Such a chilling and haunting track for MAP30!
Taking on such atmospheric tracks like this always proves to be a bit tricky (but fun!). Very much all about getting textures you're happy with.
Case in point, I had to go hunting for a specific electric piano sound. I needed something with just the right vibe.
I also needed to figure out what to do about the music-box sound from the original. I didn't want to just use the music-box from the gzdoom or SC-55 soundfonts, but at the same time, my alternatives were all way too bright, or didn't mesh right with the rest of the tracks. After trying out a bunch of different sounds, I wound up settling on using some celestas. Rolled off some high-end on them, and even sent the track to an aux-channel that used heavy-distortion and other little effects. Its suuuuper subtle, but its layered very, very quietly underneath the main celestas.
Also happy to bust out my "SineSpookyDeep" synth patch for the first time in such a long while. Used it for the deep drone-notes here. I also layered a string bit with it to add some grit and further impact to it.
Another thing that's challenging with tracks like this is trying to figure out how much to add without taking away from the vibe and atmosphere. I think the added choirs and those glissando strings worked out fairly nicely! Very suspenseful and full of tension.
For fun, I went and sampled the crying baby sound from the PSXDoom soundfont. Ran it through some effects, pitch-shifted some duplicates and stuff for added spooky ambience during the middle section of the song.
Another little thing I added was a synth playing the same stuff as the electric pianos. Had a nice "airy" sort of quality to it that felt nice for the atmosphere.
Anyways, hope you all the cover! ~DAR
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