"The Breeze Of The Isles", final. Electro-pop

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"The Breeze Of The Isles", final. Electro-pop

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Finished my track! Was going to put it out under the name Matter Is Void as I have with my past music, but this is kind of a new sound for me. I switched the project name to Flow Of Intrigue.

https://soundcloud.com/mitch-deland/the ... f-intrigue

Hopefully it's a fun listen, I tried to incorporate a lot of video game inspired elements.

Software used: Qtractor, Qsynth, Synthv1, Audacity

Also, just wanted to say that I love this forum! Even before creating an account, I can recall finding my way here from Google to get advice for various issues with jackd or ALSA. It's great that this forum exists!
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Very nice and cool! :D What effect did you use on the voice?
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Basslint wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:28 am Very nice and cool! :D What effect did you use on the voice?
Thank you! I used a free plugin with audacity called Autotalent. I just love the robotic quality auto-tune adds.
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Goal reached: this is fun! Doubly so, because just a few minutes ago I listened to a short video introducing - possibly a clone of - the Pacman synth. It's the day of video games!
The snare is still rather sitting in the back, but it fits, gives the track a very round and smooth air, not so mujch in your face, even though most synths are really static and could jump out at you. It underlines the relaxed, funny air.
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jeanette_c wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:24 pm Goal reached: this is fun! Doubly so, because just a few minutes ago I listened to a short video introducing - possibly a clone of - the Pacman synth. It's the day of video games!
The snare is still rather sitting in the back, but it fits, gives the track a very round and smooth air, not so mujch in your face, even though most synths are really static and could jump out at you. It underlines the relaxed, funny air.
Thanks! Yeah I just feel like video games lend some great inspiration to music.
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matterisvoid wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:10 pm Thank you! I used a free plugin with audacity called Autotalent. I just love the robotic quality auto-tune adds.
Wow, I used autotalent in the past but never got results so good! What settings did you use?
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Basslint wrote: Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:44 am
matterisvoid wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:10 pm Thank you! I used a free plugin with audacity called Autotalent. I just love the robotic quality auto-tune adds.
Wow, I used autotalent in the past but never got results so good! What settings did you use?
I tried to not mess too much with the settings I didn't entirely understand, like the formant warp for example. I essentially just added a 1 next to all the notes I wanted it to hit and put a negative -1 on the notes I didn't. It wasn't always perfect, I had to do multiple vocal takes and kinda piece them together. It's a pretty finicky plugin honestly, but it was also free so I couldn't complain too much haha.
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I like the 60's style cover art. Not sure that it matches the chiptune style of the music, but they both have a chill vibe.
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milo wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:10 pm I like the 60's style cover art. Not sure that it matches the chiptune style of the music, but they both have a chill vibe.
Good point, I originally wanted the art to be pixelated but I couldn't figure out a good way to make that work without it turning out ugly. My younger sister actually made the artwork, I just let her know it was a song about an island paradise and she came up with this in just a few hours. I was really impressed!
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Tell her she's a good illustrator. I'm impressed!
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