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12 Songs in 2010: August Project
Yeah yeah. Late late late. I know. Same story. I think I actually finished this in August, it just took me this long to get around to bouncing and exporting to MP3:
Take 1
August 2010 Project
Notes:
- Sound quality is not too bad.
- Song develops nicely, but arrangement still isn't there quite yet.
- Applied the Vintage Mastering 1 audio effect rack to Master track in Ableton. Made no adjustments to it.
- Exported from Ableton with no normalization. Sample rate 44100, No Dither.
- Opened exported Wav in Audacity. Applied normalization with -6DB DC Offset (still unclear about DC Offset) and then ran compression with default settings. ...
12 Songs in 2010: July Project
Here is a rough draft of where the creative process has lead me this time around. It is not quite what I envision for a more fully realized take, but I found this sketch interesting enough. I borrowed some sample snippets from a lesser known song by a well known group from the 80s (and 90s). I am unsure if this qualifies it as an edit or song (or theft), although labelling it as such doesn't matter too much right now anyway.
Take 1:
12 Songs in 2010: Edits as Opiates (Take 1)
Notes:
- Mixing and "mastering" is still somewhat cryptic to me. ...
12 Songs in 2010: May Project
Since the April project bled into late May I decided to create a version 2 of the April song. Since I was on the fence with the electro-ish ending of the April version I removed it from this one and extended the four x four kick. I added some beat repeat to the melodic bits and fuzzed up some of the other percussive elements for good measure.
Take 1:
2010 May Project (Take 1)
Notes:
- Kept April project mastering rack on master channel
- Applied Audacity's default Normalize and Compressor effects to bounced wav, then exported from Audacity as MP3