I’ve been working on a song the last few days which, unexpectedly, took a turn from a straight-up rock guitar song to something more atmospheric. After cutting the tempo in half and laying down a Moog bass sound and a very glassy pad, I decided I wanted to go full Peter Gabriel on it and […]
While working on some tracking for a new song, I ran across this site: Drum Machine Pattern Although some of the drummers I know are not really enamored of drum machines, I like them. One of my first pieces of Pro Gear was an Alesis HR-16 drum machine, and I used it so much that […]
I’m currently running Pro Tools 9.0.6, and I’m not going to upgrade until I’ve finished my current set of mixes. If you’ve read any of the rest of this blog, that might elicit a chuckle, but I’ll have you know that I’ve got 50% of the mixes done dammit. In any event, while working on […]
Recently I had tracked some keyboards using a Nord string patch with some modifications. The results were cool, but not entirely what I wanted to hear. So I went looking for a virtual string section. There are a number of those out there (Philharmonik, East West, Motu Symphonic Instrument …) which use samples and articulations. […]