As mentioned before, i wanted the track to be a indication of the pace of London life, as well as diversity. therefore the tracks begins relatively slow and quiet. i decided to find the perfect vocal sample of the muslim morning prayer (Fajr). obtaining a good clean sample was tricky, so i resulted in doing a clean up job of one i found from youtube. i had originally intended on going to a mosque to record it for myself. but the prospect of recieving a hostile response just got the better of me.. therefore went for the safest option.
i managed to restore most of the audio in Audition, however the compression applied from youtube cant be helped. below you can see what ive done with the sample, i cut out all of the bottom end to leave room for the bass coming up. also, i wanted to give the vocals that distant effect to give the impresion of coming from far lands (bass doesnt travel well in air) - as well as giving the impression of being inside a mosque - heavy reverb also helped. later on i added some pitch shift to work in the right key with other elements of the track. i also added some stereo spread - to convert the mono recording to stereo, for many reasons, but the main one being to give me plently of room in the mix.
another common early morning sound typical of London was the markets. so i used a recording of exactly that. the recording itself was far too clean - again i wanted to give that distant feeling, so i added a low cut filter and light reverb. i didnt want a hard impact for this sound, as it was only intended as atmos, so faded it in gradually.
morning radio is a common thing, and therefore wanted it early on in my track. most people either listen to it on trains during the commute, and is also common with the markets - stall holders usually have some sort of light entertainment on the go. so i came up with the idea of having a radio ident, that would give the impression of someone manually tuning the radio to listen to my track. below you can see how i made the ident. i found myself a sample of static, which i automated the volume to burst in when the 'tuning' parts kicked in. the tuning samples themselves were from my previous idents that i made for my radio production module. the songs on the radio were all relating to London - i selected the clash - london calling and jamie t - calm down dearest (as it has walking down the strand in the lyrics). i then sampled a capital FM ident, and cut it down to make it sound as though the presenter was talking about my track. "londons number one hit music station". the effect works really well, and i was really happy with the result.
i also added a recording of big ben in the mix, slightly pitch shifted to be in the right key, and cut up to work like an echo of my earlier Fajr prayer vox parts. i also had to timestretch them slightly. to be in time. again, i was really pleased and surprised with the results. as you can see below, i also added a sample of the 'please mind the gap' sound thats typically london. as well as a recording of a train pass layered with a reverse recording of a jet aircraft - both sliced harshly at the crescendo to build up to the impact of the main 'drop' of the track.
a pitched, EQed and reverbed sample of desolate train station platform is also present throughout the intro, where i managed to record the sound of a railway track squeaking.
i managed to restore most of the audio in Audition, however the compression applied from youtube cant be helped. below you can see what ive done with the sample, i cut out all of the bottom end to leave room for the bass coming up. also, i wanted to give the vocals that distant effect to give the impresion of coming from far lands (bass doesnt travel well in air) - as well as giving the impression of being inside a mosque - heavy reverb also helped. later on i added some pitch shift to work in the right key with other elements of the track. i also added some stereo spread - to convert the mono recording to stereo, for many reasons, but the main one being to give me plently of room in the mix.
another common early morning sound typical of London was the markets. so i used a recording of exactly that. the recording itself was far too clean - again i wanted to give that distant feeling, so i added a low cut filter and light reverb. i didnt want a hard impact for this sound, as it was only intended as atmos, so faded it in gradually.
morning radio is a common thing, and therefore wanted it early on in my track. most people either listen to it on trains during the commute, and is also common with the markets - stall holders usually have some sort of light entertainment on the go. so i came up with the idea of having a radio ident, that would give the impression of someone manually tuning the radio to listen to my track. below you can see how i made the ident. i found myself a sample of static, which i automated the volume to burst in when the 'tuning' parts kicked in. the tuning samples themselves were from my previous idents that i made for my radio production module. the songs on the radio were all relating to London - i selected the clash - london calling and jamie t - calm down dearest (as it has walking down the strand in the lyrics). i then sampled a capital FM ident, and cut it down to make it sound as though the presenter was talking about my track. "londons number one hit music station". the effect works really well, and i was really happy with the result.
i also added a recording of big ben in the mix, slightly pitch shifted to be in the right key, and cut up to work like an echo of my earlier Fajr prayer vox parts. i also had to timestretch them slightly. to be in time. again, i was really pleased and surprised with the results. as you can see below, i also added a sample of the 'please mind the gap' sound thats typically london. as well as a recording of a train pass layered with a reverse recording of a jet aircraft - both sliced harshly at the crescendo to build up to the impact of the main 'drop' of the track.
a pitched, EQed and reverbed sample of desolate train station platform is also present throughout the intro, where i managed to record the sound of a railway track squeaking.
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