The Anthem
Daniel Trembath
03‘09
Description:
Instruments used in song:
• Drums: Kick, Snare, Toms, Crash.
• Guitars: Acoustic, Electric and Wah Wah
• Piano: Verse notes played
• Percussion: Claps, Stick Hits
Influences:
Since this song is a Punk song, the main influences would be other Punk bands such as: Blink 182, The Living End, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy etc.
Ideas:
Main ideas were to record the guitar parts for the song with drums. If the drums sounded terrible, the samples were then cut up to individual hits and placed carefully to match the song. Piano line was played in place of the vocals.
Processes:
After taking those ideas into action, I recorded all the instruments needed for this song. After recording, I used to Mac Labs to then edit these samples. I started the song off with a count in, which sound rather cool in my opinion. After the guitar’s had a come in, a 4x4 kick comes in soon after. I used automation by fading in a Wah Wah Guitar, which then builds up to the verse. The drums come in which consists of Kick’s, Snare’s and Crashes. I used panning on the guitars. Acoustic guitar panned to the left, and Wah Wah guitar panned to the right. As the song progresses, both the guitars slowly pan to the other side, giving a warpy feel when you listen to it on headphones. The evolution of the song comes to the Chorus, then the verse again, and ending in a techno kind of way with repeats halved and a crash at the end. I used EQ on the percussive sounds since they didn’t sound how I wanted them to. I used some reverb on the crash to make it sound a bit abstract. Also used Amplitube on the guitars to make an electric guitar which is present at the end of the song.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
MIDI Studies A - Creative Project
Frikkin Insane
Daniel Trembath
03‘12
Description:
Instruments used in song:
Drums: Kick, Snare, HiHats (open/closed), Toms, Crash. Ride.
Synthesizer Leads: Flange Wave
Bass: Deep Synth Bass, Dry Synth Bass
Pads: Sweep Pads, Euro Pads.
Strings: Trance Strings
Abstract sounds: Rain, Falling Stars, ‘Crackle Dive & Scream’
Influences:
The song has been filled with layers, like The Prodigy used. It sounds like Cosmic Gate, Blank And Jones, even a little Groove Coverage in there somewhere.
Ideas:
I had the idea of remaking a song one of my friends has made, while incorporating my own ideas with it. The beginning tune is the remake and the second tune is unique.
Methods:
Beginning: The start of my techno song would be a catchy bassline. When the tune fades in, there will be a build up and all instruments will be played together (bass, drums, tune).
Breakdown: Consist of Drum and Bass, with added percussion every 4 beats. This will build up to a new tune.
Middle: Catchy tune with drum and bass, strings to work with the bass.
Ending: The ending will have a fade out of the new tune, and a fade in of the old tune, which will sound rather awesome. The ending will be pretty basic, with a fade out and a crash at the end.
Processes:
After coming up with all my ideas and methods, I put those thought into action. I constructed the song with all the required instruments. After finishing the song, I started to use some automation. I used fade in’s and fade out’s of instruments. I panned two of the instruments so they go from left–right-left-right, giving a very abstract feel. I EQ’d the Flanged Wave to emphasise it above the other instruments.
I had trouble with the overall volume of the mix. When mixed with headphones the song would sound rather great, but when played on speakers, it lacked something. Also, to make other instruments heard, I automated them to be louder. This caused me to automate a number of tracks to be louder, which produced peaks in the mix that I couldn’t get rid of without it sounding bad. The overall tempo of the song was slow, so I changed the tempo to 125BPM. Other than that, there were no troubles at all.
Link to MP3:
http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=158817
Daniel Trembath
03‘12
Description:
Instruments used in song:
Drums: Kick, Snare, HiHats (open/closed), Toms, Crash. Ride.
Synthesizer Leads: Flange Wave
Bass: Deep Synth Bass, Dry Synth Bass
Pads: Sweep Pads, Euro Pads.
Strings: Trance Strings
Abstract sounds: Rain, Falling Stars, ‘Crackle Dive & Scream’
Influences:
The song has been filled with layers, like The Prodigy used. It sounds like Cosmic Gate, Blank And Jones, even a little Groove Coverage in there somewhere.
Ideas:
I had the idea of remaking a song one of my friends has made, while incorporating my own ideas with it. The beginning tune is the remake and the second tune is unique.
Methods:
Beginning: The start of my techno song would be a catchy bassline. When the tune fades in, there will be a build up and all instruments will be played together (bass, drums, tune).
Breakdown: Consist of Drum and Bass, with added percussion every 4 beats. This will build up to a new tune.
Middle: Catchy tune with drum and bass, strings to work with the bass.
Ending: The ending will have a fade out of the new tune, and a fade in of the old tune, which will sound rather awesome. The ending will be pretty basic, with a fade out and a crash at the end.
Processes:
After coming up with all my ideas and methods, I put those thought into action. I constructed the song with all the required instruments. After finishing the song, I started to use some automation. I used fade in’s and fade out’s of instruments. I panned two of the instruments so they go from left–right-left-right, giving a very abstract feel. I EQ’d the Flanged Wave to emphasise it above the other instruments.
I had trouble with the overall volume of the mix. When mixed with headphones the song would sound rather great, but when played on speakers, it lacked something. Also, to make other instruments heard, I automated them to be louder. This caused me to automate a number of tracks to be louder, which produced peaks in the mix that I couldn’t get rid of without it sounding bad. The overall tempo of the song was slow, so I changed the tempo to 125BPM. Other than that, there were no troubles at all.
Link to MP3:
http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=158817
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Music Technology Forum – Week 12: Final Presentations
This week in Music Technology Forum, the remaining students in the class presented their production, consisting of their mix, analysis, research and notes.
Ken Mossman did his presentation on ‘What You Are’ by Joi, which is a World/Dance song. Ken approached this project as a remix, rather than as a mix. He chose to avoid listening to the original song so all his ideas were unique. He had done most of his work in another program – Ableton Live. After creating the song, he found out that the original tempo, 110 BPM was, as he put it, ‘a little too pedestrian’. He upped the tempo to 124BPM and it sounded a lot better and didn’t show any obvious errors. He moved all the loops into Pro Tools and bounced his final mix with a compressor. I believe Ken’s mix was of high-quality, sounding completely different from the original.
Josh Bevan presented his mix on the song ‘Shock The Monkey’. He believed some of the recorded audio didn’t have good sound quality to it. He didn’t like the vocals either, but decided to use them to maintain the overall feel of the song. Josh went for a laid back sound with his mix. He has taken out a lot of samples, but kept a few that he thought would be useful in his mix. He has emphasised the bass, as it has a very rich sound to it. Overall, I believe Josh’s mix was a bit too long, but he constructed a great mix.
Lisa Lane Collins presented her mix on the song ‘ Afro Celt Sound System. Lisa used a large range of effects, including EQ, reverb, echo, flanges, phase inversions and vocode’s. She turned this dance song into a cliché ‘doof doof’ techno mix. After importing all the audio files, she sampled a few of the percussive sounds and decided to go for the bodhran/percussive sounds. She didn’t like the vocal sounds, but used them in a minor way. She had used the vocals in a very smooth way. Her overall song sounded techno and industrial. I believe her mix was the best in the class.
I had missed the remainder of the class because I had to catch the train home. Sorry :(
References:
Steve Fieldhouse - University of Adelaide (2007)
Ken Mossman - University of Adelaide (2007)
Joshua Bevan - University of Adelaide (2007)
Lisa Lane Collins - University of Adelaide (2007)
Ken Mossman did his presentation on ‘What You Are’ by Joi, which is a World/Dance song. Ken approached this project as a remix, rather than as a mix. He chose to avoid listening to the original song so all his ideas were unique. He had done most of his work in another program – Ableton Live. After creating the song, he found out that the original tempo, 110 BPM was, as he put it, ‘a little too pedestrian’. He upped the tempo to 124BPM and it sounded a lot better and didn’t show any obvious errors. He moved all the loops into Pro Tools and bounced his final mix with a compressor. I believe Ken’s mix was of high-quality, sounding completely different from the original.
Josh Bevan presented his mix on the song ‘Shock The Monkey’. He believed some of the recorded audio didn’t have good sound quality to it. He didn’t like the vocals either, but decided to use them to maintain the overall feel of the song. Josh went for a laid back sound with his mix. He has taken out a lot of samples, but kept a few that he thought would be useful in his mix. He has emphasised the bass, as it has a very rich sound to it. Overall, I believe Josh’s mix was a bit too long, but he constructed a great mix.
Lisa Lane Collins presented her mix on the song ‘ Afro Celt Sound System. Lisa used a large range of effects, including EQ, reverb, echo, flanges, phase inversions and vocode’s. She turned this dance song into a cliché ‘doof doof’ techno mix. After importing all the audio files, she sampled a few of the percussive sounds and decided to go for the bodhran/percussive sounds. She didn’t like the vocal sounds, but used them in a minor way. She had used the vocals in a very smooth way. Her overall song sounded techno and industrial. I believe her mix was the best in the class.
I had missed the remainder of the class because I had to catch the train home. Sorry :(
References:
Steve Fieldhouse - University of Adelaide (2007)
Ken Mossman - University of Adelaide (2007)
Joshua Bevan - University of Adelaide (2007)
Lisa Lane Collins - University of Adelaide (2007)
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