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Interesting Bit of Samplr Session Work
My interest in iOS Music is primarily in live performance, however I semi regularly find myself 'performing' in recording studios as a recording artist/session musician and I just recently completed the first project in which iOS music played a large part.
In this project I used:
Audiobus (of course)
AUM (almost as necessary..)
Audioshare (utility..)
AUFX: Space
Crystalline
Samplr
The artist I was working with is 'Elfin Bow' (http://www.elfinbow.com/). Most of the iOS usage was just basic signal processing (and some cool as hell playing!!;) ) but the application of Samplr was a little interesting and that part of the process was done as a remote session (earlier tonight in fact) so I decided to film it (currently 27% finished rendering.. this might have to be a long post..).
Anyway I thought I would share it with any interested stranger who clicks on this thread hoping for something good!
My fiancée is a performer from the Sakha Republic (yes, this is actually relevant!). The music tradition of this part of the world is closely connected with nature and they heavily utilise animal sounds in their performance. They are very highly skilled at creating these vocal styles using their voices and national instrument 'khomus'. You can see her performing this kind of thing with a traditional style Sakha group here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vxvw-7wSI
We also perform in our own group, which takes a much more contemporary edge and heavily utilises iOS Music. One of the techniques we use is building soundscapes and grooves in real time behind traditional performance material, using Sakha vocal and khomus recordings. Looping isn't a feature of our set and we use pre-prepared 'studio' recordings so that the quality can be pristine.
Background out of the way.. The actual story is a lot more concise!
The artist requested a soundscape tonight for one track in particular. Having these vocal samples ready to go (naturally gravitating towards the quickest path to completion!) I performed a quick take in real time then ran it again through Stereo Designer for some additional 'fun'. Here's the video:
Enjoy! I hope that somebody else finds this as interesting/cool as I do.
Every 'nature sound' was created by human voice.
It's definitely not the most virtuosic, creative or experimental use of Samplr that's out there, but I found it very enjoyable and fulfilling for iOS music making to fit so effortlessly and effectively into a professional workflow. If I had constructed this in a DAW then it'd have taken all evening. Instead I had time to write this post!
..and Saydyko'll take a royalty for her vocal performance on it too! Talk about easy money!!
Here's the finished track by the way. I audioshare'd my recording directly into Dropbox when I finished and they edited, mixed and mastered the thing at the studio in the time it took me to type this message. Just recieved the link as I went to hit post and the artist has given me the go ahead to share, so here ya go! (it does say 'free gift' in the title..). Oh yeah, I also performed fretless bass on this track.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ykh4qj9fjp32593/01 Daffadilly Down Free Gift Mix.mp3?dl=0
Oscar
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That's awesome! I love seeing how others are using these tools. And, as someone who's still "learning" and experimenting with this stuff, it's incredibly useful to see how this stuff is used in actual productions.
Really dig the final mix too. Thank you!!!
Thanks very much! Glad to hear that you enjoyed it. I really like this track myself, it's a great piece of songwriting even before you add all the production interest in.
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Very interesting to see a part of the collaborative process, and how you utilise Samplr and Crystalline
The mix is beautiful.
Thanks for sharing.
Nice voice.
Just in case you were unaware, the volume level of your actions can be controlled by the height position of your fingers.
Thanks. I utilise this a little in the video (balancing looping sections which are different volume in the audio). I've found with this volume functionality and the built in compressor, it's very easy to control levels inside the app.
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Very nice. Samplr is great.
Very similar technique to what I used in a youtube clip which main purpose was to show how to make a mix down within Samplr (bounce 5 tracks to 1), but for which I had to record a song "live". Completely different sounds though, but played in a similar fashion, using the space in between samples too.
Nice work. Great to see stuff in actual use.
And thanks for the Khomus video—that is mind blowing. So cool to see it celebrated like that. Plus, would be sweet skill to freak out ones friends when camping!
It lead me to
. I can't believe how many sounds and rhythms she's coaxing from that thing. At certain points you can tell that she's using multiple shapes in her mouth (guessing throat, tongue/cheeks and lips) to coax different tones out of it simultaneously. Like the techniques from Tuvan throat singing but using the khomus/jews harp as the sound source.
Ha, two minutes later the YT sidebar leads me to a Tuvan doing both.
Get back to work you...
That's my fiancee!! It's her vocals that I'm playing with in Samplr.
We have a group:
http://www.udaganuniverse.com/
It also happens to be my primary iOS music project
Early stages of development at the moment, but we're touring in Germany at the end of Summer and will have a record out by then!
You've stumbled into a rich world here, my friend! Khomus/Jaw Harp and it's surrounding traditions is one of the richest and most interesting veins of musical heritage in existence, in my opinion. I've been interesting and studying it since 2011, when I was there for performace and first came into contact with the the group 'Ayarkhaan' from the Sakha Republic. The sounds that masters of this instrument can make rival anything that we have in our iPads!
Interesting fact.. I traveled to Auchtermuchty in 2012 and performed in the Jews Harp competition at Auchtermuchty Festival.. I was the only participant.. next year that event was cancelled.
Champion Jews Harpist of Auchtermuchty! Uncontested! Undefeated!
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Exactly. There are two formants (one in the throat and one in the mouth) that skilled players can utilise independently. People actually play countermelodies on these things using overtones! Additionally you can open your lungs and use breath for some deep, resonant bass/kick sounds, or rapidly open and close the three different levels of resonator cavity for hybrid melodic/rhythmic effects. It shakes the walls through a PA system!
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Shut the front door! Please high-five her for me. Amazing amazing work.