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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.
Sun, 2025-03-30 - 20:59 Permalink
A little update here: My attempts with Vocoflex to create vocals for the song were not particularly successful. After this somewhat disappointing experience, I put the song aside for a while.
Now I have tried again with ACE Studio, another singing synthesizer. That comes with a lot of different voices. I found the voice “Elirah” the most interesting, it has a bit of a Billie Eilish vibe to it (what is probably the intention of the manufacturer). For the backing vocals I used "Emma".
The melody is essentially the same as in the instrumental version above, I just simplified it a bit before exporting it from Synfire for the sake of singability. And because “Elirah” generally has problems with high notes, I limited the vocal range accordingly (which is a piece of cake with Synfire, just set the playing range accordingly). Instead, I had “Emma” sing higher, she can do it.
Here is the result so far: