Once again I left this later than I planned but I did start yesterday evening. I spent a couple of hours finding the note for each sample then pitch correcting. It was all done on my MPC with effects from my Boss 500 series delay and reverb. The MPC doesn’t offer a reasonable way to play chromatically with formant correction (there is a formant corrected pitch shift effect but it’s not viable to play) so I have a lot of the typical pitch shifting artifacts.
After the pitch correction I scanned through and turned some chosen samples into playable instruments. I unfortunately didn’t really pay attention to which I used so let’s say that everyone who contributed a sample gets credit (and my thanks). I decided up front on a length in time, then setup a sequence of appropriate length and though vaguely about sections.
I played some parts in with specific things in mind (e.g a bass note of the chords and a couple of other parts playing harmony) then layed on a few other elements. No sounds sources were used other than the samples played chromatically.
It’s lacking in a clear lead elements or any real large scale structure, but it does have a choral sound. My panning ended up being a little strange but the reverb helped compensate. Overall I’m fairly happy with the result and enjoyed the process again.
If I were to so this again I’d probably group a few samples in disjoint registers and make them into “zoned multi samples”. Having so many different tracks each with a few notes (which collectively form a chord) was quite annoying to work with. I’d also probably be far better off working on a computer for this style of project as it would give me a lot more sample handling flexibility (Vs synth based music for which the hands on controls help a lot).
