Jonathan Scary » HALionOne

Crush

Jonathan — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:05:02 +0000

I think I’ve taken this one as far as I can now. Spent some time Friday night and Saturday working on a couple of extra layers – the offbeat muted guitar and an additional distorted guitar. I’ve also replaced one of the drum tracks with BFD2. Oh, and it has a name now – “Crush”.

Ready for mastering?

New tune (untitled as yet)

Jonathan — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:24:07 +0000

Still need to mix a little and then master (overall level too low).

I’m oscillating wildly between love and hate for this one, but here you go – latest scribblings in Cubase.

This uses a couple of bass instruments from “Orca” (free from FXpansion) – Closing and Deepening. Many thanks to @rozz3r for the nudge to download Orca. I’m also using Green Oak’s Crystal (Phased to Meet You and Trouble), LinPlug’s FreeAlpha along with the usual HALionOne suspects, Prologue and Groove Agent ONE drums from Cubase 5.0.

I think this piece really lifts with the drum ‘n’ bass rhythm change at 2’20″, but ask me later today and I’ll tell you I can’t stand that section!

As ever, would really love any feedback!

Arps Added, Percs Edited

Jonathan — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:32:24 +0000

Spent a little more time on the current work in progress this morning – mainly arrangement, EQ and instrumentation.

I’ve reverted to the original voice for the melody line, a mellow jazz grand piano from the HALionOne VST instrument set in Cubase. I think this is much warmer than the synth voice from yesterday’s version and contrasts nicely with the overall electronic feel of the piece.

I’ve also added some arpeggios, done a little more work on the arrangement and begun to think about the overall direction. It’s getting closer but still needs some work yet.