How I Did It
by SackJo22
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Tools I Used
Magix Music Maker
Ibanez Acoustic Bass
MAudio interface
My bad mic (hoping to get a new one soon)
Samples I Used
Jaspertine -- Waiting to Come
Geert Veneklaas -- Violin & Flute from Blue Boy
Reverse Cymbal by Hallek at Freesound
Original Samples
Bass Parts
Vocals Parts
Kick
Process
It was my intention to just record the spoken word. I started looking for a backing track to record over so I would have a guideline for pacing, and a notable bpm. I searched dig.ccmixter.org for instrumental tracks and came upon the Jaspertine track. I loaded it in and then got inspired. I had the reverse cymbal sample on my system as part of my research for another project and found I liked the quasi-industrial edge it offered to Jaspertine's dreamy track. I programmed the kick and effected it -- I seem to favor that heavy, verby sound. I added the first bass part as I felt the track needed some movement, some bottom and another element. From there, I was inspired to add the second bass part -- again for more color. I did not intend to sing 5 or 6 harmony parts, but they kept building. After synching everything up, I still felt the track needed another element. Everything was a bit too pretty (to my ears) and I wanted to express a certain edge, the dissonance of that transition. I started combing for samples -- first I tried male chants (didn't work). I visited the industrial hits in the browser. I scoured the strings and found not only did the tempo of Geert's samples work, but they were sufficiently in tune with the track to be useful. I cut out blaringly dissonant parts, and left other questionable dissonant parts -- again wanting to achieve a certain effect, but of course, uncertain if it does indeed create that effect or just sounds lame. I asked Haskel to listen. He thought it was effective. (Although, he does play a lot of angular, improv jazz however and dissonance is music to his ears.) I struggled with the mix -- grappling with my technical limitations, as well as the limitations of my rig. One day, I'll graduate, but until then, I do things the easy way.
Other Notes
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