How I Did It
Melt Awayby Quarkstar
Uses samples from:
Tools I Used
Drums:
Kick: Synapse Dune CM, 808 RH
Snare: Snare sample, frequency shifter, G#major resonator, transient shaper, gate
Hihat: Cymbal sample, bit reduction, resonator, transient shaper
Ting: Shaker sample, frequency shaper (Beam instrument), frequency shifter (stereo effect), Two delays with different delay settings.
Reverse cymbal: Snare sample (from above) reversed
Instruments:
Bass: Ableton, Operator and Analog synths in parallel.
Bass2: NI, Vintage Organs, Spinning Wheel (first 8 bars)
Piano1: AAS, Lounge Lizard, Rhodes, Tine at 9
Piano2: NI, Scarbee Vintage Keys, Dinner 4-2
Wind: Xfer Records, Serum, BottleBlower
Effects:
Console emulation: Sonimius, Statson CM,
Console emulation: Airwindows, Console 4
Console emulation: Aiwindows, Console 2
Transient Shaper: NI, Transient Shaper
Chorus: Acon Digital, Multiply
Samples I Used
Snare: Samples From Mars, 808 From Mars, Snare Drum 80811
Cymbal: Samples from Mars, 808 From Mars, Cymbal 80811
Shaker: Essential House Drumworks, Shaker 007
Note: Samples are heavily processed
Process
I started with playing the bass on keyboard, then basic drum pattern and from those I wrote the piano part, which was then split across two electric pianos.
Placed the vocals then went back around adjusting the melody, chords and vocal positions so they complemented each other.
The secret of my clean sound and stereo spread is Airwindows Channel2. The creator of this incredible plugin does not sell it well. The effect it has on a mix is very noticeable but doesn't change the sound of the instrument, just gives separation between each channel.
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