I spent Monday jamming with the other half of the Electric Starlight Space Animals. We looped a traditional drum kit playing an African rhythm. Then my partner came up with a bass part while I played keys. I wanted a nice bell piano sound. I made a nice patch on my Vintage Keys, and a nice patch on the AN1X. I don't like to layer too many sounds-it takes up too much space in a mix. So I set up knob 1 as breath controller. That way I can control the volume of the AN1x and the Vintage Keys, blending them while playing. I kept the Vintage Keys throughout, just bringing up the AN1X for a little extra something. I increased the AN1X sustain, put a sample and hold LFO on the pitch with a little delay. Then when I turned up the knob, I got a nice metallic sustain, slowly drifting out of tune making a nice atonal wash of sound. Actually it was very pretty. I also split the keyboard so there were two similar but definitely different bell sounds to add variety. Then I threw in some jazz chords. If the tune wasn't so weird, it could almost be New Age. Rainbow Jimmy http://www.spaceanimals.com http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals
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fun with layering
2002-01-23 by spaceanimals