Ballsmashers

warmup

warmup (25 aug 2026)

realized while listening to this in the car that keeping the same drum pattern going through the B section is kind of grating and would probably get irritating on infinite loop in a game. so added a pretty basic secondary pattern and think it fits pretty well.

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idkwhat

idkwhat (25 aug 2026)

lots of percussion cleanup. spent a lot of time dealing with phasing on the snare, still don’t think it’s 100% fixed but it’s better. made some changes to the filter cutoff automation of the synth in the A section (weird filter envelope stuff caused by the velocity mod on the jupiter 8000 synth). made some improvements to the B section, still don’t know if the snare roll really works. still considering adding some kind of pad or arp countermelody. the

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idkwhat

idkwhat (28 jul 2026)

the pluck chords could have more presence at the end of the A section. is the sidechained “pad” necessary at the beginning of B? maybe a bit more breathing room. fix the accents on the snare roll

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