An amateur experimental composer

Author: Negligible Noise (Page 4 of 5)

Been a little bit!

Hi to anyone reading this 🙂 Been away from the blog for a few days here, sorry for that. I stumbled onto a video tutorial for getting started mixing in Dolby Atmos in Logic and have been immersing myself into that world. Really amazing stuff – the ability to do a surround mix of my own music right here on my own computer is mind blowing. Going back to demos from months ago and producing Atmos mixes of them opens up a whole new way of thinking about those tracks… and so many ideas keep flooding into my head I’ve had to start writing them down so I don’t forget.

The more I’m playing with this capability the more I truly hope that it winds up being the successor to stereo. There are so many possibilities to add even more expression and creativity. Even downmixed to stereo the Atmos mixes have a distinct feel that sets them apart from my existing mixes. I have to take a lot of time with this and study more!

More soundscapes

I’ve really found myself in love with pads and soundscapes lately. This bit is overlong and probably won’t be used in its entirety but I really love the last about 90 seconds of it. Using the Linnstrument to control the position of the sound in the stereo space is super compelling to me. I’m constantly amazed at what’s possible now… technology is truly amazing.

I never thought of myself as a composer

Its something I’d never considered. Many years ago when I created my demo album it was an attempt at a culmination of a dream of making my own music. It wasn’t good. Queue the mantra: I wish I knew then what I know now. And I don’t know much, but I’m learning. Stumbling into some incredible composition tools has shifted my perspective on how I can make music. The track I’m including here is a combination of composed piano and parts I played with my Linnstrument. I’ve really surprised myself with how far I’ve come in less than six months. It’s not something that can stand up to the artists I’ve been learning from, but for me it’s important.

Ideas from friends are fun

Had a conversation yesterday with a friend who I’d sent one of my works in progress to and the topic shifted to what would the music in a post-apocalyptic gift shop sound like? I guess I don’t really know but I tried…

No effects added yet but I’ll probably put some Digitalis distortion on it to give it a more hellish electronic sound.

A big day!

Today I became the owner of both Linnstrument models! My brand new 128 arrived and I’m ecstatic with it. It fits perfectly in my backpack so it’s the travel companion I’d hoped it would be. Now back to noodling around with Audio Lunacy’s CUBE and the new Linn!

Another night of distraction by an incredible plugin

I had full intentions to continue working on a piece I’d started a couple of days ago, but in true “me” fashion another new plugin has diverted me. Earlier today I saw a tweet about AudioModern’s new FREE plugin, PanFlow. Owning all of their paid plugins I was extremely interested… so I downloaded immediately. And as I thought I would be, I was totally blown away by the simplistic complexity and power of this plugin. I’d been reading and learning alot about the use of the stereo space but had sort of struggled with actually implementing a serious solution. The closest I’d gotten was mapping the Y axis of my Linnstrument to panning and controlling the stereo position of the patch I was using manually. It worked well and still will, but this plugin… wow. This is the real deal – a plugin that will get used a LOT on my tracks. Part of me wishes it wasn’t free so I could at least give them some money for a tool I know I will be using often. Here’s something I’d been working on not long ago with PanFlow on the backing piano and violin tracks – it’s totally changed the overall sound in a fantastic way.

Been a long few days

Been a bit tied up with personal life things the last few days and haven’t spent as much time with music as I’d have liked. But, out of the woods now. Just received a shipping notice for my 2nd Linnstrument arriving this coming Friday! Very excited to have both my existing 200 and the incoming 128. The smaller model I’m planning to use in my mobile iPad setup and probably a bit when I’m being lazy and wanting to sit in my comfortable recliner and play.

In other news, picked up another Cherry Audio synth today – Memorymode. Another 80s analog throwback synth that’ll go well with the lo-fi plugins I’ve been using a lot lately. Nothing quite as much fun as taking the super clean sound of 80s synths and destroying it! Hopefully I’ll have something to post tomorrow evening.

Tonight’s work in progress

So I’ve been playing with Spitfire Audio’s Intimate Grand Piano and Baby Audio’s Super VHS plugin and this is what I’ve come up with tonight. I think this will be worked into my upcoming album after I add a bit more accompaniment to the solo piano track.

Another Day Another Plugin

Why can I not resist these plugin sales? Was it a mistake to follow Plugin Deals? You know, thinking about it, I’m going to say no. The more I think about it, there are a few reasons I can’t resist. More tools in the arsenal is never a bad thing. Some of the sales are so good they shouldn’t be resisted because they’re a win-win. Supporting independent developers while building up my toolset is a great thing for everyone. Buying plugins and instruments helps ensure that more will be developed – and with the incredible stuff that’s been coming from these devs I can’t wait to see what the future holds.

Tonight I’ll be playing around with two things I picked up today – Spitfire Audio’s Intimate Grand Piano and Baby Audio’s Super VHS plugin. If I come up with anything interesting I’ll make another post here tonight 🙂

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