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No, I'm not saying bye bye, that's just the working title of the track I'm working on right now and it's a reference to the name of the song I used as a basis. I am trying to recycle some old stuff, i.e. to make something new out of it. For the sake of sustainability, so to speak. :)
Currently, it's just an instrumental track. My next steps with this song would be to replace the lead synth with vocals. I would like to take this opportunity to try out Dreamtonics new Vocoflex plugin. We will see how this works out.
For modifying the original melody, I used Synfire's toolbox (the buttons from the clickboard at the phrase editor) and the Variation parameter. Also some manual editing was done.
To add some new phrases, I used Native Instruments Reaktor instrument “Flesh” here (which is on sale at the moment, btw., you can get it for just 19 €). That's pretty cool, you can load a sample with a rhythmic pattern into it and then it automatically generates several tracks with monophonic and polyphonic phrase-like sounds, which then can be further manipulated with various parameters.
The sounds it plays can also follow a harmony. To do this, you have to enter the corresponding chords in advance, which can then be activated externally (e.g. from a DAW or from Synfire) using trigger notes. I did this via Synfire using an instrument that generates “Auto Bass” notes.
I'm not sure if this short explanation makes sense to you. If anyone is interested in more details, I can make a video about it. Just let me know.