You Are Who You Are

I used a few Minilogue xd patches (Pizza Time, Adagio Strings, Brass Hero) to lay down the main parts over a basic metronome kick. I recorded the sequences in live into the Deluge and then edited them as needed. I started with the plucks, using The basic black key pentatonic scale, made four audio clips with slight variants (octave shift and/or pattern shift halfway), and applied different effects to each. Then I played in the brass patch sequence, simplified and modified it to work well with the strings. I thought the Erhu patch I made on my Typhon fit well with the eastern vibe, so I added that as the main melody which comes in halfway into the song. I recorded that in live after some practice, and edited it fairly extensively to get the two variant sequences, one with more embellishments. It was fun to use the aftertouch and take advantage of the mono-synth legato. I’m kind of pround of all my xd and Typhon patches. Some emulate acoustic instruments like these, and they’re all really fun to play. I used audio clips for everything so I could work out the arrangement in the Deluge, then I was able to record everything but the plucks and drums separately in a couple of passes into the Model 12. This one required that to get better audio quality and to allow for mixing and editing in Audacity since it was a bit more complex of a structure. I actually started with a pipe organ patch before switching to strings. It ended up just blowing out the bottom end too much and causing weird interferences.