AKS vs MBO Recording Session Vol. 1

I kicked off the AKS vs MBO AutoPilot project on Sunday night messing with beats. I created the makings of 2 tracks, both heavily relying on free samples from Goldbaby Productions:

1) Tape 606 Six pack (TR606 recorded to an Ampex 1/2")
2) The Cassette 808 (TR808 recorded onto a cassette)
3) Vinyl Clicks

I built up basic beats straight into Acid and then applied some Audio Damage tweakage (Replicant and Ricochet). I always have to keep myself from tweaking too much, as morphing will occur within AutoPilot as well.

During the evening, I also purchased TimeFreezer, based on hearing game composer Troels Folmann's recent snippet on the Create Digital Music Blog. Basically, it “freezes” samples of sound as an effect or instrument, seamlessly extending moments to create an ambient wash. I was slightly bummed to not be able to download immediately, but that probably kept me from staying up until 2 in the morning.

On Tuesday this week, I'll be out in West Oakland with MBO and will start grabbing raw files from our recent recording sessions.