Tag: music production
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Random MIDI Mutes and Semi-Generative Drums
I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of silence in music, and I dreamed up this technique, using a sequencer to more-or-less randomly mute a signal. The idea was to program a beat but then have the sequence be periodically interrupted by silence. I was partly inspired by this tai hirose track. Now you…
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Just Keep Rolling
Always keep rolling, even if it’s a dissatisfying take! I’m in that habit when it comes to tracking others, but not always for myself (oops). I can’t tell you how many gold nuggets of one single phrase that I lost because I hastily deleted, thinking the whole take was garbage. Then I’ll go back and…
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Each Engineer Has a Touch with a Mic
There is much ado about fancy mics among musicians and engineers, just as there is much ado about fancy guitars among guitarists. And don’t get me wrong, these instruments can certainly sound inspiring. However, any guitarist worth trusting will tell you that so long as the instrument isn’t unplayable, you can make great music with…