I'M BACK!

This was the song I had planned for week 10, but didn't have time to set up/record. Everything recorded/mixed/mastered on the Tascam DP-24SD.

Vocals split out of my TA-1VP into my V22 Vocoder and parallel with the Eventide H90 (same "Modern Vox" preset with lowered formants as week 9/Hollow). Summit is playing the ambient background and I consolidated a bunch of gear into a new Iridium Core which is doing the other synth part (badgear was right - it is serum for old people). I feel like I'm really converging on a consistent hardware setup that I like.

The preset on my Summit had a running LFO that would play a cool sound without being keyed. I thought would make a cool fade in/out sound. It also wasn’t synced to the BPM of my track. That coupled with some different drum rhythms than I normally use, and I was completely unable to play/count along for a guitar track on top of it this week.

Mixing/mastering the track was a bit difficult - seems to be a lot of BASS in it I had to keep chopping so it didn't sound good on my headphones but horrible on my laptop. The compressor definitely brings the drums up a lot more than I had hoped too, but the limiter is doing work.

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wind me up

to look alive

just for a moment

remember to smile

standing by

biding my time

waiting my urn

through the unfairness

of my awareness

am I real

am I broken

what does it mean to feel

automaton

automaton

shutting down

powers gone

time to move on

I can finally see

me

am I real

am I broken

what does it mean to feel

automaton

automaton

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This is my favorite website on the internet now. I’m really enjoying all the fresh music every one is making.

The track was made on the M8. This was my first time rendering directly on the M8 and using the usb mode to upload onto the iPad, to here. Usually I record into Renoise and do a little mastering. This new process is so easy and smooth I’m probably going to stick to this method of uploading.

Kill the internet and go live in peace

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It's a swaying tree, not the tree you're thinking of. A different tree.

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this was supposed to go live LAST WEEK but then i realised a whole instrument was missing and it was too late to change it...ANYWAYS i really wanna do these more but unfortunately my mental health has really been getting in the way of things. yknow how it is! i don't really know what's going on with this song or why it's called Washing Machine but i guess the amen break sounds like it's in a washing machine. so sure.

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We are going to show you a New World. Those who are blind will soon see the light. A shining brave new world lies ahead. We take this journey together, one step at a time. Where we go one we go all.

"These are the sounds of the BNW, the Brave New World" is the spoken sample in this vibrantly thriving and steadily building soundscape, when the kick drum set in and morphs the beatless composition into a grooving track.

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Had this prepared for upload last week but the Interrupt/donix stuff took priority.

Anyway, here's some messing around with a pattern on the Neutral Labs Scrooge through some effects. Absolutely wild noisy beatbox kinda thing.

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a little track inspired by old nintendo menu muzak.

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A little instrumental thing I threw together with some "vocals" spoken through a toy megaphone.  The outro is a fun little preset on my pod pedal that reverses your guitar in real time as you play it.  I've used it in the past a little, but I kind of forgot about it. I stumbled on it again and it is really fun to play with.

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I was scrolling instagram and I saw an ad for a VST that filters sound through sound. He gave the scientific explanation of what was happening and I said "say less" and snatched that shit up for 60$.

It's called Color Play, and it makes some awesome sounds. Everything except the drums, brown noise, and piano, come from this plug in. I also had some fun with tremolo modulation as I'm sure you'll hear.

Thanks for listening. Every comment means a lot. I'm so grateful for this community both celebrating and pushing each other's musicianship.

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