strangers wrote: ↑17 Oct 2020
Really great track, TritoneAddiction. I have some of the REs you used which I also rarely, if ever, use. I've got another track nearly finished that was inspired by your song. Stay tuned for that.
What are your thoughts on Reason's electric bass? I picked that up when there was a promo deal and did my best to use that in place of an actual bass guitar. Quickly learned I was spending way more time putting that to use than it would take me to record the same thing on bass. That's nice and dusty. Not sure I'd brush that off anytime soon.
Did you find you'll end up using any of these REs in the future or back to the shadows they go?
Thanks.
Yes some of them I want to explore further, Vibro and Pulveriser especially. Umpf retro I've used before, but not that as often as Kong. I like it.
I'll probably visit most of these again at some point. Subharmonic I really like, but it's only useful in rare occasions.
The Efektor WF3607 Wah Filter made a debut with this track. Same here. Nothing wrong with it, it just hasn't really fit any track I've been working on.
Reason electric bass is alright i think, especially if it's buried in a mix with other instruments. These samples based instruments are more of a problem when they are soloed and you play the same note over and over again. But in a song like this with loud "guitars" (distorted synths) taking up huge space then Reason electric bass works fine imo.
The way I prepared for this challenge was to make a couple of new favorite lists with stuff I don't normally use. One for instruments, one for normal creative effects like EQs, compressors, reverbs etc. And then the last category with more creative types of effects like Animus Shimmer Reverb Ensemble. A bunch of stuff from these lists still didn't didn't get used in this track. So there's still plenty of REs I could explore further.
One thing I learned though was that while it's fun to just use some new stuff that you don't use often, some things like EQ it's just easier to use the old Go-to's. In the beginning I put the RE3Q or EVE-MP5 in there just because. But later on I just went with GQ-7. Why complicate things too much? It's not even a very fun part of music making. Sometimes the go-to stuff becomes the go-to's for a reason. To some degree I feel similar about compressors. I tried some "new" ones, but the further down I got into the project I relied more and more on my old trusted FRG-4RE comp. It just works on a lot of things, not on everything, but a lot.
Really glad my track and this whole theme for the challenge inspired you. Looking forward to hearing your track.
