The Junto this week asks for a sonic palindrome.
My initial idea was to pick through Em and G chords on my guitar with MIDI pick-up, then double the parts and reverse one. So it would play backwards then forwards, moving from a minor key to a major one to get a sense of resolution.
When I started reversing the part in Live, I noticed it changed the placement of the notes. Where reversing the audio means the notes fade in, reversing the MIDI seem to make them start in about the same spot.
So I resorted to exporting the MIDI part through the Oddity pad with Valhalla reverb, then importing it in and reversing it.
The forward and backward parts now sit on top of each other and the result is more like a palindrome in sounding the same in either direction.
At the last minute I decided to add another instrument using the MIDI part, settling on the bowed vibraphone samples that are part of the Live Suite. This isn't doubled with a reverse part, so it kinda ruins the palindrome approach but adds a lot more interest to the song I think.
