Having come a considerable distance with my drum break, i set about constructing a shrill stereo high sound to symbolise the constant, yet almost subconscious activity of London, as its very much considered as another city that never sleeps. The highs would be aim to be intrusive, yet most definitely had their place in the mix - youd just have to listen extra carefully for them.
I played around with many samples that i could use, but finally resorted to using a underground train whistle, where i cut the sample up, and created a new sampler instrument from it, enabling pitch (so i could play the sample along the "key" to my track) and also enabling looping. the results are shown below.
After importing the sample, i placed on some heave EQ onto the main ESX24 channel, to cut out the low hums which would give some room in the mix for my low ends, and to notch the frequency that was particularly shrill some more, as to really give the whistle some bite.
I also added some bitcrusher , in order to boost that edgyness of the sound, i played around with using just distortion on the main frequency that i notched up, but i found that it sounded much better with the whole sameple distorted.
As you can see below, as well as finishing off my session by playing the train whistle on the sampler, i also added a train pass sound, that i enveloped to make it sit well with the break. I also added a Reeses i constructed with a passing bus, to give some fundemental bass. however this is only an idea at this stage. and will experiment some more with this later. The chime of Big Ben was also added at the begining of every bar. which i also pitched slightly in order for it to work well with the train whistle highs "key".
I played around with many samples that i could use, but finally resorted to using a underground train whistle, where i cut the sample up, and created a new sampler instrument from it, enabling pitch (so i could play the sample along the "key" to my track) and also enabling looping. the results are shown below.
After importing the sample, i placed on some heave EQ onto the main ESX24 channel, to cut out the low hums which would give some room in the mix for my low ends, and to notch the frequency that was particularly shrill some more, as to really give the whistle some bite.
I also added some bitcrusher , in order to boost that edgyness of the sound, i played around with using just distortion on the main frequency that i notched up, but i found that it sounded much better with the whole sameple distorted.
As you can see below, as well as finishing off my session by playing the train whistle on the sampler, i also added a train pass sound, that i enveloped to make it sit well with the break. I also added a Reeses i constructed with a passing bus, to give some fundemental bass. however this is only an idea at this stage. and will experiment some more with this later. The chime of Big Ben was also added at the begining of every bar. which i also pitched slightly in order for it to work well with the train whistle highs "key".
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