part 3

i was SO CLOSE to not submitting this week because i have been sick. literally threw this together tonight but i actually love this. i have been transcribing again which literally helps so much and i always forget. i think for future tracks, if i manage to keep up the transcriptions, i'd really like to make more tracks 'based' on the things i learned from whatever i transcribed. 🤔

This piece started from exploring the Hungry Robot Wardenclyffe Deluxe pedal--a lofi dirty-up-your-sound pedal, which gets easily into noisy realms. It's a bit harder to make it sound pretty, but not impossible. This one stays more to the subtle end of the spectrum. Guitar: PureSalem Mendiola, three tracks. Recording was fairly efficient, but whittling it down into a structure took rather longer.

The Wardenclyffe is the only inline effect, and is just on one track (panned center). Mostly manifesting as a shimmery chorus or light vibrato. There's some convolution reverb send on each of the three tracks, and light multiband compression/eq.

The title comes from Altar near Schull, Ireland, which is on the scenic road 592.

Time for some light hearted doodle. I did a simple little beat on the drums, which to be honest would benefit from being improved a lot. But it was a better learning experience than just using a sample.

I played some guitar riffs here and there, added some arps. The last part with the distorted synth "solo" was birthed by just the fact that i pulled a big midi keyboard that I had bought 20 years ago, put it on a stand next to my computer, and just having this tool made it fun to play some random solo. I am definitely not a keyboard player but i really enjoyed playing instead of programming!

More playing, less programming, this may be a theme for this year. I'm enjoying it.