by djnarrative | 8 Aug, 2013 | The Reckorder Project
I'm writing this post retrospectively, so unfortunately didn't record the process like i did the test tracks 🙁 Its the same for the other few i've written, but i wanted to post them anyway and share what i can remember. This track had a specific release in mind, and came together really quickly. I wanted to try and simplify the process and concentrate on getting a phat funky glitch hop breaks type track going. As always the acapella came last, and turned the track into a remix of the mighty Ozomatli's hip hop track Saturday Night I started with the kick and snare, dialling them in at 80 and 200 ish hz, to make sure they cut through and making sure that they compliment each other. I probably added some layering and all the normal equing to phatten it up, and i definitely used a swing groove to add a little funkiness to the beat and hats. Next up was the bass which was made by combining a couple of instances of massive with a seperate channel for the sub, which was basically a sine wav cut with a 60-80hz low pass turned up as loud as it can. The notes came to mind after putting in the drum groove and i literally sang the notes in, and then used the ableton 9 audio to midi function to help determine the notes. First time id used it, and it worked really well. The bridge and chorus synths and stuff all came after that and gradually got reduced as the arrangement was worked on. I tend to find i generally...
