Complications From A Fall/The New Number Two - 280514

Sponsored by "60s Music".

Mixed/mastered both tracks in CE5/AA3.

And who would've thought it would be so difficult to mix ambient tracks? Bass everywhere, lots of resonance(?), levels mis-matched between headphones and monitors. Bloody nightmare!

Had to do three mixes of COMPLICATION... and ten(!) mixes of ...NUMBER TWO before I was happy with them. That would have been a whole load of expensive analogue tape if I'd been working inna old-skool stylee.

I hope I won't be revisiting these mixes, but I suspect I might. Still, no worries - these mixes won't be seeing the late of day for a year yet, so plenty of time...;-).

Regards,


djp

Is Everybody Happy Yet? - 270514

Sponsored by "50s Music".

Quick session today. Tracked 9 Squier Strat parts in the Tascam 2488, using the Line 6 Pod 2.0. Audio cleanup in AA3 and inserted into the relevant project file in CE5.

The track is shaping up nicely.

Tomorrow, I hope to mix/master at least one of my synth-y tracks. Amongst other things. Unless real life intervenes...

Regards,


djp

I Am A Shadow Of Your Former Self/Iye - 260514

Sponsored by "40s Music".

I was going to do the devil and all today. But the real world intervened, so I had to make do with what I did, which is what I did...

...SHADOW...

Played the track for the first time in months - I'd forgotten what it sounded like, to be honest - and decided that it needed a stringsy synth part, so I programmed up a part in CE5, using the Yamaha DX100/Phonic Firefly/HALion One SynStrings. There was a lot of trial and error before I finally decided on the voice to use. I then decided to track it to audio using the Behringer Xenyx 1202. Audio cleanup in AA3 and inserted into the relevant project file in CE5.

I have an idea for an extra element to the track, but I won't share that with you for now. Enigmatic...

IYE

I decided to start a new track, but only got as far as programming up a rough beats track in CE5. Ran out of enthusiasm (for today), but I will come back to it. Pwomiss...

Regards,


djp

Is Everybody Happy Yet? - 230514

Sponsored by "10s Music".

So I completely messed with my head and tracked 10 Ric bass parts on the Tascam using the Line 6 Bass Pod XT. Edited in AA3 and inserted into the relevant project file in CE5.

All went rather swimmingly, and when you finally get to hear the track, you won't even notice that during the session, I had to dash over to the old gaff to sort out an alarm set off by the plumber, and Benjy, the studio cat, "fired one off"...

Such is life in the Gulag...

Regards,


djp

Complications From A Fall - 220514

Sponsored by "00s Music".

I was going to track bass/guitar parts today, but I didn't feel especially inspired. So I didn't. Welcome to my world...

...instead, I started a new track - COMPLICATIONS FROM A FALL. I took a piece of found audio, reversed and detuned it in AA3, inserted it into CE5, and messed around with it to the extent that it is (hopefully) unrecognisable.

I'd thought about programming MIDI drum parts or doing some Ebow parts, but I couldn't "see my way into" the rhythm (principally because it was so messed-about-with that it didn't have any particular rhythm to speak of), so instead I programmed a random part by ear in Prologue Forum Romanum, using the Yamaha DX100/Phonic Firefly. I didn't bother to edit/quantize it, but I might yet do that if anything sticks in my craw.

This track is pretty much ready to mix/master, but I'll leave it stew for a while, as is my occasional wont.

I'll definitely track bass/guitar next week. Solemn promise...

<...fingers crossed behind my back...>

Regards,


djp

The New Number Two - 140514

Sponsored by "Jason Mundok".

Quick session today, as the real world encroaches on the Gulag...

...programmed and edited a variety of MIDI parts in CE5 using the Roland Juno-D/Phonic Firefly/Minimogue VA sub bass/Reaktor 5 Mikro Prism Autobahn Pad/Majken's Chimera Static.

The track is ready to mix/master at some stage in the future. Time to move on.

Regards,


djp

You'll Never Miss Your Mother Till The Well Runs Dry - 130514

Sponsored by "January 2014".

Programmed a number of MIDI parts today in CE5 using the Roland Juno-D/Yamaha DX100/Phonic Firefly/Nanotron/4Front Rhode.

I was going to use a Wurlitzer soundfont to give the track a Grizzly Bear vibe, but it didn't quite work out for me, so I went back to the 4Front Rhode. Still vaguely Grizzly Bear-ish, though.

Edited the MIDI parts and did some tidying up on the audio.

The track is almost ready for the next stage. I'll be recording choral-type vocals. No lyrics. But not till next year.

Regards,


djp

You'll Never Miss Your Mother Till The Well Runs Dry - 110514

Sponsored by "Jah Wobble".

After my spell "out forrin" last week, I finally got a change to get back in the saddle today.

Programmed various MIDI drum parts in CE5, using the Roland Juno-D/Phonic Firefly/Kore Player Sky Kit/HALion One Jazzy Kit. All edited and everything.

More programming tomorrow.

Regards,


djp