Testing Something With Jack-L {music}

Back in 2008, when I started experimenting with breaks and dnb and shit, I came out with this thing, which is an example of said experimentation. It's only claim to fame is that most of it was composed "live" on the fly. Let me explain: Yes, it has been tidied up afterwards (the start and ending in particular, as well as the "Jack L" vocals) but most of the rest is all live manipulation of 1) bass line loop, which was composed just before I started, 2) Dr.Rex drum loop, which is some bog standard Reason loop I think, 3) some basic piano bass stabs on keyboard, and finally 4) the muting and unmuting of track elements (bass, drum loop etc.).

What I really liked about this track is the "whip lash" effect I got with the drum loop. It's a technique I've used in other pieces. Basically, I dialed the "Env Amount" back a good bit on the Dr:Rex unit and used the Sustain part of the Filter Envelope to alter how much of that effect was sounded. By timing it right, I created that nice whipping effect. The rest of the manipulation of the drum loop was created altering parts of both Filter and Amplitude envelopes. The beat repeating was done simply by muting between the drum track and a delay insert affect on the main mixer module.

The repetitive bass does get a tad boring but it was just an experiment (with Jack L, no less!) rather than a final tune.

Testing Something by Gammagoblin