So I took a basic melody that I sang, added additional vocal layers, then drummed on my desk.
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So I took a basic melody that I sang, added additional vocal layers, then drummed on my desk. Then I converted the vocals into guitar samples, and converted my desk drumming into drum samples.
This was the result.
The first track is my original vocal arrangement. The second track is the instrumental derived from it. -
So I took a basic melody that I sang, added additional vocal layers, then drummed on my desk. Then I converted the vocals into guitar samples, and converted my desk drumming into drum samples.
This was the result.
The first track is my original vocal arrangement. The second track is the instrumental derived from it.By the way, I know my original singing sucked. But I just wanted to get the melody out of my head.
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By the way, I know my original singing sucked. But I just wanted to get the melody out of my head.
If you have an idea, you want to get the idea out.@atomicpoet I see only empty black boxes.

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@atomicpoet I see only empty black boxes.

Carolyn Probably your Mastodon client can’t do MP3s.
Click this link to hear the tracks:
Chris Trottier (@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org)
So I took a basic melody that I sang, added additional vocal layers, then drummed on my desk. Then I converted the vocals into guitar samples, and converted my desk drumming into drum samples. Thi...
(atomicpoet.org)
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Carolyn Probably your Mastodon client can’t do MP3s.
Click this link to hear the tracks:
Chris Trottier (@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org)
So I took a basic melody that I sang, added additional vocal layers, then drummed on my desk. Then I converted the vocals into guitar samples, and converted my desk drumming into drum samples. Thi...
(atomicpoet.org)
@atomicpoet That worked. Very cool.

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@atomicpoet That worked. Very cool.

Carolyn It is very cool. What it means is that, if you can’t play an instrument—or you don’t own one—you can take vocals, or any percussive surface (like a table), and build a song out of it.
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Carolyn It is very cool. What it means is that, if you can’t play an instrument—or you don’t own one—you can take vocals, or any percussive surface (like a table), and build a song out of it.
@atomicpoet Can you choose what instruments kick in?
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@atomicpoet Can you choose what instruments kick in?
Carolyn Yeah, you can arrange the samples and everything, with precision place them where you want in the song.
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Carolyn Yeah, you can arrange the samples and everything, with precision place them where you want in the song.
@atomicpoet That seems fun.

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@atomicpoet That seems fun.

Carolyn Sorry, I just realized I put the wrong track up. Here’s the actual track derived from my vocal melody.