7 Apr
2017
7 Apr
'17
12:51 a.m.
On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 00:06:46 +0200 (CEST)
"Jeanette C." <julien(a)mail.upb.de> wrote:
Hi,
I like the mix of ambient and rhythm driven quality in
this piece. It
brings together two qualities, which in themselves could sustain a
composition for quite a while, and often do. But either one of them
can so easily lack the attention grabbing element. Two together make
a match made in synth-music heaven. :)
Indeed. Such a sustain can be demonstrated by having for instance the
exact same bass for 4 minutes or more without it being tiring. There
are a few I made that are like this as I do not develop much, yet.
Next step would be to introduce (some) developments in sketches. Or
use some that were made and develop them.
Have you tried processing your
guitar with some softening effects for such compositions? I
personally feel that this could make it even more fun. I'm thinking
of chorus, soft phaser or flanger, slight detuning, big or otherwise
very ambient reverbs, funny delays, all that sort of thing. They'd
suit your style of playing to greater or lesser extent. Yes, I grant
you that this piece certainly had enough ambient sounds. Still, it's
an interesting thought to consider.
On this one I've used on the second guitar track, the one that's some
kind of a solo later on, the u-he experimental reverb research tool
ZRev of which all knobs have highly cryptic tags. I do not know what
they do, I just fiddle here and there. This is the second time I use
it. I find it adds nice ghostly 'harmonies'. I try not to put too
much. One of these days I'll exaggerate the effect. In general I like
the guitar sound as is though. I like some delays sometimes because
it can retain the original sound. I should try a chorus. You make me
think, I do have one sketch somewhere that uses detuning, which was
pretty as far as I remember it. Maybe I could try finding it. It was
pre-Bitwig era, even pre-Mixbus.
Thanks for sharing, it came along at the right moment
to be an
inspiration and a clarification of thought.
Thanks for the comment. Now that I've heard one piece from you it adds
another dimension.
Cheers.