Spotlight Kyd - Angel of Ice (MODX Mix) [Synthpop/Synthwave]
Here's some Synthpop / Synthwave made with only sounds from a Yamaha MODX using custom presets and some SFX samples from other hardware synths (Waldorf Microwave Xtk and Behringer Model-D)
Composed, performed, recorded and produced by Christopher Arndt, 2022.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlOjdn0_TYE
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/spotlight-kyd/an ... e-modx-mix
I had a draft for this track for several years until I decided to finally finish it for a small performance I did at my own birthday last summer. Thatswhy it had to be done just using the Yamaha MODX, because I didn't want to use an audio backing track. After the event, I basically took the arrangement for the internal sequencer of the MODX, which I had created as MIDI in Ardour, polished it a a bit, recorded it to separate tracks and mixed and mastered it in Ardour using various LV2 plugins as well.
Then I procrastinated for another year until I finally managed to make a simple visualizer video for it now. The video was made with FOSS tools as well (Blender, Gimp, Shotcut): For the waveform player at the bottom I generated a waveform png with audiowaveform with a transparent background and used Gimp and some layering/masking techniques to get the gradient effect. Then I imported the waveform image into Shotcut as a video layer. Lastly I put another layer on top of that, consisting of a semi-transparent black rectangle covering the whole waveform. I then animated the X position of that rectangle with keyframes, so it slides out to right side of the frame. The frequency spectrum animation under the title is a built-in effect of Shotcut. The retro sunset animation was created in Blender.
Share & Enjoy!
Chris
