During this few weeks, we finished our project with an introducing video, two description poster including our codes and all the app screen shoots.
It’s a successful conceptual project, we did almost everything to make this app become a real app. However, we don’t have enough technology, knowledge, teammate and the most important thing:time to make it real.We really want to create this app and showing our idea to the society.
When I started to do this project, I realized that I lose myself sometime, and I don’t know how to make this project better. Until I started to solve more problems, and do more in the team, I know I finally find my way in this project. The project is not perfect, but we are not aim to perfect, we want to show the idea to every one, and now we did in the open studio. I had some problems in life during the project but I still tried to do more. I need to be more focus on the studio project in next time. Also, do something new. We knew how to make a better animation video, learned how to coding a AR app(basic codes) and gained more in this project.
Here is the processes:
Also, Thanks for all my teammates, you guys did a great job.
The most important thing is, We created something new.
I was shown a creative little beatboxing app after discussing acappella. The app is called Incredibox, and on the website you can demo the app. It is very intuitive and easy to use. You can just play with creating your own beats, or you can figure out the combinations of sounds so it will play you a piece of an extra song. As someone who doesn’t mind listening to one thing on repeat it is a very good way to create “your own” sound and just having it playing in background while working. Each sound a loop with a slight variation every 2 times it plays through. I’ve played around with it a lot and have many different beats. I’ll also link some other people’s work.
Incredibox Demo
Incredibox Song: Chill (re-upload) by Squidaddly
AnDo Hi! - Incredibox best song
My Beats:
Screen recording poor audio quality is still poor.
At some point as a fun personal project I would like to spend time making a beat board from the different sounds and see what I can create from there with my MIDI Keyboard.
I was shown a video of someone playing music in the genre of a video game in the order of a video game, also a few of their other mixed genre videos where they continue to play one song throughout. I feel it has influenced the mixing of this final piece.
music genre: video game 2
when you try all the sounds and beats on your synth while only playing toto - africa
When you try all the sounds and beats on your synth (while only playing coldplay - viva la vida)
I created some more short note combinations with the strings to flesh out the piece when mixing.
The mixing process itself.
Not shown here is adding on a chord to the end, and then adding limiters to some sections.
花鳥風月 (Kachofugetsu)
Lit. Meaning “The Beauty of Nature”
I tried to stay in line with my theme and felt they both embodied somewhat opposing forces of nature with how they played out. Therefore I chose to give them a “past” and “present” notation a long with matching images to show that they’re a pair. Both use similar sets of instruments but play out very differently and I think that contrast is what I was aiming to do from the beginning, by taking the Shamisen out of its intended genre and context.
One song stays closer to its origins but uses a more modern genre.
The other uses it outside its genre but still remains somewhat recognisable to its origin.
I created a music video for “I’m Listening” by using the audio spectrum. I don't think the audio spectrum suits this kind of song however. the tempo is too slow.
I’m still pursuing the Lo-fi hip hop genre with the songs I create. However, I want to try dipping into other genres such as trap. I also want to focus more on working with voice samples, remixing and mashups. I also want to do a little symbolism.
All Lofi beats are short simple pieces that have a tempo from around 90 - 120 bpm. So most of the songs I create will be in this range. It's very slow and gives off a sad or calm vibe. All Lo-fi beats also seem to have some sort of white noise or VHS crackle in the background along with an anime gif as visuals to compliment the piece. I will keep all my tracks short and uphold the Lo-fi theme.
Lo-fi songs that inspire me:
Alicks - passed, Eisu edit
Savior - Beowulf
A light of mine - Kudasai
dream of her - Kudasai
The original songs are Latch by Sam Smith and 7 years old by Lukas Graham. The way the melody from 7 years old supports the vocals from Latch is quite emotional. The build-up and mixing at 2:42 - 3:30 was very impactful for me. It made me see the song Larch in a different way. The original is very upbeat and fun, so to hear it from a different perspective is quite refreshing. I never thought the song could be so emotional and sad. Latch is about being attached to someone whereas 7 years old is about the past, present and future of Lukas Graham. This motivates me to mash up 2 songs that are complete opposites.
I tried mashing up Cradles by Sub urban and Go fuck yourself by two feet. They both sound similar in a way and I thought it'd be easy to mash them up together. I changed the Pitch for both songs and slowed it.
My edit: https://soundcloud.com/n0_b0dy_un_imp0rtant/sample-sub-urban-two-feet/s-PpXbr
I used go fuck yourself in the beginning and cradles for the second half. It was difficult for a beginner like me to mash up songs. The rest of the song sounded damn awful so I cut the entire thing.
Remixing:
Some of my favourite Lo-fi songs are actually remixed songs from the artist Shiloh Dynasty. As I mentioned before in a previous blog I find his style of singing perfectly for lo-fi beats.
My favourite remixes of Shiloh Dynasty tracks:
Imagination by Tsuki ( https://soundcloud.com/t-s-u-k-i/shiloh-wip )
u’re mine by Kina ( https://soundcloud.com/kinabeats/ure-mine-ft-shiloh )
nobody cares by Kina ( https://soundcloud.com/kinabeats/nobody-cares-ft-shiloh )
Tell me why I’m waiting by timmies (https://soundcloud.com/timmiesmusic/tell-me-why-im-waiting-ft)
I tried remixing a song called brown skin by Shiloh Dynasty ( https://soundcloud.com/shilohdynasty/brown-skin ) It's very short and simple so I figured it would be easy to edit. I was wrong, it was difficult. I did my best to make it sound good but it was a bit difficult to create a loop with the vocals. I tried to remove the acapella using different EQs but it wasn't good enough to use.
I wanted to edit this in the style of Kina, one of my favourite music producers. They’re really good with making lo-fi and trap beats, which is what I'm aiming for now. But sadly I failed.
Voice samples:
Before working with human voice samples I used the google translate voice. I wanted to replicate heiakim Music. They made songs using the google translate voice and i realy enjoyed it. especially the song called counting ( https://open.spotify.com/track/1fJ5rE3aDhKSUt93KUKghG ) They also made a youtube video of their editing process for “counting” ( https://youtu.be/AiosKUO7oqo )
Using this as inspiration I created the song “Ohayo Gozaimasu” ( https://soundcloud.com/n0_b0dy_un_imp0rtant/ohayo-gozaimasu) with the Japanese translator voice. I made sure to make the vocals stand out and the centre of the song. I used a very simple melody and fewer drums to put more emphasis on the vocals. I felt that keeping it simple who make it more impactful.
DAW for “Ohaiyo Gozaimasu”
FINAL TRACKS:
I then went looking for vocal samples or random speeches online for free use. I found a website that uses movie quotes. I decided to use vocal samples from the movie Captain America winter soldier and The Lego Movie. I chose these movies because I have some sort of attachment to them.
While editing using these vocals I realized that the voices gave the song a very warm feeling. Whereas using a computerized voice, the song felt cold. Having human voices on a song makes it easier to connect with because of the emotion in their voice.
The first song I made was with vocals from Captain America. I wanted to create a tribute for the Marvel Character since his story has ended. This is also a tribute to the character black widow as she is no longer in the franchise anymore. When editing the vocal I wanted to make the audio sound old so it will go with the Vinal crackles in the background. I felt that making it sound like the audio was very old would be a great representation of Captain America as he is from the past. I named this song “Get Out” because that's the main line I use in the song. besides the voice over of captain America saying get out, you can also her “get it” echoing in the background.
song: https://soundcloud.com/n0_b0dy_un_imp0rtant/get-out
DAW:
The visual I used for this is a close up of an animated woman. I wanted this to represent Black widow. Although this song is mainly for Captain America I wanted the cover to represent her because she died in the movie. He didn't. The woman in the image looks like she has passion in her eyes like black widow. So I picked this image.
My final piece I created was with the Lego Movie vocals. It was one of my favourite lines in the movie. I also find that it's a single line that everyone can relate to, “I think I got it but just in case tell me the whole thing again I wasn't listening”. The goal of this song was inspired by the daily struggles of everyday life. That's why I added clapping at the end of the song. It's just to show support to others. You can hear a VHS tape at the beginning and end of the song to represent the day starting and ending.
song: https://soundcloud.com/n0_b0dy_un_imp0rtant/im-listening
DAW:
The visual I chose for this song represents a ‘journey’. I want to present visually something that says “Just push through the day and keep going” and this image looked perfect.
I feel very satisfied with these last 2 pieces I’ve created. It relaxes me but also makes me bob my head. My aim for these 2 tracks was to create a chill but sad vibe and based on the feedback I received I seemed to have achieved that goal. My friends listen to my tracks often when studying. I wanted to create something you can listen to in the background while you work and I’ve done exactly that.
What I mainly used in my edits:
EQ eight, EQ three, personalised drum racks, and a lo-fi sound pack
