Project 5 Day 3

Today was really frustrating. I got my instruments into the places I wanted them, and I thought it sounded okay but not nearly the way I wanted it it. I felt like it was too choppy. Also I just felt like it needed something else (or maybe to start over...). Today was technically our last day to work on this and I don't like how it sounds. I need some kind of sustained pitch but I can't find one I like with the rest of my piece. I tried boobass and that didn't work. I also tried a bunch of pad sounds but none of them really work either. I'm going to see if I can find a way to fix it before I post it. So far, this is probably one of my least favorite projects. I like using the vocals, but I wish I made the rest of my loop completely different.

Project 5- Day 2

Today I feel like I got a lot accomplished. I added in a few more pieces of vocals. I took parts of my whole sentence and used them by themselves, using different sounds on them with vocodex. I think I have all of the voices that I want in my piece now. I also added in a sound of a cup of tea being stirred which I think will sound really cool once I find the right place to put it. I added in some sustained bass notes but I think I'm going to either redo them or take them out next class because they sound awful!

Vocoder Project Day 1

Today I started building the loop around my vocoder voice. To start I added in a sound of tea pouring as my intro, which I got from freesound. Then I started in with the actual music. I added in a melody with the Styrus tool. I also put in a quieter base melody in the background. I put in drums, but I haven't gotten the pattern exactly the way I want it yet. I put my kick drums through the vocoder, and they sound cool that way. I haven't found other drum sounds I like, though. Basically everything needs a lot of shifting around.