14-18

128 bpm

1 ES-1 Sequence live sequence, main
2 ES-1 Sequence live sequence, rev snare and hi hats
6 Reface CS FM live playing L
7 Reface CS FM live playing R
8 Reface CS FM live playing (with Tascam fx)
9 Reface CS multi saw plus Tascam tremelo, same chord progression played live, stacked.
10 Digitakt snare/granular sample played live
12 Korg Monologue sequence filtered throgh ES-1 (gate/dist/delay) with Tascam compression
13/14: 4 Korg Monologues live playing through Echo Brain (reversed on Goldwave)

mixed march 16 2018
totally redone on 6-21-2018
Tracks 1, 2, 12, and 13/14 are from the original March sessions
Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 from 6-21
mixed on 6-21-2018

Cabalgando sobre el sendero de la lluvia

6-16-2018


1: Digitakt controlling Moog Sub Phatty via MIDI with a lot of parameter locks. Normal bpm.
2: Digitakt controlling Moog Sub Phatty via MIDI with a lot of parameter locks. Half time bpm.
3: Digitakt controlling Reface CS with MIDI with some parameter locks. Tascam FX.
4: Digitakt, live playing of upright bass sample from the original Electribe ES-1 sample kit
6. Digitakt melodic line from #2, but with live step length fluctuations and delay
13/14 Three Digitakt rhythms bounced to stereo then compressed via Tascam. Later mixed in with other tracks and slowed down several times on laptop.

Tracks 1, 2, 3, and 4 recorded on 7-3-18
Computer edits for 13/14 on 7-3-18
Mixed on 7-4-18, with a minor portion edited out in the middle.

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Cautelosamente áspero y soñando.
Siempre soñando.

Azurduy

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