I then gave the tone a bit more colour in the Master window by bringing the detune setting up to 50. Also during this process, I set operator D to and octave higher and put a slight detune on oscillator E to give it a brighter timbre with a bit of buzz. I applied a “random” process when routing the operators in the FM matrix I, fiddling with settings until I was happy with the tone. I started by activating Operators C, D, E and F then chose the waves pretty randomly. I increased the polyphony and unison voices to 30+, turned the digital quality to mono mode and turned it all the way up, and finally used the Portamento setting to adjust the rise and fall of the siren. Lastly, I adjusted settings on the Master window.

I also added tremolo and reverb to give a small amount of moment and sense of distance that a siren typically has.

I then added overdrive, tube amp and cabinet effects to add a little grit and to help it cut and carry through the mix. This is to ensure that the delivery and development of sound is consistent and ‘together’. Next, I linked all three of the oscillator’s envelopes so that they are matching. It is also fed back onto itself at around 20%. I then set up D to modulate both Operators E and F. I selected a soft tristate waveform on F and fed it back on itself at around 20% to add a bit of colour. I did the same with Operator E only panned it all the way to the left.

To get my core sound, I started by activating routing the F Operator to the output and panned it all the way to the right. My first thought was to create a bass patch, but because I create bass for last week’s task, I’ve left space for Aaron to create bass this week. I’ve decided to create a siren and a laser type lead. My beat has a bit of a dub vibe about it, so I wanted to create a few sounds suited to the genre. This turned it into more of an effective ambient pad. I then added fx such as an flanger and abstract reverb to give it a neo/future soul sound. I set the scale to 100% and assigned all keys on the midi keyboard to trigger the sample. I initially used Ableton’s Sampler, but realized that it doesn’t allow me to assign each sample to multiple outputs.įor the second sampler instrument, I used the warm keys samples from class and loaded them into Ableton’s Sampler. I then assign each sample to midi keys, and then midi sequenced my beat in using an M-Audio Axiom49 controller.

I loaded the drum samples a free program called ShortCircuit. For this week’s task we’ve decided to work in Ableton Live. Aaron layed most of the song down last week, so we both agreed it was only fair if I created the majority of the song this week. The set task required us to sequence a short piece of music using a minimum of 3 custom built sampler instruments and 2 created FM synthesis patches. Aaron and I decided to team up again for our week 2 homework task.

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