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KaleOverlord104 days ago(+1)

I honestly think this just works so well. The vibe works really well.

While it was an ambient track that kind of droned, I must note the fact that I enjoyed every second of it, which is not easy to achieve. That is to say, this specific track doesn't need to "go anywhere" else in the right setting.

I could absolutely hear something like this in Dune.

Constructive feedback: I think to bring it to the next level, there are some mixing things that are perhaps beyond my capabilities. But, what my ear wants to hear to bring it to that next level would be for it to have more of a sense of space.

I could also imagine just building on the main sound, adding more volume and intensity, keeping the main drone. I imagine flying through a technologically advanced, industrial civilization, sort of dystopian.

This is really just very, very cool.

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Eetu Suikkanen104 days ago(+1)

Never noticed how "bagpipey" the drone sounds until now with the Dune mention 😄.

I get what you mean with the sense of space, placing things in a virtual room is something I've been trying to understand for a while, but it's still a bit trial and error for me to achieve it without "damaging" the base sounds themselves. I really should've tried that, but somehow didn't cross my mind while making this.

I still need a bit more practice on automating effects and stuff to learn how to add intensity tastefully and not overdo it.

Glad you liked it!

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KaleOverlord104 days ago (2 edits) (+1)

One of the things that creates a sense of space is the way our ears hear sound, given that we have two of them.

If you think about how our ears locate sound, there's a delay between one ear and the other - that is, the sound doesn't arrive at exactly the same time, especially depending on where something is placed.

I've been recording with a stereo microphone setup (two SM57s), though I honestly could be doing a better job with varying my location when singing into the microphones.

I know another more basic thing is just to vary the pan of each track. What I've done in the past is actually record two tracks, put a delay on one, and then adjust the volume until it sounds like it's realistically coming from a direction. There are some spatial audio plugins as well.

What  I'm trying to personally get better at is thinking about this in the context of having stereo speakers, rather than headphones.

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Eetu Suikkanen104 days ago(+1)

Will probably have to take 1 jam just as practice for this, and get to grips with this stuff. Feels like it will take some tinkering/studying until it finally clicks in for me😅.

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KaleOverlord104 days ago

Oh! Don't worry! It's a fairly complex subject. There are some good videos breaking it down.

I think with this in mind, I think for September's jam,  I'll make the focus on production quality.

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