It’s tremendous necessary to get a tough concept down as rapidly as attainable. The most effective choices are made when the core concept of the observe remains to be uncooked, when your instincts are main the best way, and earlier than you’ve overheard the observe or pushed it too far.
With “Transatlantic Kiki,” – the title observe on the EP – I laid down the beat from my pattern assortment and instantly felt prefer it wanted a bouncy bass.
I used Komplete Kontrol to audition Huge X presets, and when I discovered a tone I favored, it wasn’t fairly sitting proper within the combine. As a substitute of opening the Huge X interface and digging deep into the synth’s construction, I simply used the pre-mapped macro knobs to rapidly alter parameters just like the filter cutoff, drive, and wavetable place. That capability to immediately tweak the sound with out wanting on the display gave me the short, tactile suggestions I wanted to dial within the excellent bouncy vibe for the observe.
I used to keep away from MIDI mapping as a result of handbook setup broke my inventive move, however the automated mapping within the A61 has been a game-changer for my sound design.
