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Sound a Day 008 – Faustian Blur 1:52 4.28 MB
This one’s a sketch of a nice little ambient electronica tune, reminiscent perhaps of early IDM, such as Black Dog. I used to make a lot of this stuff back when I was in Clan Aanalogue, but in recent years, not so much. Which is a pity as I enjoy making tunes as much as weird shit.
Faustian Blur was made in Ableton Live Suite using three of the built-in instruments: a double bass, 606 drum kit, and an analogue synth pad. Variety is added to the simple bass and synth melodies via MIDI plugins which randomise their octaves. The velocity of the bass is also randomised slightly.
The title, a play on the term Gaussian blur, is, if nothing else, a Googlewhack.