im a lil fox cub turning twirling
People were asking how to use Ableton Live with a screen reader so last night I recorded this very impromptu little audio demo. I just make a little loop and try to explain what I'm doing as I go as best I can. I'm also still learning so I might be doing some things inefficiently. Hopefully this gives people a little inspiration. Sorry if my speech rate is too fast, this was a very spontaneous thing. I wasn't sure whether I should post it, but I figure anything is better than nothing.
OK this is the last one. This is also Ableton. And all Surge. Also it's very loud. There's a bunch of very cursed things happening on this mix bus. But it bangs.
More Ableton stuff. Look at me double posting.
Another thing I made in Ableton.
WIP playing with Ableton Live. Lots of automation, sound design, effects, midi, figuring out audio editing, just having a lot of fun with it's built in stuff. Working with Ableton is really enjoyable.
Original song is Endless by 云别 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dliZOcQygoQ)
Surge XT is fun.
So are tiger sounds.
And bald eagle cries.
And flutes.
And the vocal samples.
Don't mind the occasional crackles and glitches and the mic. Struggling computer be struggling. It's old. Give it a break.
Late post. Whoops? I totally didn't forget or anything...
I lost the lossless for this one, and I don't have a lot of the plugins that I used to make this anymore. Sorry bout that. It's a shame because I feel like it has potential!
Choose: Melodic or Noisy?
yeah I dunno I tried to make some kind of psytrance I guess.
Choose: melodic or noisy?
OK I thought I had one more relaxing themed file, but I might have been wrong. So since I said I'd post a calm thing, have this slightly melancholic or maybe more reminiscing piano song. If I find the other one, I will post it then. But until then, put on your favorite MyNoise generator and relax with this.
Also nope I'm not sure what happened to the beginning two notes either.
You've been traveling for a while as a soft rain wanders in from far away. You've been looking for an excuse to take a rest, and this seems like a perfect opportunity. Finding a secluded part of a gentle stream, you sit down and relax into the small, yet inexplicably large, natural phenomenon. You've always wondered why they call this place the elementals delight as, just in that moment, a sound and a water spirit appear out of the storm and momentarily join forces, surrounding and shielding you from the water from overhead. They share this moment with you for a while before parting ways with you, floating off into the cool afternoon.
Psst. Hey. I know it’s late, but I’ve heard whispers that the sound and water spirit got together again. And I know where they are. Want to come? It’s not far, I promise.
Everything in this was made only from one elephant sample. The pads, the bass, the little chords, the entire thing. Sometimes I took small portions of the sample and played them, other times I took a sample of the waveform and manipulated that and then added effects. But it all comes from the same single elephant trumpet.
Alrighty! Next one! Energetic or calm?
Sometimes... if its all too much... and you cant go on... its ok to howl at the moon.
I had ideas for this. I was gonna make a whole audio skit around it too. I was also gonna make an extended version. And the breakdown was going to be soooooo epic! Orchestral and strings and like... it was going to be a whole thing.
Then I ran out of steam.
Trust me I'm as disappointed about that as you.
Probably more so.
Also this is the best kind of trance sue me! This was the shit back then and it's still the shit now! Uplifting/eurphoric/emotional trance has some of the best breakdowns in the electronic music world.
Alright. Let's try again! Energetic or calm?
Was messing with Surge and managed to make a really deep, very stereo rumble. Kind of like a strange purr.
Then I added some synthesized breaths over it, and clipped them together so that it was fluttering slightly.
I thought it actually sounded quite relaxing, so I synthesized some wind to go on top, and added some gentle synth chords with tons of reverb and subtle modulation. Also all Surge. Obviously.
Then add some improvised wing and claw foley, some Surge and some with the Macbook Mic, and just like that you're relaxing with a huge slightly synthetic sounding dragon... um... thing? I think it's quite peaceful actually. Oh and a touch of 3D as well to make it nice for the headphones.
Choose next one: Energetic or calm?
Here it is!
i really am sorry for how it ends lol
I like discussion in the comments so you know what, ask me how I made it there and I'll answer. If you care. or dont im not ur mom
Time to choose the next one: Melodic or noisy?
This one might sound familiar to some of you.
Didn't get any choice responses for the last one, so it was random.
Alright. Choose the next one: Future Bass, or Color Bass?
Folk hath spoken. Noisy it is.
This is all Surge, except the parts which are very obviously samples. That would be the screaming, the lion roar, the jaguar. Everything else is surge if I remember right. The drums except the open hat in the beginning I believe, all of the basses, the glitches, etc. Surge is epic and if you do anything with audio you should have it. It's open source. You literally can't lose.
Anyway you know the deal. Pick the next one in the comments: Melodic or noisy?
btw its not always gonna be melodic or noisy but im gonna ease you in gently before we get wilder with our choices.
So I have about a billion unfinished projects and most of them probably never will be. A lot of them I posted to Masto but some I didn't. And y'all will probably get all of them unless bytebender bans me or whatever.
I do a lot of music production, synth and sound design, and other stuff. I dunno if you care about the boring tech details behind each song but if you do, drop a comment and I'll reply. And if it happens often enough I'll just drop it in the desc box in the future.
Starting out with something more musical. I have a lot of them so I decided let's add a fun interactive element. I'm gonna try to post one every day for the next little while but don't come at me if I don't. I'm gonna give you two choices in the desc box which will most likely end up being things like soft or aggressive, melodic or noise, electronic or metal, you get the idea. Drop a comment with whatever you want the next upload to be out of the choices. If there are no comments, I'll throw a die. If there are, the one with highest votes wins. I was gonna say only one choice per person but you know what, nah. Go wild. Do whatever you want im not ur dad. If we get a tie it's die throwing time. And if you're being unreasonable I'm not counting you. It's honestly real simple you should be able to figure this out.
Alright let's go. This one's melodic and kinda soft.
Make a choice for the next one: melodic or non melodic/noisy?