Many DAWs (digital audio workstations) come preloaded with mix templates for typical workflow scenarios imagined to be particularly suitable for specific music genres. This article covers a mix template designed to be somewhat genre-agnostic, since many mix templates can seem overly restrictive in the kinds of material they can accommodate.
Beats can be made out of anything, and it’s great fun perusing sample libraries listening for beat-worthy sounds (or, recording anything at home you strike with a rhythm stick). Rhythm sections are typically going to be comprised of a diversity of timbres playing at widely varying amplitudes. These rhythm voices will often need to be ‘smashed’ at the drum bus with a glue compressor, which is really just a compressor but after a certain degree of smashing is achieved gets to be described as being of the ‘gluey’ sort.
This article discusses some beats made up of the following samples…
The tools available for automating the process of generating melodic material are ever-expanding, with developments in AI offering the latest flavor of generative options in the DAW. As the pattern-producing potentials are practically infinite, the need arises for taming the infinity, and bringing some order to the potential chaos of melodies available by the button press.
Ghost notes (shown above in the article banner image) are MIDI notes that are concurrently present in the same overall pattern or timeline section, but which are assigned to other instruments in the mix. …
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Three metrical loops of glitchy grid lofi noise patterns in primary colors. Seamless loops.
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An evocation of infinite clean power harnessed from the near void. Seamless loop.
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The internal combustion of a rainbow rhythm engine. Seamless loop.
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A 2D array of intentional chromatic aberrations. Seamless loop.
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Four loops of irradiated flowing gelatin that have escaped their lamp confines. Seamless loops.
Media Format Info: Quicktime Movie, MPEG-4, MJPEG codec, Progressive Scan, 60 FPS, 4:3 aspect ratio, 1450 x 1080 (1080P). One zip file. File sizes: 227 MB, 276 MB, 248 MB, 199 MB. Durations: 52s, 1m8s, 1m, 1m10s.
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Five loops of rhythmic candy apple mandalas against a field of pure noir. Seamless and semi-seamless loops.
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Five loops of swirling and pulsing gaseous jade-like substances. Ambient and seamless loops.
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