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I tried a new way of processing vocals this week. I used the Ableton "melody to MIDI" feature, then fed that into the Ableton auto-shift plugins. Easy enough to "snap to scale" at that point. I was going for more natural tuning at first, but then it got away from me, haha. I also need to make like a little box with some spare foam panels for my mic so it has a "standard setup" in a fixed spot. I end up recording different parts at different levels, and It's a pain to mix.

I think this is also the WB premier of my Nord Drum 3P. I really like this unit. I had a lot of fun building the drum track up on the hapax this week, and I think the drum track is my favorite part.

The bass synth is the Cascadia doing its bass synth thing, as is the Iridium Core.

I tried to give this one it a more polished mix overall - and also ran it through my new outboard gear. Learned a few cool tips about plugins that help visualizer the stereo field and doing a mono check at the end to make sure the mix hasn't gotten off the rails.

This song was inspired by the (rough) quote from the show Dexter: the truth speaks from a quiet place.

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the rooster crowed too early

even though I was awake

the night had barely started

before the shadows they did break

the sun shined on the mountain

of effort I had to overcome

to break free of these chains and see

all that is yet to come

I climbed into my closet

put on my nicest smile

worn and stained from yesterday

felt quite out of style

fell into the dull roar

of the dreary day to day

doldrums that I've seen before

filled with endless chores, sinking in their weight

I am looking for a quiet place

it's not far from here

though I won't arrive today

I am looking for a quiet place

I just know I'll arrive, you see

when the truth starts to speak to me

as I drifted downwards

from the rumble of my race

the moon began to whisper

of a very special place

truth can speak the loudest

when you're all alone

with an ear to ground, you can't feel a sound

and anything can be known

I am looking for a quiet place

it's not too far from here

though I won't arrive today

I am looking for a quiet place

I just know I'll arrive, you see

when the truth starts to speak to me

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Pulling overtime to get these TPS reports done.

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Bought an expensive fun new toy (Cascadia) and made one of those tracks where you make all the sounds with said toy. Put together on the M8. Nice to be back after a couple of weeks off.

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It's hard to find a leader who isn't in it for the money or the glory. Looking at the politicians of today makes me appreciate what a perfect King Jesus is. These lyrics draw from heavily on Philippians 2:5-11.

This is our King

He gave up his throne

Made himself nothing

The servant of all

This is our King

Perfect in all his ways

Wanting one thing

To honour his Father

God has exalted

Gave him name above all names

King of kings and Lord of lords

Every knee will bow

And every tongue confess

That Jesus Christ is Lord

Fill the heavens and the earth

With Jesus’ name

This is our King

They offered him fame

They offered him riches

And he turned them down

This is our King

He chose to die for us

He was humble

Dying to save us

God has exalted

Gave him name above all names

King of kings and Lord of lords

Every knee will bow

And every tongue confess

That Jesus Christ is Lord

Fill the heavens and the earth

With Jesus’ name

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Quick little sketch I cooked up on public transport on the way to see a movie today. Just trying to doodle around with the m8 a bunch to understand wtf im doing with one.

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Pulled out the keyboard and laid down some layers and tidied it up in post

I'll be honest been pretty hooked on Pragmata and having a good time, but need to find more time for music

but that period of the year where everything happens before people try to hibernate for the winter

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Another week another update.

I've got these stems from a really interesting Remix Competition from a composer I really admire called Tobi Weiss.

Check Out the competition here :

https://www.instagram.com/p/DW_SeG_DQda/

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Crawl out of your own mind once in a while. The colors are bright. The sun is shining. It's a nice life outside of the dark.

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It was originally titled My Empty Room, but it's too happy for that kind of emptiness. This one started out with the opening loop getting stuck in my head, and (finally) I managed to expand it out. I'm actually happy with how it ended up. It's all M8 and all original synth patches except for the snare and kick - both of those are in the Samples From Mars essentials pack if you need them.

This one was odd - I wanted to add a second lead, something I could use for a very obvious C part, but adding it messed up the momentum of the track. It felt like I was diverting all the energy into a black hole, and I wasn't able to land it. So I pulled all those parts except for the 8 bars I used for a bridge. The project is a mess, BUT I had an idea...

Since this is one of the weeks where I would normally submit the track both to WB and the M8 Community Jam (it's a thread in the M8 Discord), I duplicated this project and substituted all the parts featuring the first lead with the stuff I had written for the second lead. Since the theme for the jam is "Crunchy", I added some bit crushing and generally dirtied it up. Apart from the lead swap, some different synths, and a couple notes adjusted in the bass line, both tracks are the same. Unfortunately, as I was working on the Jam version, I realised the "second" lead is the stronger of the two.

Anyway. At the last minute, I added the little bass solo. This meant I needed to add one to the Jam track as well, but I had already duplicated the project and started messing with it, so I just did a different bass solo for that one. Hopefully even though they are basically the same track they sound different enough to be interesting.

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