warmup (27 jul 2026)
Posted on 27 July 2026
small change: had the idea to make the transition back to the loop point with a slow fade “wall of static”
idkwhat (25 jul 2026)
Posted on 25 July 2026
16th hh no swing, no hit on downbeat. cutoff rising counter melody has some kind of sc modulation on filter env? takes away from presence. second time around filter cut should not go so high, it changes with counter melody. (fixed) B section krog low half of the melody could be a different instrument. (not yet fixed) is there key mod on krog? really obscured by lpf in low range (fixed) more perc and sweep build to transition back to A,Read More→
warmup (24 jul 2026)
Posted on 24 July 2026
wanted to add a gradually opening hihat to transition back to A. kinda copped out and went with a reverse noise sweep instead. might still try to record the actual hihat thing i’m thinking of someday, but doesn’t seem like a super priority to me, and plus it might become wonky trying to blend an additional hihat pattern with the already-existing ones (there are three already lol)
silvermotionescaping (24 jul 2026)
Posted on 24 July 2026
modified “forest temple” rising melody to be clearer. dunno if there’s a B section or if it just trails off after the postchorus
warmup (20 jul 2026)
Posted on 20 July 2026
just a couple final changes i wanted to make to this one. re-did the B section sub bass on the mopho, just a simple triangle bass (trying to be conscious of making the sub bass audible if it’s being played through mobile speakers, for example). also made a very simple transition from B to A, and added a little more melody support in the B section. there might still be some mixing work to be done, especially removing some extraneousRead More→
ingenue (16 jul 2026)
Posted on 16 July 2026
thinking about having a consistent palette across the soundtrack. layered the mini “horn” synth with prophet horn from clav. also experimenting with layering the clav bass sounds in the B section here. not sure if it’s overkill or not, we’ll see how i feel about it tomorrow. the B section is has kind of metrically uneven phrases (6 bars), felt natural to me at the time but i guess the theme here is “see how i feel about it tomorrow”.
ingenue (15 jul 2026)
Posted on 15 July 2026
i really like the original loop but it was only ~45 secs so trying to find a way to make more of a form out of it. something simple, two-part form. i find it’s kind of a challenge to work backwards from an idea which feels so solid, figure out what’s supposed to go around this?? so i spent a lot of time messing around and ended up landing on this kind of gated bassline thing. still underdeveloped but iRead More→
warmup (13 jul 2026)
Posted on 13 July 2026
honestly this one feels kinda done to me. don’t want to overcook yknow. there was some little element in the original that i muted for some reason. gotta remember to put it back (??)
cloudinabottle (12 jul 2026)
Posted on 12 July 2026
better transition to tongue twister section (take an extra bar? drum roll/fill?) switch the reverb on and off on vox chops during tt to smooth out the”breathing” jam on drums more to make the tt more interesting? way to layer the rev keys for more texture + movement?