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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Sweet Synth Man

For this new and unique project, I used the SimSynth synth generator and the Drum Kit 2 from the drum kit packs. I chose a riff that sounded cool in the Riff Machine and I set the drum beat I made to match the synth section. the synth part for the SVF Cut knob gradually rises, arcs downward, and finishes as it rises again. The SVF Emphasis knob starts a little higher than level, dips down, rises sharply, stays level with one little spike that rises, than gradually decreases. The Master Volume stays the same but on the fourth loop it drops to fade out. The synth pattern is looped four times. The drum beat is a 16th note ride pattern on the hi hat, a half note pattern on the snare with variation at the end, and the bass changes to add variation to the beat. The drum beat also drops out before the synth pattern finishes for cool effect. I do not listen to techno by any means so the inspiration is unknown but I must say the only techno I've ever heard is Daft Punk so it may contain trace elements of whatever they write.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Epic Guitar

This projects inspiration had none for the guitar because all I did was find something that sounded cool, however, for the drums I had a few inspirations. Pattern A starts off with a faced paced A Day To Remember/Make Me Famous kick pattern that has variations with an off beat fill inspired by Bring Me The Horizon. The guitar pattern was chopped up from the Superstition pattern in C#4. I tried to make the drum beat fit with the guitar as good as possible. For Pattern B, I transposed up an octave to make it sound more like a chorus or bridge. For drums, the hi hat is a simple 4th note ride pattern, a constant 16th note pattern for the bass, and a variation of the snare (inspired by Bring Me The Horizon). Pattern C I tried to make deeper and darker but transposing down an octave from C#4. The drumming was inspired by an A Day To Remember kick pattern and fill at the end. Finally I went back to Pattern B for an outro  that gradually fades. The guitar sounds were from FL Slayer POWER Rock from the Superstition chop and the drum sounds came from the Real Drums Kit and one crash from Drum Kit 7. This piece is rather short but please, listen and enjoy.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

I Do Da Drum

The one inspiration I kind of followed was certain beats from Eminem songs. I enjoy Eminem's beats more than other rappers because i feel like they have more subsistence and I can easily find myself tapping my foot along to the beat. I tried to mimic catchy pattern with my creation because I know that people don't like boring music. Anyways, I created a fourth not pattern for the hi hat and a half note pattern for the snare. I also incorporated a crash to hit with the second snare in pattern A. Pattern B for the second beat is a little ska pattern with the bass alternating the snare with a hi hat pattern to fit in between. The bass does change to add variety to the beat. The fill that ties the two beats together contains some of the bass pattern from A section while having the ska feel from the snare and the hi hat from pattern B. My fill also has the middle tom and floor tom to make the fill, a fill.
I feel that the two patterns contrast quite well for the ska pattern differs from most I have seen. All the sounds were used from drum kit 3, 5, and 6 on the browser. Give it a listen, you might like it.