Show Em' How
"Show Em' How" is an electronic dance beat that morphs sound in new ways. It was my first time using the features and loops on Logic Pro X. My recording studio class allowed me to get familiar with busing channels and adding effects, but now I am working on a whole different level. I took the provided loops on the software and made them my own. I cut them into pieces, reversed them, transposed them, and put them back together again. "Show Em' How" also explores Logic's Audio FX. I used features such as channel EQ, Phat FX, modulation, reverb, space designer, panning, pitch corrector, AutoFit, and Step FX. All of these different editing tools allowed me to focus on details when creating this song. However, the process was not too tedious thanks to the latch and read automation options. Overall I think the project was a success! (However I always say that until I look back on it months later and cringe)
Rover
I consider "Rover" to be more of an experimental piece. For this song, I challenged myself to use chords and notes that did not go together. I decided to go farther than the basic chords of C major, G major, D major, E minor, and so on. Every individual sound that you hear in this track is written from scratch, including the drum beat. This was my first time using the Ultrabeat feature on Logic Pro X to design my own drum beat. Each sound was made on a MIDI plug in keyboard. I incorporated the arpeggiator effect on the MIDI. Similar to all of my other pieces, I edited each track using pan automation, quantizer, reverb, chorus, and channel EQ. I also branched out and used new features such as Bass Amp designer, Compressor, Pedalboard, and Stereo Delay. "Rover" was hard to make. I was hesitant to break my old habits of song writing to try something new. Overall, this experience taught me a lot about using notes to portray emotion and gave me a whole different perspective on writing music.
The Meaning of Twenty One Pilots
This clip of audio was taken from a past interview where lead band member, Tyler Joseph, discusses the meaning of his song called "Kitchen Sink"--addressing his personal beliefs on the idea of purpose. His words are very moving and have inspired me to keep creating. I isolated his voice in the interview and mixed it to one of his more recent songs called "Polarize". Within the piece, I dissected his voice piece by piece and sent it through various special effect channels in Logic Pro X. His voice is composed of three different layers: the first layer is the raw audio with a bit of reverb, the second layer consists of adjustments on the audio equalizer and space designer, and the third layer goes through a channel of compressors, transposers, delay vocal, channel EQ, tape delay, suppressors, exciters, and DeEsser (which manipulated the audio's frequency and sensitivity.)For the music portion itself, several edits have been made on the "Polarize" track. This was my first time using the Phaser function on Logic Pro X. The effect allowed be to manipulate the output of the track, the LFO, the feedback, and the sweep.