FCA Boots/Tropes and Memes - 200515

Sponsored by "Music (random)".

FCA BOOTS

Did 4 different mixes in CE5 and mastered in AA3. I think I'll go with the fourth mix, but I have an idea for an edit which might be interesting - we'll see. It'll be based on the fourth mix anyway, so it'll only take a few minutes to try it out.

Had to do an emergency edit of the Ric bass parts and programme a new synth part - the latter may not be necessary.

TROPES AND MEMES

Did one mix in CE5 and mastered in AA3. A simpler task, even though that track is more complex than FCA. Such is life.

I'm starting to run out of time here, so I'm going to do a blitz of mixing/mastering over the next few weeks. Some distractions along the way of course - a.k.a. shtuff.

More tomorrow.

Regards,


djp

FCA Boots - 020115

Sponsored by "Last Played 2012" and "Last Played 2013".

Programmed/edited a number of MIDI VST plugin parts in CE5 using the Roland Juno-D/Phonic Firefly/HALion One/ JP Analogue Stringpad. Not sure if I'm going to use all the parts, but I'll certainly use most of them.

I also took the opportunity to tweak some of the Ric bass parts and the MIDI drum parts. All is well now.

The track is bloody awesome as it is, but there's more to do on it at a later stage.

Check in later on when I will give an overview of the project status. Could be mildly interesting...;-).

Regards,


djp

You Have My Heart Scalded - 050314

Sponsored by "Bob Mould".

This session started out badly, as my ancient old PC started acting up for a while. But after several reboots and a few tactical decisions on my part, it finally started to behave itself and earn its corn. As it were...

Programmed and edited number of VST plugin parts in CE5, using the Roland Juno-D/Phonic Firefly/HALion One JP Analogue Stringpad and Brite Clav. I now have a pretty firm idea of where the track is going, so I shall leave it for a while and move on to something else next week.

Regards,


djp

Stiltwalker In The Wind - 040114

Sponsored by "X-Ray Spex".

Edited the MIDI drum parts in CE5. Because the parts are sourced from two different VST plugins (HALion One and Kore Player), I had to make sure that the preset reverb settings in both plugins were turned off so that the parts matched. I routed the various parts through a dedicated group channel and applied a reverb setting across all the parts.

I also had a look at the JP Analogue Stringpad parts and decided that the problem lay with the tone itself, so after much trial and error, I settled on HALion One StringsSt2 as an alternative. Works much better now.

I also added a wind tone (Reaktor 5 Gischt) which works very well, but required me to automate a fade in/out. Again much trial and error, but working fine now.

The track is ready for tracking bass and guitar parts next week. That's when the wheels fall off the wagon, I guess...;-).

Regards,

djp

Stiltwalker In The Wind - 020114

Sponsored by "Wire".

Oh, now that was very satisfactory!

Spent the morning programming various VST plugins in CE5, using my Roland Juno-D and my Phonic Firefly interface

What we essentially have is a slow-ish groove (95 bpm) using the HALion One Hip Hop Drums to program rough beats with electric piano (FM8 Rhode_) and synth strings (HALion One JP Analogue Stringpad), plus a voice from the Arpy plugin (Mystery Pad) which has a nice combination of feedback and delay. Very interesting, but you have to power it off/on after every take, as the tone "holds" indefinitely. I may well use that property in time.

Tomorrow, I hope to spend a bit of time programming proper drum parts and maybe a few other bits of melodic trickery.

I can hear the bass parts that I plan to use in due course (might even record them next week if I'm feeling especially inspired).

There isn't a huge amount more to do with the track beyond that. Very pleased with the progress so far. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come, but somehow I doubt it...;-).

More tomorrow.

Regards,

djp