#SPECTRAL SHAPERS BY SOUNDHACK SOFTWARE#

Lloopp is a music looping and processing software developed in the late 90s by musicians, there is a modern version of it called ppooll which is an updated version which uses newer technology and techniques as well as added modules. I have previously spoken about Max in my last research article however this piece of software is new to me. One of the things which I noticed is that he uses a piece of software called Lloopp, which is a piece of software designed in Max. Today I am going to continue researching VST plugins for ambient music I will continue the research I have previously done involving Fennesz and the software he uses, I found an interview he did with cdm, in which he talks about the software he uses. I doubt i will use this article, however it is interesting and has made me think about sampling and the way we are reusing and changing our own music sometimes without any other inspiration than someone else’s work. It mentions throughout the idea that now more than ever musicians can work from the basis of older work which they call the culture of reuse and that it is blurring the lines between consumer and creator as they are becoming similar things due to how people become inspired and also how they can sample other work freely. The article is entitled “The Musician as Thief: Digital Culture and Copyright Law” “Human culture is always derivative, and music perhaps especially so. while researching this topic I came across this article which talks about the modern music culture and sampling, it mentions that One area which I was interested in while considering topics and areas to research was sampling in the context of ambient music and if anyone has heavily incorporated sampling with ambient music. I would use this research in the composition part of my essay, as it will change the way I think about tuning and note choice which will hopefully make some of the pieces I compose more interesting. I think that when I start my practical research I’d like to try a few different alternate tunings as they can create much more interesting textures. He also makes the point that this tuning will allow you to play the normal chord shapes from standard guitar tuning which you are familiar with. He mentions in the video that the standard baritone tuning is a good middle ground because it sits halfway between normal guitar and standard bass guitar tuning. This source is a primary source and I know it’s reliable as he has a good understanding of both music theory and also the physics of playing and setting up guitars. The above video is one made my Chords Of Orion, which goes through some of his favoured alternate turnings for baritone guitar. Although tuning is not directly connected to my project I’m going to cover it on here as sometimes it can be as big a contributor to the sound as the effects in the signal chain.

Spectral shapers by soundhack