5/07/16 - Enabled Downloads

The clock ticks on; never skipping a beat. Here's a chronicle of that story.

This is the first track of an album I've decided to record. The album is something I'm recording to enjoy while tripping. Some day I hope to get it animated; possibly as a collaborative effort here on Newgrounds. Parts where the rhythm gets a little off beat are there for artistic effect. If you've ever licked paper, I'm sure you understand...

For the rhythm, I decided to go with two tracks. With ascending and descending progressions, the listener can actually choose how they listen to it. By focusing, you can either focus your attention on the ascending track, or on the descending track, or even alternate between the two. I was hoping that on a psychological level, the listener might do one of these things automatically, based on their mood. Listen through the song on loop a few times and try to single out different chord progressions. Your mind is beautiful; you may learn how adept it is at pattern recognition!

Anyway; This song is 100% guitar. I used Ableton Live 9 to mix it. In all, there are 6 tracks; compromising of 2 for the rhythm, 2 for the lead, an arpeggio which gradually fades in, and a "random blip track." For my electronic sounds, I ran my amp through my PC via USB as input, and used a combinations of pedal effects and software filters on the PC.

Other than that, I used Audacity to trim down some of my samples to arrange.

Guitar: Ibanez S240
Amp: Fender Mustang III V2,
Software Used: Ableton Live 9 Suite, Audacity, Fender Univseral ASIO drivers
Input: Direct USB