New Track: “Let Me Be/Substantial Sunrise”
Yes, I know. I’m pathetic for self advertising my own tracks on my blog, but I just want to talk about it for a bit.
This one is actually a strange one, because I used a sample instead of making the first four chords first. The sample was from a sample pack from Cymatics, an Audio File/Preset company. I kept the sample consistent throughout the majority of the track. However, I did add some audio devices like Reverb, an Auto Filter, and High EQ.
From there, I did an Audio to MIDI conversion to get the notes of the sample, so I can start making a melody, and adding instruments. From there, I created the main melody, its calls and response variations, the bassline, the chords, and the main progression.
I also started working on the SoundFX (sound-effects), which mostly consisted of cymbals and reverse cymbals. Which was the starting point of the SoundFX, this is due to me adding impacts, white noise, and other varying noises. Where the SoundFX shine the most is the buildup, by adding a White Noise Up and an Up Riser.
Now, it’s not really a track without Drums. The drums honestly, I was lazy with. I just put the basic: Kick, High Hat, Snare+Kick, High Hat Pattern, and then added a drum/percussion loop over it, so it can sound different. I also added a fill in the buildup, so it can, well, “buildup” toward the drop. The “buildup” is usually just a bunch of snares, slowly playing more and more frequently.
Back to the sample I used, I did say that I used the same sample consistently. However, in the drop, I had each note play 8 times before proceeding to the next note. This is because some of the drops I listen to have a chord progression that sounds similar to that.
I also did mention that I made a bassline. In the bassline, I needed to include a sine wave bass, and a gritty bass. I’m sure you’ve listened to Skrillex at least once, that’s the kind of bass I’m talking about. The sine wave bass is more for giving the drop an atmosphere.
Continuing on with the bassline, I used the sample for it. Now you may be thinking, how the heck can you use a sample for a chord progression, in a bassline? In Ableton Live Producer terms, I used an audio device that cuts off the higher tones, and only keeps the lower ones. I also used an EQ Eight to give more emphasis to the bass.
Lastly, I would really be calling this a track if it were all instruments. But in this case, I wouldn’t really call it a song, without vocals. In this case, I did use vocals. I don’t recall where I got the vocals from, but it was indeed from a random vocals pack that I downloading off from the internet. The one I specifically used was an altered vocal labeled “Let Me Be”. Which, happened to work very well, so I kept and used it in this song.
Originally, this track/song was intended to be named “Substantial Sunrise”, a polar opposite to “Translucent Nightfall”. But, I will be releasing two versions, one with vocals (“Let Me Be”), and one without vocals (“Substantial Sunrise”).
You can find the track on my SoundCloud, and hopefully YouTube at:
https://soundcloud.com/tg_001
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_xMaFr3ZzPykk_addpqcVQ