This is a version of the 8 minute track I made for the sound in my Intermedia paper’s group project last year. It was supposed to be unpleasant and industrial and the reference I was given was Portal 2′s OST - specifically some of the tracks that play in the second part of the game, in the waste dump and closed off areas.
I’m not actually sure what happened here - I made a MIDI track that was way too upbeat and fast, exported it then reimported it as an audio file, and Ableton somehow absolutely mangled the audio warping? Maybe it was my drivers. Either way, it sounded perfect for what was needed and I really wish I could reproduce the effect reliably.
I threw in some sound effects and tones from one of the Soniss GDC audio packs for good measure.












