Friday, April 30, 2010

Project 4




This project was overall controlled by the drums and bass. I transposed my boobass and FPC #2 to add depth and diversity to the middle of the piece, followed by the orginal pattern. I added an automation clip of the FPC #2 to add a range of changing volumes throughout the piece.

Project 3




For this project i used bright, echoing sounds throughout the entire piece.
I encorporated the X-Y controller to add a more "squishy" inconsistant sound to go along with a few trasposed sharp notes, which added contrast. I chose a synth bass to have make long, solid, drawn out beats to the middle of the song. Overall, this piece was inspired by the kind of music which might be played during a race or chase scene in a movie.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Project 2




With this project, i tried to start with a more simple beginning, and utilize deeper, more powerful sounds. I began with a very deep synth, and kinda built from there.This synth gave my loop a solid beat, which was evident for the entire thing. The idea developed into starting with somthing very plain and dark, and slowly addind little "spurts" of happier and brighter sounds.
The guitar i added, which had a "sunshine reggae" sound added kind of strange sound to my loop, but i felt that it was unexpected, and fit the song well.

I used the chop tool to add a more marchy drum sound to the end of the song. Overall, i found i was influenced just by listening to music that seems to be popular these days, and hearing all the unexpected sounds and beats that are in them.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Project 1






This loop came more as a last minute thing, rather than influenced by anything.
It was more of just experimenting with FL Studio. It will be easier to actually do what i want with the second project now that i kinda understand the entire program more.
i do want to experiment with different levels of bases, and ways to make it sound completely different than the typical sounds.