Project 2

When I first started this project, I used Slayer. After working with the other instruments I wanted to use, though, I found that it didn't work. I didn't like the way the Slayer sounded with my drums, etc. So, I decided to look for a different sustained pitch that I liked. In the browser I found a sound called Orionstring that I liked a lot. I thought it sounded really good after using the chop tool, because the noted flowed together really well. As for form, I started with just the Orionstring and transposed it a couple of times. I started with just the melody playing and slowly added in drums and other percussion instruments a few at a time in different patterns until I got to a point where I thought there were enough. I didn't want to overwhelm the Orionstring. Throughout this I alternated between the different transposed Orionstring tunes (I had 3). In the middle I cut out the Orionstring altogether for a measure or two to keep it from getting too monotonous and to bring out the drum pattern. After this I went back to the same drum loop and slowly pulled out the drums in the same order I had put them in, eventually ending up with the Orionstring on its own again. Finally, I added wind chimes where I thought the project needed a little something more. I think that my kick drums are a little too loud again. That always seems to happen. They sound good in FLStudio but once I export and upload it to Divshare they end up too loud. I don't know why. I enjoyed this project a lot more than the first project, because I understood what I was doing more.

Project 1- Drum Loop

Hey Everybody.
When I first started experimenting in FLStudio, I didn't think any of my drum patterns sounded good at all. After a while I found out that adding in different sounds that I liked more than the default sounds fixed this. In this drum loop, I tried to use sounds that blended together well. I ended up leaning more towards "jungle" sounds like the tom drums and wood instrument beats, because those were my favorites. I especially tried to do this in the middle pattern, with a little more variation in the other two. I ended up liking the way it sounded all in all before I uploaded it. If I were going to re-upload, though, there are some things I would fix.
a) All of my fills basically sound the same, thanks to the rattle sound . Oops.
b) After listening to it on my blog, it occurred to me that the kick drums are maybe a bit too loud. I'm not sure if that's with my home speakers, though.

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