Category: Compo

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The DSK plugins tax my poor laptop’s CPU so badly that I decided to make a terse solo piano piece. Sixteen tracks later, it became this. I created it by soloing the tracks as I went, then rendering to test the mix, over and over.

Drums are from mini drumZ if I remember right, the VST disappeared when I optimized.

I’m actually very happy with the result I got from this. I used automation on some of the VST parameters to control decays and bends and such in ways I never could with midi sequencers, and if they’re paying attention, I bet the DSK plugins wouldn’t be so bad on my PC if they didn’t have all those effects on them (which I shut off anyway!)

This tune won SounDevotion Competition Round 39!

Enjoy.

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Needs more melody, I just couldn’t think of enough material in time for the deadline. It was a tough month and stuff kept coming up here and there; I’ll do better next month.

This is the sixth draft, the other five sounded too dreary for the “uplifting” theme. I’ll try to use the voting period to “recharge.”