Audio Studies Creative Project

Deflector
Ken Mosman
3 minutes, 5 seconds



Deflector
A dance inspired track with much creative inspiration coming from the mid-nineties pop-dance genre. I have attempted to compose a track that has a very melodically simple and uplifting vibe.

The track is based around a bassline hook, which was created in Ableton Live using an Albino 2 virtual instrument.
I then built a series of supporting loops using various software synths (Vanguard, Virus, Massive, Battery). I added a couple of percussion loops to attempt to increase the sense of ‘groove’.

I used the session page of Live as a sketchpad for the loops – organising which ones I would use. I also applied various effects to some of the loops in order to make them more interesting to me. I then rendered all of the loops to aiff files using Live’s time stretching engine in order to have them all playing at 135 BPM.
Loops were then examined and ‘tidied up’ where necessary within Peak.

I then imported all rendered loops into ProTools and used it as my audio sequencing environment to create an arrangement.
Various effects and routing were applied within ProTools in order to mix the track.

Once the track had been mixed within ProTools, I rendered it to a 24 bit wave file and applied some mastering plug ins within Peak. (I ran it through TC Master x3, the preset Dance Final Master)


ONLY ONE LAST QUESTION REMAINS... HOW THE HECK DO I POST THE MP3'S ON MY BLOG. I AM AN INTERNET NOOB. :(