Continuing with last week's challenge of using only my sax to create all the source sounds, I've decided to take what I learned last week and push it even further. Hopefully you guys dig it as much as last week's.
I had a little more time this week to work something out. Toying with different experiments on my drum tracks. Also going through some personal shit that's kinda got me down and it appears to be reflected a little bit in this song.
For this song I used the following:
-DM - The Drum Machine
- Logic Pro (DAW/various effects)
- Alto Saxophone
Another Live Jam... Been a busy week.
For this song I used the following:
- PO-12 Pocket Operator ran through a
- KP2 Mini Korg Kaoss Pad, manually synced to
- Xzynthesizr running off an iPad
- MicroKorg running through an
- Afterneath pedal
- Alto Saxophone ran through a
- BOSS RV-3 pedal using a
- Shure clip-on mic
This was recorded live to my laptop, bounced out to MP3 and pulled into
-Logic Pro for some clean up (EQ, level adjustment, etc.)
*No movie sample this week
This week my workflow was quite a bit different from all my previous submissions. This week's piece was recorded live during a stream I did on Krue. This is just a live improvisation, so you may hear a couple missed notes. :/
For this song I used the following:
- PO-12 Pocket Operator ran through a
- KP2 Mini Korg Kaoss Pad, manually synced to
- Xzynthesizr running off an iPad
- MicroKorg running through an
- Afterneath pedal
- Alto Saxophone ran through a
- BOSS RV-3 pedal using a
- Shure clip-on mic
This was recorded live to my laptop, bounced out to MP3 and pulled into
-Logic Pro for some clean up (EQ, level adjustment, etc.)
*No movie sample this week
Okay, so I sorta squeezed this one in last minute. Been preoccupied this past week with trying to find a new place to live due to my landlord selling his condo, so I kept it pretty simple. I've been wanting to explore more ambient sax sounds for the other project I'm involved in, Kylmyys and decided to invest in a new reverb/delay pedal for that, which I tested out on this track.
Basically this song is a two track mix, one simple, more ambient sax line and one lead sax line, both recorded through the Afterneath Reverb pedal from EarthQuaker Devices into Logic Pro on two separate tracks. Next, I EQ'd the ambient sax line to give it and even more pad feel and layered further reverb over it. I used my standard sax eq and reverb settings on the lead track to help it cut through the ambience of the backing sax. Finally, I ran a vinyl warp filter on the main bus out to give it a little "Boards of Canada" vibe.
While not my best track this year, I feel I got some good ideas out of this experiment that I'd like to explore further on other songs down the road.
For this track I used the following:
- Afterneath Reverb Pedal
- Logic Pro (DAW/various VST/FX)
- Alto Sax
*Another week with no movie sample...
Okay, so for week 6 I went with the sub challenge presented in the forums of creating a "solo piece" using only one instrument. My instrument of choice of course was my alto saxophone.
To create this piece, I riffed on my sax in E minor. Afterwards I cut certain sections into droning loops, which I then layered underneath the main sax line with different effects. I think this song came out interesting, what do you think?
For this song I used the following:
- Logic Pro (DAW/various effects)
- Alto Saxophone
*No movie sample this week. :)
