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Final Video Project

This video was actually the hardest project this year-fitting because it was the final. Overall, I think it took me 4 or 5 hours. Thank you to Dari, Heidi, and Russell for the voices. I started off by watching the video. Then I made a couple patterns that got thrown away in the end. I found a drum loop and the trumpet sound in the beginning. Next I decided to record a bunch of friends. After I figured out how to put them in the project, I added all of the other parts. In my opinion something is missing, but Mr. Rabuse said it was all good. What do you think?

Chord Progression

For this project it was the sound that got me going. It reminds me of The Little Mermaid. I tried out many sounds for it. The actual chords were a lot easier to figure out because I just fooled around with the keyboard. I really liked this project.

Sytrus

I created two sounds for this project. One is the underlying bass-ish one and the other is the melody on top. The drums in this were just a pre-generated FPC track. For the melody all I did was fool around on the black keys at the higher end of the keyboard while recording. Then I made a few simple changes and was all set. I am pleased with the project although this took forever and I was annoyed about that.

Automation

For this project, I based it on the song Axel F. I took the song put the note into FL Studios and played with it. There is a presence envelope on the DIST dire straits (1st guitar) and panning. Also, I put panning on the Boo Bass. The other two things I automated were the master volume in the beginning and the FPC volume at the end. This project was very fun because I started with a fun idea.

FX Loop

AN: Turn the volume up to hear it (it saved very quietly)...and sorry for the "popping" noise at the beginning, I'm not sure how it got there. Tell me if I need to repost it because of volume issues.

This project was the hardest so far to do for me because I couldn't get any ideas of my own. I borrowed two lines from Footloose (the bass and guitar) and it helped a lot. (Warning: If you are going to borrow a line, be prepared to listen to it over and over and over again. I am now sick of the song.) On the drums I have reverb, which fit very well, as did the chorus on the bass. The delay (which is on 'mono echoes', by the way) seemed to go best on the tambourine because if it was on anything else, it took over. The last effect I have is flanger on all of the guitar parts. It took me two classes to find an ending and in my opinion, the one I have now is slightly cheesy, if you will. Overall, I am not 100% happy with it, but I am satisfied.

Chopping Loop

In the beginning, I didn't have the cymbal clap, but I grew to like it. I wanted this piece to have a mysterious feel to it and think I accomplished that with noise that moves "in and out" for lack of better words (if you can think of any, let me know, please). Both the bass and guitar were chopped and after many different tries, I found patterns that fit together. The cymbal at the end actually came before I decided I wanted one at the beginning. The last thing I added were the wind chime, which added to the mystery of it all. Hope you like it!

Bass Loop

On this loop, I had a lot of trouble coming up with the right bass pattern. At first, it was really simple, and I added the partial scale in the C part to make it more interesting. The drum loop I used for the fills was chosen kind of randomly at the last minute, so please tell me if you think it works well. The bass "pulsing" on one note took a while to figure out that I had to have two separate patterns-one all "pulses" and the other half "pulses" and half different notes. I liked the variety of different base sounds on FL Studio and each part (A, B, and C) has a different bass in it. I wanted simple drum loops, and just used the FPC ones for them. Overall, I am please with how this turned out, considering how much of a mess it was in the beginning.
♥ Rosa

Drum Loop 1B

Since this was my first loop, I really over did it at first with sounds. The beginning was actually made on my second time. To start off this loop, I listened to some of the pre-made loops and decided that I liked the sound of the bongo-like drums. The closest I could come were the toms, and these are used throughout it. The fill in the middle has a soft woodblock sound which I like. I wanted to contrast the “A” part and made the "B" part lighter and almost bell-like with a simple quarter note pattern. The fill after this was fun to make with the main structure made of claps. I’m not sure how many people end on a fill, but if the loop looped, the “A” part is too long to handle. Enjoy and please critique!
♥Roza

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