"Creative" computing oh yeah now we getting somewhere

thus far i have created drum sounds from samples of strummage

kick - comparatively low chord, pitch shift down considerably, compressed lots, mass EQ boost at approx 250 as advised

snare - pitch shift up somewhat, reverb, vague EQing

hats - pitch shifted, reversed, squashed

these i sequenced into a basic drum beat that repeats and provides a frame work to explore other sound potential in sampled audio

more...

NB I used beat detective/my eyes to suss the tempo of the original segment of riffage. In theory, I could have layered it over my drum beat and it would have been in sync (I didn't want to use it though)

with a rhythmic frame work established, I sought to add depth and colour using melody....the guitar sample provided certainly did not lend itself to any melodic contours that I would put my name to...I experimented with stretching/condensing the samples, reversing them, pitch shifting them. A reversal of a strummed chord took my fancy and became part of the drum beat. I experimented with trying delay on chord samples/pitch shifted chord samples, nothing sounded good because none of the delays I tried sounded the note as it happened (only after the delay time had elapsed). A plugin called Resonator provided what sounded like a harmonic breakdown of the sound. This fitted in nicely with my reverse chord and became the final addition to the instrumentation.

I used trial and error to try and break the drum beat a bit and keep it interesting with some degree of success.



The long anticipated link to an MP3 of.....Patchwork all 43 seconds of sequenced glory