Today I'm posting my most recent track, Velvet Window.
This is a track that I'm particularly proud of as a whole. I think it really nails a lot of the sounds that I've been enjoying lately, but more importantly, I had a lot of fun lately and it was a pretty large departure in how I got about making music.
This song originally started as a remix of an ambient song that I'm very partial to, Color Loss by From the Mouth of The Sun. Dropping the original track into Max For Live's Granular, through a series of happy accidents I ended up with a bassline that seemed incredibly unique and textured. On a whim I decided to extract that audio to MIDI and before I knew it I had the main synth of the track.
From there this became an experiment with a Max For Live recreation of Audible Instruments' Clouds. This is easily one of the most inspirational devices I've ever used and allowed me to blur the edges of this song during the breakdown. I'd like to thing the middle is where things get special as the song falls apart.
I hope you enjoy what I've put together here. Let me know what you think.
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Really well done, love that modulated, ambient synth coming in and out - dope sound!
Thank you so much. I spent ages trying to make that sound work. Getting all the synth to mesh without clashing was really tough since it was such a dense sound. Funny thing is that there is no modulation in the synth, but me modulating the Max For Live device that is a recreation of Clouds. If you are using Ableton, I recommend giving it a try.
http://www.factmag.com/2017/10/04/mutable-instruments-max-for-live-devices/
Nice dude, that's awesome. I actually don't use Ableton, but I've kinda been interested the past couple years. I'm an FL Studio guy and I've never really run into limitations in it so I haven't experimented with much else. Definitely wouldn't hurt to broaden my horizons though!
Ableton has been my DAW of choice for a number of years. I had about 2 years with FL and know it well enough to get by, but I prefer the fleibility of Ableton. No hate for FL Studio though, I've got a friend who is a sucessful house producer who almost exclusively uses FL and has had a very sucessful musical life using it. In the end, it's about what DAW will get your ideas down the fastest.
Yep exactly. I hear great things about Ableton too. Essentially they all get the job done super well - it's all about the producer behind the DAW.
Nice. This is some deep techno
Thanks for listening. Put a lot of heart into this one. Glad people are enjoying it.
nice one! i like it, two thumbs up for you brother keep it up
Appreciate it. This is a track I'm pretty happy with overall so I'm glad you enjoyed it.