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@ashnoodle Interesting. I am not sure there are notes on there regarding PGS. I *did* do a series of extensive threads here on Mastodon that I intend to make into a page over there, but I haven't gotten to it.
The best way to find it is to search the #PsychedelicGhostStories hashtag here and then scroll down until you find the posts also tagged with #ProductionDiary -- sadly, afaik, there's no way to limit the search to posts that have both.
I will make a page at some point, just haven't yet.
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Progress has been slow, but I am chipping away at it, bit by bit. It's definitely going to be recognizable as a follow-up to #PsychedelicGhostStories but it's going to be a pretty significant departure at the same time -- more exploration and emphasis on harmonic structures, and I'm attempting to use space a little more effectively on my arrangements -- it doesn't have to be so *dense* all the time!
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@LukeAymon Firstly, thanks for checking it out and the kind words!
On PGS, it's something like 60% modular sounds overall, with some tracks being as high as 100% (minus a bit of compression/EQ and other mixing/mastering tricks). I actually did an extensive production diary here, including track-by-track breakdowns. You can find those by searching #PsychedelicGhostStories and #ProductionDiary.
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Otherwise, I think that is it. As always I could have used a few more days/weeks/months in any phase to do just a bit more, but I am happy with it as a document of where I am at as a creator at this point in time. I'm still happy to promote it as representative of my best efforts for the moment...and ready to start on something new. This time I think I might try to do some #ProductionDiary stuff as it happens. Until then!
https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories
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My favorite song? Well, like picking a favorite child but unlike that situation, no one's feelings are gonna be hurt so... I'd say "Psychedelic Ghost Story" overall but it's close! "The Mystic Swims..." is very close for me and there's nothing I don't like.
But I guess "Dream Vessels on the River of Time" works the least well for me in hindsight.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary #PostMortem
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And the #MPC of course... 85% of the effects on the album are from the MPC. I used a bunch of its plugin synths. Its #workflow and capabilities shaped the album from beginning to end. And unlike #Ableton, which is an incredible program, I am able to get into true #flowstates with the MPC.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary #PostMortem #Songwriting #MakingMusic #Production #MusicProduction #HomeRecording #HowItsMade
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The #MicroFreak was both a driver of the album's sound ("New Machine Gods" wouldn't be remotely the same without it) and a shockingly flexible chameleon when needed (it's everywhere -- bass, drums, leads, pads, fx, frigging VOCALS!). Wouldn't trade it for the world. Love that thing.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary #PostMortem
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So, in the way of TV crews who want to push their narrative of a star quarterback leading the team to victory while acknowledging the boring old defense kept the other team from scoring *probably* had something to do with it, I am naming the #MicroFreak and #MPC co-MVPs.
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Real quick, here's a couple last things and I am done. I was thinking of what the #MVP of the process was and my first instinct was to say the #MicroFreak since that little synth is on nearly every track but then it occurred to me that the #MPCOne that the whole thing was created within was probably the real answer. ...
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary #PostMortem
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In terms of #production process, I really feel like I made a breakthrough with the #MPC platform as a whole, and I am looking to building on that with my next release. On the other hand, there were a LOT of things I didn't get to try that I had on my wishlist this time around -- using more of my external effects, reamping, more use of guitar/bass, deeper layering/more nuanced productions... the list goes on, but that is why we keep making albums.
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My explicit goals of integrating my weird stuff (an ongoing goal, always LMAO) and improving my rhythm programming skills both went well... but maybe at the expense of some of the progress I had made melodically and harmonically on the last one. (It's a thing several people have mentioned.) I'm good with that, but it's definitely something I will look to address in the next one.
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I think the #songwriting on the album is overall good, but a mixed bag in terms of "progress" (such an elusive thing to pin down). I achieved a lot of my goals -- improving and formalizing my production process, continued effort and progress toward mastering the #MPC platform, making it sound better than the last one, learning to mix at least a bit, etc.
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It's just as important that people like it and find it progress since the last and that's harder to measure... but I'll just say that a few friends and people who matter have basically told me what I need to hear, so I feel good about that too. The #Bandcamp reviews have been great, and overall people say things I like to hear, so that's great. Haven't got any blog/print/podcast coverage yet, but maybe soon.
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By both those measure, #PsychedelicGhostStories has been a rousing success. IN the two months since its release, it has equalled the number of streams and listeners of my previous album, and slightly outpaced it in terms of sales. To make it explicit: the album beat a year of its predecessor in every regard in just two months. So, yeah, mission accomplished there.
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Typically I'll modulate the phase of the sine along with shoving it through one or more distortions/waveshapers. I probably used the Terci Ruina, but I honestly don't remember. As for the filter, I think (but again, don't actually remember; I need to take better notes) it was the #WMDevices #C4RBN but it could have been the Wasp -- those are where'd I'd reach for acid, generally speaking.
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Oh, a few more notes about the #arrangement. I used an #Arturia #MicroFreak patch called Ice Knife (available in one of my patch banks at etherdiver.gumroad.com) through the #Catalinbread #Echorec; it's the percussive, wavery unison synth that you hear a lot. Also a lot of #effects on most everthing -- #MPC effects on a lot of the samples, #onboard effects from the synths that have them.
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For context, I have long used various #oracles, #GenerativeTools and other, similar resources as a source of inspiration and structure. I have a #DiceGame I created to determine all the basics of a sing: key, tempo, etc. I use Eno's #ObliqueStrategies constantly. And of course in #modular I use stuff like #TuringMachines and the #rungler all the time. This let me use a similar approach with titles/themes.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary #Songwriting #AIMuse