hello.
this was a frustrating one. i had some vague ideas but nothing substantial enough to put into action. eventually i settled on using some of the composition aid plugins i have; initially i wanted to use mixed in key’s captain plugins epic, which had recently updated, but there’s some issue with the authorisation and i can’t get it to work.
i ended up using another suite of plugins from the same creator, pilot, to generate a melody, bass, and arp. i started with the melody, had the bass come in after 8 bars, and the arp come in after another 8.
in terms of instruments, i wanted to use uvi’s augmented piano which i had bought recently. i used this for the melody but abandoned my original idea of using it for all the parts. for the bass i had a really hard time settling on something, i knew i wanted to use arturia’s analog lab v but choosing what to use was harder than it should have been, however i eventually settled on something that fit.
the arp was using another instance of uvi’s falcon (which i’d also used for the augmented piano), and i ended up going through a bunch of different settings before i settled on one. i had to do this quickly as i hadn’t even started until monday afternoon.
i added some randomness to each part using bitwig’s note effects, and added some processing to each as well. i ran the whole thing through my standard mastering chain.
i eventually got captain plugins to work (well, sort of; i found the correct registration code but the plugin kept locking up) but i was already exasperated and fed up so i decided not to add any more elements, even though a drum part might have been good.
overall i’m quite pleased with it, certainly happier than i was with last week’s project. there are still a few elements that are a bit harsh or discordant but i’ve had enough of working on it so they’re just going to have to remain.
my word is ‘experiment’ because that’s how i approached making this piece. art, as usual, from nightcafe studio.
