I've been throwing ideas at his bass line and the piano part was a melody he developed with his teacher, who recorded that instrument and likely played it too.
naviarhaiku425 – Looking, not seeing
Disquiet Junto 0530 Minimally Viable Music
Recently I’ve established a tiny corner studio based around an Omnichord.
It came to mind for the Junto this week, as I’m trying to connect the minimum number of devices via MIDI to see if it doesn’t sound naff.
This week I took a recent jam, edited bits to cover a bad performance and tried not to mangle it too much in Ableton Live.
However, it seems the Omnichord still required a couple of VST synths and delays on top of the trio you can see blinking their lights.
Disquiet Junto 0529 Squared Off
The Disquiet Junto assignment this week asks participants to "Explore the number 23."
I decided to count back through my Juntos in increments of 23, then remix elements from those tracks together.
It turns out that I didn’t join in project 0414, so there were four Juntos to use this week:
- Sunset [disquiet0506]
- Lettera [disquiet0483]
- Blossoms [disquiet0460]
- A (distant) neighbour might be a pianist [disquiet0437]
The result is one of those unlikely Junto tracks, with a rock band supporting a typist while accompanied by a field recording.
naviarhaiku424 – sunset in snow
My Omnichord is going through Roland's TR-06 and SH-101a, as well as Korg's Volca Keys and FM synth.
Then I saturated the stems and mixed them together.
naviarhaiku423 – scattering ginkgo leaves
I like the line "faint sound from the wind" and, because I live in a semi-industrial setting, those sounds often carry noises from industry.
So my recording brings those to the fore.
Disquiet Junto 0528 Landscape Architecture
The Disquiet Junto prompt this week is to "Think about the concept of creating an unobtrusive path through the musical equivalent of fragile vegetation."
My mind immediately went to a blackbird recording I made last spring.
Then my mind went to a recording I'd made of an omnichord jam.
naviarhaiku422 – the edge of the world
My track developed as I wanted to make use of the drums I'd recorded for the Disquiet Junto this week.
As I played with ideas, I flicked through the randomised options in a 303-style VST and liked the way the slide worked with the beat.
Disquiet Junto 0527 Magic Number (3 of 3)
When I started listening to the Disquiet Junto tracks from last weekend, I had an idea that I might program a beat on a drum machine.
Then I realised it'd be more nuanced to play the drums.
I didn't leave much time, so I didn't bother setting up a mic and just used the camera.
As a result I had to spend more time trying to make it sit in the mix.
In the end I used phasing to take the force out of the drumming and tried to make the different parts sit together, although I'm not sure if more compression would help or hinder.
naviarhaiku421 – White and white
It's been a busy year for these white butterflies, which seem to have crowded out all the other varieties that I've seen around my flowering mint.
I've used the chords from Shark With Lasers' piece for a recent Disquiet Junto.
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