TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Okay, here we go again! Dying Sun is written and recorded, so onto the next song! This is also a multi-part concept based on one of my favorite movies, Logan's Run.
For me, starting a new song begins with picking a key or tonal center, starting tempo, and time signature. For the first part, I also wanted to try a Steve-Reich Violin Phase inspired synth section.
Here's my proof of concept demo:
This motive uses two identical voices panned hard left and right with nearly identical timbre. For one of the voices I remove 4 clock ticks so that the last 16th note is 20ppq instead of 24ppq; this makes it slightly faster than the other side. As the motive plays, they grow increasingly out of phase until it reaches 180 degrees, and then the slowly shift back into phase and are rhythmically locked for a moment before drifting again.
Both voices on this demo are from a Studio Electronics Quadnic into an Intellijel Quadra/Quad VCA and WORNG Sound Stage mixer; delay and reverb is from a BOSS RV-500.
I like this basic idea and shall be exploring it more as I develop the introduction further.
As ever, any and all feedback is welcome!
For me, starting a new song begins with picking a key or tonal center, starting tempo, and time signature. For the first part, I also wanted to try a Steve-Reich Violin Phase inspired synth section.
Here's my proof of concept demo:
This motive uses two identical voices panned hard left and right with nearly identical timbre. For one of the voices I remove 4 clock ticks so that the last 16th note is 20ppq instead of 24ppq; this makes it slightly faster than the other side. As the motive plays, they grow increasingly out of phase until it reaches 180 degrees, and then the slowly shift back into phase and are rhythmically locked for a moment before drifting again.
Both voices on this demo are from a Studio Electronics Quadnic into an Intellijel Quadra/Quad VCA and WORNG Sound Stage mixer; delay and reverb is from a BOSS RV-500.
I like this basic idea and shall be exploring it more as I develop the introduction further.
As ever, any and all feedback is welcome!
There is a LOT of synthesis and processing going on with the drone. It is comprised of 4 VCOs tuned to an Em7 chord being faded in and out via vector synthesis (WORNG Electronics Vector Space); the modulation created is very musical and complex. The VCOs are combined through a quad VCA and the mix out goes through a strymon AA.1 and into a BOSS RE-20 Space Echo pedal, then back into the modular via a Doepfer SEM filter; the cutoff and resonance of the filter are being modulated from the Vector Space as well. Playing along with that is a synth line from the TX7, which is going through a TC Electronic MIMIQ to create a stereo synth from the mono output of the TX7.
