Create a sample piece of ambient music: Conjunctio Iovis et Saturni

[oubiwann]

Tasks:

• [x] Come up with chord progression
• [x] Determine voices / parts
• [x] Come up with synth sounds for each voice
• [x] Create tracks in DAW for each voice
• [x] Link DAW tracks with MIDI channels
• [x] Connect mplay in undertone with each channel
• [x] Decide upon tempo and loop length
• [x] Decide upon chord / arpeggio progressions
• [x] Write each voice
• [x] Publish excerpt on SoundCloud
• [x] Record full piece and complete production
• [ ] Publish full track on bandcamp
• [x] Use in teaser video for Lambda Days 2021

[oubiwann]

Voices / parts:

1. White noise / spacey background
2. Baseline / beat
3. Background sounds / fill
4. Primary melody (mid-range)
5. Secondary melody (highs)

[oubiwann]

Possible synth sounds for each voice (SynthMaster 2.9):

1. AT Granular Mist, FX Noise Sweep VS, FX Waves UK, PD Interstellar RL, PD Polar Ice, SFX Cryogenic FN, SFX Phased Noise, SFX The South Pole ARK, Spacey Pad
2. ARP Bass Jarre Style MK, ARP Moving Bass MK, BA Up-Throttler VI (i), BS FM Bass1 MS, BS OrganicWaveBass RL, BassControl1, PD IconiCuS-80 Live (i), SEQ Rubber Melody AD,
3. ARP Subtle Chords MK, AT Reactor Core, Highland Mist Pad RL, KB Cosmic Sines RL, PA Battle Pillow VS, PAD 2013, PAD Distant Galaxy ARK, PAD Dronished FN, PAD Frozen Glass ARK, PAD Triton, PAD Underwater City ARK, PD Aldabaran RL, PD NorthernLights RL, PD VangelisPower MLM, PD Wondervox, Pad Ancient Vimanas RF, SFX Backwards Edition FN, SFX Encounter, SFX Going Around FN, ST MKS Strings TP, ST Vintage Phaserstrings BT,
4. ARP Progressive Chords, SYN Stellar Luminous AD,
5. ARP Resonant Waves, ARP Space Station I, GAT UnderWater, KY Innocent Keys Gliss (i), MO Tokyo Lights MK, SEQ Computer Tape ARK, SEQ Fragmentation ARK, SEQ Tokyo ARP,

Possibles for SynthMaster One:

1. FS Messier 87 KApro
2. ARP Reso Flow, BAS Analog Delay Bass, BAS Rumbler ARK, BAS Timeless XS, BAS analog master (mw+pb) BT, BAS donk sequence (mw+pb) BT,
3. PAD Light Years, PAD Mystic Stars, PAD Planetarium, PAD Deep Blue
4. PAD Rain Pad KApro, PAD Chillout Pad XS, PAD Aldeberan
5. SEQ Sunset Beach KS, PAD Elder Valley ARK, KEY Imagination, FX Replicant Bell ARK, ARP Afterlife LN, ARP Midnight Train

[oubiwann]

Final voices / parts:

1. White noise / spacey background:
   • Left: SFX Phased Noise
   • Right: PD Interstellar RL
2. Baseline / beat:
   • Left: PD IconiCuS-80 Live (i)
   • Right: ARP Bass Jarre Style MK (modified)
3. Background sounds / fill:
   • Left: ARP Subtle Chords MK
   • Right: PAD 2013
4. Primary melody (mid-range):
   • L+R: SYN Stellar Luminous AD
5. Secondary melody (highs):
   • Left: ARP Space Station I
   • Right: ARP Resonant Waves

[oubiwann]

Title, in honor of today's historic conjunction: CONJVNCTIO IOVIS ET SATVRNI

[oubiwann]

Okay, one test track recorded with the full progression now; clocks in at about 10:10 😉

[oubiwann]

Most of the song is done! 5 tracks in place, two to go -- and those two have already been setup (one is chords build from the arpeggios and the other is random notes arpeggiated from the chords).

Here's a screenshot of undertone sending the MIDI to the DAW:

[oubiwann]

It's up on Soundcloud! https://soundcloud.com/forgotten-tones/conivnctio-iovis-et-satvrni

Once I get an ISRC from the granting authority, I'll finish the setup on bandcamp, and it will be available for sale, too :-) (at which point I'll close this ticket).