Thursday, March 26, 2009

Assignment 3 - 1-minute Reason song



I started out by creating an 8th-note line at 200BPM using a Minimoog sound (I added a flanger effect to the first four bars of this - effect 1). This loop plays while a distorted (effect 2) hardcore-type drumset comes in shortly afterward with a few beats along with a 4-bar slightly higher melody line. Next, a bass pad (with reverb - effect 3) comes in, along with a full-fledged drum beat. There is a short 2-measure drop phase where the melody line plays alone, a few octaves lower with a unison effect added to thicken the sound there (effect 4). Afterward is a stretch where the drums do not play. The melody line becomes the bass line, while the bass pad is now raised some octaves. Next, another melody line, much faster and higher, layers over the pad and now-bassline. The drums come in again with a different pattern, and several pads play in unison at different octaves to give more background. In the ending section, the two Minimoog synthesizers play in unision, one at a melody octave and one at a bass octave. The bass pads and drums change again. Finally, at the end, there is a short section where only the melody synth plays, and then there is a quick burst from all instruments which is given a delay/echo effect (effect 5).

1 comment:

  1. Love the project, especially the tightness of the structure as well as the aural space -- nothing gets in the way of anything, and works to make the whole song cohesive.

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