Take8 has come very shortly after the take7. I've followed some of the advice found in audiotuts+ post about the saturation effect and what it does to the mix. Now and again the set has got a completely new feel to it's mood and expression.
Empire of the sun has really got a uniquely pleasant electric feel to their music and the below tracks just prove it. Vocals somewhat remind of the MGMT guys. Learned about them just a few days ago from a mate.
Take7 that i have just mixed includes all of the latest changes i had to the liveset by far: Most recent samples, drum sequences. Also theme development is somewhat different from the last go. I've also changed the live's reverb effect to ariesverb in most parts.
Play the old game “telephone (aka broken telephone)” in a completely new way.
How will it work?
If you want to get involved, send me an email, add a comment below or use twitter @soundplusdesign and I will put you on a list.
When it’s your turn, I’ll send you the sound in its current state for you to add one (only one) effect. You don’t have to over do it, by the time a few of us are involved, I’m sure it will sound pretty wacky.
Make sure to keep the sound at [16bit; 44.1kHz; .wav or .aif].
When you’re done, send it back to me. Please let me know what effect or plugin you used and give me any info you want added (url, name…)
When everyone on the list has processed the sound, I will post the original, the last and all the ones in between with the description you gave to me.
This should be a fun experiment. Don’t hesitate to email me with any questions!
Here comes take number 6. Considerably longer set, a couple of new themes added. Planned additions: more samples, more varied beats, as it is still pretty minimal in sound. Overall, i am almost there! Yet, need to master mixing!
Yesterday I had a little fiddle diddle with a free VST plugin, the AriesVerb. it's basically a multi effects processor with reverb, delay, tube, and chorus fx's on board. I wanted to bring some life in the static bass sound. Think i achieved it by applying AriesVerb presets for bass (bass fatten I, II, or III).
It's probably the most common of all audio effects including equalizer, chorus, delay, compressor etc. yet I am still learning to use the reverb fx effectively. More importantly, i am training my ears to hear it as I change dry/wet setting let alone its other settings. Hope this little finding will help my cause. Some bits and pieces about the AriesVerb.
NOTE. The newest version is not yet available but you can download previous versions.Multi-effects processor
AriesVerb is a multi-effects processor in VST format with extremely low CPU usage. Examples of what it is capable of include but are not limited to:
- Reverbs
- Delays, Echoes and Reflections
- Choruses and Flangers
- Stereo Transformations
- Body Resonances, Filters
- Distortion
- Dynamics
- Pitch shifting
- FM effects
- ... plus arbitrary blends and crossovers of any of the above
Practice makes perfect they say... Back with another take. The fifth one... Tried to remedy the glitches and bugs from take4... I did this set having my monitor volume a bit louder. Think it helped a lot. No more I played around with the drum track levels. Kept them subtly in the same position and focused on other instruments adjusting to the drums and performing on filter frequencies.
Instrument and arrangement wise i edited a few things. Varied some drum sequences. Changed some notation in one of the tracks. Think I am all set this far. Need to start a new theme...
Hours ago had a session... Posting the recording of take4 at my ableton liveset number 1. On this go i am doing the liveset with more samples in, also one more theme has been added. Samples used this far:
