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Closing In
14:44
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This was an experiment in putting a looper right at the front end of the signal chain - before all the FX and processing, so I could then change the sound of whatever was looped... Mostly, in this case, reverb, distortion and an envelope filter... I like how this turned out. It's in a similar space to 'Nothing Can Prepare' from 11 Reasons, but ends rather differently...
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Imperfection
09:25
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This one is an exploration of the impact of imperfection on the music - I had to switch from my main Looperlative (the looper I use) to my back-up (which is the original prototype), and it generates a lot more noise and pops and clicks than the new one did... it used to annoy me, but now I'm actually thinking it might add something interesting to the music, like vinyl crackle does... So this is that - let me know what you think..
the piece itself is an improv, starting out with a new-ish sound that uses a quite extreme tremolo setting to establish a rhythmic basis, with pitch-shifted reverb creating that initial ambient texture... fun times ;)
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Another idea in development. We'll see where this one ends up.
Again, I'm loving the imperfections, that the kick drum part doesn't line up, that there are some delicious tonal ambiguities happening at various times. And that odd moment where the main rhythmic loop stops abruptly... that was unexpected while I was playing it too :)
It gets pretty intense. Enjoy :)
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Time To Start Caring
07:49
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Another experiment - this one starts out with a really simple synth loop played on the Quneo, then fretted bass for the rest of the track... start playing see what happens. The delay and pitch shift stuff is done with the Looperlative LP2 pedal (the bleeps are achieved by double clicking the track speed button so it records a tiny bit of the audio at half speed then plays it back at double speed). The Looperlative is very early in the signal path so I was able to manipulate the reverb and distortion after it... Fun times :)
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Another experiment with the Quneo - this is actually the fourth thing I've recorded using this electric piano sound - I'm loving the combination of that, and running the loop of it into the Kaoss Pad (firstly with a granular filter, then a backwards delay at the end). This is a bit of a departure for me, though the fretless melodic component will be familiar... All the processing is part of the live performance - there's no post-production here...
I'm going to spend a lot more time exploring this combination, but I thought you'd like to hear where I'm up to with it so far!
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