March 01, 2006
new stuff
I'm really experimenting in this new song. I actually started it a long time ago; before the food stuff, before the Museum of Science stuff, before the film score - and now I am finally able to get back into it. But those other diversions introduced me to a bunch of new ideas and technologies, so all of a sudden I have tons of different things to play around with. It's proving to be a lot of fun, but it is super easy to get caught up in the novelty of it all at the expense of good song-writing. I'm trying desperately to resist all sorts of technological amusement, but some might happen anyway. In truth, I am actually indulging myself quite fully in hopes that I can get it out of my system and be more tasteful in the actual song. We shall see.
Here's some of the new stuff I'm using/doing:
- Synchronic - cool new Digidesign plug-in instrument
- Reason NN-19 - digital sampler
- FM7 - software synthesizer using FM synthesis (this isn't new, but I haven't used it in a while)
- applying effects to traditional instruments (distorted oboe!)
Well, that makes it sound like this song is going to be a total mess, and perhaps that will be the case. At the very least I hope to learn more about how to use these new toys to my advantage.
