Branching Out Secret Mixter
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How I Did It

Silent Night (womens' choral)
by Admiral Bob
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Sat, Dec 14, 2019 @ 9:15 PM

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Tools I Used

Yamaha Piano, Fender mandolin, Fender p-bass, Akai LPD8 drum pad, Garageband

Samples I Used

Choir vocal flac

Original Samples

two mandolin parts, a piano part, a drum part, a bass part.

Process

I tap tempoed along to the singing, figured out it was about 84 bpm, and then put down a piano part. I put a loud conga part into the song (which is now gone) so I could get a solid rhythm on the piano, as the vocal has some stretchy stuff that led me off. I took out the congo and put on a real drum. Then I recorded the two mandolins, and lastly the bass.

Other Notes

I wanted to make this sound fairly organic and clean, and hope I did.