Maelstrom
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:50 am
Hi all,
I just uploaded a new track:
https://soundcloud.com/lminiero/maelstrom
I had the ostinato riff in mind for quite some time, and it immediately gave me the idea of a maelstrom, one of those huge whirlpools drawing things in. Since it would be the same thing over and over building up, I felt a more electronic approach could be interesting, and as a result it's the most synth-heavy thing I ever wrote: initially, the plan was to write an Industrial Metal track (heavy guitars with electronic/techno background), but it ended up being something more "space" or progressive metal oriented, as it reminds me a bit of Space Martini by Derek Sherinian (with all the due distinctions, considering that track is played by monsters!). At a certain point, I was afraid that I was actually coming up with a new 2 Unlimited hit
. Anyway, it was quite fun to record!
There's a LOT of Yoshimi tracks here, which I hope will make @folderol happy
The "monster bass" ostinato is basically three different Yoshimi tracks using different effects, as I couldn't find one that gave me the impact I wanted; same thing for one octave higher synths that play along guitars, there's three of them as well, with one slightly louder as it has a nice higher pitch bounce to it; in the interlude, there's two more synths playing the chords along the clean guitars, slightly panned. The synth solo is Yoshimi too, but played using the same Sonuus G2M guitar-to-midi converter I recently used in Time as well.
For drums, I wanted to experiment more too. A friend recently told me my drums tracks are always boring and very predictable, which I gues makes sense considering I make use of Hydrogen and patterns a lot, even though I usually try to write more than one pattern. So this time I decided to still use Hydrogen, but write A TON of additional patterns instead, and sometime mix them up a bit. I probably got carried away too much, but it does feel more "organic" and real than what I usually write. I added some saturation to make them louder, and possibly better fit the vibe of the song.
I initially wanted guitars to sound very heavy (pretty much a must for Industrial), but I couldn't find something heavy enough and that I could still "control" when playing, and so I went up to the same effect I always use, but with more reverb and delay. I think they do fit the bill, even though the overall mix may be a bit too cluttered (also considering the amount of synths in there). For the solo, I used the same exact pipeline I always use: I like the sound, and didn't feel there was a need to change that. I didn't add any real bass guitar here, instead, considering the synths did a good job at giving a foundation already.
Hope you'll enjoy it!
I just uploaded a new track:
https://soundcloud.com/lminiero/maelstrom
I had the ostinato riff in mind for quite some time, and it immediately gave me the idea of a maelstrom, one of those huge whirlpools drawing things in. Since it would be the same thing over and over building up, I felt a more electronic approach could be interesting, and as a result it's the most synth-heavy thing I ever wrote: initially, the plan was to write an Industrial Metal track (heavy guitars with electronic/techno background), but it ended up being something more "space" or progressive metal oriented, as it reminds me a bit of Space Martini by Derek Sherinian (with all the due distinctions, considering that track is played by monsters!). At a certain point, I was afraid that I was actually coming up with a new 2 Unlimited hit
. Anyway, it was quite fun to record!There's a LOT of Yoshimi tracks here, which I hope will make @folderol happy
The "monster bass" ostinato is basically three different Yoshimi tracks using different effects, as I couldn't find one that gave me the impact I wanted; same thing for one octave higher synths that play along guitars, there's three of them as well, with one slightly louder as it has a nice higher pitch bounce to it; in the interlude, there's two more synths playing the chords along the clean guitars, slightly panned. The synth solo is Yoshimi too, but played using the same Sonuus G2M guitar-to-midi converter I recently used in Time as well.For drums, I wanted to experiment more too. A friend recently told me my drums tracks are always boring and very predictable, which I gues makes sense considering I make use of Hydrogen and patterns a lot, even though I usually try to write more than one pattern. So this time I decided to still use Hydrogen, but write A TON of additional patterns instead, and sometime mix them up a bit. I probably got carried away too much, but it does feel more "organic" and real than what I usually write. I added some saturation to make them louder, and possibly better fit the vibe of the song.
I initially wanted guitars to sound very heavy (pretty much a must for Industrial), but I couldn't find something heavy enough and that I could still "control" when playing, and so I went up to the same effect I always use, but with more reverb and delay. I think they do fit the bill, even though the overall mix may be a bit too cluttered (also considering the amount of synths in there). For the solo, I used the same exact pipeline I always use: I like the sound, and didn't feel there was a need to change that. I didn't add any real bass guitar here, instead, considering the synths did a good job at giving a foundation already.
Hope you'll enjoy it!
This composition with massive solo parts may be masterpiece 
