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A long, in-depth look at my workflow for creating a song from scratch on the Dirtywave M8 tracker. This intermediate walkthrough/tutorial is meant for M8 users who are already familiar with most of the basics. I cover a lot of ground and provide commentary about my thought process as I'm composing a song. So come with me on this journey as we meander through chords, beats, melodies, basses, and samples!
This track can be downloaded here (if you pay for the song I can send you the M8 bundle upon request): littlelosses.bandcamp.com/track/zealous-abyss
**skip to 2:49:58 for FINAL PROJECT**
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:22 - percussion
3:00 - randomize notes/fill
4:00 - note fill & variation
5:35 - tempo change
6:00 - random pan/volume LFO
9:00 - CHA command
13:20 - empty phrases
13:40 - chords/hypersynth
16:18 - copy/paste chords
18:00 - hypersynth shift
20:00 - hypersynth reverb
20:43 - fade in w/ VOL and REP
22:10 - DJ filter
25:20 - establishing a beat w/ kick and clap
29:34 - trigger envelope/ducking
32:50 - melody/arpeggiation
38:52 - variation using decay & CHA
42:43 - tables/panning/RNL
46:50 - doubletime with GRV
48:20 - new instrument for fast arpeggios
54:00 - creating space
55:00 - KIL the RET
56:10 - bass
58:00 - context
1:00:00 - hi hats
1:02:50 - where to go?
1:04:10 - STA with vocal samples
1:06:30 - chord change
1:08:27 - interpolation
1:12:30 - RNL notes for hats
1:16:50 - chord change
1:19:00 - building another chord
1:20:00 - decay/retrig
1:24:30 - VOL/REP
1:25:20 - aux table cutoff/TBX
1:27:50 - what if bass?
1:32:10 - PBN bass
1:33:00 - PSL bass
1:34:10 - pitch bend with tables
1:34:55 - context
1:35:35 - FD chains
1:36:35 - saving/random name generator
1:37:30 - OP1 sampling/ZEALOUSABYSS
1:39:30 - M8 sampler
1:40:40 - degrade/LFO
1:41:40 - slices
1:43:43 - context
1:44:40 - reverse sample/PLY
1:46:35 - reverse cymbal
1:47:47 - bookmarks
1:50:00 - snare
1:50:45 - RNL for snare
1:52:00 - rimshot
1:52:20 - where to go from here/chord change
1:54:50 - trigger offset
1:56:35 - decay + REP
1:59:30 - new baseline
2:00:42 - radio sampling/chops with the OP-1
2:02:07 - M8 sampler
2:06:45 - fleshing out ideas with the OP-1
2:08:14 - sound design practice & melody
2:12:40 - fast arpeggio & new instrument
2:14:10 - transition/aux tables
2:18:10 - where to go from here/song resolve
2:19:50 - quick rendering to sample/DJ filter/SRV
2:26:50 - making changes to parts of the song
2:28:15 - expressive lead/PSL
2:32:52 - LFO panning
2:34:08 - quick rendering + LFO cutoff
2:37:30 - clear unused phrases/inst
2:38:40 - more RET on hi hats
2:40:15 - chord change
2:40:30 - changing hi hats
2:43:20 - chord change
2:45:00 - changing cutoffs
2:46:23 - closing summary of changes
2:49:58 - FINAL PROJECT
2 июл 2023
