Audio Studies A - Creative Project

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.