Sponsored by "Miles Davis".
UNWINNABLE...
Eleven months to the very day since I lasted worked on the track, I starting dubbing it up in CE5. I concentrated mostly on the Squier Strat parts, and experimented with clearing out some of the other material. Getting there, but quite a bit to go yet. I should have it sorted tomorrow, I reckon.
I also started playing around with the mix. It's going to be tricky, but the track is shaping up nicely, so all the effort will be worth it.
ACCENTS
Mixed/mastered in CE5 and AA3. Sounds huge. Another one in the can...
This is the fun bit!
Regards,
djp
Showing posts with label Accents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Accents. Show all posts
Monday, January 19, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Accents/Helicopter Shots Of The City - 040115
Sponsored by "Last Played 2015".
Well, that was enjoyable! My roadtrip was postponed until the afternoon, which gave me a few hours to play around with.
ACCENTS
Solved the problem with the trailing decay. It was caused by putting the HALion Synstrings part through a long pre-fader reverb. Tracking the part (and the reverb) to audio in CE5, using the Phonic Firefly/Behringer Xenyx 1202 solved that problem and I can edit the audio to end exactly where I want it.
The track is now ready to mix/master.
HELICOPTER...
Had great fun "dubbing-up" the MIDI drum parts. Much trial and error was required, but I got there in the end. I realised that I need to set up a separate set of FX for each drum part, as sharing FX between parts didn't work out for me. I wonder is there a limit to the number of FX channels I can have in CE5? Guess I'll find out tomorrow...;-)
Regards,
djp
Well, that was enjoyable! My roadtrip was postponed until the afternoon, which gave me a few hours to play around with.
ACCENTS
Solved the problem with the trailing decay. It was caused by putting the HALion Synstrings part through a long pre-fader reverb. Tracking the part (and the reverb) to audio in CE5, using the Phonic Firefly/Behringer Xenyx 1202 solved that problem and I can edit the audio to end exactly where I want it.
The track is now ready to mix/master.
HELICOPTER...
Had great fun "dubbing-up" the MIDI drum parts. Much trial and error was required, but I got there in the end. I realised that I need to set up a separate set of FX for each drum part, as sharing FX between parts didn't work out for me. I wonder is there a limit to the number of FX channels I can have in CE5? Guess I'll find out tomorrow...;-)
Regards,
djp
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Accents - 030115
Sponsored by "Last Played 2014".
Programmed dub delays on the vocal and percussion parts in CE5. Much trial and error and back and forth, but the track sounds in pretty good shape now.
I have an issue with trailing decays on some of the VST plugin synths, but I'll sort that by tracking them to audio and fading them out at the appropriate time. That'll be on Monday, as I have a mini roadtrip tomorrow.
Because of the source material for the vocal parts (sampled 78s), I reckon I'm going to put this as a hidden bonus track on the Bandcamp download, which means it won't be available on the CD Baby/iTunes/whatever version of the album. So you'll know where to go when you want to download the album, eh?
Regards,
djp
Programmed dub delays on the vocal and percussion parts in CE5. Much trial and error and back and forth, but the track sounds in pretty good shape now.
I have an issue with trailing decays on some of the VST plugin synths, but I'll sort that by tracking them to audio and fading them out at the appropriate time. That'll be on Monday, as I have a mini roadtrip tomorrow.
Because of the source material for the vocal parts (sampled 78s), I reckon I'm going to put this as a hidden bonus track on the Bandcamp download, which means it won't be available on the CD Baby/iTunes/whatever version of the album. So you'll know where to go when you want to download the album, eh?
Regards,
djp
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Accents - 251014
Sponsored by "Bob Dylan".
Busy day today. Programmed a variety of MIDI parts in CE5 using the Yamaha DX100/Phonic Firefly/HALion One Vintage Kit and SynStrings/Prologue Trill Pad. I also edited the various vocal parts in CE5, to fit in better with the MIDI parts I'd programmed.
The track sounds really good now. I'm at the point of either adding more elements to it or leaving it be. My preference is for the former, so that I can have scope for dubbing things up. I'll have a go at this next week.
Another one nearly done...
Regards,
djp
Busy day today. Programmed a variety of MIDI parts in CE5 using the Yamaha DX100/Phonic Firefly/HALion One Vintage Kit and SynStrings/Prologue Trill Pad. I also edited the various vocal parts in CE5, to fit in better with the MIDI parts I'd programmed.
The track sounds really good now. I'm at the point of either adding more elements to it or leaving it be. My preference is for the former, so that I can have scope for dubbing things up. I'll have a go at this next week.
Another one nearly done...
Regards,
djp
Friday, August 1, 2014
Accents - 010814
Sponsored by "Ella Fitzgerald etc."
Based on my infamous spreadsheet, as referred to yesterday, I inserted 49 clips from the 78s into the relevant CE5 project file. I might have to re-do some of the clips, in that I may have edited them a little too tightly, but it's not a huge problem.
Beyond that, there isn't much more I can do with the track until I actually start, y'know, writing music and stuff.
Catch you on the flip side.
Regards,
djp
Based on my infamous spreadsheet, as referred to yesterday, I inserted 49 clips from the 78s into the relevant CE5 project file. I might have to re-do some of the clips, in that I may have edited them a little too tightly, but it's not a huge problem.
Beyond that, there isn't much more I can do with the track until I actually start, y'know, writing music and stuff.
Catch you on the flip side.
Regards,
djp
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Accents - 310714
Sponsored by "Electronic etc."
Completed editing the various 78 clips in AA3. Because I want to do a mash-up between two different tracks, and yet have a semi-coherent "storyline", I ran up a quick spreadsheet in OpenOffice Calc with the file names and a textual transcript of the files. I used the spreadsheet to determine the order of the files in the final mix. I know, a spreadsheet. It's just my way of doing the William S. Burroughs cut-up method...;-)
The order seems to be pretty OK, so tomorrow I will create a CE5 project file for the track and insert the various files in order. After that, I'll just have to compose a musical "bed" for the track. Seeemples.
More work tomorrow.
Regards,
djp
Completed editing the various 78 clips in AA3. Because I want to do a mash-up between two different tracks, and yet have a semi-coherent "storyline", I ran up a quick spreadsheet in OpenOffice Calc with the file names and a textual transcript of the files. I used the spreadsheet to determine the order of the files in the final mix. I know, a spreadsheet. It's just my way of doing the William S. Burroughs cut-up method...;-)
The order seems to be pretty OK, so tomorrow I will create a CE5 project file for the track and insert the various files in order. After that, I'll just have to compose a musical "bed" for the track. Seeemples.
More work tomorrow.
Regards,
djp
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Accents - 300714
Sponsored by "Elbow".
You may be aware that part of my creative process when working on an album is to stockpile a load of working titles for potential tracks. I have no idea what was going through my head a while back when I proposed to call a track for this album ACCENTS, but that's not a bad thing, because it now means I can do what I like with the title, without being tied to any legacy preconceptions.
As part of my project working on the 78s, I came across a number of "novelty" records. A number of these were "comedic" spoken-word monologues delivered in thick Irish brogues (is there any other kind?). So I decided to take two of these tracks, cut-up the monologues in AA3 and mash them together to see what I come up with. Hopefully I can find a lyrical point to this, otherwise it's just me feck-acting about...;-).
I have one track done so far, and I plan to do another one tomorrow.
I may do a simple drum and bass backing for the track, but that's for the future.
More work tomorrow.
Regards,
djp
You may be aware that part of my creative process when working on an album is to stockpile a load of working titles for potential tracks. I have no idea what was going through my head a while back when I proposed to call a track for this album ACCENTS, but that's not a bad thing, because it now means I can do what I like with the title, without being tied to any legacy preconceptions.
As part of my project working on the 78s, I came across a number of "novelty" records. A number of these were "comedic" spoken-word monologues delivered in thick Irish brogues (is there any other kind?). So I decided to take two of these tracks, cut-up the monologues in AA3 and mash them together to see what I come up with. Hopefully I can find a lyrical point to this, otherwise it's just me feck-acting about...;-).
I have one track done so far, and I plan to do another one tomorrow.
I may do a simple drum and bass backing for the track, but that's for the future.
More work tomorrow.
Regards,
djp
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