Ether DiverAnyway, that got panned nearly hard left and I felt like I was close. (I'd also added a touch more Hydrasynth, just some window dressing really, during my #InstrumentDays). But it *still* didn't feel done. I let it simmer a while longer, and feeling like it still lacked a bit of definition, I decided to try something I hadn't done before: sing on an album.
There's also a collection of the weirder sounds a #Korg #VolcaDrum makes in here -- all manner of weird squidges, burbles and blaps. Those and the Alpha Juno stuff came during the production phase, on the respective #InstrumentDays. The rest of this is all samples, some treated by the #Morphagene.
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During My #InstrumentDays phase, my notes say I added some #Arturia #MiniBrute2s (one of the main melodies) and some #Roland #AlphaJuno (an element of one of the builds). Other #instruments you can hear are the #ASM #Hydrasynth (high strings); #Korg #Monologue (main bassline; sweeps that were actually done with a keygroup sampled #MPC instrument I made before I sold the actual #synth); and last, a ton of #MicroFreak all over the place.
During the #InstrumentDays part of the #production phase, I had added a touch of #KawaiK4r (just a few vocal "chuff" sounds) and #Hydrasynth (octave stabs). I did a *ton* of work on this one the first night I was away with my family, just adding in #samples and other elements I had prepared but not actually used in the song.
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I did have two more quasi #InstrumentDays. One day with a couple of #Morphagene patches that absolutely pushed two tracks over the finish line almost single handedly, and a #SamplingDay where I finally went through one side of the #SamplingTape I made in #PreProduction and added #samples to multiple tracks. Those samples were the finishing touch for at least one of those tracks and it was nice to know the effort had been worth it.
From Nov 18 to Nov 22 I had #InstrumentDays where each day I would take a specific instrument, and just add a bit of it to as many of the in-progress tracks as I could. It went like this:
Day 1: Add #Arturia #MiniBrute2s to 3 tracks
Day 2: Add #KawaiK4r to 4 tracks
Day 3: Add #VolcaDrum to 2 tracks
Day 4: Add #Hydrasynth to 2 tracks
Day 5: Add #Roland #MKS50 (aka #AlphaJuno) to 4 tracks
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