My second assignment here was to incorporate the chop tool and the transpose tool into your loop. This assignment proved difficult and time consuming to me. I finally got some sort of inspiration or influence from Psyclon Nine. I am very happy with how the drums worked out, I tried to go for the slow but harsh beats they use in Psyclon Nine. Although my drums dont sound anything like theirs, id still say I was influenced. Also the fuzzy guitar parts came from P9, again though i couldnt get a heavier sound like them since I was falling behind on this assignment. The chop tool was my worst nightmare, I had thought it would be eay enough to let the computer make some long notes into a nice riff, but I was not happy with any of them. I finally just picked one and let it go. I used the transpose tool on the bass part but splitting the riff in half, lowering the first half by an octave, raising the second half by two octaves from their and then returning. Matching the chopped guitar with the chopped bass was also difficult, i couldnt use the same riff but they couldnt sound too different. I started and ended the song with a simple drum piece, slowly added in the bass and then the guitar.
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Hey Josh.
ReplyDeleteI really like the drums, they sound sweet. The guitar feels off, and fuzzy, and doesn't mix with the drums very good. I did like that one of the guitar sounds was only in one ear, it was a nice touch.
Hi Josh. I have to say my favorite part of this loop was your drums. I actually like how the guitar has a fuzzy sound, I can't really explain why. I thought that the drums sounded pretty good with the guitar, I probably wouldn't change those. The only major thing I didn't like that much is when the guitar came in around the 25 second mark. It felt to me that my two speakers were playing two different songs and trying to compete with each other. I know that was something you said you had trouble with in your post, though, so I can't blame you for it :P . The drums at the very end were especially nice, I think that they ended the song very well. Nice job overall, especially considering that you didn't like the chop tool.
ReplyDeleteJosh, Feel free to edit what the chop tool throws at you. It's rarely perfect the first time. The problem with this loop is that the drums set up strong time, and the guitar sounds did not fit into the time laid down by the drums. I think it's fixable though.
ReplyDeleteIf you were looking for a heavy sound, consider doubling the guitar with bass.