Click-sampled Dance Tracks!

For song #1, I chose to use a very straight forward approach, mixing 4 samples of the clicks in RadiaL and trying to maximize the chopping and buzzing of the static itself to create a whirling atmosphere.
For song #2, I basically exported a section of the loops from song #1 into Logic, tampered with it, then bounced it back into RadiaL to loop it again. In this way I was able to take a sped up sample and abstract it one step further by reapplying several processes over its first ones.
In the production of song #3 I got back to the basics of using the clicks sample, but this time I focused on pitch-bending and actually making a rudimentary melody. Very simple, but kinda catchy.
Overall I had some difficulty using the MIDI controllers, and since I only have 2 knobs it seems slightly pointless. Hopefully in the future I’ll have more knobs and sliders.

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Created Ringtones

Making these ringtones has really turned out to be more difficult than I expected. For starters, my original samples were quite cryptic, very few actually had solid tones to them, although their textures were interesting. As far as the process is concerned it went pretty well, lucky for me Logic is very similar to Garageband. My final product is much more airy than I wanted, but I suppose that comes with the territory of working in a music concrete style to some degree. The ringtones kind of remind me of Cage's "Landscapes" piece, although they are much less varied in their sampling origins. Should be interesting to see how people react when my phone rings...

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