For the other 2 tracks that i was going to produce, i felt it would be more apt to create 'soundscapes', rather than what's considered as traditional music, this would give me much more scope for improvisation, and be more fitting to the environment. Furthermore, the pace of these 2 tracks would naturally have to be slower paced than the london one.
the obvious starting block for the coutry life scene would have to be a cockeral, which i added using the impulse responses from a loop of local church bells, not only to give a more rhythmic touch to the cockeral, but it would give a sense of distance and balence with the environment.
The extensive automation that was applied can be seen in the next image, where i had to show the country life working in harmony together. you can see where i've added the bells with with the loop of a blackbirds call as reverb. again, aiding the harmony idea, i EQed it heavily to help with room for the upcoming bass - although it has to be noted all of the EQ and effects used in the intro was automated from no effects to full on, again to give the imrpession of all the elements in the particular environment coming together.
For the bass parts, i selected a great sample of a tractor driving around. this was a great natural choice, as it provided me with a common and naturel low level sound thats common for the area i live. I converted it to mono, and sliced it up to make an ideal loop. i then laid it out and automated some heavy low boost EQ, as well as some high cut - to leave room for the rest of the highs.
for the highs i used a looped bird call with the impulse reponses from the bells; again i automated the reverb in gently along with some heavy low cut EQ. the stereo spread plugin was used to make full use of the stereo field. I also added some light compression, as i found the dynamic range of the sample to be quite severe, and there were elements of the loop that i wanted to stand out just as much as the others.
the other high parts of the track were created in the same process - which you will hear frequently throughout the piece.
another idea i had was to highlight the close connection of morris men to the countryside, especially in regards to this time of year (despite the fact they annoy the hell out of me). i simply recorded myself banging to large sticks together (from my escrima days), loaded them up into the arrange page on three seperate channels, with slight gaps between them to give a more natural slighty out of sync effect, i then dropped them down a few tones and added some reverb, which was essential as they samples were close proximity recordings. also added some heavy low cut EQ, and notched up around the 200Hz area to give a more snappy snare like quality to it. the overall effect worked really well. Later on in the mix, i added some hand bells - again to aid the impression of morris men.
Gamekeeping is common around the area i live, as well as recreational hunting and game sports. so it was only natural that i added a sample of a 12-gauge, although slightly pitched (to keep in key with the rest of the track) the effect works really well, with only some light reverb and envelope to give it impact, and a more realistic feel - the original sample was close prox, and fairly dry.
to continue with the theme of hunting, i obtained a sample of some birds flying away rather urgently, i simply sliced up a good cut, and timestretched it to fit in sync to the tempo of my track - again applying some low cut EQ and adding some compression. the enveloper was also used to provide impact and give it that snappy attack.. as well as removing some of the unwanted 'tail' or decay of the sample. you can see this in the image below.
the automation that i mentioned before is shown below too. this was essential in order to show the harmony of the countryside, and indicate how the most unlikely parts of the country have grown to work together.
the obvious starting block for the coutry life scene would have to be a cockeral, which i added using the impulse responses from a loop of local church bells, not only to give a more rhythmic touch to the cockeral, but it would give a sense of distance and balence with the environment.
The extensive automation that was applied can be seen in the next image, where i had to show the country life working in harmony together. you can see where i've added the bells with with the loop of a blackbirds call as reverb. again, aiding the harmony idea, i EQed it heavily to help with room for the upcoming bass - although it has to be noted all of the EQ and effects used in the intro was automated from no effects to full on, again to give the imrpession of all the elements in the particular environment coming together.
For the bass parts, i selected a great sample of a tractor driving around. this was a great natural choice, as it provided me with a common and naturel low level sound thats common for the area i live. I converted it to mono, and sliced it up to make an ideal loop. i then laid it out and automated some heavy low boost EQ, as well as some high cut - to leave room for the rest of the highs.
for the highs i used a looped bird call with the impulse reponses from the bells; again i automated the reverb in gently along with some heavy low cut EQ. the stereo spread plugin was used to make full use of the stereo field. I also added some light compression, as i found the dynamic range of the sample to be quite severe, and there were elements of the loop that i wanted to stand out just as much as the others.
the other high parts of the track were created in the same process - which you will hear frequently throughout the piece.
another idea i had was to highlight the close connection of morris men to the countryside, especially in regards to this time of year (despite the fact they annoy the hell out of me). i simply recorded myself banging to large sticks together (from my escrima days), loaded them up into the arrange page on three seperate channels, with slight gaps between them to give a more natural slighty out of sync effect, i then dropped them down a few tones and added some reverb, which was essential as they samples were close proximity recordings. also added some heavy low cut EQ, and notched up around the 200Hz area to give a more snappy snare like quality to it. the overall effect worked really well. Later on in the mix, i added some hand bells - again to aid the impression of morris men.
Gamekeeping is common around the area i live, as well as recreational hunting and game sports. so it was only natural that i added a sample of a 12-gauge, although slightly pitched (to keep in key with the rest of the track) the effect works really well, with only some light reverb and envelope to give it impact, and a more realistic feel - the original sample was close prox, and fairly dry.to continue with the theme of hunting, i obtained a sample of some birds flying away rather urgently, i simply sliced up a good cut, and timestretched it to fit in sync to the tempo of my track - again applying some low cut EQ and adding some compression. the enveloper was also used to provide impact and give it that snappy attack.. as well as removing some of the unwanted 'tail' or decay of the sample. you can see this in the image below.
the automation that i mentioned before is shown below too. this was essential in order to show the harmony of the countryside, and indicate how the most unlikely parts of the country have grown to work together.
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